Thursday, April 12

Today is Thursday of Week 12. If you have not done your story yet for this week, that means today is Storytelling Day. Go wild: every week is a good week to try a new storytelling style! Here is a link to all of the Week 12 assignments.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Success Tip: Read the instructions. I know things are getting hectic at the end of the semester, but it always pays to read the instructions! You might find some helpful details, and you won't run into any surprises when you go to do the Declaration. Here are the Storytelling instructions for this week.

Project Stack. If you turned in your project before 9PM on Sunday, you should have comments back from me. While you are waiting on my comments, you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. Some of you have seen Oliver's "choose-your-adventure" Dungeons and Decisions Storybook, and in this blog post he explains how he's using TwineThreads to create the branching stories: Starting Twine, Saving, and Backing Up Stories.

Myth Item. The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the most famous examples of storytelling in medieval art, and you can use this Bayeux Generator to make your own! For example, here's Bayeux Star Wars.

India Video: One of the viewing options in Indian Epics is Peter Brook's remarkable theatre piece: The Mahabharata.

Myth Book Online: Today's free book is The Scottish Fairy Book by Elizabeth W. Grierson. See the Freebookapalooza blog for links and the table of contents. The illustrations are by Morris Meredith Williams:

Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb comes from Kashmir: One must take the cow's kick as well as her milk and butter. Find out more at the Proverb Laboratory.

Writing: Because you can never get enough spelling humor: I before E except after C.

H.E.A.R.T.: Here's an item about sleep, specifically How Long to Nap.

Growth Mindset: Today's growth mindset cat is ready to write: I will write without fear. You can find out more at the Growth Mindset blog.

Video: And speaking of sleep, here's a great video from Kansas State professor Mike Wesch: The Sleeper.

Event on Campus: The Singing Sooners Ensemble will be performing at 8PM in Sharp Concert Hall (details). Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.

April 12: Human Space Flight. Today is the International Day of Human Space Flight, and you can read more about the holiday at the United Nations website. And in honor of the holiday, here's the late, great David Bowie's Space Oddity... performed in space by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield:

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