Tuesday, March 5

Today is Tuesday of Week 8. Here is a link to the Week 8 assignments, and I hope you enjoy the review assignments. I'd recommend doing all three of the review posts together; it will probably be an even more productive reflection that way!

Class Procedures and Reminders

Getting ahead of deadlines. Getting out in front of the deadlines can be a big boost for the rest of the semester. If you do all three review posts today, you might be able to do the project, feedback, and comments tomorrow (for many of you, that project is a free pass in Week 8), clearing the way to get started on Week 9... and if you can do that now, you might be able to stay ahead all semester.

Project Stack. If you turned in an assignment before noon on Saturday, you should have comments back from me, and I'll keep working through the Saturday assignments today. As always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. I always enjoy the Wikipedia Trails, and this one from Carlo is a really cool trip through Indian mythology, going from Durvasa to Mandar Parvat.

Free Book Online. Today's free book is The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Howard Pyle, who also did the illustrations; it's Howard Pyle's birthday today!

Free Audiobook. Today's free audiobook is The Wonder Clock by Howard Pyle which is a co-production with his wife, Katherine Pyle, who was also an author and illustrator.

Featured Storybook. This Storybook is about far-away travels: Adventures through the East. Travel to Thailand, Nepal and India, with Hanuman himself as your travel guide, along with some help from Jambavan and Sugriva.

India Video. Here's a video about the ashramas, a.k.a. Stages of Life.

Myth Video. Here's another of Amy Burvall's mash-ups, this time about Chinese Dynasties ("Vogue" by Madonna).

Myth Item. And here is a proverb from China: A weasel comes to say Happy New Year to the chickens. Watch out, chickens! It's like the fox guarding the hen-house, but with a weasel instead.

And Review Week is a good time to Compare the Lists.

Growth Mindset Cats. Today's cat reminds you to never stop asking questions.

Remember "feedforward" from back in Week 3? Here's a video about that idea: Feedforward: Coaching For Behavioral Change.

Event on Campus. Come celebrate Persian Haft Seen this afternoon at 1PM in Kaufman Hall Room 221 (details ... and you can learn more about Haft Seen at Wikipedia).

Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.

March 5: Howard Pyle. Today marks the birthday in the year 1853 of the American illustrator and author, Howard Pyle. You can read about Howard Pyle's life and career in this Wikipedia article, and this image shows one of Howard Pyle's paintings, The Mermaid:

Here is the trailer for a PBS documentary about his art:

Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.