Friday, October 25

HAPPY FRIDAY! You have reached the end of Week 10. Here is a link to Week 10, and a link to Week 11 also. (Can you believe Week 10 is almost over??? We are about to get into the final stretch of the semester.)

Class Procedures and Reminders

My schedule today. I'm presenting at an online Canvas conference today (I'll be talking about randomizers!), so I'll be away from my desk for a while around mid-day, but I should be able to catch up on emails and such by the end of the day.

Project Stack. If you turned in something on Sunday, you should have comments back from me, and I hope to get through the rest of the stack today; I will definitely reply to all the Week 9 assignments in there, plus as many of the Week 10 and Week 11 assignments as I can. Meanwhile, as always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your assignment. Anything left in the stack at the end of the day today will be at the top of the stack on Monday next week.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. Here's a cool Wikipedia Trail from Abby, going from Tantalus to Illusion Optics, via Hades and Cerberus in the Underworld:

Twitter Stream. And that Cerberus is an excuse to share this item from the Twitter stream from a while ago: puppy Cerberus!

Storybooks. Carrying on with that theme, here's an Underworld Storybook project from a couple years ago: The Underworld Examiner. (Yes, that's a Wix site!)

Myth-Folklore Video. Plus a video on an Underworld theme: The tragic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.

Story of the Day. The "why" story for today is from the Hasinai people (Caddo), who live in what is now Texas: Why Arrows Have Feathers. Yes, a hawk is involved:

Indian Epics Today. Today's character is Radha, Krishna's first consort and worshipped by many as an incarnation of the goddess. You can find out more about Radha here, and also in this Epified video (some of you may have watched this video as part of the Krishna unit this week):

Indian Epics. Plus an item at the intersection of India and science: Shiva at CERN: The Dancing Shiva represents the changes in the universe around us, as matter and energy constantly bump into each other, create and destroy systems and keep renewing the world. Find out more.

Writing. Research is a huge part of writing (even writing stories), so here are some tips to boost your Google search skills.

Mindset Cats. The mindset cat knows you have to seek the answers.

Mindset Video. And it helps if you are seeking with passion and enthusiasm!

Event on Campus. Gearing up for Halloween, the UPB is screening Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark at 6PM, 9PM and midnight in Meacham (details).

October 25: Dhanteras. Today is the holiday of Dhanteras. The festival celebrates Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity, and also Kubera, the treasure-keeper of the gods. You can read more about the holiday and its legends at Wikipedia. Here is a graphic from Devdutt Pattanaik, plus a related article: Daughter of Demons. Follow the Twitter stream: #Dhanteras.

Here is Dhanteras wallpaper with Lakshmi's footsteps and the lucky sign of the su-astika:

This is a rangoli video for Lakshmi's footprints:

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