Class Procedures and Reminders
THANK YOU! I want to say a big thank-you to everybody in the class; we now have a big blog network already full of ideas and images. I know that blogging is new to a lot of you, and I hope you will enjoy all the opportunities to connect and share that a blog network makes possible.
My schedule. On weekends I do not answer emails as quickly because I'm not at my desk like during the week, but as soon as I'm back online, I'll reply to any questions you have. You can also look through this week's announcements where you might find answers to your questions.
Favorite Places. I think I left a comment on each "favorite place" post, but if I missed yours, just let me know so that I can make sure to leave a comment next week. I'll be replying to Introduction posts next week.
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog Stream. I thought it was so cool that there were two giraffes in the favorite places posts... Kennedee's giraffe lives in the Arbuckle Wilderness in Oklahoma, and Ida's giraffe lives in Nairobi, Kenya:
Storybooks. And speaking of Harry Potter, here is a Hogwarts-inspired Storybook from Myth-Folklore last year: The Mystical Horses of Hogwarts.
Words. Any Parcheesi players out there? I loved this game when I was little, but I had no idea that the game and its name came from India; you can find out more here about the game "parcheesi" and the Hindi word pachisi:
HEART Video. For you readers out there, here is one of my all-time favorite videos, and it's perfect if you are spending Saturday night in the company of a good book: Bruno Mars Uptown Funk Parody: Unread Book.
Event on Campus. You can try out all the Fitness classes free this week! For example, there is Zumba on both Saturday and Sunday, plus yoga on Sunday (details).
Kipling's books are classics of British colonialism, and I really like this contemporary response: Not-So Stories, edited by David Thomas Moore, a project which takes apart Kipling's colonial stories and puts them back together again in a new way, without the colonial baggage, as told by writers from formerly colonized nations.
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.