Sunday, January 26

Today is Sunday of Week 2. I hope you are having a great weekend! If you have not finished up the Week 2 assignments yet, today is the day to do that. Here is a link to Week 2, and Week 3 is ready to go too!

Class Procedures and Reminders

Project Stack. As project assignments come in, I'll periodically update the stack, so you can check the stack to make sure I received your assignment. On Monday, I'll start reading and replying to the assignments in the order that they were turned in. That means the sooner you turn in your project assignment, the sooner you will get comments back from me.

Backup/Review. An extra credit option I highly recommend is the Backup/Review option. You can learn how to back up your blog, plus it's a chance to review the past week's announcements to look for fun/useful items you might have missed. You can also check and make sure you are not missing anything in Canvas; if you did an assignment and forgot the Declaration, let me know and I'll record it for you.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. There are so many cute pet pictures in people's Introductions, and here's one that's like a story in and of itself, from Jessica's Introduction: the dog in the back seat can smell the Taco Bell Crunchwrap!


Twitter Stream. Grant Snider shared a new cartoon at Twitter! I'm an overprepared voracious reader. :-)


100-Word Stories. Today's story is: The Jackdaw and the Glow-Worm (click title for more info).


Indian Epics Today. The character today is the goddess Ganga, who descended to earth in response to the prayers of Bhagiratha becoming the river Ganges. Find out more about Ganga.


India Video. Here's an Epified video about the goddess Ganga:


Storybooks. This is a Storybook, set in India, featuring Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Missing River.


H.E.A.R.T.. Some of you will be doing the Week 3 reading today, so here's some inspiration from Game of ThronesA mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone if it is to keep its edge. That is why I read so much.


Mindset Cats. Today's mindset cat has a message for you about neuroplasticity: You are the architect of your brain.


HEART Video. Here is Paul Zak on the neurobiology of storytelling: Future of StoryTelling.


Event near Campus. It's Lorca Poetry Night at Second Wind Coffeehouse tonight at 6PM (details).


January 26Zitkala-Sa. Today marks the anniversary of the death in 1938 of the Lakota writer, Zitkala-Sa ("Red Bird"); she was born in 1876. You can read more about her life and career at Wikipedia. The University of Oklahoma Press recently published a biography of this amazing woman: Red Bird, Red Power: The Life and Legacy of Zitkála-Šá.


There is a free audiobook of her book Old Indian Legends.




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