Class Procedures and Reminders
Extra credit now for midterms. Some of you will probably have midterm exams starting up in a couple of weeks in your other classes; I know, that seems weird... but in classes with multiple midterms, they sometimes start up early. If you do some extra credit in this class now, you can build up your points so that you can take a week off in this class when things get intense in your other classes.
Call me Laura. As I mentioned earlier in the semester, please just call me Laura! I'm on a first-name basis with all of you (plus I am also a student with you in the Indian Epics class this semester), so it just makes sense for you to use my first name too. Really!
Project Stack. I'll update the stack periodically today so you can check the stack to make sure I received your assignment. The sooner you turn in your project today, the sooner you'll get comments back from me next week.
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog Stream. One of the extra credit options is making your own growth mindset motto, and here's one Jackie made with Canva: Failure Is Learned Experience.
India Video. If you have a few minutes today, here is one of my favorite videos from Devdutt Pattanaik; yes, they have TED talks in India too: India is not chaotic.
Storybooks. Here's a fun story about a little animal's adventures: The Brave Hedgehog.
Proverbs. This is a proverb from Zanzibar about another small creature, the ant: A coconut shell full of water is a sea to an ant.
100-Word Stories. Today's story is a fable from India about ants: The Snake and the Ants (click title for more info).
HEART Video. This is one of my very favorite StoryCorps videos; it's about astronaut Ronald E. McNair... and it involves Star Trek: Eyes on the Stars.
Event on Campus. This is not an event exactly... or, rather, it's an ongoing event: Girl Scout Cookies! If you want some (yummm!), contact Eden in Indian Epics; here's her blog post where you can connect.
