Saturday, April 4

Today is Saturday of Week 11. Here is a link to Week 11 ... and if you are ready to start Week 12, here's that link: Week 12. Plus with the mega-grace period, all of Week 10 is also still available for anyone who is catching up after these impossible past few weeks.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Finishing up the class. There are now 15 people who have finished with the class already, which is great to see. It's always nice to finish this class early if you have end-of-semester stuff to do in other classes, and that's even more true now. As soon as you reach 301 points you can take the P/Pass grade which is available this semester only, or you can opt for a regular letter grade: A 410, B 360 or C 320. If you have any questions about that, here's the Spring Grading Policy for all OU courses.

Project Stack. There were still some projects left in the stack on Friday, so those will be at the top of the stack on Monday. Meanwhile, you can check the stack to make sure I received your email. I'll update it periodically this weekend. And THANK YOU for continuing to work on your projects. I know a lot of you have some serious chaos going on in your lives right now, and everything is pretty stressful. I really appreciate the work people have been doing for this class in the midst of all that!

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream.  This is actually something from a Storybook rather than the blog stream: David tried a really cool arrangement on his new story page, where he put three images side by side and pieces of the story (in verse) below each image. I think that looks really good! Hanuman and Simhika.


Twitter Stream. This is something I saw at Twitter and it's for all of you in Myth-Folklore who've been reading Native American stories; looks at all these girls... transformed!



And this is so cool: if you want a beautiful Zoom background to use, OU Libraries shared this link to Bizzell and other OU background images suitable for Zoom. (The originally image is over 5000 pixels wide which is what makes it great for Zoom! I don't really like Zoom, but Zoom backgrounds are cool.)


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


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


Myth-Folklore Video. In this video, Hera sees a therapist... and yes, that's Uma Thurman as Hera! The Mundane Goddess.


H.E.A.R.T.. Maybe you can use these technology metaphors to relax this weekend: The Joy of Tech-Meditation.


HEART Video. Here is Paul Zak on the neurobiology of stories and storytelling: Future of Storytelling.


April 4: Maya Angelou. Today marks the birthday of the poet and writer, Maya Angelou, who was born in 1928. You can read about her remarkable life and career at Wikipedia, and you can enjoy her poem Phenomenal Woman below:


Here's a video of the poem:



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