Class Procedures and Reminders
Project Stack. I've replied to all the assignments in the stack turned in on Sunday, so now I'm working on projects turned in on Monday. You can always check the stack to make sure I received your project. My goal is to clear out the stack each week, so if you turned in a Week 2 assignment, I will definitely get comments back to you this week so that you'll have what you need as you proceed on to the Week 3 project this weekend.
Calendar / Progress. Someone left a great suggestion in the Suggestion Box about a way to make it easier to find the Progress Chart, and I've added a link for that to the Class Calendar page. For those of you who want to track your progress week to week, I hope that will be helpful! There's also a link to the Calendar in the sidebar of the blog here.
Look for stories everywhere. Here's a tip: you can find storytelling ideas wherever you look! Everyday household objects, things you see walking around campus, foods you eat, snatches of other people's conversations: there are story ideas lurking everywhere, and the more you use your imagination to dream up stories, the easier it will be to write stories for this class every week. So, keep an eye and ear open for stories around you, and see what you find!
Look for stories everywhere. Here's a tip: you can find storytelling ideas wherever you look! Everyday household objects, things you see walking around campus, foods you eat, snatches of other people's conversations: there are story ideas lurking everywhere, and the more you use your imagination to dream up stories, the easier it will be to write stories for this class every week. So, keep an eye and ear open for stories around you, and see what you find!
After the Scholar Strike, back to fun and exploration:
Blog stream. Lots of people shared pictures of pets at their blog so far, and here's something fun: Carlee just got a new puppy about a week ago. He's just 8 weeks old, so she'll really get to see him grow up as the weeks of the semester go by. Here's her blog post, and this is little Luka:
Twitter stream. I thought this was a brilliant cartoon from Liniers: Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. That's not exactly what Einstein said, but it is pretty close; here's what Einstein said: Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. (larger view)
Storybook. At the end of Week 4, there are going to be lots of Storybook websites in both classes, and some people are working ahead, so here's another Storybook site that is up and running; Micah is doing a Hanuman Storybook for Indian Epics: Hanuman's Journey.
100-Word Stories. In honor of the monkey-god Hanuman, here is a folktale from India about a monkey, and also about an elephant: The Elephant and the Monkey.
Blog stream. Lots of people shared pictures of pets at their blog so far, and here's something fun: Carlee just got a new puppy about a week ago. He's just 8 weeks old, so she'll really get to see him grow up as the weeks of the semester go by. Here's her blog post, and this is little Luka:
And some of you in Indian Epics class have been looking at the Amar Chitra Katha comic books on reserve in Bizzell; here's a quote from Amar Chitra Katha founder, Anant Pai, known in India as Uncle Pai:
Storybook. At the end of Week 4, there are going to be lots of Storybook websites in both classes, and some people are working ahead, so here's another Storybook site that is up and running; Micah is doing a Hanuman Storybook for Indian Epics: Hanuman's Journey.
And here's a Storybook about Indian geography with Mr. Hanuman: Geography of the Ramayana.
And for those of you who are writing stories today, here's something from Debbie Ridpath-Ohi: it's the endless up-and-down of writing.
And if you're feeling stuck with writing, or with anything else, here's some advice from Grant Snider:
And for a video, here's a lovely one from Maati Baani: Jao Priya.
September 10: Alison Bechdel. Today is the birthday of the cartoonist Alison Bechdel, who is probably most famous for the Bechdel Test, which is used to rate movies and other works of fiction for women's presence: are there at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man? Here's a graphic summary:
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You can learn more about Alison Bechdel in this video:
