Tuesday, September 1

Today is Tuesday of Week 2. If you have not started the Week 2 reading yet, today is the day to do that! The first reading task this week is an overview of all the different reading options, and I hope you will have fun exploring and learning about the readings! Here is a link to the Week 2 assignments.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Canvas Modules. As each week ends, I move it on down to the bottom of the Modules list in Canvas, so that means Week 2 is up at the top of the Modules list now. As you can see, all the Modules are available now, so after you finish Week 2, you can move right on to Week 3 if you want, Week 4, and so on.

Project Stack. Some people are already turning in their Week 2 Project assignments, which is great! As people turn those in, I'll add your name to the Project stack, and you can always check the stack to make sure I received your Google From. 

Introductions. I'll keep on reading Introductions this week and leaving comments. In addition, the randomizer is up and running for the Week 2 comments! The randomizer will be assigning you Introductions to read at random, and you'll be getting comments on your Introduction too. (And for those of you who are working ahead, the Week 3 randomizer is available also.)

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. Finding a really cool image can be a fun part of the storytelling post; check out this multiheaded hydra image for Pierce's Week 2 story: Beauty and the Hydra.


Twitter stream. Here's a cool collection of videos that I saw at Twitter: 25 Animations of Great Literary Works.


I also found a wonderful research project at Twitter yesterday: Virtual Museum at Kalinjar Fort. You can see a sculpture of Ganesha here dating back to the 10th century:


Storybook. And here's a Storybook about Ganesha: Ganesha Loves His Food.


100-Word Stories. Plus a story about Ganesha and his elephant head: Ganesha is Born, told in 100 words.


And for more listening pleasure, here's a cool free audiobook from LibriVox: an anthology of horror stories! There are stories in here from H.P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, and other classic horror writers.


And speaking of horror, do you know about the octopus monster in Lake Thunderbird? It's one of America's Mythical Lake Monsters.


And now, to Canada: here's a Bhangra video from Gurdeep Pandher, who offers Bhangra lessons online. He's based in the Yukon, hence Bhangra on a frozen lake: Indian dancing all over the world!


September 1. Onam. The harvest festival of Onam is being celebrated now in India (the last day of the festival is tomorrow); you can learn more about Onam at Wikipedia, and here's some information from Google Arts and Culture: 



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