Wikipedia Trails: Pelican to Demon

I saw the proverb of the day with a pelican on it and went to that Wikipedia page. The bird has a long beak and was itching his neck. It is also one of the largest water birds.

From there, I clicked on a link to Mythology of all things. The wikipedia page said the pelican has a long history of significance in mythology and why would I not click on mythology since that is what class we are taking!

After that I was choosing between clicking on giants, elves, or faeries and I chose elves. I clicked on thinking it was going to talk about the elves that help Santa, but they originated from Germanic mythology and folklore where it then spread to Christian cultures.

Then I clicked demon after because I thought it would be weird to go from pelican to a demon in the Wikipedia trails post. The demon is prevalent in mythology as well as many other things such as religion and literature.

Pelican Wikipedia                             Arrow Right Wikimedia Commons          Demon Wikipedia

 

Tech Tip: Canvas Profile

I added my Linkedin profile to my canvas profile. I think that it would be really helpful if everyone had a picture of themselves on their canvas. I can't always remember a lot of people's names and when you get into a class and are looking for someone you have had class with this could help out a lot. Putting names to faces is very helpful.

Week 8 Progress

I am super happy with my progress right now, but I could get more ahead to give me more free time later. It is what it is though. My weekly routine has been changing a little as I have gone on. The first couple of weeks I would just do a reading and story on the day it was due and then do all the project stuff on Sunday. I am trying now to knock out the Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday stuff on Monday so that I can do the weekend stuff during the week when I have free time. I enjoy the reading posts the most because I enjoy reading stories that I have not read yet and to see how each culture tells stories. I did the extra credit one week and have not done it since. I might in the future, but who knows... I would like to do more extra credit so that I can finish early because the end of the semester will be busy with all my capstone stuff being due.

I chose this picture because it really tells you how to be successful. You just have to go get it! Nothing more nothing less. Everyday counts and if you go get it everyday, one day you will see the success.

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Week 8 Comments and Feedback

I think that comments from the students have been very helpful and insightful. I think that the comments about what is missing from the story and needs to be added is very useful as well as the ones about adding in things into the author's note since they never read the story.

My comments on other people's blogs have been pretty good. I tend to be a little bit nicer rather than be blunt if I do not like something about their story. I enjoy the WWW feedback strategy.

I am getting to know people and what they like by reading their posts. I also like my introduction, but I think that it could be updated a little bit. I think that people can get to know me by reading and commenting on my posts.

I think that I can look more into the feedback from other students to help improve my stories. I also think that I could change up how my website is to make it look a little more modern like the theme of my portfolio.

I chose this picture because I like climbing trees and think that feedback is always beneficial and will definitely help you go higher. Without feedback you will become stagnant.

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Week 8 Reading and Writing

I think that my reading and writing assignments have gone well. There were a couple that did not put all that much effort into because I was busy with my capstone, but for the most part I think that the effort was there. I also think that they are improving as we have gone along. My favorite story was the First Voyage of Sindbad. The reading so far has been very beneficial to my writing posts, it is the base of all of my stories. So far I am happy with my portfolio, I really like my first two stories and am looking forward to writing more to add to it. I think my biggest accomplishment is writing stories from back in the day and adding a modern twist to it. I really like this picture from my first post in my portfolio because it tells it how it is. Who cares what other people think if you are working hard and doing what you love. I think that I need to read more stories each week in order to find the best story to retell.

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