Reading Diary A: Aesop for Children (Winter)

Over all I find these Very enjoyable they make me laugh to my self and I like the lesson in each of them.
All of the stories can be found here 
These were my thoughts as i was reading
The Wolf and the Kid:This reminds me of a bad guy telling his plan only to get caught before doing so.
The Tortoise and the Ducks: Dont take advantage of what you have and flow the rules and some times its better to keep your mouth shut.
The Dog, the Cock, and the Fox:  Expect the unexpected. Just cause you think one thing is going to happen does not mean it will.
The Eagle and the Jackdaw:  I like this story because at the end it is reviled that he is to cocky for his own good even after failing.
The Boy and the Filberts: Take things in moderation. I can just picture this chubby little boy freaking out.
The Ass and His Driver: I feel like the Driver some time when I see people doing things that I know will not be good for them but still they do not listen.
The Oxen and the Wheels: This is true I feel like some people just complain to hear the selves talk.
The Gnat and the Bull:Some times we think the world revolve around us.
The Plane Tree: Some times we miss what's right in front of us.
The Travelers and the Purse: I think its funny that people only want to share when they need help.
The Farmer and the Stork:This has happened to me before it is very important to surround your self with good friends.
The Sheep and the Pig: The sheep are blinded by there own ignorance can not see what is happening to the pig.
The Lion and the Ass: some people just are not worth it the time.
The Owl and the Grasshopper: The foolish grasshopper was to quick to revive his compliments fine someone who was his enemy.
The Wolf and His Shadow: Just cause some thing has changed for you does not mean that it has not changed for others.
The Rat and the Elephant: Dont forget where you come from.
The Boys and the Frogs: Some times we do not think about the impact that our actions will have on others
The Ass Carrying the Image: This reminds me of the car commercial where the guy thinks everyone is looking at his new shirt but really they are looking at the nice car behind him.
The Two Goats: Some times we just have to let things go.
The Ass and the Load of Salt: This one is funny to me because the ass tried to take a short cut but just ended up making it harder in himself.
The Lion and the Gnat: Poor gnat did not know that everyone has a weakness.
The Leap at Rhodes: This one is kind of strange.
The Monkey and the Camel: You not really sure about this one. maybe just do what you know your good at.
The Wild Boar and the Fox: That boar is always prepared
The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion: There was nothing to stop him from killing the fox
The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox: some times its better to share.
The Travelers and the Sea: some times our dreams can be to much.
The Wolf and the Lion: It was never his to start but that still does not make it right.
The Mice and the Weasels: they set them selves up to fail.
The Wolf and the Lean Dog: some times you just have to take what you can get.
The Lion and the Ass: it was not that he was frighting he was just unknown.
The Dog and His Master's Dinner: that dog should have never stopped to argue.
The Monkey and the Dolphin: poor monkey did not mean wrong he just misunderstood,
The Wolf and the Ass: stick to what you know.
The Monkey and the Cat: be careful to not get used.
The Dogs and the Fox:these dogs had the right idea its much easier to fight a lion when its dead.
The Dogs and the Hides: You need to think about your ideas before doing them.
The Rabbit, the Weasel, and the Cat: they should have just worked it out them selves.

Monkey riding a dolphin:can be found in the Un-Textbook 

Week 1 Review

my favorite post from this week was Thursdays  this the picture of desert and dessert

the way i remember is "dessert has two "S" becasue you want to go back for more"

  

photo made by Laura 

Google Timer Tech Tip

As if google was not cool enough now we can use it to keep time. Well we can use it to help us keep track of our time with a handy time. It even has an alarm that will go off when its done. This can be useful when taking brakes to make sure that you don't get sucked to far into the web. But really I like to take brakes while im working and this will be a good tool to make sure that i dont waste to much time just browsing the internet when i should be working. 

 personal screen shot of google

Week 1 Curation

I love my bookmarks but more importantly I love google chrome. It makes it so easy to switch between my computers(ones a mac ones an pc) with out missing a step. Everything is copped over from bookmarks, to browser history, extensions. All I have to do is log in to chrome and everything that I want is there. I would say that I am pretty organized when it comes to my personal internet life but my down fall comes when we start to talk about sharing. While I have a Facebook I hardly ever post anything on it (no I don't have twitter or anything else). I don't really post on any site. I guess you could say that i am pretty selfish when it comes to the internet because I like to take everything in but I don't give that much back ( maybe this class will change that.) I don't necessarily think that is a bad thing but maybe just something that I could work on. 

the main place that I use for information is Reddit. Reddit has its own type of bookmark system that you can use to make finding what you want even easier. It has a lot of good information but it also has a lot trolls so just be careful.

Reddit Alien from flickr

Growth Mindset

The growth mindset is a very cool concept. I have never heard it called that before but I really like it because that is my way of thinking. I think that effort is just as important as the results that you get. I had never heard of the growth mindset or of Carol Dweck before this class. I see my self as a growth mindset kind of person for the most part. sometimes how ever I do find my self doing work just so I can get a grade and this is upsetting to me. I did not come to school to get grades but I came here to learn and I feel like we forget that sometimes. there have been many time where my friends and I have talked about this topic with out knowing its proper name. Its nice to know that this is an actual thing that has research backing it not not just something that we made up our selves. I am excited to put this way of thinking to work this semester and to see what kind of results I get.

Meme from the Growth Mindset memes page 

Storybook Favorites

Let me start by saying that these story books are pretty good and I hope that I can make something as good as them. Out of all the story books that I looked at my top three were Demigod Daycare, The Fairy Godmother Union Strike, and A Meeting of the Gods. These three really stuck out to me. The first thing that grabbed my attention about each of these was their titles. 

Lest start with Demigod Daycare. The title of this one is exactly what it is. Its a daycare for the sons and daughters of gods. I really like the idea of all the little kids sitting around listing to stories about their parents. the fount used in this story book really works well with it and give it an old feel. 

On to The Fairy Godmother Union Strike. Wow just wow that title as soon as I saw that I knew I had to read it (i'm a sucker for a good title) this is a very creative take on fairy tales. Hannah does a very good job retelling these stories but with out the Fairy Godmothers in them. It made for a very fun to read and they had an "its a wonderful life" feel to them. I also really liked the formatting of this storybook.

Screen shot of The Fairy Godmother Union Strike

Now last but not least A Meeting of the Gods. This title had me a little confused so I looked in to it more. I thought was going to be some story about god sitting around talking but boy was I wrong. As soon as I read the intro I became intrigued. I had never seen stories about gods of different pantheons meeting each other. These stories are fun creative and put a good twist on what we think we know about the god. The only down side to this storybook it the page that it is on is kind of boring.

Over all I really like all these stories and I hope that I can make something that can stand by them.

potential reading in the UnTextbook

OK so to start I just went through the UN-textbook and skimmed over everything. 

Here are the stories that stuck out to me (in no particular order)

1-Adam and Eve. This is such a classic story. I was kind of surprised to see it in our reading list but it is something that is important and interesting to me so that's how it made it on my list. I would also love to learn more about there story and really dive in to it.

2-Ramayana. OK so the reason I picked this story might be a little different than most people. Like I said in my introduction I like to play computer games. Well there is this one game called SMITE and it lets you play as different gods and goddesses and Rama is one of the god that you can play as so I thought it would be cool to get to know more about him.

3-The Monkey King Sun Wu Kung. I picked this for a very similar reason as to why I picked Ramayana (ok fine its the same reason). In the game he can transform into different animals and I would like to see if this is true in the stories. I also really like monkeys 

The monkey king fighting a monster image found at wikimedia 

4-Apache Tales. I really like native american tales. I have taken a few classes where I got to learn about there culture a little more and one of my favorite parts about it is the roll that the trickster plays. I think this is a very unique thing to native american and I would love to learn more about it.    

    

Introduction and Tech Tip: Embedded YouTube

Hi everyone my name is Nick Jules and I am a super senior. I really like calling it that because it sounds more fun than saying a 5th year and it makes me feel like I am super. Anyways I am majoring in creative media production. (ooo so fancy) not really it just means that i get to play with cameras. I really love creative media production because it lets me tell stories. I am not the best writer so by being able to share stories with a camera is something that i really enjoy. I was born in New Jersey but when I was nine mounts old I moved to Texas(so no i do not have a new jersey accent). I spent the time until I came to OU in Texas so pretty much my entire life has been spent in Texas and I love it there. I plan to move back in December when I graduate.

(Image info: personal photo of one of my first days of school)

I am kind of a big nerd. I spend most of my time in front of my computer. Whether it be editing video or playing computer games that's where you can find me. If I am not at my computer I am most likely eating somewhere. I love food. like I really love food. I like eating it, cooking it, and trying new things whit it. I think my love of food comes from my father and grandfather. from a very young age they tough me how to cook and showed me that food is more than just something to eat, its an experience. Along with teaching me to love food they also taught me to be a New England Patriots fan. I know i said that I grew up in Texas but my family is from Boston. I also really like batman. He is defiantly my favorite superhero. Some other fun facts about me are i use to be an RA. I was a summer camp councler at sky ranch. I have a younger sister who just turned 21 and and little brother who was born on September 11 2001, yes that day that everything happened. If you have any questions about me or want to get to know me more feel free to hit up my comment wall.

  

(Image info: personal photo.
yes some how i did trick that girl into liking me)

  

Also here is a funny video that I thought everyone might like, Me This Morning Vine

Storytelling Week 1: The Love of Baking

There once was a man who was a wonderful baker. His name was Tod. Tod baked all kinds of delicious foods. He made everything from breakfast pastries to wedding cakes. Tod was the single best baker in all the land. People would come from miles to try all his tasty treats. When they came they would buy dozens and dozens of all his goods so that they could bring them back to their family. Tod was always nice to his customers, offering them samples and filling custom request. He never had to worry about much because he was the only bakery. others had tried not none could come close to the baking perfection that Tod had. not only were his good tasty they were also reasonably priced. 

All was well for Tod until one day he realized that his bakery was in fact the best in the entire world. He thought to him self and came to the realization that if he was indeed the best in the world then he should raise his prices. And he did just that. People kept coming and buying his tasty treats so he kept raising the prices. Along whit the change in prices came a change with Tod. 

All this new found money had changed Tod from the friendly baker that every one loved to a money hungry old man that no one wanted anything to do with. One day as Tod was opening his bakery he saw that there were no people waiting in line and all day long no one show up. This happened for weeks and Tod baked nothing. He thought that this would be fine and that it would give him some time to spend his money. Sure enough he did just that he spent his money. He went on trips and bought all kinds of cool thing but something was missing. he was no longer happy. He thought it was the money that was making him happy but really it was the baking. so that night when Tod went to bed he decided to change. he no longer cared about the money he just wanted to bake.

The next day Tod sold everything that he owned except his oven and some dough. He started baking. He baked and baked and baked for three days he did not stop. By the end of the third day he had baked so mush that he had no more room. So he went out in the street and and yelled that he was giving away and his rolls for only two cents each. At first on one believed him. So he kept yelling rolls only two cents each. But still noting. Then he yelled two rolls just two cents. This got peoples attention as it was a very good deal. When they saw that he was really selling his hot and tasty rolls for only a few cents the people knew that he had changed. By the next day Tod had sold all his rolls. Tod had regained his lost customers and he has kept their trust ever since.

Homemade Hot Cross Buns from wikimedia

Author's Note:

this story is based off the old nursery rhyme "Hot-Cross Buns"  

 HOT-CROSS Buns!
Hot-cross Buns!
One a penny, two a penny,
Hot-cross Buns!

Hot-cross Buns!
Hot-cross Buns!
If ye have no daughters,
Give them to your sons.

you can find the rhyme in this book this Book: The Project Gutenberg Ebook of The Nursery Rhyme Book

Author: Unknown Editor: Andrew Lang Year Published: 2008 Web Source: The Project Gutenberg

I chose to write this because i always wounder why some one would sell their hot cross buns for only a penny and i thought this would be a good reason. 

Favorite Place

My favorite place would have to be my house. It is located in McKinney taxes. I have lived there scene I was two years old. we were the first people to live in this house. The picture is of me and my mom right before they finished building it. I love my house because it is where I grew up. I have so many good memories there. It is where I spend every holiday. I love going home because my family is always there and they are very important to me.

  

Image Information: personal photo of my mom and my self; photo taken from facebook

Comment Wall

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first post

just testing things out