Week of Jan 31st–Feb 4th

Highlights for the week: 

  • Prepare for COLD weather this week starting Wednesday morning!

Monday 31st:

- Review

  1. Agendas out and copy yellow
  2. Logon to your Google Account using Firefox.  Check the list of missing folders for folder problems so we can correct the problems and view your work!
  3. Check your Gmail for replies from your teachers

- New

  1. Discuss grades and the importance of extra credit
  2. View student reflections from last week while you’re waiting for everyone to get logged on
  3. View Student Creations work collection update clip
  4. View clip: The Internet of Things
  5. View clip: Google Maps intro
  6. Demo Streetview Gallery so you know what to do in the next section

- Do 

  1. Go to the Global Explorer tab from the Google Maps Home page and browse the page
  2. Click on the World Landmarks link and browse the landmarks (like the Colosseum)in street view as well as the sites on the scroll menu at the top (like Hawaii Beaches) or the Ski Slopes and the Whistler Village Stroll
  3. Use your Windows+S keys to capture your favorite views (make sure OneNote is open if the key combination doesn’t work for you)
  4. Create a Photovisi collage of your favorite places. 
  5. Name your collage ‘Travel’ and upload it to your 103 folder so I can see it too!

- Through?

  1. View these snow photos
  2. Try a Google Special Search on the weather for this week (you can use our 78602 zipcode for the search)
  3. Try this Goofram search on Absolute Zero, which is the coldest anything can possibly get!

Tuesday 1st:

- Review

  1. Agendas out and copy yellow
  2. Logon to your Google Account using Firefox.  
  3. Check your Gmail for replies from your teachers

- New

  1. Midwest Storm Information and Weather Channel temperature maps for the nation
  2. Explore these Google Earth Links:

- Do 

  1. Complete your Photovisi collage of your favorite places from yesterday. 
  2. Name your collage ‘Travel’ and upload it to your 103 folder so I can see it too!
  3. Capture at least 6 images of your favorite places in Google Earth for a later project. 
  4. Save the images in your Pictures folder

- Through?

  1. View these latest images from Mars
  2. Complete any missing assignments (Collages and Wordles) and upload them to your 103 folder in Google Docs

Wednesday 2nd:

- Review

  1. Agendas out and copy yellow
  2. Logon to your Google Account using Firefox.  
  3. Check your Gmail

- New

  1. View Geogreeting
  2. View this example Geogreeting
  3. View video this tutorial on creating kmz files in Google Earth
  4. View Mangroves Tour
  5. View the Local Places Tour
  6. View the Google Earth Outreach Site to explore later

- Do 

  1. Open the Local Places.kmz file …there’s a copy here:

    J:\bmercer\TODAY\Screencasts (Daily)\4th 6 Weeks Screencasts

  2. Browse through the Local Places tour
  3. Create your own tour with at least 3 stops
  4. Save your tour as Tour1 and upload it to your 103 folder
  5. Explore the Google Earth Outreach Tutorials site

- Through?

  1. View these blizzard update photos and this storm news info site

Thursday 3rd:

- Review

  1. Agendas out and copy yellow
  2. Logon to your Google Account using Firefox.  

- New

  1. Introduce Interwrite (screencapture and export functions)

- Do 

  1. View this coordinates spreadsheet (or this G-Doc) and copy/past coordinates into Google Maps
  2. Practice using InterWrite (IW) to capture and arrange images from Google Maps (or practice drawing if there’s a power outage!)
  3. Create and export an IW collage of your photos
  4. Name your export file World Tour 1 and upload it to your 103 folder

- Through?

  1. View blizzard photos update
  2. View Animal Tracks images from Jan 23rd-30th

Friday 4th: School has been cancelled today due to weather.  Enjoy the snow!

  1. Check out the Media Shows from this Week!

Additional Help and Information:

  1. YouTube How-to Videos for this class
  2. G-Apps How2 Videos
  3. Prezis
  4. TED talks (browse TED talks list)
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