Week of Apr 18th–Apr 22nd

Highlights for the week:

  • TEKS for this week – 1 (C&F), 5 (B&C), 8 (A,D&E), 12C

Monday 18th:

- Part 1) Review

  1. All grades have been entered, so you can check your grades to see what will be on your report card this Thursday
  2. I’ve updated all of the grades for those students who sent me an email with their completed assignment numbers.  If your grade hasn’t changed, either you didn’t send me an email to check it or the assignment wasn’t saved in the correct location (like your 103 folder for example).

- Part 2) New

  1. Watch cats video clip
  2. Rate today’s Website-of-the-day ( Chogger Comic Strip Creator ) using this form: Rate this site form  (You can earn up to 3 points extra credit for completing this 3 question form).  Here’s a test chogger.

- Part 3) Do

  1. This is our 1st graded event of the last grading period!  Record a screencast of a pivot which you created and save it as an avi file.
    • If it’s for the competition, name it ‘pivot 10 sc’  (If you add music using Windows Movie Maker, you’ll have a better chance of doing well in the competition!)
    • If you don’t want it entered, name it ‘pivot sc’

- Part 4) Through?

  1. Create a Chogger comic strip using pictures or drawings
  2. View these time exposure photos from National Geographic

    Tuesday 19th:

    - Part 1) Review

    1. Remember to use FireFox for Google Docs and many of the links from this Blog and to use IE for Flash-based websites (things which won’t open correctly in FireFox… like Chogger)
    2. Report cards will be handed out on Thursday

    - Part 2) New

    1. View unusual combination video clip
    2. View this Dvolver Demo
    3. Watch this silent screencast on how to use Dvolver
    4. Rate today’s Website-of-the-day ( Dvolver Movie Maker ) using this form: Rate this site form (You can earn up to 3 points extra credit for completing this 3 question form).

    - Part 3) Do

    1. Make a new folder in your S-drive called Project1
    2. Practice creating a 3-scene Dvolver Movie and send me an email with the link.  I’ll add good examples to a TitanPad for us all to view tomorrow.
    3. Here’s the email information for step 2 above

        Recipient: Mr. Mercer

        Email: bmercer@bastrop.isd.tenet.edu

        Your email: (Your ID number in place of zeros) 000000@student.bastrop.isd.tenet.edu

    4. Start our first project of the final 6 weeks (called ‘Project1’) which will use Windows Movie Maker to record brief demonstrations and reviews of each of  the Website-of-the-day sites (what you like and don’t like about each).
      • To start the project, make a Chogger Comic Strip and record a screencast of it using screencast-o-matic.  You don’t need to talk, but it’s easier than adding subtitles to Movie maker later on!
      • Save your screencast of your Chogger as an avi file and put it in your s-drive Project1 folder.  All of the links which you will need for this project are on the Student Links Map highlighted in bright green.

    - Part 4) Through?

    1. Explore these virtual tours of the Louvre.  What is the Louvre you ask?
    2. Complete the first graded event of the last grading period… your screencast of your pivot animation and save it as an avi file to your 103 folder
      • If it’s for the competition, name it ‘pivot 10 sc’ (If you add music using Windows Movie Maker, you’ll have a better chance of doing well in the competition!)
      • If you don’t want it entered, name it ‘pivot sc’

      Wednesday 20th:

      - Part 1) Review

      1. All of the links you need for Project1 are on the Student Links Map
      2. There’s a TAKS Pep Rally today instead of Den time
      3. Remember to use FireFox for Google Docs and many of the links from this Blog and to use IE for Flash-based websites (things which won’t open correctly in FireFox… like Chogger)
      4. Report cards will be handed out tomorrow

      - Part 2) New

      1. View this Voki Demo
      2. How to create a Voki Speaking Character

      - Part 3) Do

      1. Continue our first project of the final 6 weeks (called ‘Project1’) which will use Windows Movie Maker to record brief demonstrations and reviews of each of the Website-of-the-day sites (what you like and don’t like about each).
      2. You should have the following things completed (or at least started)

      - Part 4) Through?

      1. Work on your pivot 10 screencast for the competition
      2. Make plans for your 3-day weekend :)

        Thursday 21st:

        - Part 1) Review

        1. Pivot 10 competition entries are due today!
        2. All of the links you need for Project1 are on the Student Links Map
        3. Remember to use FireFox for Google Docs and many of the links from this Blog and to use IE for Flash-based websites (things which won’t open correctly in FireFox… like Chogger)

        - Part 2) New

        1. 2nd Period: Ricardo & Skaosti to Ms. Tamez  rm306
        2. Video clips for today
          • Ch1 news parts 1&2
          • Drift with the Supercars
          • Flying car modding in Aviary
          • Phoenix Demo
          • Ship under bridge
          • Spore Demo

        - Part 3) Do

        1. Complete the Weekly Reflection Form (some of the questions are new)
        2. Complete the Extra Credit Rate the Site form for each of the 3 new programs we’ve used this week (most of you have not done this yet!)
        3. Continue our first project of the final 6 weeks (called ‘Project1’) which will use Windows Movie Maker to record brief demonstrations and reviews of each of the Website-of-the-day sites (what you like and don’t like about each).
        4. You should have the following things completed (or at least started)
          • Make a folder called Project1 in your S-drive
          • Create a Chogger Comic strip, review it using this form, and make a screencast avi file and save it in your Project1 folder as ‘Chogger sc’
          • Create a 3-scene Dvolver Movie, review it using this form, and make a screencast avi file and save it in your Project1 folder as ‘Dvolver sc’
          • Create a Voki Speaking Character, review it using this form, and make a screencast avi file and save it in your Project1 folder as ‘Voki sc’
          • Use Windows Movie Maker to collect your 1st 3 screencasts into one Movie.  Save the Movie in your S-drive as a new project called ‘Project1part1’ until it is completed so you can continue editing it.  When the movie is completed, publish it (save it as a movie file named Project1part1) and upload it to your 103 folder to be graded

        - Part 4) Through?

        1. Check out these Island Photos from National Geographic
        2. Work on your pivot 10 screencast for the competition
        3. Make plans for your 3-day weekend :)

          Friday 22nd: HOLIDAY

            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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