Week of Sep 19th–Sep 23rd

Highlights for the week:

  • This week we will begin using Google Docs to save your work online (so you can access it from any Internet Connection)

Monday 19th:

- Part 1) Review

  1. Check your Gmail for an invitation to a Gdocs folder named 103 and your first name
  2. Review the weekly reflections from last week.  Check for your name and if you haven’t completed it, please click here to do so!
  3. As a class, view What is a Web Browser
  4. Robotics Class: View the images at this link

- Part 2) New

  1. View Google Docs overview clip and Google Docs in Plain English Clip
  2. Watch How to Upload a File into Gdocs

- Part 3) Do

  1. Complete the following steps to upload your IW Thinking Map file (view my example here) to your Google Docs 103 folder
    • open the Paint application
    • open your IW Thinking Map file and make any changes you like
    • use the camera tool to capture your thinking map
    • click to select, cut and paste it into paint
    • save it as ThinkMap1 in your S-drive
    • upload ThinkMap1 into your Google Docs 103 folder
  2. Watch the SumoPaint Intro Video
  3. View these example of a SumoPaint Image on our website and in Prezi:
  4. Go to http://www.sumopaint.com/home/ and experiment with it.  If you create something you like, use IW to capture and save it.

----- Robotics

  1. Arrange the images into the correct groups in the Robotics Prezi
  2. Breakdown recorded creations
  3. Create a tower using the materials you have (design it to breakdown easily into your white storage bin)
    • Create the tallest tower you can or
    • Create the best looking tower you can for our image collection

- Part 4) Through?

  1. View these MSNBC user submitted travel photos

    Tuesday 20th:

    - Part 1) Review

    1. Logon to Gmail, click on Documents and check to make sure you have uploaded ThinkMap1 to your 103 folderimage

    - Part 2) New

    1. View this tracking spreadsheet to see if you have uploaded your ThinkMap1 file to the correct place so I can grade it.  Remember, the file should be saved as a JPEG file type
    2. Explore more tools and layers in SumoPaint

    - Part 3) Do

    1. Complete ThinkMap1 and upload it to your Gdocs 103 folder
    2. Open IW and capture the following SumoPaint creations (use IE to open SumoPaint).  Save your IW file as Sumo to your S-drive so we can continue working on it

    - Part 4) Through?

    1. View these tiger cub images

      Wednesday 21st:

      - Part 1) Review

      1. Check the tracking spreadsheet to see if you have uploaded your ThinkMap1 file to the correct place so I can grade it. Remember, the file should be saved as a JPEG file type!
      2. Check your Gmail in FireFox
      3. Remember: to use SumoPaint you must use Internet Explorer

      - Part 2) New (view video tutorials on your own in the Gdocs Help Collection!)

      1. Explore the shared Gdoc Public View collection
        • Staff Gmail List
        • Examples of work
        • Explore the help folder for SC help videos
      2. Learn how to create a Gmail group called My Teachers
      3. View how to share something you’ve created with another teacher, student or group (or get it added to the Public View collection)
      4. View the SumoPaint Transform Wheel video

      - Part 3) Do

      1. Create a Gmail group called My Teachers using this list of Staff Gmail Addresses
      2. Try the SumoPaint Transform Wheel and add it to your IW Sumo collection
      3. Try SumoPaint other brushes and effects and add an example to your IW Sumo collection
      4. Complete and upload ThinkMap1 as a JPEG file to your Gdocs 103 folder if you haven’t already done so!

      - Part 4) Through?

      1. View these World’s Freakiest Animals Images

        Thursday 22nd:

        - Part 1) Review

        1. Check the tracking spreadsheet to see if you have uploaded your ThinkMap1 file to the correct place so I can grade it. Remember, the file should be saved as a JPEG file type!
        2. Check your Gmail in FireFox
        3. Remember: to use SumoPaint you must use Internet Explorer

        - Part 2) New

        1. Resources folder and downloading images
        2. Image effects in SumoPaint
        3. Make a screencast of your favorite sumo effect to teach others what you know

        - Part 3) Do

        1. Upload an image to SumoPaint
        2. Experiment with effects
        3. Capture an effect to add to your IW Sumo collection
        4. Complete your Sumo Collection
          • Use the camera tool to capture your entire collection
          • Cut it from IW and paste it into paint
          • Save it as a JPEG with the name MySumo
          • Upload it into your Gdocs 103 folder to be graded
        5. Make a screencast of how to make your favorite SumoPaint and save it as an flv file with the name SumoHow2 

        - Part 4) Through?

        1. View these Giant Crystals from a cave in Mexico

          Friday 23rd:

          - Part 1) Review

          1. Check the tracking spreadsheet to see if you have uploaded your ThinkMap1 file to the correct place so I can grade it. Remember, the file should be saved as a JPEG file type!
          2. Check your Gmail in FireFox
          3. Remember: to use SumoPaint you must use Internet Explorer

          - Part 2) New

          1. View screencast review (MySumo IW to Paint to 103 Folder review) of how to save and upload your MySumo collection (there’s a copy in the Gdocs Help folder if you need it)
          2. Please complete the Week 4 Reflections Form (which is a graded assignment) and please use 3 complete sentences for the last 2 questions to get full credit for them!
          3. Special requests for Art Collages from Ms. Parsneau and Scientists or Scientific instruments from Ms. Miles:

              How about some on famous artists and their work?
              Right now I could use one on collages of Henri Matisse.  I could use one on castles, Andy warhol's pop art, art of Seuss, etc.   …and from Ms. Miles:               Famous scientists would always be a good one for us... or science instruments...

          - Part 3) Do

          1. Complete your Sumo Collection
            • Use the camera tool to capture your entire collection
            • Cut it from IW and paste it into paint
            • Save it as a JPEG with the name MySumo
            • Upload it into your Gdocs 103 folder to be graded
          2. View assorted video clips

          - Part 4) Through?

          1. Check out the Media Shows from this Week!
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