Week of Oct 17th–Oct 21st

Highlights for the week:

Monday 17th:

- Part 1) Review

  1. Read the Weekly Reflection responses from last week.  If you don’t see your name, then you haven’t completed it!
  2. Check your Gmail
  3. Check your grades for the the 2nd Progress Reporting period (which ends this Friday!).  The lowest grade I give is a 6 out of 10, so where you see 6s, you are missing that assignment. 
  4. If you complete a missing grade, please send me an email with the completed assignment number so I can update your grade!
  5. Check your Gdocs 103 student collection, which should look like this (2.3 and 2.6 aren’t in the list because they are weekly reflections forms):
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- Part 2) New

  1. Explore Google Moon and Mars (which you can open from the top toolbar)
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    • Use the Layers options on the left of your screen to find your way around mars (and the moon)
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- Part 3) Do - Today students will…

  1. Create a collage of your favorite images in InterWrite, copy to Paint, save as a JPG named M&M and then upload to your Gdocs 103 collection 
    • You should capture at least 3 images from each (Moon and Mars) for your collage
  2. Explore the Planet Earth tour in Google Earth using the kml file which you can find in the resources collection in this image: 
    • Planet Earth kml

    - Part 4) Through?

    1. Complete any missing assignments from 2.1-2.6 for Progress Reports

      Tuesday 18th:

      - Part 1) Review

      1. Check your Gmail
      2. Check your grades for the the 2nd Progress Reporting period (which ends this Friday!). The lowest grade I give is a 6 out of 10, so where you see 6s, you are missing that assignment.
      3. If you complete a missing grade, please send me an email with the completed assignment number so I can update your grade!

      - Part 2) New

      1. Introduce Visuwords
      2. Introduce Wordsmyth
      3. Introduce Wordnik

      - Part 3) Do - Today students will analyze and compare a variety of modern, language-related, web-based services by completing the following steps…

      1. Choose 1 word from this list to enter into Visuwords  
        • Capture the word-map and paste it into a new IW called ‘Words’
        • Save your IW ‘Words’ file in your S-drive
      2. Choose 5 words starting with different letters from this list to enter into the Wordsmyth Glossary Maker
        • Create a glossary of your 5 words
        • Capture your glossary in your IW Words file
      3. Enter the word sincere into Wordnik
        • Capture 3 images to add to your IW words file (if images are blocked you may use Google image search in place of Wordnik to search for related images)
      4. Copy your completed IW page into paint, save it in your S-drive as a JPG named Words1 (which we will use to create a presentation later in the week)
      5. Here’s an example of a completed Words1 JPG file (reduced size): try the hotspots on this image!
        • Words 

      - Part 4) Through?

      1. Explore any of the 3 words resources from the new section further

        Wednesday 19th:

        - Part 1) Review

        1. Check your Gmail for some information for today
        2. If you complete a missing grade, please send me an email with the completed assignment number so I can update your grade!
        3. View these weather sites while you’re waiting for class to begin:

        - Part 2) New

        1. View this very difficult vocabulary list
        2. How to create your 5 word quiz

        - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

        1. Challenge your teachers: Use the very difficult vocabulary list to create a 5 word quiz using the Wordsmyth Quiz Maker 
          • Copy your Quiz and paste it in a new email
          • Send the email to another teacher that you would like to test (add a copy to me so I can see your quiz)
            • In the subject line, you can paste this if you like:  Try this 5 words quiz!
            • In the body of the email, you can paste these direction if you like:  Please reply to this email with your highlighted choice for each word!  Thanks for trying this! 
        2. Create your own Words Help Spreadsheet: Open your Gdocs 103 folder and choose Create New – Spreadsheet for you to record your words and definitions (so you can grade your teachers’ responses later) 
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          • Name your spreadsheet  My Words List and make your spreadsheet look like this (you can view this example in the 103 Student Demo collection):
          • My Words Example
          • Enter the 5 words and definitions from your Teachers’ Quiz into your spreadsheet using Wordsmyth (the glossary maker will help you do this quickly and easily!)

        - Part 4) Through?

        1. Explore the very difficult vocabulary list
        2. Explore this words site from Anna: http://www.armoredpenguin.com/ (Thanks Anna!)

          Thursday 20th:

          - Part 1) Review

          1. Logon to your Gmail for info on these topics: Yearbook Covers and Teacher Vocab Quiz responses
          2. Check the weather for the next several days

          - Part 2) New

          1. View an example of the presentation (found in the 103 Student Demo collection) which you will begin creating today.  Here’s how you create a new Presentation in your Gdocs 103 Collection:
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          - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

          1. Create a new Presentation in your Gdocs 103 Collection
            1. the title should be: 2.7 My Words
            2. choose a background which you have created for all of your slides
            3. on slide 1, insert your Words1 JPG from Tuesday (it should be in your S-drive)
            4. Complete your My Words List spreadsheet from yesterday (it should have 5 words and definitions in it)
          2. Copy the words and definitions from your My Words List spreadsheet
            1. use what you’ve copied to design a Wordle or Tagxedo
            2. capture it with IW
            3. copy to paint and save it as a JPG to your s-drive as wordcloud
            4. insert your wordcloud image on slide 2 of your 2.7 My Words Presentation
            5. check to make sure your 2.7 My Words Presentation is in your Gdocs 103 Collection so I can see it

          - Part 4) Through?

          1. Discuss Yearbook cover and explore galleries for ideas

            Friday 21st:

            - Part 1) Review

            1. Check your Gmail
            2. Check to make sure your Gdocs 103 folder has the 5 assignments with numbers (in the red box in this image):
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            - Part 2) New

            1. Complete the 2.8 Weekly Reflections Form #8

            - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

            1. Complete your 2.7 My Words Presentation assignment from yesterday and make sure it’s in your 103 collection so I can grade it! (It should look something like this)  
              • 2.8 slides
            2. View todays’ video collection

            - Part 4) Through?

            1. Explore galleries for Yearbook Cover ideas