Highlights for the week:
- View the BMS Public Calendar for this weeks events!
- This is Red Ribbon Week. The event for each day is written in read after the name of the day
- Good luck with all of your testing this week!
Monday 24th: Twins Day
- Part 1) Review
- Logon to your Gmail and read the email about spreadsheets which I sent over the weekend
- Check for your name in the reflection question responses from Friday, and if you don’t see it, please complete the form!
- Check your grades for missing assignments (grades with a 6 out of 10 are missing) and complete them. Please send me an email with any completed assignment numbers so I’ll know to check them. Your 103 folder should have these assignments in it:
- Part 2) New
- View the My Calculator file in your Gdocs resources folder and see how spreadsheets can be used to help with math
- Part 3) Do - Today students will…
- Calculate the answers to some math problems using a spreadsheet calculator: Open the My Calculator file in your Gdocs resources folder and choose File, make a copy and add your name in place of mine in your copy
- try entering different numbers in the blue and green columns to see the spreadsheet perform
- use this form to send me your answers to some calculations
- View some demo clips on Aviary Education version
- Logon to Aviary Education using the following Username and Password
- Username: First name and 3 letters of last name (example: for Mark Collins you would use MarkCol )
- Here’s a link to the Aviary Usernames for all of my students
- Password: Student ID number (example: 101010)
- Part 4) Through?
- Work on your yearbook cover designs!
Tuesday 25th: Duct Tape Day
- Part 1) Review
- Logon to your Gmail to see today’s windfarm project
- Discuss guidelines regarding games in this class, which may only be played under the following conditions (or if given permission to do so otherwise):
- Mon – Thurs
- The assignments for the day must be completed
- Only during the last 10min of class
- Fri
- All assignments must be completed and you must show me your gdocs 103 student folder to prove you are caught up before playing
- Failure to comply with these guidelines will result in suspension of your internet access for a period of time!
- Part 2) New
- View the Aviary combining images demo clip
- Learn how to alter images or combine elements from several images into one like this composite example:
- …or this example (which we will make in class today):
- Part 3) Do - Today students will…
- Create a Pinwheel Windfarm
- Copy the Aviary Pinwheel Windfarm Project folder from my J-drive/bmercer folder to your S-drive folder. (There are also copies of the images you need in the Gdocs Resources/Aviary collection)
- Logon to your Aviary account using the directions from yesterday
- Choose ‘New Creation’ then ‘Create Images’
- Choose ‘Load an Image File’ and upload the Pinwheel and Windfarm images onto separate layers from your S-drive to alter
- Follow the directions in class about how to merge the images and save your creation as Windfarm
- Experiment with Aviary Image Editing features by uploading and merging other images of your choice! Create at least 1 additional merged image file in Aviary and save it to your Aviary account.
- Part 4) Through?
- Continue working on your Yearbook Cover ideas
- Browse these Duct Tape resources
Wednesday 26th: Early Release Day – School releases at 1:50PM after testing PJs Day
There are no regular classes for students today. Good luck with your Testing!
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Vocabulary Resources Training for Staff
- Collaborative Vocabulary Lists
- Basic Cumulative Vocabulary List (staff edit - add any words you would like your students to know!)
- Advanced Cumulative Vocabulary List (staff edit - expanded version with studystack links, definitions, translations, etc.)
- Vocabulary Related Tools
- Wordsmyth
- StudyStacks (automatically creates vocabulary review activities for students given an input list)
- Example: Power Words
- Word Clouds
- Wordle
- Gallery (308Today)
- Advanced Wordle (complete control over phrases, sizes, colors, fonts, background, etc.)
- Advanced Wordle Creator (spreadsheet which creates and formats the advance Wordle input text for you)
- Tagxedo (shape your wordclouds)
- Vocabulary Related Projects
- Glogster EDU (cool electronic linked posters with embedded animations, audio and video!)
- Glogpedia (top glogs which you can use for instruction, extensions, etc.)
- Other Topics
Thursday 27th: Nerd day
- Part 1) Review
- Logon to your Gmail
- Checkout the weather forecast for today
- Here’s the Bell Schedule for the dance tomorrow
- Checkout these student image creations:
- Part 2) New
- Learn how to remove the white border from magic wand images
- Part 3) Do - Today students will…
- Create some image alterations/merges for Twins Day, Nerd Day, or Duct Tape Day for next year’s Red Ribbon Week (like these Frog Twins for Twins Day):
- Practice with Aviary image editing tools like smudge and liquefy (like this example Freaky Frog Halloween Mask)
- Part 4) Through?
- Try this virtual pumpkin carving activity
- Use Aviary to touch-up your virtual pumpkin creation!
Friday 28th: Halloween Day
- Part 1) Review
- Logon to your Gmail
- View these Halloween Safety Tips
- Here’s the Bell Schedule for the dance today
- Part 2) New
- Please complete the 2.10 Weekly Reflections Form
- Part 3) Do - Today students will…
- Complete your Red Ribbon Week Composite image and pumpkin carving image from yesterday and save them to your Aviary account.
- Your images will be captured and added to a new presentation called 2.11 Aviary on Monday! Here are some examples:
- View this week’s video clips
- Part 4) Through?
- View these Halloween Safety Tips!
- Work on a Yearbook Cover for our school using the new Aviary tools which you have learned! Explore these galleries for ideas:
