Highlights for the week:
- View the BMS Public Calendar for this weeks events!
Monday 3rd:
- Part 1) Review
- View the reflections from last week. (I posted your ideas in the green highlighted column so all BMS teachers could see them!)
- Check your Gmail
- Check your Grades. All grades for this class for the 1st 6 weeks grading period have been posted. The lowest grade I give on an assignment is a 6 out of 10, so where you see that number, the assignment was not turned in.
- Part 2) New
- Open your Gdocs 103 folder and drag all files into the collection labeled 1st
- View and discuss the IW Thinkmap2 file (page1 images)
- Part 3) Do
- Enter your ideas in this Thinkmap2 form.
- Then view these page2 images:
- On your IW file (page 2 slide), list the similarities and differences of the 2 images (at least 3 in each category) and complete the following steps:
- Capture your results from page2 using the camera tool in IW
- Cut and paste them into paint
- Save them as a JPG with the name Thinkmap2 to your S-drive
- Upload Thinkmap2 to your Gdocs 103 Folder
- This is the 1st assignment of the 2nd 6 weeks!
- Part 4) Through?
- We will view the Google Translate Slam video clip
- Explore Google Translate for an activity we will do tomorrow
Tuesday 4th: Pep Rally today at 3:00 – All of your classes will be a little shorter
- Part 1) Review
- View the Bell Schedule for today
- Part 2) New
- Introduce the Time Duration Calculator
- View ‘How to rename a file’ and rename your Thinkmap2 file (new name: 2.1 Thinkmap2) so that I can search for it more easily
- Part 3) Do
- Complete yesterday’s assignment (your IW file - page 2 slide), list the similarities and differences of the 2 images (at least 3 in each category) and complete the following steps:
- Capture your results from page2 using the camera tool in IW
- Cut and paste them into paint
- Save them as a JPG with the name 2.1 Thinkmap2 to your S-drive
- Upload Thinkmap2 to your Gdocs 103 Folder
- It should look something like this:
- Use the Time Duration Calculator to figure out how long it will take until the Pep Rally starts and send me an email with your answer and a link to your 2.1 Thinkmap2 file.
- I will reply with a link to a new program to try!
- Part 4) Through?
- Explore these Lego Creations,
- Explore this Legoland interactive map and streetview tour
- …or go straight to this Google Map of Legoland and this Legoland City
Wednesday 5th:
- Part 1) Review
- Check your Gmail for a message which I sent to all teachers this morning
- Open your Gdocs Resources Collection
- Part 2) New
- View these clips:
- Google Presentations Overview
- 450 page Demo Slam
- View the Presentations backgrounds Demo Gdoc in the Resources Collection
- Explore the 450 slide Google Presentation from the video clip (large file which takes some time to open!)
- Part 3) Do
- Create a new Gdoc Presentation called My Backgrounds and create 5 new slides with backgrounds you’ve created using Flamepaint, SumoPaint, Paint, etc., and save it in your Gdocs 103 folder so I can see it. Remember, the instructions for how to do this are in the Presentations backgrounds Demo (in your Resources folder)!
- Our next assignment will be to find some interesting streetview sites (like this one: Legoland City which is found here: Google Map of Legoland) and create a presentation tour to share with others!
- Part 4) Through?
- Start looking for streetview sites to use in our next assignment!
- Continue exploring the 450 slide Google Presentation for ideas! (like animation via Google Presentations?)
Thursday 6th:
- Part 1) Review
- Check your Gmail
- Open your Gdocs Documents folder and move your MyBackgrounds file into your 103 Collection so I can see it
- Part 2) New
- How to import slides into a new presentation
- How to copy and rename the Streetview Tour Demo spreadsheet and add your own locations
- How to insert Streetview images into your Presentation Project
- Part 3) Do
- Complete your MyBackgrounds presentation with 5 slides of your created backgrounds. Make sure you move it into your 103 collection so I can see it!
- Evaluate a number of streetview locations using the Streetview Tour spreadsheet file in your Resources Collection
- Copy the Streetview Tour Demo file and name your copy Streetview Tour
- Explore the locations and find and more of your own as you discover them
- Create a new presentation called 2.2 MyStreetviews with 5 slides of your favorite streetview locations. Remember, to add streetview images you will need to capture them with IW, cut and paste them into paint, save them as JPGs and insert them into your new presentation!
- Part 4) Through?
- Continue exploring and collecting new streetview images for your collection spreadsheet
Friday 7th:
- Part 1) Review
- Here’s a message for you all :)
- Logon to your Gmail and go to your documents to check to see if your 103 Collection has assignments 2.1 & 2.2 in it
- Check the Gdocs Resources Collection for examples of what your assignments should look like
- Part 2) New
- Complete 2.3 Weekly Reflections Form #6
- Part 3) Do
- Complete assignment 2.1 (from Tuesday of this week)
- Complete assignment 2.2 (from Thursday of this week). This presentation should have 5 slides of streetview locations and a background which you made using Flamepaint, Sumopaint or some other graphics software!
- Check the Gdocs Resources Collection for examples of what your assignments should look like
- Part 4) Through?
- Continue exploring streetview images from around the world!
