Week of Nov 14th–Nov 18th

Highlights for the week:

Monday 14th:

- Part 1) Review

  1. Logon to your Gmail so the Khan Academy logon below will work correctly!
  2. I’m out at Jury Duty today so please do a good job and I’ll see you all tomorrow

- Part 2) New

  1. Introduce Draw a Stickman activity (the link to this is on part 3, step 1 below) 
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    • stickman

- Part 3) Do - Today students will…

  1. Create your own stickman animation  
  2. Enhance your Presentation:  Open your 3.1 Presentation (in your Gdocs 103 folder) and follow the instructions below.  View my example 3.1 Presentation for some ideas! (It’s also in the 103 Student Demo folder)
    1. Add a new slide 3 (red arrow)
    2. Insert your ocean frame JPG (blue arrow)
    3. Add the URL in a textbox at the top so you can find it again (green arrow)
    4. Add some other image at the bottom of the ocean
    5. 3.1 w stickman
  3. Practice your Math skills: Logon to Khan Academy (using your Gmail address and password) and complete your next Math activity

- Part 4) Through?

  1. View the Stickman Gallery here
  2. View these cool island vacation site images: http://freshome.com/2011/10/29/ultimate-holiday-retreat-ayada-maldives-resort/
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    Tuesday 15th:

    - Part 1) Review

    1. Please check your Gmail!
    2. Looks like some rain in the forecast for today, but it should be clearing up by the time you go home today. It should be much cooler tomorrow morning (near 40 degrees) 
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    - Part 2) New

    1. Introduce Artpad:  http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/ 

    - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

    1. Create an Artpad sketch and then copy the URL (fill out the form to send it to yourself) 
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    2. Create a New Prezi using the Our Project Template and name it 3.3 My Animations 
      • Create areas for Artpad and Stickman creations and add the URLs to your creations by the screencaptures which you add
      • Use this Prezi with instructions added as a Demo of what to do: http://prezi.com/l7knb0ut4v_n/my-animations/
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    3. Create a new Stickman Animation at http://www.drawastickman.com/  and capture each frame to add to your Prezi in the Stickman Frame

    - Part 4) Through?

    1. Practice with Pivot, which we will be adding to our 3.3 My Animations Prezi soon!

      Wednesday 16th:

      - Part 1) Review

      1. Please check your Gmail and make sure you can access your calendar (we will be adding an event to it today)!
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      - Part 2) New

      1. Add the Thanksgiving Holiday Week to your Calendar: Choose the month view (red arrow) then click on the 21st (blue arrow) then click on Edit event (green oval)
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        • Type (or copy and paste) Thanksgiving Holiday! in the box (red arrow) then click on the end date box (blue arrow) then click on the 25th (green arrow) and Save your entry (purple oval)
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      - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

      1. Review how to use the 3D sketch Pad 
        • Here are some examples of 3D sketches: Hold down the space bar while dragging left and right to rotate these sketches
        • Create and capture a 3D Sketch and URL and add them to the next section of your 3.3 My Animations Prezi. To get the URL, click Save & Share (green oval) and highlight and copy the URL from the box
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      2. View my example Prezi to guide you as you add captures and links from each of these following animation tools 

      - Part 4) Through?

      1. Create a cover for our yearbook using any of the tools which we have learned.  Save your creations as Yearbook1, Yearbook2, etc., in your Gdocs 103 folder.

        Thursday 17th:

        - Part 1) Review

        1. Check your Gmail
        2. Here’s the weather forecast for the next few days

        - Part 2) New

        1. Introduce Pivot (view tutorial video – any volunteers to create a better tutorial?)
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        - Part 3) Do - Today students will… 

         

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        1. Create a pivot animation which shows what might happen if gravity suddenly reversed itself (things that normally fall would float to the top of the animation window and things that normally float like balloons would drop to the bottom)
          • Capture at least 5 key frames from your animation and design and integrate them to your Prezi
        2. View my example Prezi to guide you as you add captures and links from each of these following animation tools

        - Part 4) Through?

        1. Create a cover for our yearbook using any of the tools which we have learned. Save your creations as Yearbook1, Yearbook2, etc., in your Gdocs 103 folder.

          Friday 18th: Have a great Thanksgiving Holiday!

          - Part 1) Review

          1. Please check your Gmail for an awesome student-created animation (and a cool quote)
          2. Today you need to
            1. Complete your weekly reflections form (link in Part 3 below)
            2. Upload your Pivot animation as a Gif file to your 103 student Gdocs folder so I can find some great examples to share with you over the holidays
            3. Capture 5 snapshots of your Pivot animation and add them to your 3.3 My Animations Prezi

          - Part 2) New

          1. View how to save your Pivot animation as an animated Gif file named 3.5 Gravity and upload it to your 103 student folder
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          - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

          1. Reflect on your week by completing your 3.4 Weekly Reflections form #12
          2. Complete and upload your Pivot animation
          3. View the Friday Video Clips Collection

          - Part 4) Through?

          1. Create a cover for our yearbook using any of the tools which we have learned. Save your creations as Yearbook1, Yearbook2, etc., in your Gdocs 103 folder.
          2. Make an awesome Christmas Pivot animation like the one in your Gmail for today!
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