Week5: Feb 6th–Feb 10th

Highlights for the week:

  • View the BMS Public Calendar for this weeks events!
  • Tip: Use ctrl+f and enter the date (like 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.) to jump quickly to the Blog entry for today!

Monday 6th:

- Part 1) Review

  1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
  2. Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
    • Click on the link to the BMS Public Calendar at the top of this page
    • Find the dates when these 2 things occur
      • What day this week is our Early Release Day?
      • What is the date of our next Student Holiday?
    • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): Our Early release day is ___ and our…
  3. Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
  4. Checkout these Animal Tracks Images from msnbc.com 
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- Part 2) New

  1. Introduce Sumopaint (view Intro, Symmetry, and Shapes clips)
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    • …which you can use to create effects like these:
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- Part 3) Do - Today students will…

  1. Begin experimenting with Sumopaint 
    • Explore the Sumopaint Symmetry and Shapes tools
    • 6Sumos -Day1
  2. This week we’ll be using IW to capture these 6 sumopaint effects 
    1. Symmetry (screencast)
    2. Shapes (screencast)
    3. Sphere (screencast)
    4. Ice cube (screencast)
    5. Text Transform (screencast)
    6. Image (screencast)
  3. Here are some Sumopaint links which might help you (also on right-side panel)
  4. Save your IW gwb file as 6Sumos to your S-drive until it’s completed 
    • You should complete effects 1 & 2 today (Symmetry & Shapes)
    • Eventually we will uploading the collection of 6 effects to your Gdocs 103 Student Folder as 6Sumos

- Part 4) Through?

  1. Checkout these images from the SuperBowl
  2. …or these Super Bowl Commercials

    Tuesday 7th:

    - Part 1) Review

    1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
    2. Tomorrow is an Early Release Day (and the UIL fieldtrip!) so your classes will all be much shorter
    3. Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
      • View these images and think about ways in which they are similar and ways in which they are different 
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      • Use your daily warmup form to list 2 ways these are the similar and 2 ways they are different
      • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): These images are similar because____ but they’re different because ____
    4. Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
    5. Checkout this gallery of Sumo Paint Creations (like this one)
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    - Part 2) New

    1. Discuss the warmup for similarities and differences (link)
    2. View this image for similarities and differences
      • ThinkMap DB-1
      • Complete this form to quietly record your ideas (so you don’t give them away)
      • View the ideas you come up with as a class
    3. Introduce Sumo Paint 3D and Distortion tools (view screencasts)

    - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

    1. Continue experimenting with Sumopaint
      • Explore the Sumopaint 3D and Distortion tools
      • 6Sumos - Day2
    2. Save your IW gwb file as 6Sumos to your S-drive until it’s completed
      • You should complete effects 3&4 today (3D effect & Distortion)
      • Eventually we will uploading the collection of 6 effects to your Gdocs 103 Student Folder as 6Sumos

    - Part 4) Through?

    1. Now this is cold! Read more about Europe’s current deep freeze here
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      Wednesday 8th: Early Release Day & UIL Field Trip!

      - Part 1) Review

      1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
      2. Here’s the Early Release Bell Schedule for today
      3. Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
        • Please answer these 3 questions in your warmup for today (hint: the answers to these questions are in part 3 of today’s Blog entry!)
          • What are you supposed to name your Sumopaint collection file?
          • What type of file are you to save it as?
          • Where are you supposed to put it so I will be able to grade it?  
        • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): My collection should be saved as___ , the file type should be ___ and I should upload it to ___
      4. Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
      5. Checkout these Nikon Small World image contest winners (like this example of a blade of grass)
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      - Part 2) New

      1. Explore the Thinkmap form results from yesterday
      2. Add our last two Sumopaint effects to our collages (view screencasts of transform tool & image effects)
        • Here’s an example of a plastic edge effect
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      - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

      1. Continue experimenting with Sumopaint
        • Explore the Sumopaint transform tool & image effects
        • 6Sumos -Complete 
      2. Once you have completed your collection of 6 effects, paste it into paint, save it as a jpg file named 6Sumos and upload it to your Gdocs 103 Student Folder!

      - Part 4) Through?

      1. Explore the Southernmost point in the continental US in streetview 
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      2. …or this Northernmost point (images only)
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        Thursday 9th:

        - Part 1) Review

        1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
        2. Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
          • Scan the Thinkmap form results from yesterday  
            • Find your favorite observation that you hadn’t already thought of
            • Send me that idea in the warmup form using a complete sentence
          • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I thought this was a great idea: ____
        3. Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
        4. Checkout this article with images from the Mars Orbiter
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        - Part 2) New

        1. View screencast ‘Mars in Google Earth’
        2. View a Sumo Carnation on our BMS Website Slideshow like the one which is attached to the email which I sent you all
        3. Creative Challenge: Add a carnation (or a bouquet of carnations) to your completed sumopaint collections (watch screencast)

        - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

        1. Complete your 6Sumos collection and add a Valentine’s Day Carnation (or Carnations) to the center of it (like this image below): 
          • 6Sumos_-Complete_w_Carnations
        2. Remember to upload your completed 6sumos with flower collection as a jpg file to your Gdocs 103 Student Folder so I can grade it!

        - Part 4) Through?

        1. Explore Mars in Google Earth!
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          Friday 10th: Folder checks every Friday!  Monday is a Student Holiday!

          - Part 1) Review

          1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
          2. Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
            • View the Animal Tracks images for this week 
              • Tell me which slide number you liked best and what you liked about that slide
            • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I liked slide ___ because ___
          3. Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
          4. Checkout these new Animal Tracks images for this week 
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          - Part 2) New

          1. Gdocs folder check. Your folder should look like this 103 Student (Demo) folder:
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          - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

          1. Complete the Week5 Reflection Form
          2. Complete your 6Sumo (with carnation) collection, save it as a jpg file and upload it to your Gdocs 103 Student Folder
          3. View the Friday Video Collection for this week

          - Part 4) Through?

          1. Continue to explore Mars in Google Earth!
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