Week7: Feb 20th–Feb 24th

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 20th:

- 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!)
   • Find the Special Event Bell Schedule (underneath the classroom rules on the top-right side panel) 
     • In your warmup form, please tell me what time 1st period is scheduled to end tomorrow
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): 1st Period tomorrow will ___
3. Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
4. Checkout this quote:  Something to ‘think’ about! 
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- Part 2) New

1. Try this memory test game with binary numbers (ones and zeros) 
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2. Explore the ‘My Calculator’ Spreadsheet (view screencast)
3. Introduce the Favorite Streetviews Spreadsheet (view screencast)

- Part 3) Do - Today students will…

1. Try this memory test game with binary numbers
   • Send me an email with the highest number you are able to get correct
2. Create a copy of the My Calculator spreadsheet and add your name in place of ‘Copy of’ 
   • Use your copy to complete this calculator practice form
   • If you need it again, here’s a link to the video which explains how to use the spreadsheet
3. Check your Gmail for a link to the Favorite Streetviews spreadsheet for your class period and add your favorite views of the first 2 locations
4. Check your 103 folder to make sure you have completed these 7 assignments so far, and if you haven’t, please complete them!  
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- Part 4) Through?

1. Checkout these cool scenic photos from this G+ photo album 
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Tuesday 21st:

- Part 1) Review

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. Check the Special Event Bell Schedule for changes to your first 3 class periods today
3. Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Try this symbols matching concentration and send me the elapsed time it took for you to complete it in your warmup form for today 
     • http://gotofreegames.com/matchgame/free_concentration_game.htm
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I finished ___
4. Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
5. Checkout these Panoramio images (this looks like fun!)
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- Part 2) New

1. Introduce the Time Duration Calculator 
   • Use the calculator
2. Introduce Memory Games from this site 
   • Memory Game - Test Your Memory - Binary - training
   • Memory Game - Test Your Memory - Letters – training a new group of random letters is displayed each time your answer is correct  the length of the test text is increased by one after each correct response
   • Memory Game - Test Your Memory - Numbers – training a new group of random digits is displayed each time your answer is correct the length of the test text is increased by one after each correct response

- Part 3) Do - Today students will…

1. Check the current time on your laptop and use the Time Duration Calculator to find out how many hours and minutes there are until school ends today 
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2. Add streetview image links to 3 new locations in the Favorite Streetviews spreadsheet for your class period (look in your Gdocs 103 folder to find the spreadsheet again!) 
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3. Practice any of the memory games
   • Memory Game - Test Your Memory - Binary – training
   • Memory Game - Test Your Memory - Letters – training a new group of random letters is displayed each time your answer is correct the length of the test text is increased by one after each correct response
   • Memory Game - Test Your Memory - Numbers – training a new group of random digits is displayed each time your answer is correct the length of the test text is increased by one after each correct response

- Part 4) Through?

1. Checkout this slider puzzle or any of the other sidebar links at this site 
   • http://gotofreegames.com/slider_puzzle/free_slider_puzzle.htm

Wednesday 22nd:

- 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!)
   • Please answer the following question in your warmup form for today 
     • If you could travel anywhere in the world for free, where would you like to go and what would you like to see there? 
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): If I could travel ___ and I’d like to see ___
3. Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
4. Checkout the Student creations video collection from last spring

- Part 2) New

1. Play student creations video clip
2. Introduce Tagxedo (view screencast)
   • Here’s a link to the screencast in Gdocs 

- Part 3) Do - Today students will…

1. Create 3 Tagxedo Wordclouds using the assigned shapes below: 
   • http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html
   • You can use words from any appropriate website or text selection (including this Blog)
   • Image 1: Use the  Handprint shape
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   • Image 2: Use the USA shape
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   • Image 3: Your choice but use the shape outline as in the example below! 
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2. Capture all three of your creations in using IW and save the file as 8) Tagxedo in your S-drive.  Save room for tomorrow’s addition (like this example) 
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3. Robotics – begin designing a wheeled vehicle with a steering mechanism OR with 4-wheel drive (view video selections)
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- Part 4) Through?

1. Checkout this Solar Eclipse from outer space
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Thursday 23rd:

- 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!)
   • Try this challenging picture matching game and send me the number of clicks it took you to solve it 
     • http://demo.superdit.com/jquery_memory_game/
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   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): It took me ___
3. Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
4. Check your gmail for information about today’s Tagxedo assignment!

- Part 2) New

1. Find and add custom images to Tagxedo
   • Example search: microscope vector images 

- Part 3) Do - Today students will…

1. Create at least 2 custom shapes and upload them to Tagxedo to create word clouds to add to your collection. 
   • Search for basic, high-contrast shapes or text (or create text using Gzaas) like these and save them to your S-drive or desktop:
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   • Upload them into Taxgedo through Shapes/Add image (red arrows below)
   • Here’s a link to Tagxedo:  http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html
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   • Then Load text or Websites (like we did yesterday) and choose the colors and fonts you like to create clouds like these:
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   • Once you’ve added at least 2 custom shapes to your previous work, your completed project should look something like this:
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2. Convert your project into a jpg file (using Paint), save it as 8) Taxedo and upload it to your Gdocs 103 folder as the final assignment in this class for the 4th 6 weeks grading period
3. Practice any of the memory games
   • Memory Game - Test Your Memory - Binary – training
   • Memory Game - Test Your Memory - Letters – training a new group of random letters is displayed each time your answer is correct the length of the test text is increased by one after each correct response
   • Memory Game - Test Your Memory - Numbers – training a new group of random digits is displayed each time your answer is correct the length of the test text is increased by one after each correct response

- Part 4) Through?

1. Checkout SimilarSiteSearch for other word cloud creator programs or to find new resources similar to your favorite web apps!
   • http://www.similarsitesearch.com/
   • http://www.similarsitesearch.com/alternatives-to/tagxedo.com
   • http://tagul.com/  (you need to create an account to use this)
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Friday 24th: Folder checks every Friday!

- 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!)
   • Go to this website http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/index.html, enter your approximate weight, and tell me how much you would weigh if you were  
     • on the Moon
     • on Jupiter
     • on the Sun
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I would weigh ___ on the Moon, ___ on Jupiter and ___ on the Sun
3. Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
4. Checkout this cool Exploratorium Website  
   • http://www.exploratorium.edu/

- Part 2) New

1. Today is the last day of the 4th 6 weeks!  Please make sure you have completed all assignments.  Your Gdocs 103 folder should look like this:
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• Check previews of each of your files to make sure you (and I) can see them!  Here’s how (red arrows):
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• …and your final assignment named 8) Tagxedo should look like this:
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• Remember to save it as a jpg and upload it to your 103 folder!

- Part 3) Do - Today students will…

1. Complete the Week 7 Reflections Form 
2. Complete any assignments which are missing from your Gdocs 103 Student Folders
3. View this week’s video clip collection 

- Part 4) Through?

1. Checkout more of the Exploratorium: http://www.exploratorium.edu/ 
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