Week16: Apr 30th–May 4th

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 30th:

- Part 1) Review

  1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
  2. Checkout this article about professional handshakes and how they can affect your ability to get a job! 
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  3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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    • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
    • Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer 

    - Part 2) New

    1. Add slide 8 on Word Clouds to your Review Key Sites Presentation   
    2. View introduction screencast on Prezi 

    - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

    1. Add slide 8 on Word Clouds to your Review Key Sites Presentation
      • Make the background using Wordle or Tagxedo and any text selection you like
      • You should have 4 linked images on your slide (the links are above the Einstein slide
    2. Begin creating your first Prezi called Practice and experiment with adding text, lines, images, frames, shapes and color changes
      • Describe the best parts of a typical school day for you with at least 3 main areas
      • Upload them to your Practice Prezi
      • Have fun and be creative!
      • Here’s an example which I’m currently working on: http://prezi.com/o5-scst2nc-j/practice/

    - Part 4) Through?

    1. Checkout this article about professional handshakes and how they can affect your ability to get a job!
    2. Cool photo from this G+ post
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      Tuesday May 1st:

      - Part 1) Review

      1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
      2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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        • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
          • Please view the Prezi with images of the first few days of the Gulf Oil Spill of 2010 
            • In your warmup, choose one of these to answer:
              1. Which picture you thought was most interesting and why
              2. What you remember about the incident and how it affected you or your family
              3. What you feel about this type of disaster in general
            • http://prezi.com/i4htdpraflvu/gulf-oil-spill/
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          • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I think ___
        • Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer 

        - Part 2) New

        1. Need to recreate your account?  Here’s a link: 
        2. Use Prezi to document a story like this one: Gulf Oil Spill Prezi 
        3. View Prezi tutorial on grouping and layering: 
        4. Create a Prezi Streetview tour with images of 6 Flags and comments about your favorite rides or experiences or, if you’ve never been there, images and comments about what looks exciting to you!  

        - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

        1. Complete slide 8 on Word Clouds to your Review Key Sites Presentation
        2. Complete your Practice Prezi from yesterday with at least 3 main areas and 1 image per area   
        3. Begin your 6 Flags tour Prezi, which must include the following original captures (meaning don’t copy mine!):
          • A streetview image of the entire park
          • At least 5 numbered ‘stops’ on your tour, with at least 2 images, 1 comment and 1 hyperlink per stop!

        - Part 4) Through?

        1. Checkout the Six Flags website:  http://www.sixflags.com/fiestatexas/index2.aspx
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          Wednesday 2nd:

          - Part 1) Review

          1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
          2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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            • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
              • Explore this Prezi Resume and tell me one thing you liked or didn’t like about it in the warmup form for today 
              • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I liked ___
            • Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer 

              - Part 2) New

              1. Add slide 9 on Backgrounds to your Review Key Sites Presentation.  Your slide should contain a new example and a link to each of these 3 background tools and a link to week8 where we introduced the ‘My Backgrounds’ presentation  
                1. Flamepaint 
                2. Neave interactive 
                3. Bomomo creation
                4. 308 Today Week 8: http://308today.blogspot.com/2012/02/week8-feb-27thmar-2nd.html 
              2. View updated example Prezis 
              3. View Prezi tutorial on sharing and collaborating with Prezi:

              - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

              1. Add slide 9 on Backgrounds to your Review Key Sites Presentation with the 4 links listed above in the New section
              2. Complete slide 8 on Word Clouds to your Review Key Sites Presentation
              3. Complete your Practice Prezi from yesterday with at least 3 main areas and 1 image per area:
              4. Continue your 6 Flags tour Prezi, which must include the following original captures (meaning don’t copy mine!):

                - Part 4) Through?

                1. Continue exploring the Six Flags website: http://www.sixflags.com/fiestatexas/index2.aspx
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                  Thursday 3rd:

                  - Part 1) Review

                  1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                  2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like after today:
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                    • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                      • Find the hidden objects in this puzzle and send me the number you are able to find in your warmup for today
                      • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I found ___
                    • Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer

                      - Part 2) New

                      1. Here are the directions for sharing your Prezi and for uploading a screencapture to your GDocs 103 Student Folder
                      2. Demo a shared T3 game

                      - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

                      1. Create and upload screencaptures of your completed Prezis to your GDocs 103 Student Folder
                      2. Enter the links to your completed Prezis in this form: http://goo.gl/gpR0R
                      3. Create and share a Prezi Tic-Tac-Toe game

                      from earlier this week

                      1. Add slide 9 on Backgrounds to your Review Key Sites Presentation with the 4 links listed above in the New section
                      2. Complete slide 8 on Word Clouds to your Review Key Sites Presentation
                      3. Complete your Practice Prezi with at least 3 main areas and 1 image per area:
                      4. Continue your 6 Flags tour Prezi, which must include the following original captures (meaning don’t copy mine!):

                      - Part 4) Through?

                      1. Practice with a shared Prezi!
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                        Friday 4th: Folder checks every Friday!

                        - Part 1) Review

                        1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                        2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                          • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                            • View the following Prezi about Prezi and tell me what you think about it (one thing you liked or disliked about it and one fact you found interesting) 
                            • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I liked ___ and one fact was ___ 
                          • Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer

                            - Part 2) New

                            1. View the completed 2) Six Flags Prezi Demo!

                            - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

                            1. Please complete the Week16 Reflections Form 
                            2. Upload screenshots of your completed Prezis to your GDocs 103 Student Folder
                            3. Enter the links to both of your Prezis in this form
                            4. View this weeks video clips selections 

                            - Part 4) Through?

                            1. Explore the links in this 2) Six Flags Prezi Demo

                            Week15: Apr 23rd – Apr 27th

                            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 23rd:

                            - Part 1) Review

                            1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                              • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                              • Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
                              • Google forms automatically graphs the results, and here are the graphs from some of your Week14 Reflections: 
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                              - Part 2) New

                              1. Move all files from the 5th 6 Weeks into a new folder
                              2. Create a Prezi Edu Account 
                              3. Try the Stickman App!
                              4. Try the Artpad App!

                              - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

                              1. Create a Prezi Edu account and check for a Prezi Account email confirmation.  Please tell me if you’ve received it in the form in step 4! 
                              2. Open the form in step 4 below in a new window and then create a Stickman episode 
                              3. Create an Artpad example 
                              4. Use the form below to send me your creations 

                              - Part 4) Through?

                              1. Checkout these test taking tips: http://www.testtakingtips.com/anxiety/index.htm
                              2. Check your warmup results here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Endangered%20animals%20solution.png

                                Tuesday 24th: STAAR Testing - GR 7 Math - no regularly scheduled classes today.

                                  Wednesday 25th: STAAR Testing - GR 7 Reading - no regularly scheduled classes today.

                                    Thursday 26th: STAAR Testing - GR 8 Science - no regularly scheduled classes today.

                                      Friday 27th: STAAR Testing - GR 8 Social Studies - no regularly scheduled classes today.

                                      Week14: Apr 16th–Apr 20th

                                      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 16th:

                                      - Part 1) Review

                                      1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                      2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                                        • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                          • Please use the Mapcrunch site to find an interesting random Streetview location 
                                            • When you find one you like, click the link symbol (blue arrow below), copy the link and send it to me in your warmup form along with a reason for why you liked it
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                                            • http://www.mapcrunch.com/
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                                          • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I liked ___ because ___ 
                                        • Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer 

                                        - Part 2) New

                                        1. Add the following slide 6 on Google Maps to your Review Key Sites Presentation. Your slide should include the following:
                                        2. Add animations to your new slide 6! 

                                        - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

                                        1. Add slide 6 on Google Maps to your Review Key Sites Presentation
                                          • View the information on how to do this above in the New section!
                                        2. Please complete any of these assignments from last week if you were unable to do so due to the Network problems we were having. (View the 103 Student Demo collection for examples when you need to!)
                                          • the week 13 reflections form
                                          • Slide 5 on Photovisi and add it to your Review Key Sites Presentation
                                          • Your Aviary Combining images project: download it from Aviary and upload it to your GDocs 103 Student Folder as 7) Aviary Merge  

                                        - Part 4) Through?

                                        1. Checkout Google’s ‘What do you love?’: http://www.wdyl.com/
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                                          Tuesday 17th:

                                          - Part 1) Review

                                          1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                          2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like after today (the new assignment for today is highlighted):
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                                            • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                              • Checkout the illustration on animal vision at the link below and send me at least one fact (or more if you like) that you found interesting, surprising or new to you.  Click on the image to enlarge it! 
                                              • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I think ___
                                            • Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer 

                                            - Part 2) New

                                            1. Explore these 3 flash-based creative interactives 
                                            2. Capture an example of each using IW, number them 1-3 in order of most to least favorite, and save them in Paint as 8) Holiday Interactives 
                                              • Upload the file to your 103 Google Docs student folder
                                              • Here’s an example:
                                              • 8) Holiday Interactives 
                                            3. Robotics: Try the lesson link below

                                            - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

                                            1. Explore the Holiday Interactives and create a sample collection 
                                              • Follow the directions in the New Section above
                                              • Create, save and upload your example file 8) Holiday Interactives 
                                            2. Please complete any of these assignments if you were unable to do so due to the Network problems we were having. (View the 103 Student Demo collection for examples when you need to!)
                                              • the week 13 reflections form
                                              • Slide 5 on Photovisi and add it to your Review Key Sites Presentation
                                              • Slide 6 on Google Maps and add it to your Review Key Sites Presentation
                                              • Your Aviary Combining images project: download it from Aviary and upload it to your GDocs 103 Student Folder as 7) Aviary Merge

                                            - Part 4) Through?

                                            1. Check your grades in all classes: the 5th 6 weeks grading period ends this Friday!
                                            2. Try the Valentines Day cookie creator: http://www.theoworlds.com/valentine/ 
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                                              Wednesday 18th:

                                              - Part 1) Review

                                              1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                              2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like (the new assignment for today is highlighted):
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                                                • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                                  • Use IW to help you find the 21 hidden objects in the picture (it’s harder than you think at first glance!).  In your warmup, send me the number you are able to find.  
                                                  • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I found ___
                                                • Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer 

                                                  - Part 2) New

                                                  1. View Google Drawings demo video
                                                  2. Use Google Drawings to create an share a custom Tic-Tac-Toe game
                                                    1. Open your 103 collection and choose Create then Drawing from the dropdown menu:
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                                                    2. Insert a background
                                                    3. Add lines for your gameboard
                                                    4. Add symbols for teams and change their shape, color and orientation
                                                    5. Copy and paste game pieces to have enough for a game
                                                    6. Invite someone else to play (click the blue ‘Share’ button; then start typing their first name in the add people window)
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                                                  3. Save your Game as 9) Custom Game (your first name & last initial) and make sure it’s visible in your 103 Student Folder! Your name should be in the title so others will easily know who is sharing the game with them 
                                                    • Example file name:  9) Custom Game (Ann T)
                                                    • Here are some examples of student created custom games from last semester:
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                                                  - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

                                                  1. Use Google Drawings to create and share a custom Tic-Tac-Toe game
                                                    • Follow the directions in the New section above
                                                  2. Add slide 7 on Sumopaint to your Review Key Sites Presentation 
                                                  3. Please complete any of these assignments if you were unable to do so due to the Network problems we were having. (View the 103 Student Demo collection for examples when you need to!)
                                                    • the week 13 reflections form
                                                      • Slide 5 on Photovisi and add it to your Review Key Sites Presentation
                                                      • Slide 6 on Google Maps and add it to your Review Key Sites Presentation
                                                      • Your Aviary Combining images project: download it from Aviary and upload it to your GDocs 103 Student Folder as 7) Aviary Merge
                                                      • Create, save and upload your example file 8) Holiday Interactives from yesterday

                                                    - Part 4) Through?

                                                    1. Check your grades in all classes: the 5th 6 weeks grading period ends this Friday!
                                                    2. Practice your new Custom Game with a friend!  

                                                      Thursday 19th:

                                                      - Part 1) Review

                                                      1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                                      2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                                                        • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                                          • Use IW to help you find the 26 hidden objects in the picture (it’s harder than you think at first glance!). In your warmup, send me the number you are able to find.
                                                          • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I found ___
                                                        • Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer 

                                                          - Part 2) New

                                                          1. Open a template for checkers by choosing Create then From template… 
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                                                            • Click on Drawings (red oval) then type checkers in the search window (blue oval) then click Use this template (green oval) when you find the template in the image below
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                                                            • Share the template with a friend and practice moving the pieces in Google Drawings. 
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                                                            • If something goes wrong, use the undo button to reset the game, follow the steps below (red, then blue, then green)
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                                                          - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

                                                          1. Due to all of the network access issues which we’ve had lately, today you will have extra time to complete any missing assignments for the 5th 6 weeks 
                                                            • Check the 103 Student Demo folder for examples of every assignment
                                                            • Check the Review Key Sites presentation for examples of each of the slides you should have in your presentation so far

                                                          - Part 4) Through?

                                                          1. Check your grades in all classes: the 5th 6 weeks grading period ends tomorrow!
                                                          2. Practice your Custom Tic-Tac-Toe Game or Checkers with a friend!  

                                                            Friday 20th: Folder checks every Friday!

                                                            - Part 1) Review

                                                            1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                                            2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                                                              • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                                              • Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer 

                                                                - Part 2) New

                                                                1. Folder checks today!

                                                                - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

                                                                1. Please complete the Week14 Reflection Form 
                                                                2. Please complete any missing work in your Gdocs 103 Student folder 
                                                                3. Please complete the Review Key Sites Presentation 
                                                                4. View this weeks video selections

                                                                - Part 4) Through?

                                                                1. Check your grades in all classes: the 5th 6 weeks grading period ends today!
                                                                2. Practice your Custom Tic-Tac-Toe Game or Checkers with a friend!

                                                                Week13: Apr 9th–Apr 13th

                                                                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 9th:

                                                                - Part 1) Review

                                                                1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                                                2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                                                                  • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                                                  • Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer 

                                                                  - Part 2) New

                                                                  1. Add the following slide 4 on Flamepaint to your Review Key Sites Presentation.  Your slide should include the following: 
                                                                  2. View video tutorial on how to combine images using the Aviary Photo Editor 

                                                                  - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

                                                                  1. Create slide 4 on Flamepaint and add it to your Review Key Sites Presentation.  Remember to include the following links on your slide 
                                                                  2. Create your first Aviary composite image which must include the windfarm and pinwheel.  Here’s a video demo of how to do this which you can watch anytime:

                                                                  - Part 4) Through?

                                                                  1. Check your grades in all classes: the 5th 6 weeks grading period ends Friday of next week!
                                                                  2. Checkout the weather forecast for this week:
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                                                                    Tuesday 10th:

                                                                    - Part 1) Review

                                                                    1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                                                    2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                                                                      • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                                                        • Checkout this realtime map of the winds around the USA 
                                                                          • Here’s a link: http://hint.fm/wind/
                                                                          • In your warmup form, please tell me why you think the winds are so turbulent (flow in many different directions) in the red box, but flow so smoothly in the green box
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                                                                        • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I think the reason is ___
                                                                      • Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer

                                                                      - Part 2) New

                                                                      1. Add the following slide 5 on Photovisi to your Review Key Sites Presentation. Your slide should include the following:

                                                                      - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

                                                                      1. Add slide 5 on Photovisi to your Review Key Sites Presentation
                                                                        • use the directions, links, and example in the new section above to help you!
                                                                      2. Create an Aviary composite image using images of your choosing
                                                                      3. Complete Monday’s Windfarm Pinwheel Merge image if you haven’t already done so

                                                                      - Part 4) Through?

                                                                      1. Check your grades in all classes: the 5th 6 weeks grading period ends Friday of next week!
                                                                      2. Create your own Photovisi collage or Aviary merge creations to share with family or friends 

                                                                        Wednesday 11th:

                                                                        - Part 1) Review

                                                                        1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                                                        2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                                                                          • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                                                            • Please record the time it takes to complete the maze activity below and send it to me for today’s warmup 
                                                                            • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): It took me  ___
                                                                          • Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer 

                                                                            - Part 2) New (repeated from yesterday due to the network difficulties which we experienced!)

                                                                            1. Add the following slide 5 on Photovisi to your Review Key Sites Presentation. Your slide should include the following:

                                                                            - Part 3) Do - Today students will… (repeated from yesterday due to the network difficulties which we experienced!)

                                                                            1. Add slide 5 on Photovisi to your Review Key Sites Presentation
                                                                              • use the directions, links, and example in the new section above to help you!
                                                                            2. Create an Aviary composite image using images of your choosing
                                                                            3. Complete Monday’s Windfarm Pinwheel Merge image if you haven’t already done so

                                                                              - Part 4) Through?

                                                                              1. Check your grades in all classes: the 5th 6 weeks grading period ends Friday of next week!
                                                                              2. Try other mazes at the link below (also in the fun section on the right-side panel of this blog!) 

                                                                                Thursday 12th:

                                                                                - Part 1) Review

                                                                                1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                                                                2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                                                                                3. Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                                                                4. Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer

                                                                                  - Part 2) New (repeated from Tuesday due to the network difficulties which we experienced again!)

                                                                                  1. Add the following slide 5 on Photovisi to your Review Key Sites Presentation. Your slide should include the following:

                                                                                  - Part 3) Do - Today students will… (repeated from Tuesday due to the network difficulties which we experienced again!)

                                                                                  1. Add slide 5 on Photovisi to your Review Key Sites Presentation
                                                                                    • use the directions, links, and example in the new section above to help you!
                                                                                  2. Create an Aviary composite image using images of your choosing
                                                                                  3. Complete yesterday’s Windfarm Pinwheel Merge image if you haven’t already done so

                                                                                  - Part 4) Through?

                                                                                  1. Check your grades in all classes: the 5th 6 weeks grading period ends Friday of next week!
                                                                                  2. Try other mazes at the link below (also in the fun section on the right-side panel of this blog!)

                                                                                      Friday 13th: Folder checks every Friday!

                                                                                      - Part 1) Review

                                                                                      1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
                                                                                      2. After today, here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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                                                                                        • Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
                                                                                          • View the museum of Google Doodles.  Find the Doodle you like best and send me 1) either the name of the Doodle (red arrow) or the URL address (blue arrow) in your warmup form and 2) what you liked about it 
                                                                                          • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I liked ___
                                                                                        • Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer

                                                                                          - Part 2) New

                                                                                          1. Save your Aviary Combining images project as 7) Aviary Merge 
                                                                                            • Download the file from aviary
                                                                                            • Upload it to your GDocs 103 student folder
                                                                                            • Here’s my example of what it might look like (each of the images is a student example which I collected as a collage and then added a transparent sun layer to):
                                                                                            • 7) Photo Merge (Mr. Mercer)
                                                                                          2. Folder checks!

                                                                                          - Part 3) Do - Today students will…

                                                                                          1. Please complete the week 13 reflections form 
                                                                                          2. Complete slide 5 on Photovisi and add it to your Review Key Sites Presentation
                                                                                          3. Complete your Aviary Combining images project, download it from Aviary and upload it to your GDocs 103 Student Folder as 7) Aviary Merge. You can view my example in the student demo folder. 
                                                                                          4. View Friday Video Clips 

                                                                                          - Part 4) Through?

                                                                                          1. Checkout these creations by our BMS Advanced Art Class 
                                                                                            • Anamalitos - Animal Sculptures