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
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