Week6: Oct 1st–Oct 5th

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!
• Some notes for Parents/Guardians who view this Blog:
  • Everything we do in this class is listed on this Blog (so students who are absent can easily find what they’ve missed and even complete it while they are absent!)
  • Nearly every assignment can be completed at home or anywhere with an internet connection (use the Paint program rather than ‘Interwrite’ where you see it on this Blog)
  • Friday’s are makeup days so students who have trouble completing assignments have this extra time every week to get caught up!
  • You can see examples of every project we do at this Public Examples Folder Link

Monday 1st:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. Check your grades.  All grades for this class have been entered and you should be receiving your report card near the end of this week. If you are surprised or concerned about anything, please let me know using (click-to-comment) and include your name and ID number if you would like me to get back to you about it!
3. Handshakes at the start of class are now optional for the remainder of the semester (but I hope you will continue with this practice!) 
4. Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Checkout this website which has the top 100  American Speeches (many of which you can listen to). We’ll be using them in a Word Mapping activity soon.  In your warmup for today, please tell me which speech looks most interesting to you! 
     • Site link: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html 
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I think the speech ___
5. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
6. Here are the results of your week5 reflections: 
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- Part 2) New (click-to-comment)

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. Here are the examples of your work which I’ve captured so far.  These are on our website and or front entrance BMS TV… I’ll be adding a lot more!

 

- Part 3) Do - Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Since we were unable to view our Friday video clips before the weekend, we will view them today :) 

- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. Checkout this full-screen slideshow of your work! 
   • http://goo.gl/3glZZ

Tuesday 2nd:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

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 these images and think about ways in which they are similar and ways in which they are different… be creative! 
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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 ____
3. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer 

- Part 2) New (click-to-comment)

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. Open your 103 Student Drive Folder and create a new folder inside of it called ‘1st’.  Then drag all of your files from the 1st 6 weeks into it so you don’t get them confused with the files we will make during the 2nd 6 weeks.  Here’s a demonstration video clip which you can watch whenever you need to: 
   • https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/How2%20create%20a%20Drive%20archive%20folder%20%28no%20audio%29.mp4
3. Due to technical difficulties with our internet filter, we will introduce Wordle tomorrow! 
   • Link to Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/create

- Part 3) Do - Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Create a 1st 6 Weeks folder in your 103 Student Folder and move your work from the 1st 6 Weeks into it. 
   • Watch the video instructions again here if you need to: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/How2%20create%20a%20Drive%20archive%20folder%20%28no%20audio%29.mp4
   • Here’s how to move the files once you’ve created a new folder:
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- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. Check your grades! Teachers cannot make changes after 12:00 today

Wednesday 3rd:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

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 list of answers from yesterdays photo comparison (apples and oranges) 
     • (Click here) to see answers
   • For your warmup, enter your vote by sending me the Blue Number in front of the comment you feel is the ‘most original’!  Please enter only one number and no text so I can get a count for the most votes! Your vote will only be counted if you follow these directions!
3. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer

- Part 2) New (click-to-comment)

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. Introduce Wordle! 
   • Link to Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/create
   • Copy this green practice text, paste it into Wordle, and explore the options to see the effects: Words Words Words Words repeated repeated repeated repeated often often are are larger larger larger larger larger larger when pasted into Wordle Wordle

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   • Here are the menu options at-a-glance

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   • Challenge!  Can you get Wordle to list the seven colors of the rainbow in matching colors (like this example)?

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- Part 3) Do - Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Create 3 Wordles using different sets of words, layouts, fonts and colors.  Here are some ideas: 
   • Link to Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/create
   • Use the first names of  important people in your life (family, friends, pets)
   • Use fun activities or hobbies (try to make the things you like best larger than the others)
   • Copy and paste some text from 308 Today
   • Copy and paste some text from a Google Search on any appropriate topic you choose
   • Try the colors of the rainbow challenge
2. Capture your Wordles using the InterWrite camera tool
   • Save your Interwrite file to ‘My Documents’ as 1 Wordle
   • Here’s an example of what your file might look like

- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. Checkout this gallery of Wordles
   • http://www.wordle.net/gallery?username=308Today

Thursday 4th:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. If you missed the honor roll because of this class (either the all A honor roll or the A/B honor roll) please let me know and we will discuss ways to makeup work to raise your grade!  
3. Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Open the World Population Counter at the link below 
     • http://breathingearth.net/
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   • Put your cursor over the US and view the current population (demo in class)
   • Please enter the current population of the US and 1 other country of your choice in your warmup for today 
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): The current population of the US is ___ and the current population of ___ is ___ 
4. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer

- Part 2) New (click-to-comment)

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. Demonstrate an easier method for controlling the sizes of words in a custom Wordle.  Open the Wordle Advanced page at this link: http://www.wordle.net/advanced 
   • Copy and paste the following list into the top box: 

     Largest:20
     Large:16
     Regular:12
     Small:8
     Smallest:4

3. Demonstrate the solution to yesterday’s Color Challenge.  Open the Wordle Advanced page at this link: http://www.wordle.net/advanced
   • Copy and paste the following list into the bottom box: (remove any spaces that get added after each string before you click ‘Go’ or all but one of your words will be black in color!)  

     Red:1:FF0000
     Orange:2:FF8000
     Yellow:3:FFFF00
     Green:4:008000
     Blue:5:0000FF
     Indigo:6:4B0082
     Violet:7:9400D3

- Part 3) Do - Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Open your 1 Wordle Interwrite file from ‘My Documents’ and add a new blank page for today’s activities (…or create a new one if you need to) 
   • Wordle Advanced link: http://www.wordle.net/advanced
   • Capture the sizes activity from the new section above (use your own layout and color scheme!)
   • Change the words and sizes to create your own unique Wordle, capture it, and place it beside the sizes activity capture
   • Capture the Color Challenge solution from the new section above
   • Create your own version using the words, font and layout of your choice capture it, and place it beside the Color Challenge activity capture.  Your new page should look something like this (add labels and arrows as you see in this example)
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2. Create a sphere or a cube using sumopaint
   • Link to Sumopaint:  http://sumo.fm/#create
   • Here are the stops for creating your sphere or cube
     • Copy your favorite Wordle from your 1 Wordle Interwrite file
     • Paste it in paint
     • Save your Paint file as a jpg file to your desktop as WordleSumo
     • Open the file in Sumopaint:  http://sumo.fm/#create
     • Create a cube or sphere from these menu options
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     • Capture your creation on a new page of your 1 Wordle Interwrite file.  It should look something like this:
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- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. Explore the 308 Today gallery of Wordles
   • http://www.wordle.net/gallery?username=308Today

Friday 5th: Folder checks every Friday!

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me! 
2. A message FOR PARENTS who check this Blog: every Friday in this class is a makeup work day to give students an opportunity to get caught up on their assignments.  If you are unhappy with your child’s Report Card today, please ask them if they have been using Fridays appropriately to get caught up on their assignments and to get help if they need it! (…and if not, please encourage them to do so!!!)  
3. Friday Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week! Please write 3 complete sentences in the big blocks of the form to get full credit!
4. Friday Warmup Response: https://docs.google.com/a/bisdtx.org/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDFLSWZhNWRNX3R2YTNpMmJLZW9CLVE6MA#gid=0 

- Part 2) New (click-to-comment)

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. Answer questions about our 1 Wordle Interwrite assignment 
3. I saw this photo this morning and thought it was cool.  If you can find more cool photos for me to post, please use (click-to-comment) to send me a link!
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- Part 3) Do - Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Complete yesterday’s Wordle advanced assignment (in Part 3 of Thursday above)
   • Save your 1 Wordle Interwrite assignment to ‘My Documents’
2. View the Friday video clip selection

- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. Check your grades! You can see what your report card will look like online before you get the paper today. 

Week5: Sep 24th–Sep 28th

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 24th:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. There’s a Pep Rally today so our bell schedule will be different.   
   • Here’s a link to the Bell Schedule
3. Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Checkout this slideshow of student works from last Fall and send me the slide numbers of the 3 slides you like best 
     • Student Works Fall 2011 
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I liked these 3 slides best:  ___
4. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
5. Here’s what you thought of last week’s programs: 
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- Part 2) New (click-to-comment)

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. Checkout this Real-World Demo animated gif from the Bing search engine 
   • Bing Search Page from Sat, Sep 22nd 
3. Explore the Sumopaint Symmetry and Shapes tools
   • View Sumopaint intro video:  Sumo in Action 
   • Here’s a link to Sumopaint: http://sumo.fm/#create
   • Symmetry (screencast)
   • Shapes (screencast)
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4. Review how to upload your files to your Google Drive and discuss how to move those files into your 103 Student Folder 
   • View Video Demo:  How2 upload to drive (no audio)

- Part 3) Do - Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Create a new Interwrite file and save it as 7 sumos on your desktop 
   • Here’s a link to Sumopaint: http://sumo.fm/#create
   • Capture the first 2 Sumopaint creations (symmetry and assorted shapes) using the Interwrite camera tool
   • Add the labels which you see below for all 6 images (we will add 2 images per day)
   • There will be a total of 6 images added throughout this week so please leave room for the 4!
2. Check to make sure you have uploaded all of your work to your Google Drive 
3. Please move your work into your 103 Student folder 
   • Here’s how to upload and move your files: How2 upload to drive (no audio)

- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. Check your grades!  This is the last week of the 1st 6 Weeks grading period

Tuesday 25th:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

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 below and tell me 1 fact that you thought was most interesting or 1 thing you discovers from this that you didn’t already know 
     • http://i.imgur.com/aRjn8.png  (click on the picture to make it larger)
     • if the link above doesn’t work, try this one (click here)
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I thought it was cool that ___
3. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
4. Tomorrow night is our open house!

- Part 2) New (click-to-comment)

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. Review how to upload your files to your Google Drive and discuss how to move those files into your 103 Student Folder 
   • View Video Demo: How2 upload to drive (no audio)

- Part 3) Do - Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Check to make sure you have uploaded all of your work to your Google Drive
2. Please move your work into your 103 Student folder
   • Here’s how to upload and move your files: How2 upload to drive (no audio)

- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. Check your grades! This is the last week of the 1st 6 Weeks grading period  

Wednesday 26th:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

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!)
   • View this evenings Open House Screencast for our classes and tell me either 1 thing you learned about the class that you didn’t already know or make 1 suggestion for what I might add to next year’s screencast! 
     • YouTube link for viewing at home
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I thought ___
4. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
5. Here’s our BMS TV slide with the schedule of events for this evening: 
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- Part 2) New (click-to-comment)

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. Review how to upload your files to your Google Drive if you need it by watching the clip below
   • View Video Demo: How2 upload to drive (no audio)
3. Explore the Sumopaint Sphere and Cube tools
   • Here’s a link to Sumopaint: http://sumo.fm/#create
   • Sphere (screencast)
   • Cube (screencast)
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- Part 3) Do - Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Continue adding to your Sumopaint Interwrite file and save it as 7 sumos on your desktop or in ‘My Documents’
   • Here’s a link to Sumopaint: http://sumo.fm/#create
   • Capture the Day 2 Sumopaint creations (Sphere and Cube) using the Interwrite camera tool
   • Add the labels which you see below for all 6 images (we will add 2 images per day)
   • There will be a total of 6 images added throughout this week so please leave room for the 4!
   • Here’s what your IW file should look like after each day (this will be a 3 day project):
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2. Check to make sure you have uploaded all of your work to your Google Drive
3. Complete any missing assignments for this class!  Here’s the list of assignments which should be in your folder: 
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   • (Click here) to view the 103 Student (Demo) folder
   • Here’s how to upload and move your files: How2 upload to drive (no audio)

- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. Check your grades! This is the last week of the 1st 6 Weeks grading period 

Thursday 27th:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

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!)
   • View and ‘sign’ the End of Grading Period Responsibilities Form
     • Today’s warmup is a special GRADED EVENT!
     • This helps you to know what is expected of you at the end of each grading period!
4. Special Warmup Response: Use this special End-of-Grading Period Responsibilities Form to record your answer

- Part 2) New (click-to-comment)

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. View the Sumpaint Help Menu 
   • Link to help menu: http://www.sumopaint.com/help/?p=Get%20Started
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   • Here’s what the help guide for Perspective Tiling looks like (to return to the help menu, click the Help button marked with the red arrow below):
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   • …and here’s the picture above ‘Perspective Tiled’
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3. Explore the Sumopaint Transform and Image Effects tools
   • Transform (screencast)
   • Image Effects (screencast)

- Part 3) Do - Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Continue adding to your Sumopaint Interwrite file and save it as 7 sumos on your desktop or in ‘My Documents’
   • Here’s a link to Sumopaint: http://sumo.fm/#create
   • Capture the Day 3 Sumopaint creations (Transform and Image Effects) using the Interwrite camera tool
   • Add the labels which you see below for all 6 images
   • Here’s what your final IW file should look like:
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2. Convert your Interwrite 7 Sumos file to a Paint jpg file and upload it to your Drive 103 Student Folder 
   • In Interwrite, click on the select arrow and the use ctrl+A to select All
   • Use ctrl+C to copy everything
   • Open Paint and use ctrl+V to paste your work into Paint
   • Save your Paint file as 7 Sumos
   • Upload your file into your 103 Student folder by clicking on your folder and then clicking the upload button
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   • After you upload it, you should see this:
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3. Check to make sure you have uploaded all of your work to your Google Drive
4. Complete any missing assignments for this class! Here’s the list of assignments which should be in your folder once you have uploaded everything:
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- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. Check your grades! This is the last week of the 1st 6 Weeks grading period 

Friday 28th: Folder checks every Friday!

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. Logon to your Gmail, click on Drive and then click on your 103 Student folder.  This is what you should see if you have uploaded everything correctly!  All assignments are due Today! 
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3. Friday Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week! Please write 3 complete sentences in the big blocks of the form to get full credit!
4. Friday Warmup Response: https://docs.google.com/a/bisdtx.org/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEdtYTl0Z3R0TXphV3ZkaENGdEZNcnc6MA#gid=0 

- Part 2) New (click-to-comment)

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. Upload any files which you have already completed first, then complete and upload anything you are missing!
3. If you cannot get to your Gmail or Drive, upload them to your S-Drive and then (click-to-comment) with your name and student ID number and tell me your files are in your S-drive
4. Review how to upload your files to your Google Drive Folder 
   • Watch the gif below to review how to upload your files
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5. Here’s how to rename a file in your Drive:
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6. Conduct Folder checks

- Part 3) Do - Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Complete 7 Sumo Interwrite file, copy it to paint, save it as 7 sumo. jpg and upload it to your Drive 103 Student Folder 
   • It should look like this:
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2. Complete and upload any missing assignments for this class! Here’s the list of assignments which should be in your folder once you have uploaded everything:
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3. View Friday video clips 

- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. Check your grades in all of your classes! This is the last day of the 1st 6 Weeks grading period!
2. Looks like rain late tonight through tomorrow 
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Week4: Sep17th–21st

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 17th:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. Check your grades for Progress Reports:
   • Logon using the link in section 3 to the right!
   • Discuss Progress Report grades for this class
3. Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Open our BMS Public Calendar and look for a message from me somewhere in this month (September) 
     • When you find the message, click on it and then click on the link which says “Please click here!”
     • Please add the date and the message in the warmup form for today
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): The date is ___ and the message says ___
4. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer

- Part 2) New (click-to-comment)

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. Copy the clipart collection from my J-drive to your desktop for use in an activity we will do tomorrow 
   • Go to ‘My computer’, then open the J-drive and look for ‘bmercer’.  In my folder, drag the clipart folder to your desktop
3. Search the Microsoft clipart site for animations and download at least 2  that you like to your new desktop clipart folder
   • How2gif instructions
     • Pumpkin Search
     • Pumkin gif example
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     • Sports Search
4. Use Screencast-o-matic to create and save an animated gif like the examples below:
   • Click here to view a Gzaas gif
   • Click here to view a Flamepaint gif!
   • …or this one using z-type (http://www.phoboslab.org/ztype): Click here to view a z-type gif!
   • Here are the directions (or click here for the directions as a gif!)
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   • You can even save a pivot as an animated gif!  like this example 

- Part 3) Do - Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Download 2 or more animated gifs from the Microsoft clipart site 
2. Create an animated gif using Screencast-o-matic of something you’ve created using any of these tools 
   • It should be no longer than 1 minute!
   • Screencast-o-matic: http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/
   • Gzaas:  http://gzaas.com/
   • Flamepaint:  http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/flame/#top
   • Fluid Water 3:  http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/fluid_water_3/index.html
   • Fluid Fire 3:  http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/fluid_fire_3/index.html
   • 3D Sketch:  http://hakim.se/experiments/html5/sketch/
   • Save your file as 3 mygif1 to your desktop 

- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. Checkout z-type (http://www.phoboslab.org/ztype)
   • Click here to view a z-type gif! 

Tuesday 18th:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

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 view the Demo and Student Work Animated gifs (light blue categories) and tell me which one you liked the best (red title) and what you liked about it 
     • Link to gifs library: http://goo.gl/Q2MAo 
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I liked ___ because ___ 
3. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
4. View these slideshows on 8th grade student labs and projects 
   • Atoms projects
   • Life-jacket lab 

- Part 2) New (click-to-comment)

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. Create a Pivot animation and save it as a gif file directly (without having to screencast it!)
   • View instructions gif: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Animated%20gifs/Pivot2gif.gif 

- Part 3) Do - Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Complete yesterday’s assignment to make a short (less than 1 minute) screencast of an application you like.  Here are the directions from yesterday: 
   Create an animated gif using Screencast-o-matic of something you’ve created using any of these tools
   • It should be no longer than 1 minute!
   • Screencast-o-matic: http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/
   • Gzaas: http://gzaas.com/
   • Flamepaint: http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/flame/#top
   • Fluid Water 3: http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/fluid_water_3/index.html
   • Fluid Fire 3: http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/fluid_fire_3/index.html
   • 3D Sketch: http://hakim.se/experiments/html5/sketch/
   • Save your file as 3 gif1 to your desktop
2. Create something in Pivot (or open something you’ve already created) and save it as a gif file 
   • It should be no longer than 1 minute!
   • Save your file as 4 pivotgif to your desktop  

- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. Search the Microsoft clipart site for animations, photos or illustrations that you would like to add to your collection and download them to your desktop clipart folder.  Here are some animations searches which might save you some time: 
   • Pumpkin Search
   • Sports Search
   • Fall Search
   • Weather Search
   • Pets Search

Wednesday 19th:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

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 below and then tell me what this place is named and what country it’s located in! 
     • http://goo.gl/maps/w5uxY
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): This place is called ___ and it’s located ___ 
3. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
4. When you’re through with your warmup, explore some interesting facts about this amazing place by clicking on this link! 

- Part 2) New (click-to-comment)

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. Introduce Photovisi Collage Maker (which you can also use with your photos at home)
   • View example collages downloaded from their gallery
   • View a How2 demo video
   • Photovisi create link: http://www.photovisi.com/collage/choose_template/wallpapers
3. Lots of students asked me yesterday to come over and look at the things they were creating (which is awesome!) but those files are saved on your desktops where they cannot be shared with anyone else.  In order to begin to share our work, we’re going to attempt to upload those desktop files to your Google Docs/Drive 103 Student Folders.  To upload your files, follow these steps:
   1. logon to your gmail
   2. click on documents or drive at the top
   3. click on the upload file symbol
   4. choose desktop or my documents and select the files you wish to upload
   5. leave the checkboxes as the are and select upload
   6. Here are the files which need to be uploaded:
      • 1 IW1
      • 2 Thinkmap1
      • 3 mygif1
      • 4 pivotgif 

- Part 3) Do - Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Create a photo collage of clipart (or other photos of your choice) 
   • Photovis create link: http://www.photovisi.com/collage/choose_template/wallpapers
   • Save your file to your desktop as 5 photovisi
   • If you can’t download it directly from Photovisi, capture it with InterWrite using the camera tool, then paste it into paint and save it to your desktop as a JPG file
2. Try to upload assignments 1-5 to your GDocs 103 Student Folder 

- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. Checkout more images by clicking on the picture below:
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Thursday 20th:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. If you cannot logon to your email today, please use click-to-comment to tell me your name, ID number and that you can’t get to email so I can create a list to send to the technicians!  
3. Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Here are the files which you should have completed so far:
     • 1 IW1  (jpg)
     • 2 Thinkmap1  (jpg)
     • 3 mygif1  (gif)
     • 4 pivotgif   (gif)
     • 5 Photovisi  (jpg)
     • 6 Menu (jpg) 
   • Here’s a link to view examples of these files in the 103 Student Demo Folder (or click the link anytime in section 4 to the right): https://drive.google.com/a/bisdtx.org/?tab=mo#folders/0B1J3MHR052StRFgyM2pXWFBVZUU
   • In your warmup for today, please tell me which assignments you don’t have or cannot find! 
     • look on your desktop or in my documents
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I don’t have or cannot find ___
4. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
5. If you have not yet uploaded your files to your Google Documents/Drive, please try to do so now!  Here’s how:
   1. logon to your gmail
   2. click on documents or drive on the black bar at the top
   3. click on the upload file symbol
   4. choose desktop or my documents and select the files you wish to upload
   5. leave the checkboxes as the are and select upload

- Part 2) New (click-to-comment)

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. View Google’s Advanced image search options 
   • Click here to go to Google’s Advanced Image Search Page
   • 
   • Advanced image search for breakfast food: Click here 
   • 
3. Create a Photovisi collage with a menu of unusual foods you would like to try for breakfast, lunch and dinner
   • Add labels for breakfast, lunch and dinner
   • Use images which are labeled for reuse
   • save your file to your desktop as 6 Menu 
   • Link to Photovisi: http://www.photovisi.com/collage/choose_template/wallpapers
   • 

- Part 3) Do - Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Create a Photovisi menu of unusual foods you would like to try for breakfast, lunch and dinner 
   • http://www.photovisi.com/collage/choose_template/wallpapers
2. Work on any missing assignments from you’re the files list in your warmup and upload them to your 103 folder or save them in ‘My Documents’ until you can upload them

- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. Checkout z-type (http://www.phoboslab.org/ztype)
   • It’s open at school now, but you must use Firefox for it to work!

Friday 21st: Folder checks every Friday!

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. Here are the files which you should have completed so far:
   • 103 Student (Demo) Folder
3. Friday Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week! Please write 3 complete sentences in the big blocks of the form to get full credit!
4. Friday Warmup Response:  https://docs.google.com/a/bisdtx.org/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFRWRXNPanB0TU1PUUczVERxRFdsTWc6MA#gid=0 

- Part 2) New (click-to-comment)

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. If you’re having trouble logging onto your Gmail account, make sure you’re at the correct logon page!  Here’s the correct logon link for students 
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- Part 3) Do - Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Work on any of these files which you should have completed so far.  To see what they should look like, click here!
• 1 IW1 (jpg)
• 2 Thinkmap1 (jpg)
• 3 mygif1 (gif)
• 4 pivotgif (gif)
• 5 Photovisi (jpg)
• 6 Menu (jpg)

- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. Practice withe z-type (http://www.phoboslab.org/ztype)
• You must use Firefox for it to work!