Week3: Sep 10th - 14th

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 10th:

- 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 complete the Week 2 Reflection Form if you have not already done so!  We didn’t have a very good completion rate last Friday (see graph below).  I’ve made some adjustments to Friday’s plan to make that easier for you.
   • https://docs.google.com/a/bisdtx.org/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHh4Q1R5b29RR3VQRnlYYWtkRENBYnc6MA#gid=0 
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- Part 2) New (click-to-comment)

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. The 1st Progress Reporting window ends Friday, so please complete your assignments in all of your classes so you can start of with an excellent first Progress Report!  
   • Discuss how to logon and check your grades using the link in section 3) on the right-side panel of this Blog
3. View this slideshow on some activity on our sun which took place on Aug 31st and use (click-to-comment) to tell me what you think about the images
4. Introduce Thinkmap1 assignment
   • Create a Thinking map which has the following areas in it:
     • Your name in the center
     • Things that are important to you in the next area
     • People or experiences that caused those things to become important to you
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   • Click on the image below to view a larger version
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   • Click on the image below to view a larger version of the example map
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   • Watch a video demo of how to create the shapes for your thinking maps
5. Explore the Microsoft Clipart Site for use with your Thinkmaps 
   • http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/

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

1. Begin working on your Thinkmap1 assignment using Interwrite 
   • Search the web for the images you would like to use
   • Explore the clipart site: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/ 

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

1. Checkout how small Earth is relative to our Sun in the image below for reference while viewing the slideshow on some activity on our sun which took place on Aug 31st  

Tuesday 11th:

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

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. Here’s something we’re going to learn how to make later on in this course (how to turn an image like a thinkmap into a cube): (click-to-comment) 
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3. Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Checkout these animal eyes, and in your warmup form please tell me which slide you liked best (you can find the slide number where the red arrow points in the example below) and what you liked about it in a complete sentence! 
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   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I liked slide ___ because ___ 
4. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
5. Here’s a summary of your reflections from last week: 
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- Part 2) New (click-to-comment)

1. There are no new click-to-comments to report :(
2. Introduce 3D Sketch 
   • Please (click-to-comment) to tell me what you think of this program! 

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

1. Continue to develop your Thinkmap1 with 8 total images or graphics (4 in each zone).  I’ll be walking around asking you to show me what you’re making :)
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   • If you cannot find the pictures you’re looking for, consider creating something (like this Gzaas): (click-to-comment)
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   • …or this Flamepaint example: (click-to-comment)
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- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. The cooler weather got me to thinking about places where it really gets cold…  Checkout some examples:
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Wednesday 12th:

- 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 images of clouds at the Dropbox link and tell me which image you liked best and what you like about it 
     • Website link
     • Here are 2 examples from another sites:
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   • 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 

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

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. If any of you have shown 3D Sketch to someone outside of this class, please tell me about it using (click-to-comment)!
3. View an introduction to Screencast-o-matic:
   • https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/SOM%20Overview%20Start_Recording.flv
4. View a demonstration of how to use Screencast-o-matic to record how to find photos and illustrations of clouds and then record your own example!
   • Screencast-o-matic: http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/ 
   • Clipart: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/  

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

1. Make a practice recording of how to find clipart or how to make something with any of the programs below  
   • Clipart: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/
   • Gzaas:  http://gzaas.com/
   • Flamepaint:  http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/flame/#top
   • 3D sketch:  http://hakim.se/experiments/html5/sketch/
2. Create a jpg picture file of your Thinkmap1 assignment and save it to your desktop as Thinkmap1 Photo 
   • Here’s the demo video link (using camera tool) again: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/IW%20to%20Paint%20to%20JPG.flv 

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

1. Checkout some more cool cloud formations at the link below:
   • http://www.jornolsen.com/index.php?module=media&category=gallery/Cloudscapes&start=0
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Thursday 13th:

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

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. New!  Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like after today:
   
3. Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • review the memory test game and see if your score has improved: http://www.easysurf.cc/memtsbn.htm
   • Send me the number of digits which you are able to remember in your warmup form
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   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I was able to remember ___
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. View a demonstration of how to convert your IW1 and Thinkmap1 IW files into pictures that you can turn in for your project folder grade (the most important grade you get!)
   • Method 1 (my favorite): ctrl+A (select all IW contents), then ctrl+V (paste into paint), then save as a jpg file
   • Method 2: Demo video link (using camera tool): https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/IW%20to%20Paint%20to%20JPG.flv
3. Demonstrate how to upload your first 2 assignments and a practice screencast into your GDocs 103 Student Folder.  You can also view the screenshot in Part 1) for today for helpful information.  Here are the 2 assignments: 
   • 1) IW1 (this should have 3 creations using Gzaas and/or Flamepaint and 3 different styles of shapes)
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   • 2) Thinkmap1 (about you: this should have 4 images or text blocks inside of the large oval and 4 more in between the rectangle and the large oval)
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- Part 3) Do - Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Complete your 1st 2 Interwrite assignments, convert them to jpg images using Paint and save them to your desktop 
2. Practice recording a screencast of something you create and upload it to your 103 Student GDocs folder to share with a friend or someone at home
   • Screencast-o-matic: http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/  

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

1. Checkout the forecast for the next few days …we should be seeing some rain!
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Friday 14th: Folder checks every Friday!

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

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. This is the last day of the first Progress Reporting Period.  You might want to check your grades in all of your classes (the logon link is in section 3 on the right-side panel of this blog – link 2)  
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/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDNxWGE5Rkd5cno4b3VTbHNOcmZhYVE6MA 

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

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. Check your gmail for a link from me to the 103 Student (demo) folder which will have examples of everything you should have in your 103 Student Folder!
3. Answer questions about your first two InterWrite assignments and how to save them to JPEG picture files 

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

1. Complete your 1st 2 Interwrite assignments, convert them to jpg images using Paint and save them to your desktop.  They should look something like these examples: 
   • 1) IW1 (this should have 3 creations using Gzaas and/or Flamepaint and 3 different styles of shapes)
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   • 2) Thinkmap1 (about you: this should have 4 images or text blocks inside of the large oval and 4 more in between the rectangle and the large oval)
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2. Practice with any of the programs we’ve learned since the start of this class
3. View the Friday video clips for this week 

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

1. Checkout this slideshow of sites in and around London
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