Week10: Oct 29th–Nov 2nd

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 29th: Student Holiday

Tuesday 30th:

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

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. 1 slide challenge competition
   • You have the rest of this week to complete your slide
   • When you’re ready to submit it, rename it  c1 Slide Challenge (the letter ‘c’ means complete and will keep the file from sorting with your other assignments.  I will search for files with this name, so if you don’t name your file correctly, it won’t show up in the search and won’t be added to the collection for voting
   • Include your first name and class period somewhere on your slide (so you get credit for your work!)
   • You may enter more than once if you want to try different ideas
   • Voting will begin next week!
   • If you have questions, comments or ideas, use (click-to-comment) to send them to me!
3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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4. Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • There are 22 objects hidden in the image below.  Open the image, capture it with IW, and mark off the objects as you find them.  Send me the number you are able to find in your warmup.
     • https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Hidden%20Objects/Tire%20swing.png
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I found ___
5. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
6. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
7. Here are the results of your reflections from last week:
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- Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. View the Wind Map of the USA and see if you can see the effects of the hurricane in the Northeast
   • http://hint.fm/wind/
   • Use (click-to-comment) to tell me what you notice
2. View the Google Crisis Map for Hurricane Sandy 
   • http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy
3. View this State-by-state impact site from MSNBC: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/29/14781430-a-state-by-state-look-at-superstorm-sandys-impact?lite 
4. View the slideshow images from the Hurricane 
   • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49560895/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1
5. This week’s Project of the Week will be to create a Presentation with the name: 5 World Streetviews It should have the following:
   • 7 slides (one for each continent)
     1. North America
     2. Asia
     3. South America
     4. Africa
     5. Antarctica
     6. Europe
     7. Australia
   • Each slide should have 3 labeled images from each continent and a Wordart title with the name of the continent:
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. Information on the 7 continents and a special Google Maps link to streetview imagery from each
   • Information about the continents: http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/contnent.htm
   • Streetview images from the 7 continents:  http://www.maps.google.com/sevencontinents (the continents on this page are in the order of the list in part 2 above)
     • Click 'More places' (red arrow below) to reload the page with new locations from each continent or drag pegman around (blue arrow below) to explore the vicinity of the selected location.
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2. How to add Wordart:
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3. Here’s a link to my example presentation (which I’m still editing) in the 103 Student (Demo) folder: 
   • http://goo.gl/N0p7F

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

1. Continue to explore the hurricane information in part 2 above or the Streetview images from the 7 continents: http://www.maps.google.com/sevencontinents 

Wednesday 31st:

- 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 the following 2 slideshows from hurricane Sandy. Choose 1 photo from each slideshow that you feel was the most significant to you, and send me the slide numbers of each in your warmup for today:  
     • Here’s the link to both slideshows: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49596252/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1
     • Slideshow 1:  (click on the Aftermath tab)
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     • Slideshow 2: (click on the Hurricane tab)
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   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I chose slide ___ from the first show and slide ___ from the second
4. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
5. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

- Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. I’ve decided to give extra credit to anyone who completes a 1 slide challenge project (as much as a full assignment, depending on the detail in your slide).  Here are the directions again:
   • 1 slide challenge competition
     • Create a one slide presentation in your 103 Student Folder with best animation effects you can think of
     • Here are 2 example challenges: Click here to view
     • You have the rest of this week to complete your slide
     • When you’re ready to submit it, rename it  c1 Slide Challenge (the letter ‘c’ means complete and will keep the file from sorting with your other assignments.  I will search for files with this name, so if you don’t name your file correctly, it won’t show up in the search and won’t be added to the collection for voting
     • Include your first name and class period somewhere on your slide (so you get credit for your work!)
     • You may enter more than once if you want to try different ideas
     • Voting will begin next week!
     • If you have questions, comments or ideas, use (click-to-comment) to send them to me!
2. View these Halloween Safety Tips! These are especially important for any of your younger siblings… help protect them (and you) by reviewing these common sense tips if you’re going out tonight!) 
3. View the Google Doodle for today: http://www.google.com/ 
   • Click on each of the doors and the objects within
   • Move your cursor around to discover other objects to click on
4. Continue working on your 5 World Streetviews project for this week 
   • Here’s a link to the Project Page:  https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1bl9tYRA3WzO0JI6cmlFpJV6NEkVhruCyBPeRBR6_xro 

- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. I’ve added a new Project Pages Folder which will contain the information you need for each weekly project
   • Here’s a link to the Project Pages Folder (which can also be found in section 4 on the right side panel): https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B1J3MHR052StN3R5VmdFeTFoM2M/edit
   • Here’s a link to our current 5 World Streetviews Project Page: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1bl9tYRA3WzO0JI6cmlFpJV6NEkVhruCyBPeRBR6_xro

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

1. Continue exploring the Halloween Safety Tips! These are especially important for any of your younger siblings… help protect them (and you) by reviewing these common sense tips if you’re going out tonight!) 

Thursday Nov 1st:

- 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 presentation and tell me which slide number you liked best and what you liked about it 
     • https://docs.google.com/presentation/pub?id=16DR1WV4ctrilOzt04Vdn-WSdq0-ehpL_R_lrxUzaTJE&start=true&loop=true&delayms=8000
   • 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. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

- Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Explore this file World Streetviews Spreadsheet which you will need for the next step
   • If you would like to add a favorite site, send me your idea and a link using (click-to-comment) and I’ll add it with your name :)
2. Add slide 8 to your 5 World Streetviews Presentation 
   • You should choose 3 images from this file: World Streetviews Spreadsheet
   • It should look something like this:
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3. Continue working on your 5 World Streetviews project for this week 

- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. Use this Project Page to help you complete this week’s weekly project
   • 5 World Streetviews Project Page: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1bl9tYRA3WzO0JI6cmlFpJV6NEkVhruCyBPeRBR6_xro 

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

1. Checkout more amazing critters at the gallery link below
   • http://blepharopsis.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=0

Friday 2nd: Folder checks every Friday!

- 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. 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:
6. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

- Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Take a Streetview Tour inside of the Whitehouse at this link: http://goo.gl/maps/UW3f7 (Thanks Joaquin!)
2. Complete your 5 World Streetviews project for this week
   • It’s due today!
3. Complete your 1 slide challenge extra credit project
   • Be sure to save it in your 103 Student Folder and name it c1 Slide Challenge when you’ve completed it (so I can search for it)
4. View the Friday Video clips collection for this week

- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. Use this Project Page to help you complete this week’s weekly project
   • 5 World Streetviews Project Page: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1bl9tYRA3WzO0JI6cmlFpJV6NEkVhruCyBPeRBR6_xro

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

1. Checkout the BISD calendar at this link.  Next week is the last week of the 2nd 6 weeks grading period!

Week9: Oct 22nd–Oct 26th

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 22nd:

- 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 after today:
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3. Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Go to Google.com and type the following in the search window:  1054/17= 
     • A calculator should popup, and you should see the answer in a couple of places.  Experiment with some of the calculator functions while you’re there.  In your warmup, please tell me the answer to the math question!
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   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): 1054/17= ___
4. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
5. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC  
6. Here is the summary of your weekly reflections from last week:
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- Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Copy and explore a 10 Function Custom Calculator Spreadsheet 
   • Logon to your Gmail and then click on this link to open the calculator: http://goo.gl/mj42z
   • Choose File then Make a copy to save one for yourself!
2. Answer the questions in this form using your new copy of the Calculator
   • Here’s a link to the form: http://goo.gl/XQCyF
3. Explore a new creative designs site called Bomomo
   • Here’s a link to the site: http://bomomo.com/
4. Create a new Drawing in your 103 Student Folder called Bomomo
   • Capture 3 examples of different Bomomo creations (you can add more if you like)
   • Label them 1, 2 & 3 in order of your favorites
   • Add a Wordart label like Bomomo in the center of the drawing (and for an extra challenge, link your Wordart to http://bomomo.com/
   • Here’s an example:
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. Help with the 10 Function Calculator
   • Here’s how to make a copy
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   • Click here to view a video help file (complete with barking dog background noise – sorry!) on how to use this tool
2. Help with the calculator form
   • Here’s what the form looks like (you can click on it to go to the form):
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3. Help with Bomomo  
   • Here are the basic tools and functions:
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4. Help with GDraw
   • How to add Wordart:
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   • How to change the font, add colors and add a hyperlink to it
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- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. Check your Progress Report grades.  You should receive your Progress Reportcards on Thursday :)

Tuesday 23rd:

- 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 the poster from Mercedes-Benz at the link below, and in your warmup, please tell me what you think it’s trying to show you about your brain 
     • https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/TheBrain.png
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I think this poster shows us ___
4. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
5. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC  

- Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. View these Google Presentations intro and demonstrations video clips
   • Google Presentations Intro Video: http://goo.gl/dKwJX
   • Discussions Demo: http://goo.gl/hedtR
   • Epic Presentation: http://goo.gl/FDcvj 
2. Open your 103 Student folder and create a New Google Presentation called 4 Presentation Backgrounds 
   • Here’s an example slideshow: http://goo.gl/l4nxe
   • It should have 8 slides, each made with a different tool.  Add a link to the tool on each slide so you can find it again when you use this in the future.   Here’s a list of the tools you’ll need for each slide:
     1. Title Slide: Plain color background from Google Presentations
     2. Flamepaint: http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/flame/#top
     3. MS Clipart: http://www.office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/
     4. Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html
     5. Sumopaint: http://www.sumo.fm/#home/
     6. Neave: http://neave.com/
     7. Bomomo: http://bomomo.com/
     8. Google Presentations (insert image): Stock Photos
3. Why are we doing this project?
   • to learn how to create a shareable presentation
   • to review all of the programs we will use to make our backgrounds
   • to create a list of resource slides to use in future projects in other classes (with examples and links to the tools that made them)
4. Complete the 2 assignments from yesterday
   • There was a technician here yesterday afternoon to fix the issues that we were having with the links, so everything should work now :)

- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. Here’s how to create your 4 Presentation Backgrounds: 
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2. Here’s how to choose a theme and rename it
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3. Here’s how to add 7 more blank slides until you have a total of 8 slides for your presentation
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4. Here’s what the 1st 4 slides should look like:
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5. …and here are the last 4:
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- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. Check your Progress Report grades. You should receive your Progress Report cards on Thursday :)  

Wednesday 24th:

- 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!)
   • There are 2 giraffes in the image at the link below.  One is obvious, the other is hidden… find the hidden one and tell me where it’s located in your warmup for today (please don’t give the answer away… give others a chance to look for it!)
     •  https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Illusions/HiddenGiraffe.jpg
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): The hidden Giraffe is ___
4. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
5. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC  
6. If you’re feeling bad lately, this might be the reason: Checkout the PollenCast for Bastrop for the next few days:  Here’s a link to the site 
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- Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. View 2 examples of animations in Google Presentations 
   • Example 1:  Click here
   • Example 2:  Click here 
2. Add at least 1 animation effect to the Title of your 4 Presentation Backgrounds
   • Example 2 of this project above has several effects added
   • Experiment with different types of animation
   • You can add more than 1 effect if you like 
3. Continue working on your Google Presentation called 4 Presentation Backgrounds
   • View yesterday’s help information for directions:  Click here 
   • Here are the links to all of the programs you’ll need:
     1. Title Slide with animation: Plain color background from Google Presentations
     2. Flamepaint: http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/flame/#top
     3. MS Clipart: http://www.office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/
     4. Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html
     5. Sumopaint: http://www.sumo.fm/#home/
     6. Neave: http://neave.com/
     7. Bomomo: http://bomomo.com/
     8. Google Presentations (insert image): Stock Photos

- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. Help with adding animation:
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- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. Check your Progress Report grades. You should receive your Progress Report cards tomorrow :) 

Thursday 25th:

- 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!)
   • There are 21 objects hidden in the image below.  Open the image, capture it with IW, and mark off the objects as you find them.  Send me the number you are able to find in your warmup. 
     • https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Hidden%20Objects/Doghouse21hidden.png
   • Here’s the solution to yesterday’s hidden Giraffe problem: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Hidden%20Objects/Giraffe%20solution.jpg
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I was able to find ___
4. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
5. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC  
6. The Dance Bell Schedule for tomorrow has been updated:  Here’s a link

- Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Please complete the 4 Presentation Background assignment.  It’s due tomorrow! 
   • Follow the directions and help information from the last 2 days above
2. Challenge: For those who have completed the 4 Presentation Background assignment, try this single slide animation challenge:
   • Create a one slide presentation in your 103 Student Folder with best animation effects you can think of
   • Name your presentation 1 slide challenge
   • I’ll submit your anonymous entries to the BMS staff to vote on next week
   • Here are 2 examples: Click here to view 

- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. Here are the pieces which I used for the challenge example (first slide).  You can see the animation settings panel on the right: 

Here’s a link to the file which you should be able to copy to see how it works: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PvlB-WbWaC14RZ8DZMt6Q5khac5jXeHVLUODqPRpSpg/edit

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

1. Check your Progress Report grades. You should receive your Progress Report cards today :)  

Friday 26th: Folder checks every Friday!

- 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. 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:
6. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC  
7. We’ll be on the Dance Bell Schedule today.  Here’s what it looks like:

- Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Please complete the 4 Presentation Background assignment. It’s due tomorrow!
   • Follow the directions and help information from the last 2 days above
2. Challenge: For those who have completed the 4 Presentation Background assignment, try this single slide animation challenge:
   • Create a one slide presentation in your 103 Student Folder with best animation effects you can think of
   • Name your presentation 1 slide challenge
   • I’ll submit your anonymous entries to the BMS staff to vote on next week
   • Here are 2 examples: Click here to view
3. View the Friday Video Clips selection for this week :)

- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. If you need help with any makeup assignments for this week, please ask in class today!

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

1. Monday is a holiday! Have a great long weekend :) 

Week8: Oct 15th–Oct 19th

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 15th:

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

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report any new problems to Ms. Davis (I’m getting some work done at home and I’ll be watching your warmups and files upload while I’m working)! 
2. Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • View the 14 most amazing waterfalls in the world slideshow at the link below, choose the waterfall you like best and tell me 1) the name of the waterfall (example red oval) and 2) one fact that you learned about the waterfall from the description below the title (example red underline) 
     • https://picasaweb.google.com/100805547775880131906/AmazingWaterfalls?noredirect=1#slideshow/5799539807373310562

   

   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I liked ___ and I learned that ___ 
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 (including your ideas for using Wordle and Tagxedo): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. Programs Review List
   • Gzaas: http://gzaas.com/
   • Flamepaint: http://escapemotions.com/experiments/flame/#top
   • Fluid Water: http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/fluid_water_3/index.html
   • Fluid Fire: http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/fluid_fire_3/index.html
   • 3D Sketch: http://hakim.se/experiments/html5/sketch/
   • Photovisi: http://www.photovisi.com/
   • Sumopaint: http://www.sumo.fm/#home/
   • Wordle basic: http://www.wordle.net/create
   • Wordle advanced: http://www.wordle.net/advanced
   • Pumpkin Carve Site1: http://www.theoworlds.com/halloween/
   • Pumpkin Carve Site2: http://spookathon.com/halloween/pumpkin-carver.php
   • Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html 

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

1. Create a new Interwrite file named 2 Review which you will save to ‘My Documents’  
   • Choose your 3 favorite programs from the list above and create 1 new example of each which you will capture on your IW page
   • Please show Ms. Davis the amazing things that you can create using these programs!
   • Your page should have the name of the program near each example.  Here’s an example of what it might look like (click here to see it in the 103 Student (Demo) Folder):
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2. Save your completed 2 Review assignment to your 103 Student Folder.  Here’s how: Copy the contents of your IW file, paste it into paint, save it as a jpg file named 2 Review  to your desktop and upload it to your 103 Student Folder so you can show it to your family and friends (and so I can grade it!)  
   • Here’s what it should look like in your folder
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3. Practice this StudyStack Keyboard Shortcuts Review  
   • Here’s a link: http://www.studystack.com/studytable-821253 

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

1. Check your grades! The 2nd Progress Reporting Period ends this Friday and we will be halfway through this course :)
2. Practice with Z-type: http://www.phoboslab.org/ztype/

Tuesday 16th:

- 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 after today:
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3. Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • View the forecast for today and tell me the following 3 things in your warmup form for today:
     1. What will the high temperature be today?
     2. What will the % chance of rain for today be?
     3. What phase will the moon be in tonight?
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   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): The temperature will be ___
4. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer 
5. Here’s a link to the live forecast: http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=78602

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

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. The following students received 1-5 points extra credit (5pts = 1/2 of an assignment grade) for uploading yesterday’s assignment:  
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3. Introduce Google Drawings (to use in place of Paint) 
   • Video clip intro from Google: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Google%20Drawings%20Intro%20%28by%20Docs%29.mp4
   • Here are the steps to create a new practice drawing:
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   • Here are some basic functions:
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- Part 3) Do - Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Complete the 2 Review assignment from yesterday 
   • It should look something like this:
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2. Create a new Untitled Drawing and fill the canvas with shapes, lines, curves, arrows, symbols, and text in different colors.  Try inserting a picture and try copy/paste from Paint, InterWrite or the web.  Here’s an example drawing:
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- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. Check your grades in all of your classes!  The 2nd Progress Reporting Period ends this Friday!
2. Practice with Z-type: http://www.phoboslab.org/ztype/ 

Wednesday 17th:

- 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!)
   • Visit this site and tell me 1) the largest snowflake ever observed in inches and 2) the coldest temperature ever recorded on earth in °F.  It might help you to use ctrl+F to find these answers! 
     • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_weather_records
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): The largest snowflake was ___ and the coldest temperature was ___ 
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. Check this out: http://goo.gl/qFals   Do you recognize anything we’ve done in this class? (click-to-comment)
3. Did you watch the Presidential Debate last night? If so, what did you think? (click-to-comment)
4. Explore these websites for creating cool background designs for Google Drawings and Presentations  
   • http://neave.com/imagination/
   • http://neave.com/bouncy-balls/
5. How to create, share and play your own Tic-Tac-Toe Game using Google Drawings 
   • Here’s an example which I made to show you:
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   • Here are some student designs from previous classes:
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6. Here are the steps:
   • Create a new Drawing in your 103 Student Folder called 3 Tic-Tac-Toe 
   • Add a cool background for your game (like the student examples above).  Here are some ideas for your background:
     • insert an image from the web
     • upload clipart from your clipart folder or from the Microsoft Clipart Site
     • create your own background using Neave, Sumopaint, Flamepaint or Google Drawings
   • Add lines for your gameboard (thick, brightly colored lines work best) and create 2 custom shapes with 5 copies of each:
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   • Try Wordart!
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   • To play your game with someone, share your drawing by clicking the share button and typing the name of the person next to you
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7. Here’s a reference guide for the Google Drawings Toolbar:
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- Part 3) Do - Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Create, share and play your own Tic-Tac-Toe Game using Google Drawings
   • It should be named 3 Tic-Tac-Toe in your 103 Student Folder (follow the directions above)
2. Explore Neave Interactives 
   • http://neave.com/ 

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

1. Check your grades in all of your classes! The 2nd Progress Reporting Period ends this Friday! 

Thursday 18th:

- 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!)
   • Copy and paste this search string in Google: popular science magazine covers
   • Click on the cover you find most interesting
   • Copy the URL (Internet address) and paste it in your warmup form along with what you liked about that cover (If it’s blocked, just tell me what you liked about it… don’t worry about copying the URL) 
     • http://goo.gl/DTL8Q
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I liked this cover: (Paste URL)  because ___ 
4. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
5. Browse the Popular Science Archives at the link below 
   • http://www.popsci.com/archives
   • Here’s an example search on robots: http://www.popsci.com/archive-search?query=Robots 

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

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. Explore this image gallery on some of the most advanced data centers in the world! 
   • http://www.google.com/about/datacenters/gallery/#/
3. Check out these Student Tic-Tac-Toe game examples (click on them to see a larger image):
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4. Test a link: (are you able to access this link at school)?
   • http://www.sparkchess.com/
5. Try this Google Drawings Checkers template
   • https://docs.google.com/a/bisdtx.org/drawings/d/1mm09WM_zC0SDyto_-1fhE4OhycHUNItntJafUthrhXM/edit
   • Make a copy, share it with someone and see if you can play it with them
   • Consider making your own custom pieces for your checkers game
   • Here’s a problem… how can you make ‘Kings’ with this setup?
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6. Here’s how to find other templates:
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- Part 3) Do - Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Complete the first 3 project assignments for Progress Reports.  We will do folder checks in class today!  
   • Here are the students who have created and named their 3 Tic-Tac-Toe games correctly
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   • Your 103 Student Folder should look like this
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   • …and your assignments should look like this
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2. Try this GDraw phone challenge 
   • Create a color-matched drawing of your phone (or a phone you would like to have)
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   • Try this templates link: https://drive.google.com/a/bisdtx.org/templates?type=drawings&q=mobile+phone&sort=hottest&view=public
3. Play GDraw checkers or tic-tac-toe with someone else in the room or play chess using the chess program on your computer or this link if it works: http://www.sparkchess.com/ 
   • Consider making your own custom pieces for your checkers game
4. Explore more Neave Interactives
   • http://neave.com/

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

1. Checkout this idea for a solution to the Checkers Kings problem posted above and try it on your own checkers gameboard
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Friday 19th: Folder checks every Friday!

- 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. 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: If you have problems with the embedded form below, try this link instead: http://goo.gl/ULpb5

 

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

1. New click-to-comments (blue is new!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
2. Please  tell me if you like having the weekly reflections form embedded directly on this page or if you prefer opening it in a separate window 
   • use (click-to-comment) for your answer!
3. Here’s a cool student-modified cell-phone drawing with his selection of a desktop overlay image
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4. Click here or on the image below to view more of your game designs :)

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

1. Complete the first 3 project assignments for Progress Reports.  We will do folder checks in class today!
• Your 103 Student Folder should look like this

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• …and your assignments should look something like this:

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2. View the Friday video clips selection 

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

1. Check your grades in all of your classes! The 2nd Progress Reporting Period ends today!