Week14: Dec 3rd–Dec 7th

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 3rd:

- 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!)
   • Go to this site and create some snowflakes!  http://snowdays.me/
   • For your warmup, please evaluate the site (tell me what you like and/or don’t like about it!)  
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   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I (liked/didn’t like) ___
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 are your results from last week’s reflection questions:
7. 

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

1. View clip: ABC News intro video on Glogster
2. View clip: Glogster in 90 seconds
3. Test your logon to your Glogster account 
   • Click here to see your Glogster nickname (your password is your ID# – lunch code)
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   • You can also get to the logon screen by clicking on this link: Click here to logon to Glogster
4. View video tutorials on how to add a wall, a page wall, and text to a new practice Glog called ‘About Me!’
   • Wall tutorial: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Glogster%20Videos/1%29%20Glogster%20EDU%20Basic%20-%20Wall%20Tool.mp4
   • Text tutorial: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Glogster%20Videos/2%29%20Glogster%20EDU%20Basic%20-%20Text%20Tool.mp4 
5. Create a new practice Glog called ‘About Me!’ which you could use, for example, whenever you start a new class and are given an assignment to tell a little bit about yourself
   • My screencast on this first project: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Glogster%20Videos/Mr%20Mercer%27s%20Glogs%20Screencast.flv

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

1. An important note about Glogster EDU! 
   • Glogster EDU accounts are created by teachers for their students, and as a result, teachers have complete control over the content and visibility of student Glogs. If you have any doubts at all about whether or not something you would like to add to a Glog is appropriate or not, choose something else that you are certain is appropriate to use instead! If you have to ask, that indicates doubt… choose something else! If I have any doubts I will remove the content of concern, or the entire Glog, or your entire account (and I sincerely hope I don’t have to do any of these!)
2. Glogster ‘About Me’ demo links 
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- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)

1. Create some more snowflakes! http://snowdays.me/ 

Tuesday 4th:

- 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!)
   • Try this pattern memory game (if it isn’t blocked), and if it works, please send me your score 
     • http://www.proprofs.com/games/pattern-memory/
   • If the site above is blocked, try this one and send me the number you get correct instead:
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I scored ___
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 this Prezi:http://prezi.com/zmt3olg8hrnd/glogster-tools/
2. Make a folder in ‘my documents’ to collect and save images for your About Me Glogster project.  Copy the images from IW to paint and save them as jpg files in your new folder. You’ll need images for each of these 4 areas: 
   • Family (things you like to do with your family)
   • Favorites (places or things that are important to you)
   • Fun (places, things or activities)
   • Food (favorite foods or places to eat)
   • You should be able to search Google right from your Glog
3. View Glogster video tutorials on 
   • How to add images to your Glog: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Glogster%20Videos/3%29%20Glogster%20EDU%20Basic%20-%20image%20tool.mp4
   • How to add graphics to your Glog: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Glogster%20Videos/4%29%20Glogster%20EDU%20Basic%20-%20graphics%20tool.mp4
4. Continue working on your About Me Glog
   • Here’s a link to logon to Glogster:  http://edu.glogster.com/login/
   • Here’s a link to the nicknames list:  http://goo.gl/TnXy7
     • Class period+BMS+First Name+Last Initial
     • Example: 6BMSFirstL
   • When you’re done with your Glog: 
     • Capture it with IW
     • Copy/paste it into a new Google Drawing in your 103 Student Folder
     • Name your drawing 3 About Me

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

1. Use this Prezi to help you!
   • http://prezi.com/zmt3olg8hrnd/glogster-tools/

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

1. Checkout the Glogpedia (library of Glogs) for ideas
   • http://edu.glogster.com/glogpedia/

Wednesday 5th:

- 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!)
   • Try the word search at the link below and send me the number of words you can find (hint: there’s help with this in today’s blog entry if you can find it!) 
     • https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Word%20Searches/CardsWordSearch.png
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I found ___
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. Good News!: The Google Search Feature in Glogster should work now!
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2. Complete your 1st Glogster Project 3 About Me 
   • When you’re done with your Glog:
     • Capture it with IW
     • Copy/paste it into a new Google Drawing in your 103 Student Folder
     • Name your drawing 3 About Me
   • Student Examples Slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NFUX-B0JLTqAwn2FGGEtC-QhR6X-kjLoDmunsi7E7HY/present#slide=id.p
   • It should look something like this:
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3. Begin our 2nd Glogster Project on a Positive Personality trait 
   • Project Template Glog: http://mercer432.edu.glogster.com/positivepersonality/
   • Project Example Glog: http://mercer432.edu.glogster.com/positive-personality-template/
   • Project Directions Prezi: http://prezi.com/xi4qhyouoyjv/positive-personality-glogster-project/ 
4. To get started on your project, you should work on these things:  
   • Choose a word from this list: http://goo.gl/lhbtl
   • Create a Google Document with your ‘notes’ like this example: http://goo.gl/d55YR
     • add the definition of your word
     • add 2 translations of the definition (one must be Spanish!)
   • Create a new blank Glog called Positive Personality and start working on zones 1&2

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

1. Positive Personality trait project help links
   • link to logon to Glogster: http://edu.glogster.com/login/
   • link to the logon nicknames list: http://goo.gl/TnXy7
   • Project example notes page: http://goo.gl/d55YR
   • Project Template Glog: http://mercer432.edu.glogster.com/positivepersonality/
   • Project Example Glog: http://mercer432.edu.glogster.com/positive-personality-template/
   • Project Directions Prezi: http://prezi.com/xi4qhyouoyjv/positive-personality-glogster-project/ 

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

1. Checkout this image for today!
   • https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Word%20Searches/CardsSearchSolution.png

Thursday 6th:

- 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!)
   • Try either or both of these Brain Games for your warmup and send me your times! 
     • Colors Word Search: http://www.proprofs.com/games/word-search/color-word-search/
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     • Continents Crossword Puzzle: http://www.proprofs.com/games/crossword/ 
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   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I finished the ___ in ___
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. Important note about creating a new Glog!
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2. View new 2nd Glogster Project Page 
   • http://goo.gl/uagck
3. Complete your 1st Glogster Project if you haven’t already done so!
   • View more completed student examples: http://goo.gl/bgDgz
4. Continue working on our 2nd Glogster Project on a Positive Personality trait
   • Follow the directions on the project page: http://goo.gl/uagck

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

1. Click the link below for help with this project!
   • http://goo.gl/uagck

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

1. Checkout the Glogpedia (library of Glogs) for ideas
   • http://edu.glogster.com/glogpedia/

Friday 7th: 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. Continue working on our 2nd Glogster Project on a Positive Personality trait
• You should have Day1 and Day2 of the project page completed
• Project Page:  http://goo.gl/uagck 
2. View this week’s video clip collection

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

1. Click the link below for help with this project!
• http://goo.gl/uagck 

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

1. Check your grades in all classes for upcoming Progress Reports!