Week16: Dec 17th–Dec 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!
• 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 17th:

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

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. Check your grades!
3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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4. Here’s the bell schedule for today: 
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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. Complete any missing assignments; you have until this Friday to turn everything in!
   • Make sure you put your completed assignments in your 103 Student Folder… if they aren’t in there I cannot see them or grade them!
   • If you have completed everything, please help another student to do the same! 
2. If you’ve finished everything, explore this activities page: 
   • http://goo.gl/WZbd6 

- Part 3) Help with completing assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. 5 Key sites Final Project Examples:
   • Google Presentation version: http://goo.gl/Dvopc
   • Prezi version: http://prezi.com/7jaed3qgfwgm/key-sites-review/
   • Glogster version: http://mercer432.edu.glogster.com/key-sites-review
   • Here’s a complete list of required sites:
     1. Gzaas: http://gzaas.com/
     2. InterWrite (no link needed)
     3. Flamepaint: http://escapemotions.com/experiments/flame/#top
     4. Photovisi: http://www.photovisi.com/
     5. Sumopaint: http://www.sumo.fm/#home/
     6. Wordle basic: http://www.wordle.net/create or Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html
     7. Neave Interactives: http://neave.com/ or Bomomo: http://bomomo.com/
     8. Scratch (no link needed)
     9. Prezi: http://prezi.com or Google Presentation: http://docs.google.com
     10. Glogster EDU: http://edu.glogster.com/login/
2. 4 Positive Personality Glogster Project:
   • Project Page: http://goo.gl/uagck
   • Example Glog: http://mercer432.edu.glogster.com/positive-personality-template/

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

1. Check your grades 
   • Here’s a link to the grades logon: https://skyward.bisdtx.org/scripts/wsisa.dll/WService=wsstu/fwemnu01.w

Tuesday 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. Here’s the bell schedule for today:
   • 
4. 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. If you’ve finished everything, explore this activities page:
   • http://goo.gl/WZbd6
2. Complete any missing assignments; you have until this Friday to turn everything in!
   • Make sure you put your completed assignments in your 103 Student Folder… if they aren’t in there I cannot see them or grade them!
   • Here are examples of what should be in your folder: 103 Student (Demo) Folder
   • If you have completed everything, please help another student to do the same! 

- Part 3) Help with completing assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. 5 Key sites Final Project Examples (you can choose whichever version you would like to complete your project – Prezi, Glogster, or Google Presentations):
   • Google Presentation version: http://goo.gl/Dvopc
   • Prezi version: http://prezi.com/7jaed3qgfwgm/key-sites-review/
   • Glogster version: http://mercer432.edu.glogster.com/key-sites-review
   • Here’s a complete list of required sites:
     1. Gzaas: http://gzaas.com/
     2. InterWrite (no link needed)
     3. Flamepaint: http://escapemotions.com/experiments/flame/#top
     4. Photovisi: http://www.photovisi.com/
     5. Sumopaint: http://www.sumo.fm/#home/
     6. Wordle basic: http://www.wordle.net/create or Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html
     7. Bomomo: http://bomomo.com/
     8. Scratch (no link needed)
     9. Prezi: http://prezi.com or Google Presentation: http://docs.google.com
     10. Glogster EDU: http://edu.glogster.com/login/
2. 4 Positive Personality Glogster Project:
   • Project Page: http://goo.gl/uagck
   • Example Glog: http://mercer432.edu.glogster.com/positive-personality-template/

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

1. Check your grades
   • Here’s a link to the grades logon: https://skyward.bisdtx.org/scripts/wsisa.dll/WService=wsstu/fwemnu01.w
   • A note about grades: The lowest grade I give on an assignment in this class is a 60% and to try to help motivate some of you to complete your projects, I had temporarily entered zeros for missing work. This morning, I changed those zeros to 60%, so many of you may have seen a big change in your grade as a result.

Wednesday 19th:  STAAR practice testing and Winter Dance day

Thursday 20th:

- 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:
   • 
3. 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. If you’ve finished everything, explore this activities page:
   • http://goo.gl/WZbd6
2. Complete any missing assignments; you have until this Friday to turn everything in!
   • Make sure you put your completed assignments in your 103 Student Folder… if they aren’t in there I cannot see them or grade them!
   • Here are examples of what should be in your folder: 103 Student (Demo) Folder
   • If you have completed everything, please help another student to do the same!

- Part 3) Help with completing assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. 5 Key sites Final Project Examples (you can choose whichever version you would like to complete your project – Prezi, Glogster, or Google Presentations):
   • Google Presentation version: http://goo.gl/Dvopc
   • Prezi version: http://prezi.com/7jaed3qgfwgm/key-sites-review/
   • Glogster version: http://mercer432.edu.glogster.com/key-sites-review
   • Here’s a complete list of required sites:
     1. Gzaas: http://gzaas.com/
     2. InterWrite (no link needed)
     3. Flamepaint: http://escapemotions.com/experiments/flame/#top
     4. Photovisi: http://www.photovisi.com/
     5. Sumopaint: http://www.sumo.fm/#home/
     6. Wordle basic: http://www.wordle.net/create or Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html
     7. Bomomo: http://bomomo.com/
     8. Scratch (no link needed)
     9. Prezi: http://prezi.com or Google Presentation: http://docs.google.com
     10. Glogster EDU: http://edu.glogster.com/login/
2. 4 Positive Personality Glogster Project:
   • Project Page: http://goo.gl/uagck
   • Example Glog: http://mercer432.edu.glogster.com/positive-personality-template/

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

1. Check your grades
   • Here’s a link to the grades logon: https://skyward.bisdtx.org/scripts/wsisa.dll/WService=wsstu/fwemnu01.w 

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’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
   •  
3. Here’s the Bell Schedule for today (the assembly start time will be announced):
4. 
5. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC
6. Here are the results of your final reflections for this course:
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- Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. If you’ve finished everything, explore this activities page:
   • http://goo.gl/WZbd6
2. Complete any missing assignments; you have until this Friday to turn everything in!
   • Make sure you put your completed assignments in your 103 Student Folder… if they aren’t in there I cannot see them or grade them!
   • Here are examples of what should be in your folder: 103 Student (Demo) Folder
   • If you have completed everything, please help another student to do the same!

- Part 3) Help with completing assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. 5 Key sites Final Project Examples (you can choose whichever version you would like to complete your project – Prezi, Glogster, or Google Presentations):
   • Google Presentation version: http://goo.gl/Dvopc
   • Prezi version: http://prezi.com/7jaed3qgfwgm/key-sites-review/
   • Glogster version: http://mercer432.edu.glogster.com/key-sites-review
   • Here’s a complete list of required sites:
     1. Gzaas: http://gzaas.com/
     2. InterWrite (no link needed)
     3. Flamepaint: http://escapemotions.com/experiments/flame/#top
     4. Photovisi: http://www.photovisi.com/
     5. Sumopaint: http://www.sumo.fm/#home/
     6. Wordle basic: http://www.wordle.net/create or Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html
     7. Bomomo: http://bomomo.com/
     8. Scratch (no link needed)
     9. Prezi: http://prezi.com or Google Presentation: http://docs.google.com
     10. Glogster EDU: http://edu.glogster.com/login/
2. 4 Positive Personality Glogster Project:
   • Project Page: http://goo.gl/uagck
   • Example Glog: http://mercer432.edu.glogster.com/positive-personality-template/

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

1. Check your grades
   • Here’s a link to the grades logon: https://skyward.bisdtx.org/scripts/wsisa.dll/WService=wsstu/fwemnu01.w
2. Have a very Merry Christmas!  (This image is from a G+ post by Kevin Staff) 
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