Week5: Feb 4th–Feb 8th

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 or a Google Drawing 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 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 the Word Search at the link below.  Click on the link (or the image) and then capture the image with Interwrite and mark off the words you find with the highlighter. Send me the number of words you are able to find and HELP each other! 
     • https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Word%20Searches/Clothes.jpg
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   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I found ___ words!
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. Since I’m not here at school today (I’m running some errands that I can’t do on weekends), you can use today to complete any of your previous projects or assignments
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2. If you’ve completed everything, you can either help some someone who needs it to complete their work (best option!) or explore any of the activities on the right side of 308 Today or the link below 
   • Activities Page
3. If there are any problems in class which you need to report to me, please use (click-to-comment) to let me know about them! If my substitute leaves any names with bad reports, those students will get a reduced participation/behavior grade for this week and possibly additional consequences, so please be cooperative and polite! 

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

1. Here’s a link to my example files for all assignments we should have completed so far
   • http://goo.gl/GUO3A

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

1. Explore the Activities Page for things to do
   • Activities Page

Tuesday 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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   • Here are the students who worked in their folders yesterday (and one on Sunday!). Thanks to those of you who did! What you do in your folders and when you do it is obvious!
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3. Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Checkout these Animal Tracks images and tell me which slide you liked best and what you liked about it 
     • http://www.nbcnews.com/id/46207031/ns/today-animal_tracks_slide_show/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I liked ___ 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. Checkout these UIL results slides from Saturday (use right arrow to advance) 
   • 7th Grade Chess
   • 8th Grade Chess
   • Entire UIL Awards Presentation 
2. The Bing Search Engine often uses animated gif files on their search pages 
   • https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Animated%20gifs/BingRacoonSearch.gif
   • Try this link (http://www.bing.com/) and use the back arrow to find another example
3. Introduce Sumopaint (view Intro, Symmetry, and Shapes clips)

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   • …which you can use to create effects like these:

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   • Today we will experiment with Symmetry and shapes

     1. Intro clip (video)
     2. Symmetry (screencast)
     3. Shapes (screencast)
   • Capture the first 2 Sumopaint creations (symmetry and assorted shapes) using the Interwrite camera tool
   • Add the labels which you see above for all 6 images (we will add 2 images per day)
4. Save your IW gwb file as 6Sumos to your desktop until it’s completed
   • You should complete effects 1 & 2 today (Symmetry & Shapes)
   • Eventually we will uploading the collection of 6 effects to your Drive 103 Student Folder as 4.7 6Sumos 

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

1. This week we’ll be using IW to capture these 6 sumopaint effects
   1. Symmetry (screencast)
   2. Shapes (screencast)
   3. Sphere (screencast)
   4. Ice cube (screencast)
   5. Text Transform (screencast)
   6. Image (screencast)
2. Here are some Sumopaint links which might help you (also on right-side panel)
   • Sumopaint homepage: http://sumo.fm/#home/
   • Sumo create page: http://sumo.fm/#create

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

1. Checkout the links below in class and let me know if they work for you! (click-to-comment)
   • http://thrilling-tales.webomator.com/derange-o-lab/pulp-o-mizer/pulp-o-mizer.html
   • http://beta.scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/

Wednesday 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!)
   • Start the timer (click here) by clicking on the green ‘up arrow’ and then use IW to capture the image below (click on link or picture for a larger view) and use the highlighter to solve the maze. Then stop your timer and tell me how long it took you to solve it.
   • https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Warmups/Circle2.jpg 
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   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I solved this maze 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. Here are your program ratings from last week:
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3. Here’s a gif of our 3-Day Sumo Project goals
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4. Today we will experiment with Spheres and Cubes
   • View screencast of  how to create a sphere: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/SumoPaint/Sumo%20Sphere.flv
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   • View screencast of how to create a cube: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/SumoPaint/Sumo%20Ice%20Cube.flv
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5. Capture the next 2 Sumopaint creations (Sphere and Cube) using the Interwrite camera tool
6. Save your IW gwb file as 6Sumos to your desktop until it’s completed
   • You should complete effects 1 & 2 today (Sphere and Cube)
   • Eventually we will uploading the collection of 6 effects to your Drive 103 Student Folder as 4.7 6Sumos
7. Your file should look something like this after today 
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. Screencasts of the 6 sumopaint effects we will be using in our project
   1. Symmetry (screencast)
   2. Shapes (screencast)
   3. Sphere (screencast)
   4. Ice cube (screencast)
   5. Text Transform (screencast)
   6. Image (screencast)
2. Here are some Sumopaint links which might help you (also on right-side panel)
   • Sumopaint homepage: http://sumo.fm/#home/
   • Sumo create page: http://sumo.fm/#create
   • Sumo Paint Tutorials
   • Sumo Paint YouTube Channel (should work at home)

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

1. Checkout the weather forecast for the rest of this week
   • http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=78602

Thursday 7th:

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

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. Here’s a message from me: http://gzaas.com/UMx3cN
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!)
   • Here’s a more challenging maze (but not one of the hardest yet!). Start the timer again (click here) by clicking on the green ‘up arrow’ and then use IW to capture the image below (click on the picture for a larger view) and use the highlighter to solve the maze. Then stop your timer and tell me how long it took you to solve it.
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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

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

1. View Chrome multi-task mode (YouTube version) 
   • Try it here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/multitask.html
2. Today we will experiment with Transforms and Image Effects (like negatives) 
   • Screencast on transforms: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/SumoPaint/Sumo%20Transform%20Tool%209-23-11.flv 
   • Screencast on Image Effects: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/SumoPaint/Sumo%20Image%20Effects%209-24-11.flv
3. Capture the last 2 Sumopaint creations (Transform and Negative) using the Interwrite camera tool
4. Save your IW gwb file as 6Sumos to your desktop until it’s completed
   • You should complete all effects today
   • Upload the collection of 6 effects (using ctrl+A and ctrl+C) to a new Drawing in your Drive 103 Student Folder (using ctrl+V) and name your drawing 4.7 6Sumos
5. It should look something like this when you’re through 
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. Screencasts of the 6 sumopaint effects we will be using in our project
   1. Symmetry (screencast)
   2. Shapes (screencast)
   3. Sphere (screencast)
   4. Ice cube (screencast)
   5. Text Transform (screencast)
   6. Image (screencast)
2. Here are some Sumopaint links which might help you (also on right-side panel)
   • Sumopaint homepage: http://sumo.fm/#home/
   • Sumo create page: http://sumo.fm/#create
   • Sumo Paint Tutorials
   • Sumo Paint YouTube Channel (should work at home)

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

1. Checkout what happens to your Chrome Browser when you type ‘askew’ in the Omnibar (URL window)
   • http://goo.gl/Qsf1d

Friday 8th: Folder checks every Friday!

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

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. Due to our assembly this afternoon, we’ll be using this modified Bell Schedule for today: Dance Bell Schedule
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3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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4. 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!
5. Friday Warmup Response:
7. 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. Student folder checks
2. Complete this week’s project! 
   • Upload the collection of 6 effects (using ctrl+A and ctrl+C) to a new Drawing in your Drive 103 Student Folder (using ctrl+V) and name your drawing 4.7 6Sumos. It should look something like this:
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3. View the Friday video clips selection for this week 

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

1. Screencasts of the 6 sumopaint effects we will be using in our project
   1. Symmetry (screencast)
   2. Shapes (screencast)
   3. Sphere (screencast)
   4. Ice cube (screencast)
   5. Text Transform (screencast)
   6. Image (screencast)
2. Here are some Sumopaint links which might help you (also on right-side panel)
• Sumopaint homepage: http://sumo.fm/#home/
• Sumo create page: http://sumo.fm/#create
• Sumo Paint Tutorials
• Sumo Paint YouTube Channel (should work at home)

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

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