Week7: Feb 18th–Feb 22nd

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 18th:

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

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Tuesday 19th:

- 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: (view example folder here)
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3. Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Try this memory matching activity a couple of times and send me your best score
   • http://www.proprofs.com/games/memory/ 
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   • 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. Explore Tagxedo Word Cloud Creator 
   • View screencast: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Tagxedo/Tagxedo%20overview%209-29-11.flv
   • Link to Tagxedo:  http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html
2. Create a new IW file called Tagxedo and create and add the following
   1. USA Map of 308 Today (you choose color, layout, etc.)
   2. Any shape of your choosing with any text, color, layout etc.
   3. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address in the shape of Lincoln’s head
      • Speech address: http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm
3. Here’s what your IW file should look like 
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. Links list for Tagxedo Project
   • Link to Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html
   • Tagxedo ‘How-to’ screencast: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Tagxedo/Tagxedo%20overview%209-29-11.flv
   • Lincoln’s speech address: http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm

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

1.  Check your grades in all of your classes. The 4th 6 Weeks grading period ends this week!
   • Logon here to check your grades!

Wednesday 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: (view example folder here)
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3. Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Try this activity and tell me what you think of it in your warmup form 
     • http://www.proprofs.com/games/safe-cracker/
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   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I think ___
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 the Bear Helmet Tagxedo Slide: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ziFjYMlFvb8aayfgV3rdvW2FMDHYcz5cQv1trzHXoDc/present#slide=id.g1bbd3bba_0_0
2. Make your name in a black and white Gzaas using this pattern for your 4th Tagxedo image: http://gzaas.com/RHg6u
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3. Search for a simple black and white silhouette image which might work in one of your core classes (like a microscope or the state of Texas) and save it to your desktop for your 5th Tagxedo image
   • Microsoft Clipart Black and White Illustrations: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/results.aspx?qu=black+and+white&ex=1#mt:1| 
   • Google Image Search on ___ illustrations: http://images.google.com/
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4. Find any simple black and white image of your choosing for your 6th and last Tagxedo image …or you can download any of the examples below from this link: https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0BxVuH-KD_XBfUjl6V3I4VHJ1aTQ/edit?usp=sharing 
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5. Upload your shapes to Tagxedo to create word clouds to add to your collection
   • Use text from any website you find interesting or type your own in the text entry block of Tagxedo
   • Here’s a link to Tagxedo:  http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html
   • Upload them into Taxgedo through Shapes/Add image (red arrows below)
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6. Here’s what your final IW Tagxedo collection might look like 
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7. Capture All from your IW file and paste it in a new drawing in your drive folder called 4.9 Tagxedo.  This will be your final project assignment for the 4th 6 Weeks grading period!

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

1. Links list for Tagxedo Project
   • Link to Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html
   • Tagxedo ‘How-to’ screencast: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Tagxedo/Tagxedo%20overview%209-29-11.flv
   • Gzaas Name pattern: http://gzaas.com/RHg6u
   • Microsoft Clipart Black and White Illustrations: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/results.aspx?qu=black+and+white&ex=1#mt:1|
   • Google Image Search on ___ illustrations: http://images.google.com/
   • Image collection in Google Drive: https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0BxVuH-KD_XBfUjl6V3I4VHJ1aTQ/edit?usp=sharing 

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

1. Check your grades in all of your classes. The 4th 6 Weeks grading period ends this week!
   • Logon here to check your grades!

Thursday 21st:

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

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. Yes it’s…
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3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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4. Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Try this challenging maze, and then tell me if you were able to solve it or not. Click on the picture below and then capture it with IW to work on it! 
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   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I (was/wasn’t) able to solve it 
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 Skitch App demo (YouTube link for home viewing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jCymmC9JFz4#!  (Link to download for windows at home: http://evernote.com/skitch/)
2. Learn how to create your own Tagxedo color scheme! 
   • View screencast by Robby: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Tagxedo/Robby-Tagxedo%20color%20picker.mp4
   • Link to Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html 
   • Helmet example screencast (no audio): https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Tagxedo/How2%20make%20Tagxedo%20Bastrop%20Helmet.mp4
   • I used the following to make the helmet word cloud below:
     • Helmet shape: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Tagxedo/helmet.jpg
     • BMS Football Website Address: http://www.bastropbears.org/BastropJrHigh.html
     • Custom color theme:  'Maroon' 400005 300C0F 2A0003 2B0407 1C0103 590006
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   • Tree example (copy the blue string): 'Create' 05ED05 1D8A1D 044704 F5A30C 964808
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3. For extra credit, to make up for a missing 4th 6 weeks assignment, or just for fun, try this: 
   • Create your own custom color Tagxedo
   • Use ColorPicker for your color codes: http://www.colorpicker.com/
   • Capture it with IW
   • Paste it in a new drawing in your Drive
   • Name it My Tagxedo 
4. Complete 4.9 Tagxedo and paste it in a new drawing in your drive. It should look like this: 
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. Links list for Tagxedo Project
   • Link to Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html
   • ColorPicker for your color codes: http://www.colorpicker.com/
   • Tagxedo ‘How-to’ screencast: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Tagxedo/Tagxedo%20overview%209-29-11.flv
   • Gzaas Name pattern: http://gzaas.com/RHg6u
   • Microsoft Clipart Black and White Illustrations: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/results.aspx?qu=black+and+white&ex=1#mt:1|
   • Google Image Search on ___ illustrations: http://images.google.com/
   • Image collection in Google Drive: https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0BxVuH-KD_XBfUjl6V3I4VHJ1aTQ/edit?usp=sharing

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

1. Check your grades in all of your classes. The 4th 6 Weeks grading period ends this week!
   • Logon here to check your grades!

Friday 22nd: 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: (view example folder here)
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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. Complete any missing assignments for the 4th 6 weeks 
2. View the video clips selection for this week

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

1. Links list for Tagxedo Project
   • Link to Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html
   • ColorPicker for your color codes: http://www.colorpicker.com/
   • Tagxedo ‘How-to’ screencast: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Tagxedo/Tagxedo%20overview%209-29-11.flv
   • Gzaas Name pattern: http://gzaas.com/RHg6u
   • Microsoft Clipart Black and White Illustrations: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/results.aspx?qu=black+and+white&ex=1#mt:1|
   • Google Image Search on ___ illustrations: http://images.google.com/
   • Image collection in Google Drive: https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0BxVuH-KD_XBfUjl6V3I4VHJ1aTQ/edit?usp=sharing

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

1. Check your grades in all of your classes. The 4th 6 Weeks grading period ends Today!
   • Logon here to check your grades!