308 Today: Week8: Feb25th

Highlights for the week:

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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 25th:

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

Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!

Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)

Please complete last Friday’s Weekly Reflections form if you went to the track meet, or were absent or forgot to do it. Here’s a link to the form: http://goo.gl/TZLrL

Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)

Here’s a link to the photos: http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/photos/the-14-most-amazing-waterfalls-in-the-world/pictures-of-po

Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I liked number ___ and I learned that ___

Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer

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)

Choose your favorite file from the 4th 6 weeks and share it with at least one other teacher and me

‘How-to’ document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wXq4xcHt4WDbeZI2xgLSHbgtx7kP0V3sii2j12qD77E/pub

Here’s a list of email addresses: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlJ3MHR052StdDItdEtrT2RGblRodUpwTXhDRjgwM1E#gid=0

You can copy/paste the blue text (or you can type your own): Hello, I’ve been assigned to share a file with you through Google Drive. Thanks for taking a look at it!

View Screencast Demo (YouTube link for viewing at home): Click to view YouTube version

Create a Drive folder called 4th 6 Weeks and drag all files into it

View Screencast Demo (YouTube link for viewing at home): Click to view YouTube version

Introduce Google Drawings

Video intro clip from Google: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Google%20Docs%20Intro%20videos/drawings.wmv

Here are the steps to create a new practice drawing:

Here are some basic functions:

Create a new Drawing and follow the directions on the example below. Save your drawing in your drive as Drawing Practice (with no number)

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

Links for Today!

How to share a file from your Drive: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wXq4xcHt4WDbeZI2xgLSHbgtx7kP0V3sii2j12qD77E/pub

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

4th 6 Weeks report cards should be handed out Thursday

Logon here to check your grades

Tuesday 26th:

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

Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!

Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)

Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)

Can you find the hidden Giraffe in this image? Please don’t give the answer away!

Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): The hidden giraffe is ___

Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer

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)

Explore these websites for creating cool background designs for Google Drawings and Presentations, and for our next assignment

http://neave.com/imagination/

http://neave.com/bouncy-balls/

Create, share and play your own Tic-Tac-Toe Game using Google Drawings for our first project file of the 5th 6 Weeks

Here are some student examples:

Demonstration in class: http://goo.gl/BHszY

Please follow these steps:

View demo tutorial clip: YouTube link

Create a new Drawing in your 103 Student Folder called 5.1 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:

Try adding Wordart!

To play your game with someone, share your drawing by clicking the share button and typing the name of the person next to you

Here’s a reference guide for the Google Drawings Toolbar:

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

Backgrounds Links for today’s assignment

http://neave.com/imagination/

http://neave.com/bouncy-balls/

Microsoft Clipart Site

Flamepaint

Sumopaint

Completed example: http://goo.gl/c3pfk

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

4th 6 Weeks report cards should be handed out Thursday

Logon here to check your grades

Wednesday 27th:

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

Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!

Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)

Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)

Please decode this picture sentence if you can and send me the word meanings in today’s warmup form

Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): This picture sentence says ___

Here’s the solution to yesterday’s warmup

Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer

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)

Make a copy of this Checkers Template, share it with someone next to you, and play one quick game of checkers with them

Logon to your Drive: Logon link

Click on this Template link: https://docs.google.com/a/bisdtx.org/drawings/d/1AMfGliqnTVbKIpWuY3ihQO0knNikjgivlf3k_vtc2I0/edit

Follow these directions to make a copy of the template, then click the share button to share it

Explore this site to create cool looking images and backgrounds

http://bomomo.com/

Capture 4 different Bomomo creations using IW. Here’s an example of what that might look like:

Create a new Drawing in your Drive called Bomomo and paste your collection onto your new drawing file like this additional example from this morning: Link to example file

View Google Presentations Intro clip: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Google%20Docs%20Intro%20videos/Google%20Presentations.flv

View 450 slide Google Presentations demo: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Google%20Docs%20Intro%20videos/Google_Demo_Slam_Epic_Docs_Animation.flv

View example Presentation of our next Project: http://goo.gl/fGdXd

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

Here are the links for today’s assignments

Checkers Template link: https://docs.google.com/a/bisdtx.org/drawings/d/1AMfGliqnTVbKIpWuY3ihQO0knNikjgivlf3k_vtc2I0/edit

Bomomo backgrounds: http://bomomo.com/

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

4th 6 Weeks report cards should be handed out Tomorrow

Logon here to check your grades

Thursday 28th:

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

Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!

Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)

Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)

What famous cartoon character does this picture sentence name?

Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): This is ___

Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer

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)

Create a new Presentation called 5.2 My Backgrounds

Here’s a video tutorial on how to do this: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/How2%20create%20My%20Backgrounds%20Presentation.flv

…and here’s an example Presentation:

Each slide should have 4 things on it:

Here’s the list of slides you should have in your presentation:

slide 1: Title Slide (add the background color of your choice)

slide 2: A Flamepaint

http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/flame/#top

slide 3: A clipart Scene

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/

slide 4: A Tagxedo word cloud text title

http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html

slide 5: A Sumo sphere or cube as a corner logo

http://sumo.fm/#create

slide 6: A Neave interactive

http://neave.com/imagination/

or http://neave.com/bouncy-balls/

slide 7: A Bomomo creation

http://bomomo.com/

slide 8: Choose a Stock image from the search option

You don’t need a link for this slide!

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

Links for today

Video tutorial on how to do this: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/How2%20create%20My%20Backgrounds%20Presentation.flv

Slide 2 - Flamepaint: http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/flame/#top

Slide 3 - Clipart: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/

Slide 4 - Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html

Slide 5 - Sumopaint: http://sumo.fm/#create

Slide 6 - Neave: http://neave.com/imagination/ or http://neave.com/bouncy-balls/

Slide 7 - Bomomo: http://bomomo.com/

Slide8 – (insert stock photo)

Example presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wNiOWlhMyv8GlJ6YyzfiZ8KmVh-l-SI0ZBt2RyZNxtg/present#slide=id.p

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

Grades should be handed out soon, but you can check this link to see them now:

Logon here to check your grades

Friday Mar 1st: Folder checks every Friday!

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

Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!

Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)

Here’s the solution to yesterday’s warmup

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!

Friday Warmup Response:

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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)

Please make sure that you have started working on your 5.2 My Backgrounds Presentation and that it’s saved in your Drive folder so I can see it!

If you need help with the 1st 4 slides from yesterday, please let me know so you can get caught up today!

View the Friday video clips selection for this week

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

Links for our current project (5.2 My Backgrounds Presentation)

Video tutorial on how to do this: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/How2%20create%20My%20Backgrounds%20Presentation.flv

Slide 2 - Flamepaint: http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/flame/#top

Slide 3 - Clipart: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/

Slide 4 - Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html

Slide 5 - Sumopaint: http://sumo.fm/#create

Slide 6 - Neave: http://neave.com/imagination/ or http://neave.com/bouncy-balls/

Slide 7 - Bomomo: http://bomomo.com/

Slide8 – (insert stock photo)

Example presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wNiOWlhMyv8GlJ6YyzfiZ8KmVh-l-SI0ZBt2RyZNxtg/present#slide=id.p

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

Grades should be handed out today, but you can check this link to see them now:

Logon here to check your grades