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 1st:
- 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)
- Today we’re on the pep-rally bell schedule, which looks like this:
- Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
- Find the hidden objects in the image below using IW or Skitch and send me the number you are able to find in your warmup for today
- Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I found ___
- 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 Google Maps in Treasure Mode: https://maps.google.com/
- New Google Feature! https://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/nose/
- Create a new Google Presentation called 5.5 Scratch and add the following slides
- Here’s my example Presentation to use as a model: http://goo.gl/cMkbc
- Slide 1: Title Slide
- Slide 2: Scratch links (here are the links you will need for slide 2):
Scratch 1.4
Download: http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Scratch_1.4_Download
Tutorials: http://goo.gl/qkr8D
YouTube Video Demos
Scratch Sizes Shapes Colors: http://youtu.be/KB1DwJyhi0I
Drawing Pencil: http://youtu.be/WAXCb1J8fhM
Draw a line program: http://youtu.be/QEsZ8KHP3_Q
Scratch 2.0
Scratch 2.0 Beta homepage: http://beta.scratch.mit.edu/
Web editor: http://beta.scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/
Video walkthrough: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lQeoQHJlFDA
- Slide 3: Copy your IW page 1 with your 4 Scratch activities so far
- Experiment with this Connect the dots program to create a simple shape:
- Slide 4: Use the Connect the dots program to draw these simple shapes and add them to slide 4 of your presentation. If you need help, view this slide4 example: http://goo.gl/UVFwl
- Triangle
- Arrow
- First letter of your name
- Slide 5: Try this program: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Scratch%20Programs%20and%20Videos/Drifting%20triangle.sb
- Make some adjustments to the program, capture it and add it to slide 5
- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)
- Use this Prezi to help you!
- Click on any image to zoom-in to a clearer view
- http://prezi.com/wb64owhq-l5n/scratch-projects/
- Scratch Tutorials List
- Video demo links
- YouTube Scratch Sizes Shapes Colors: http://youtu.be/KB1DwJyhi0I
- YouTube Drawing Pencil: http://youtu.be/WAXCb1J8fhM
- YouTube Scratch Draw a line: http://youtu.be/QEsZ8KHP3_Q
- Scratch Programs Download List
- 5.5 Scratch example Presentation: http://goo.gl/cMkbc
- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)
- Checkout these tips to reduce test taking anxiety for tomorrow’s STAAR testing
Tuesday 2nd: STAAR Testing Day 1
There will be no regularly scheduled classes today due to STAAR Testing. Good luck!
Wednesday 3rd: STAAR Testing Day 2
There will be no regularly scheduled classes again today due to STAAR Testing. Good luck!
Thursday 4th:
- 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!)
- Explore the Prezi at the link below and answer the following 2 questions in your warmup for today 1) Have you ever heard of Prezi before? 2) Does it look more interesting to you than PowerPoint or other slideshow programs?
- Use the arrows to go forward or backward in the Prezi
- Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I (have/have not) heard of Prezi before and ___
- 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 Prezi account for use soon
- Click on this link for directions (right-click and choose ‘Open link in new window’): http://goo.gl/ZkcBH
- View this tutorial on how to create a Pacman game in scratch (to get an idea of how games can be created in Scratch)
- Complete your 5.5 Scratch Presentation
- 5.5 Scratch Project Page: http://goo.gl/kQ18V
- Discuss slides 4&5 on the project page
- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)
- Use these guides to help you with this project!
- 5.5 Scratch Project Page: http://goo.gl/kQ18V
- Prezi Scratch info (still in development): http://prezi.com/wb64owhq-l5n/scratch-projects/
- Scratch Tutorials List
- Video demo links
- YouTube Scratch Sizes Shapes Colors: http://youtu.be/KB1DwJyhi0I
- YouTube Drawing Pencil: http://youtu.be/WAXCb1J8fhM
- YouTube Scratch Draw a line: http://youtu.be/QEsZ8KHP3_Q
- Scratch Programs Download List
- 5.5 Scratch example Presentation: http://goo.gl/cMkbc
- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)
- Experiment with this Scratch Friday Junior program which I used to create the animated gif file for today (at the top):
Friday 5th: 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)
- 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:
- 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)
- Test your Prezi Logon to make sure you’ve created your account correctly for next week’s activities. If you can’t logon, please follow the directions to create your account again.
- Logon link: http://prezi.com/login/
- Your email address is (ID number) @student.bisdtx.org
- Your password should be the same as your email password
- If your logon works, you should see this:
- If it doesn’t work, here are the directions to create your account: http://goo.gl/ZkcBH
- Complete your 5.5 Scratch Presentation
- 5.5 Scratch Project Page: http://goo.gl/kQ18V
- Here’s an idea for a modification for slide 5
- View the video collection for this week
- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)
- Use these guides to help you with this project!
- 5.5 Scratch Project Page: http://goo.gl/kQ18V
- Prezi Scratch info (still in development): http://prezi.com/wb64owhq-l5n/scratch-projects/
- Scratch Tutorials List
- Video demo links
- YouTube Scratch Sizes Shapes Colors: http://youtu.be/KB1DwJyhi0I
- YouTube Drawing Pencil: http://youtu.be/WAXCb1J8fhM
- YouTube Scratch Draw a line: http://youtu.be/QEsZ8KHP3_Q
- Scratch Programs Download List
- 5.5 Scratch example Presentation: http://goo.gl/cMkbc
- Part 4) Through? (click-to-comment)
- Explore the expanding triangle Scratch program used to make the gif file for today