Week17: May 6th–May 10th

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 6th:

- Part 1) Review   (click-to-comment)

  1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
  2. Reminder: we are still experiencing severely limited bandwidth, so please remember to stay off of video games or other bandwidth intensive activities until your assignments for the day have been completed, and even then, only during the last 10 min of class! This will allow others to work on their projects with fewer difficulties.
  3. The 6th Progress Reporting Period ends this Friday… last Progress Reports of the year!
  4. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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    • Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
    • 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)

    1. Here are your reflections from last week: 
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    2. View this Prezi on our next project: 
    3. View the Project Page for this Project 

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

    1. Project Links 
    2. Additional Project Resources

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

    1. Check your grades in all classes since the 6th Progress Reporting Period ends this Friday! 

      Tuesday 7th:

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

      1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
      2. Reminder: we are still experiencing severely limited bandwidth, so please remember to stay off of video games or other bandwidth intensive activities until your assignments for the day have been completed, and even then, only during the last 10 min of class! This will allow others to work on their projects with fewer difficulties.
      3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here) 
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        • Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
        • 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)

        1. Complete zone 3 of your Positive Personality Project by finding Synonyms and Antonyms for your word and using Wordle or Tagxedo to create word clouds of them. Remember to copy and paste your favorite words several times into Wordle or Tagxedo so they will show up larger in your word clouds (like the example below) 
        2. View a TED Talk on Gamification while you work on your projects 

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

        1. Project Links 
        2. Additional Project Resources

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

        1. Check your grades in all classes since the 6th Progress Reporting Period ends this Friday! 

          Wednesday 8th:

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

          1. All laptops have been repaired, so please pay close attention, check your laptop for damages at the start of every lab period and report problems to me!
          2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here) 
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            • Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
            • 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)

              1. Complete zone 4 of your Positive Personality Project by finding at least 3 Quotes and Sentences using your word (like the example below)
                • Day 3 of the Project Page:  http://goo.gl/29h2t
                  • Best site for quotes - Think Exist Quotes Search: http://en.thinkexist.com/
                  • Here’s another way to find quotes: paste the red and blue text below into Google Search with your word at the front (in place of the red text)
                    • your-word site:http://lifeequotes.tumblr.com/
                    • your-word site:http://www.brainyquote.com/
                    • your-word site:http://quoteseverlasting.com/
                    • your-word site:http://www.positivequotes.org/
                    • Here’s an example:
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              2. View another video clip on Positive Gaming while you work 

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

              1. Project Links 
              2. Additional Project Resources

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

              1. Check your grades in all classes since the 6th Progress Reporting Period ends this Friday! 

                Thursday 9th:

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

                    1. Continue with zone 5 of your Positive Personality Project by finding 3-5 images which are related in some way to your word (like the example below)
                    2. To complete your project, create a new Presentation in your 103 Drive Folder called 6.3 Positive Personality Glog and with 7 slides. View the embedded Presentation below to see an example with instructions in green added to each slide: 
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                    - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                    1. Project Links 
                    2. Additional Project Resources

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

                    1. Check your grades in all classes since the 6th Progress Reporting Period ends Tomorrow! 

                      Friday 10th:  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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                        • 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)

                          1. Complete any missing project work for this class (Projects 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)
                            • Here’s a link to my project examples folder:  http://goo.gl/QZEl6
                            • Here’s a snapshot of what they should look like:
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                          2. View the video clips for this week

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

                          1. Project Links 
                          2. Additional Project Resources

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

                          1. Check your grades in all classes since the 6th Progress Reporting Period ends Tomorrow! 
                            • Logon here to check your grades
                            • Caution!: I have not added project grades yet, and they make up 60% of your grade for this class. If you check your grades today, they may seem artificially high and are not a good indicator of where you stand (unless you’ve turned everything in)!
                          2. Here are links to the TED talks from Wednesday and Thursday in case you would like to view them again or share them with someone else (these are YouTube links for viewing at home): 
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