Week8 (s14): Feb 24th–Feb 28th

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
    • 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 24th:

- Part 1) Review   (click-to-comment)

  1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
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  3. Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
  4. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)  
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  5. Daily Warmup Activity: 
  6. Daily Warmup Response: 
  7. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/TU5uol

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

  1. Here’s how you rated last week’s programs and activities:
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  2. Explore these websites for creating cool background designs for Google Drawings and Presentations  
    • http://neave.com/imagination/
    • http://neave.com/bouncy-balls/
    • Tip: Use Print Screen to capture your screen and then open your clipboard in Skitch and crop it. Here’s how:
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    • Create a new drawing in your 103 folder called 5p1 and add 4 Skitch captures from the Neave sites above and a Wordart title. It should look something like this example
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  3. Create, share and play your own Tic-Tac-Toe Game using Google Drawings. Name your new project drawing 5.1  
  4. Here are the steps:
    • Create a new Drawing in your 103 Student Folder called 5.1
    • Add a cool background for your game (like the student examples above).  Here are some ideas for your background:
    • Add lines for your gameboard (thick, brightly colored lines work best) and create 2 custom shapes with 5 copies of each:
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    • Here’s an example with a Neave Imagination background
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    • To play your game with someone, share your drawing by clicking the share button and typing the name of the person next to you
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

  1. Backgrounds Links for today’s assignment

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

  1. Checkout our calendar for the next 3 weeks: (click here to view live calendar)

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    Tuesday 25th:

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

    1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
    2. Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
    3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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      • Daily Warmup Activity: 
      • Daily Warmup Response:  Use Skitch to capture and add 5w1 to your 103 Drive folder
      • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/TU5uol

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

      1. Please rename these files from yesterday (since they are new for the 5th Grading Period)! 
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      2. Explore this site to create cool looking images and backgrounds
        • http://bomomo.com/
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        • Capture 4 different Bomomo creations and paste them in a new drawing called 5p2.  Here’s an example of what that might look like:
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      3. Here’s another 5p2 example. Please add a Wordart Title to your drawing like you see below.
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      4. Make a copy of this Checkers Template, share it with someone next to you, and play one quick game of checkers with them
      5. Complete yesterday’s Tic-Tac-Toe Game assignment if you haven’t already done so using Google Drawings. Name your drawing 5p1

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

      1. Backgrounds Links for today’s assignment 

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

      1. Checkout this list of weather records from Wikipedia
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        Wednesday 26th:

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

        1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
        2. Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
        3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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          • Daily Warmup Activity:
            • Capture the image below with Skitch, find and highlight or circle the hidden Giraffe in this image, drag it into your 103 drive and rename it 5w2. Please don’t give the answer away!
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          • Daily Warmup Response: Use Skitch to capture and highlight the hidden giraffe in this image and save it as 5w2 in your 103 drive
          • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/TU5uol

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

            1. View Google Presentations Intro clip: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Google%20Docs%20Intro%20videos/Google%20Presentations%20Intro.mp4
            2. View 450 slide Google Presentations demo: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Google%20Docs%20Intro%20videos/450%20slide%20Google%20Demo%20Slam_%20Epic%20Docs%20Animation.mp4
            3. Create a new Project Presentation called 5.2 which will teach us how to use Google Presentations, give us some backgrounds to use for projects in other subjects and help us to review programs which we’ve used before
            4. Here’s the list of content slides you should have in your presentation with video demos of how to complete each slide:

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

            1. Links for today
            2. Other links which might be helpful to you 
            3. Video demos for each of the slides

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

            1. Checkout the cold forecast for today:

              Thursday 27th:

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

              1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
              2. Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
              3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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              4. Daily Warmup Activity:
                • What famous cartoon character does this picture sentence name? Once you figure it out, search for a picture of the character which you can capture with Skitch, drag it into your student folder and rename 5w3!
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                • Here’s the solution to yesterday’s warmup
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              5. Daily Warmup Response:  Search the web for a picture of the cartoon character from the picture puzzle which you can capture with Skitch, drag it into your student folder and rename 5w3!
              6. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/TU5uol

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

                1. Complete your 5.2 presentation by adding these last 4 slides

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

                1. Links for today
                2. Other links which might be helpful to you 
                3. Video demos for each of the slides

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

                1. Check your grades in all classes. Report Cards will be handed out tomorrow!
                2. The weekend forecast looks pretty good!

                  Friday 28th:  Folder checks every Friday!

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

                  1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
                  2. Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
                  3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here
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                    • Friday Warmup Activity: 
                      • Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week! 
                    • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/TU5uol

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

                      1. Complete your 5.2 My Backgrounds Project
                        • It should look something like this:
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                      2. Explore any of these applications or resources which we’ve used in this class so far

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

                      1. Links for today
                      2. Other links which might be helpful to you 
                      3. Video demos for each of the slides

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

                      1. Checkout the weekend forecast
                      2. Know what this means?

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                      Week7 (s14): Feb 17th–Feb 21st

                      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
                        • 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 17th: Student Holiday!

                      - Enjoy your day off!!! 

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                        Tuesday 18th:

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

                        1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
                        2. All computers were reimaged last night to try to prevent the drive access issues we’ve been having. Unfortunately, this means it will be like you’ve never logged on to your computer before, and you will need to re-enter your Java console site exception list when you run into Java related issues with applications.
                        3. You will go to your 3rd period class for Den today!
                        4. Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
                        5. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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                          • Daily Warmup Activity: 
                          • Daily Warmup Response: 
                          • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/TU5uol

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

                          1. Overview for today
                            • View reflections (step 2)
                            • Introduce color design tool (step 3)
                            • Copy Wordart collection (step 4)
                            • Explore Tagxedo (step 5)
                            • Create 4.4 project drawing and add word clouds (step 6)
                            • View example project (step 7)
                          2. Here’s how you rated last week’s programs and activities:
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                          3. Checkout this cool color creator site for some great backgrounds for your drawings or colors for your wordart text which a student sent to me in click-to-comment last semester!
                          4. Make a copy of the Wordart Collection Presentation for use in future projects
                          5. Explore Tagxedo Word Cloud Creator 
                          6. Create a new Project drawing in your 103 folder called 4.4 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
                          7. Here’s what your 4.4 drawing should look like (be sure to label each word cloud as you see in this example) 
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                          - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                          1. Video help files for today 
                          2. Links

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

                          1. Check your grades in all classes.  The 4th 6 Weeks grading period ends Friday!

                            Wednesday 19th:

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

                            1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
                            2. Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
                            3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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                            4. Daily Warmup Activity: 
                            5. Daily Warmup Response: Capture your results with Skitch, drag it into your 103 Folder and rename it w19 
                            6. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/TU5uol

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

                              1. Overview for today
                                • Tagxedo helmet demo (step 2)
                                • Video demo of your name in words (step 3)
                                • How to make a black and white Gzaas (step 4)
                                • Find core class images for Tagxedo import (step 5)
                                • Find additional fun images (step 6)
                                • View completed 4.4 project examples (step 7)
                              2. View the Bear Helmet Tagxedo Slide: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yCxcrz1Uh2rOPo2b55CFhEtNoscG3vj4Js5s2Px0IrA/pub?start=true&loop=true&delayms=3000
                              3. View video demo of your name in words: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Word%20Clouds/Tagxedo/How2%20create%20your%20name%20in%20words%20%28no%20audio%29.mp4
                              4. Make your name in a black and white Gzaas using this pattern for your 4th Tagxedo image:
                              5. 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
                              6. 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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                              7. 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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                              8. Capture each image using Skitch and paste them in your 4.4 project drawing in your drive folder. Here are 2 examples of what your final Tagxedo collection might look like: 
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                              - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                              1. Links list for Tagxedo Project

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

                              1. Check your grades in all of your classes. The 4th 6 Weeks grading period ends Friday!
                              2. Checkout this awesome animated gif which I saw on G+ yesterday 
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                                Thursday 20th:

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

                                1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
                                2. Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
                                3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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                                  • Daily Warmup Activity: 
                                    • For your warmup today, create a new drawing in your 103 Folder called w20 and use Skitch to capture and add your 3 favorite photos (or more) from the slideshow below and 1 additional image that you like from the Google Search link, and a cool colors wordart title
                                  • Daily Warmup Response:  Create a new drawing in your 103 Folder called w20  and add your images and title
                                  • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/TU5uol

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

                                    1. Overview for today 
                                      • View Rainymood App (step 2)
                                      • Create custom Tagxedo color scheme (step 3)
                                      • Complete 4.4 project drawing (step 4)
                                    2. View this relaxing rain simulator application
                                    3. Learn how to create your own Tagxedo color scheme!
                                    4. Complete your 4.4 Project drawing. Here are 2 examples of what your final Tagxedo collection might look like: 
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                                    - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                                    1. Links list for Tagxedo Project

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

                                    1. Check your grades in all of your classes. The 4th 6 Weeks grading period ends Friday!

                                      Friday 21st:  Folder checks every Friday!

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

                                      1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
                                      2. Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
                                      3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here
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                                        • Friday Warmup Activity: 
                                          • Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week! 
                                        • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/TU5uol

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

                                          1. Folder checks!
                                          2. Please make sure your folder contains all of the following files: (view example folder here
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                                          3. Explore any of these applications or resources which we’ve used in this class so far

                                          4. View video clips selection for this week

                                          - Part 3) Help with your 4.4 project drawing - (click-to-comment)

                                          1. Links list for Tagxedo Project

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

                                          1. Check your grades in all of your classes. The 4th 6 Weeks grading period ends Today!
                                          2. Here’s some great advice!
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