Week20 (s14): May 26th–May 30th

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 26th:

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    Tuesday 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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      • Daily Warmup Activity: 
      • Daily Warmup Response:  Skitch your score into your drive as 6W18
      • 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. Continue with our Final Project by adding Slides/Frames 16&17
        • Here’s my example project so far:
        • Slide/Frame 16: (Review) Silk  http://weavesilk.com/
        • Here’s my example:
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        • Slide/Frame 17: (Review) Glogster  http://edu.glogster.com/ (choose ‘sign-in with Google’)
        • Here’s my example:
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      - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

      1. Examples of past final projects
      2. Each slide or frame should contain the following 5 things:
        1. The name of the program
        2. A link to the program
        3. An example of something new which you will make with the program, or a picture related to it (if it’s a new program) 
        4. Your personal rating of the program (1 to 5 stars)
        5. Some sort of positive comment about it (what you liked or what might make it better for you)
        • Slide or frame numbers and Program links

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

        1. Looks like we might have some interesting weather for the next couple of days. Here’s what it looked like very early this morning (when I was experimenting with combining images and gifs):
        2. Checkout our school calendar for next year

          Wednesday 28th: 7th Grade Field Trip has been cancelled

          - 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: 
              • Skitch your solution to this hidden object search into your 103 Drive as 6w19 
            • Daily Warmup Response:  Skitch your solution into your 103 Drive as 6w19 
            • 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. Explore the Chrome Education Web Store 
              2. Continue with our Final Project by adding our last 2 Slides/Frames 18&19

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

              1. Examples of past final projects
              2. Each slide or frame should contain the following 5 things:
                1. The name of the program
                2. A link to the program
                3. An example of something new which you will make with the program, or a picture related to it (if it’s a new program) 
                4. Your personal rating of the program (1 to 5 stars)
                5. Some sort of positive comment about it (what you liked or what might make it better for you)
                • Slide or frame numbers and Program links

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

                1. Checkout these Chrome Web Store Middle School Applications

                  Thursday 29th:

                  - 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:  Skitch your Final Time screen into your 103 Drive as 6w20
                    • 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 final project by recording a screencast of it 
                        • Screencast-o-matic  http://screencast-o-matic.com/
                        • Your Project and Screencast should show each program numbered from 1-19 as in my example!
                        • Save your screencast as Final Project Screencast and use these settings to save your recording!
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                        • Here’s my example Prezi screencast
                      2. If you used Google Slides for your Final Project use these settings for your screencast
                        • Choose ‘Present in new window’
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                        • Set Screencast-o-matic to Small HD
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                      3. If you used Prezi for your Final Project use these settings for your screencast 
                        • Don’t record your Prezi in Full Screen mode… use the smaller Prezi preview window and center your recording window as you see below (use the Small HD recording mode)
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                      - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

                      1. Examples of past final projects
                      2. Each slide or frame should contain the following 5 things:
                        1. The name of the program
                        2. A link to the program
                        3. An example of something new which you will make with the program, or a picture related to it (if it’s a new program) 
                        4. Your personal rating of the program (1 to 5 stars)
                        5. Some sort of positive comment about it (what you liked or what might make it better for you)
                        • Slide or frame numbers and Program links

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

                        1. Check your grades in all classes frequently as we reach the close of this year!

                          Friday 30th:  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. Please sign my yearbook if you like!
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                              2. Complete your Final Project Screencast and any missing warmups from your folder (view example folder here)
                              3. Here’s some bullying survey data graphs (after 180 responses)

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                              4. View the video clips selections for this week
                              5. Explore any of these applications or resources which we’ve used in this class so far

                              - Part 3) Help with completing your final project! - (click-to-comment)

                              1. Examples of past final projects
                              2. Each slide or frame should contain the following 5 things:
                                1. The name of the program
                                2. A link to the program
                                3. An example of something new which you will make with the program, or a picture related to it (if it’s a new program) 
                                4. Your personal rating of the program (1 to 5 stars)
                                5. Some sort of positive comment about it (what you liked or what might make it better for you)
                                • Slide or frame numbers and Program links

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

                                1. Check your grades in all classes frequently as we reach the close of this year!
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