Week16 (f14): Dec 15th–Dec 19th

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 using https://classroom.google.com
    • 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 15th:

- Part 1) Review   (click-2-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 assignments should look like: (view example folder here)
  4. Daily Warmup Activity: 
    • Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup
      • Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
      • Boatload: https://santatracker.google.com/#boatload
      • I accidentally sent you all my example warmup with the 3 things you should have on it, so just change the score to yours and add some other link symbol from Santa’s Village! 
        1. Your game score
        2. The game location in Santa’s Village linked to the game
        3. Mon with a frame in colors from the game (whoa… that rhymes…)
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  5. 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-2-comment)

  1. Here’s how you rated last week’s programs and activities:
  2. Create our Final Project Prezi Area 4 with tools to help you with Language Arts classes

- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

  1. Here are the links you’ll need for today

- Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

  1. Checkout our weather forecast for this week

    Tuesday 16th:

    - Part 1) Review   (click-2-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 assignments should look like: (view example folder here)
    4. Daily Warmup Activity: 
    5. 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-2-comment)

    1. Try this activity and Skitch your results to your desktop to add to your Final Project 
    2. Create our Final Project Prezi Area 5 with tools to help you with Math classes
    3. Here’s a closeup of number 3 
    4. Here’s a closeup of number 4 
    5. Here’s a closeup of number 5

    - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

    1. Here are the links you’ll need for today

    - Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

    1. Checkout these newly released specs on Santa’s Sleigh:

      Wednesday 17th:

      - Part 1) Review   (click-2-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 assignments should look like: (view example folder here)
      4. Daily Warmup Activity: 
        • Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup
          • Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
          • One of my students requested a ‘Choose your own warmup day’, and I thought it was a good idea, so here’s your chance… it must be appropriate and non-violent!
          • If you can’t think of anything, use your favorite activity from Santa’s Village: https://santatracker.google.com/#village
          • Here are the 5 things you’ll need for today’s final warmup 
            1. A Skitch of your warmup choice
            2. A bow image with a link to your warmup
            3. Wed with a frame in colors that go with your warmup
            4. Some sort of Happy New Year message in the Thurs block (since we won’t have a warmup tomorrow… we’ll be completing our Final Reflections Form)
            5. Some sort of Christmas wrapping paper background that goes with your message
        • Here’s my example:
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        1. 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-2-comment)

          1. Send me a link to your Final Project Prezi
            • It does not need to be finished yet to do this!
          2. Complete our Final Project Prezi by adding our last Area 6 with fireworks images from major cities around the world
            • Here’s my example Area6 with the 4 things you’ll need on it (the images must be different than my examples below!) 
              1. The year 2015 with a transparent background
              2. 6 Images of fireworks displays from this list of the largest cities in the world (search Google for fireworks from the city of _____): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_proper_by_population
              3. The name of the city where the image was taken
              4. The rank of the city by population in the Wikipedia list
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          3. Set your path to move through each of the areas of your Prezi 

          - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

          1. Here are the links you’ll need for today

          - Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

          1. Check your grades in all classes as we get close to the end of this semester :)

            Thursday 18th: 

            - Part 1) Review   (click-2-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 assignments should look like: (view example folder here)
            4. Final Warmup Activity: 
              • Please complete the Final Reflections Form for this course!
              • Go to Google Classroom to complete the form: https://classroom.google.com
              • It should look like this:
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            5. 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-2-comment)

              1. If you have not sent me a link to your Final Project Prezi, please do so now!  
                • Click here to send me your final project link:  http://goo.gl/LI7myM
                • I’ve already received a link from everyone in the list below… thanks for sending it to me!
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              - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

              1. Here are the links you’ll need for today

              - Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

              1. Check your grades in all classes… tomorrow is the last day of this semester :)
              2. Here are the predicted chances for snow on Christmas Day
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                Friday 19th: Last day of this semester!

                Here’s the Bell Schedule for today (which you can photograph with your phone if you like):

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                Check your grades in all classes:  Logon here to check your grades

                Have an awesome Winter Break!  

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                Week15 (f14): Dec 8th–Dec 12th

                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 using https://classroom.google.com
                  • 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 8th:

                - Part 1) Review   (click-2-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 assignments should look like: (view example folder here)
                4. Daily Warmup Activity: 
                5. 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-2-comment)

                1. Here’s how you rated last week’s programs and activities:
                2. Use the Christmas Cookie Designer below to create some decorations for your Final Project Prezi 
                3. Add the Google Similar Pages extension 
                4. Continue our Final Project Prezi 

                - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

                1. Here are the links you’ll need for today

                - Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

                1. Checkout more info on the Austin Trail of Lights

                  Tuesday 9th:

                  - Part 1) Review   (click-2-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 assignments should look like: (view example folder here)
                  4. Daily Warmup Activity: 
                  5. 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-2-comment)

                  1. Create a filter in Gmail for a test email which I sent you 
                  2. Continue our Final Project Prezi by Creating 2 different floorplans with Christmas trees in each to add to your Final Project Prezi
                  3. Consider arranging your zones to lead you around your background scene (as you see in this example below)
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                  - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

                  1. Here are the links you’ll need for today

                  - Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

                  1. Checkout the rest of our calendar events for this week and next (We have testing shutdowns the next 2 days!)

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                    Wednesday 10th:

                    - Part 1) Review   (click-2-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 assignments should look like: (view example folder here)
                    4. Here’s the Bell Schedule for our testing days today and tomorrow
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                    5. Daily Warmup Activity: 
                      • Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup
                      • Here’s my example warmup with the 3 things you should have on it
                        1. Your Game Score screen
                        2. The Jetpack Elf linked to https://santatracker.google.com/#jetpack (See if you can flip him horizontally from the Arrange/Rotate menu options so he will face to the right)
                        3. The letters for Wed in the color purple outlined in green from the Jetpack Elf  (Try using the CollorZilla extension to pick the colors you need)
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                      1. 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-2-comment)

                        1. If you haven’t already done so, add the Google Similar Pages extension 
                        2. Continue our Final Project Prezi by creating 2 new floorplans at different sites which you find using the Similar Pages extension and adding them to Area3 of your project 

                        - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

                        1. Here are the links you’ll need for today

                        - Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

                        1. Improve your scores at any of our warmup sites for this week!

                          Thursday 11th:

                          - Part 1) Review   (click-2-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 assignments should look like: (view example folder here)
                          4. Here’s the Bell Schedule for today
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                          5. Daily Warmup Activity: 
                            • Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup
                            • Here’s my example warmup with the 3 things you should have on it
                              1. Your favorite game from 1-11
                              2. The open game tile as a link symbol with this link: http://www.noradsanta.org/
                              3. The word Thurs with a frame and colors that go with your game… for example, since I chose Panda, I used black and white
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                          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-2-comment)

                            This section is repeated from yesterday due to our testing schedule! 

                            1. If you haven’t already done so, add the Google Similar Pages extension 
                            2. Continue our Final Project Prezi by creating 2 new floorplans at different sites which you find using the Similar Pages extension and adding them to Area3 of your project 

                            - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

                            1. Here are the links you’ll need for today

                            - Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

                            1. Here are some cell phone images I took of the amazing sunrise yesterday morning when I got to school:
                            2. Checkout the forecast for this weekend… Saturday is looking good!  Sunday, though …not so much Umbrella :(

                              Friday 12th: 

                              - Part 1) Review   (click-2-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 assignments should look like: (view example folder here)
                              4. Friday Warmup Activity: 
                                • Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week!
                                • Go to Google Classroom to complete the form: https://classroom.google.com
                                • It should look like this:
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                              5. 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-2-comment)

                                1. Please try to complete the Thurs warmup assignment again! 
                                  • If the games show up with a blue screen again, just add a capture of the village like you see in my example below and link the NORAD logo to the site below
                                  • NORAD Santa Tracker: http://www.noradsanta.org/
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                                2. Please Turn-in your 3.8 Week15 Warmup file!
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                                3. Complete Area3 of the Final Project Prezi if you haven’t already done so! It should look something like this: 
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                                - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

                                1. Here are the links you’ll need for today

                                - Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

                                1. Checkout our diverse visitors list for the last 10 hours or so…
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