Week8 (s15): Feb 23rd–Feb 27th

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 23rd:

- 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:
    • Here was the most important information from your reflections over the 4th grading period. I’m very happy that 87% of you have noted your skills improving :)
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  2. Create a Prezi account and make sure you can logon to it 
  3. Open your 5.2 Week8 Binder and create your title slide 
    • Slide1: Here are the 4 things you’ll need on your title  
      1. The title: 5.2 Week8 Binder
      2. An image of colliding Galaxies added as a background (do a Google Search on Hubble Colliding Galaxies to find a cool image to use)
      3. A subtitle: Galaxies
      4. A note that explains your background image (the name of the galaxy and a brief description about what you’re looking at)
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  4. Check to see if you can open Google Sky 
    • Open Google Earth from your desktop and switch to Sky mode
    • Here’s how:
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    • Search for the colliding Galaxies that you used on your title slide… here’s my example:
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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 4th 6 Weeks Grades in all classes, which were posted by teachers this morning
  2. Checkout our chilly forecast for this week

    Tuesday 24th: 2 hour weather delay!

    - 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. We will start with 3rd Period today and follow our regular bell schedule for the rest of the day
    5. Daily Warmup Activity: 
    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)

    1. Open your 5.2 Week8 Binder and create Slides 2&3 according to the directions below 
    2. Slide2: Here are the 4 things you’ll need on your slide2 
      1. A star-field background (search Google for stars) with a link to the image
      2. The Quizlet logo linked to these Quizlet Galaxy Picture Cards: http://quizlet.com/72521290/galaxies-flash-cards/
      3. A Skitch of the cards in List View
      4. Play Scatter and record at least 3 of your attempts
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    3. Slide3: Add information from the Google Sky Tour according to the following directions
      • Click to download the Sky Tour kmz file. When you double-click on it to open it, it should open up Google Earth automatically… just make sure you’re in Sky mode to see the stars!  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Google%20Earth/kmz/SkyTour.kmz
      • Capture an image and a fact from your 3 favorite stops out of the 8 available on the tour to add to your slide3
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      • Here’s my example slide3 which you can click for a larger view (you should have a title, 3 images and 3 facts on your slide)
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    4. Try to beat the records on the dots games and update your warmup with your best scores

    - 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 chilly week:

      Wednesday 25th:

      - 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: 
        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. The best scores yesterday on the Dots and Boxes game were by TravisC (who only lost 4 squares to the computer) and HoracioB (who only lost 5 squares to the computer). Great job! Can anyone beat them? 
          2. Slide4: Add information from Space.com and Wikipedia according to the following directions
            • Here are the things you’ll need on your slide4
              1. A title: Spiral Galaxies
              2. The Space logo linked to this URL: http://www.space.com/22382-spiral-galaxy.html
              3. An image and text explanation from the Space link
              4. The Wikipedia List of Spiral Galaxies logo linked to this URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spiral_galaxies
              5. At least 3 label & image Skitches from the table that you find most interesting (I have 4 in my example below
            • Here’s my example with the numbers from above (click the image for a larger view)
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          3. Slide5: Add images from the Google Spiral Galaxies kmz Tour according to the following directions

          - 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 Nasa’s Hubble Site with lots of cool media for space fanatics :)

            Thursday 26th:

            - 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. Complete our 5.2 Week8 Binder by adding our last 3 slides (6,7&8)
              2. Slide6: Add images and links to Google Sky Elliptical and Irregular Galaxies 
              3. Slide7: Add links and images to the Hubble Heritage Site 
                • Here are the 4 things you’ll need on your slide7
                  1. A title: Hubble Heritage
                  2. The site title linked to this URL: http://heritage.stsci.edu/gallery/gallery_category.html
                  3. 2 of your favorite images from the gallery
                  4. A cool slide background image
                • Here’s my example (click for a larger view)
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              4. Slide8: Add information which will help you to classify galaxies 

              - 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 this large variety of additional Galaxy resources

                Friday 27th:

                - 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. Here’s what’s due today 
                  2. Improve your scores on Dots games and Quizlets!

                  - 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 about the Hubble Space Telescope (which provided many of the images which we used this week) and what’s next…

                  Week7 (s15): Feb 16th–Feb 20th

                  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 16th: Student Holiday!

                  - Here’s some info on Presidents’ Day: http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/washington-birthday 

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                    Tuesday 17th: 4th Grading Period Review Week

                    - 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
                        • For Monday’s warmup, find a holiday gif to add and link the symbol to where you found it
                        • Brain Metrix Color Game (thanks Patrick!): http://www.brainmetrix.com/color-game/
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                        • Challenge: use ColorZilla for the symbol frame and letters and add an arrow with a shadow like you see in my example
                        • Here’s my example warmup with Mon and Tues added
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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. This week is a Review Week for the 4th 6 Weeks Grading Period. You may not realize it, but here are some of the many things you’ve learned or improved upon so far in this class:
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                    3. Add the first 2 weeks worth of links and ratings to our Spring15 Review Sheet which you’ll find in Google Classroom
                    4. Complete the first 3 Slides of our 4.15 Week7 Review Binder which you’ll find in Google Classroom. The purpose of this activity is to have fun practicing with your favorites of the apps we’ve learned, reviewed or improved on in this class so far
                    5. Slide1: Add the title and find or create some images that show were looking back at the things we’ve done this grading period
                    6. Slide2: Add 3 new examples from any of the tan highlighted apps from Week1 of your Review Sheet 
                      • Make sure you’ve added the links to the blue boxes before you start your slides… it will be much easier to find the activities if you do!
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                      • Here’s my example Slide2 (Week1). You DO NOT need to add any links to your slide unless you want to (since they should all be on your Review Sheet already)
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                    7. Slide3: Add 3 new examples from any of the tan highlighted apps from Week2 of your Review Sheet. You DO NOT need to add any links to your slide unless you want to (since they should all be on your Review Sheet already)
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                      • Here’s my example slide3 (Week2)
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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 current Winter Storm info:

                      Wednesday 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. Daily Warmup Activity: 
                        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. Add the next 2 weeks worth of links and ratings (weeks 3&4) to our Spring15 Review Sheet which you’ll find in Google Classroom  
                          2. Slide4: Add 2 new examples from the tan highlighted apps from Week3 of your Review Sheet. Use the links on your review sheet to make your slide! 
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                            • Here’s my example Slide4 (Week3)
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                          3. Slide5: Add 2 new examples from the tan highlighted apps from Week4 of your Review Sheet. Use the links on your review sheet (and the Lunar Phases Scatter link below) to make your slide! 
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                            • Lunar Phases Scatter: http://quizlet.com/68200261/scatter 
                            • Here’s my example SketchToy (recorded and saved as a gif using screencast-o-matic)
                            • Spring Break
                            • Here’s my example Slide5 (Week4): I added the gif above to my demo slide
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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… the 4th Grading Period ends this Friday!

                            Thursday 19th:

                            - 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
                                • Find and highlight all of the hidden objects in this image (click for a larger view to Skitch). Help each other!
                                • Spring Rain
                                • Here’s my example warmup.  Add a ‘no link’ symbol and text like you see in my example.
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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. Add the last 2 weeks worth of links and ratings (weeks 5&6) to our Spring15 Review Sheet which you’ll find in Google Classroom 
                                • This Review Sheet is a MAJOR grade every grading period because it creates an important resource for you in the future!
                                • Watch yesterday’s video help for weeks 3&4 if you can’t remember how to copy the week 5&6 info from the teacher copy file below.
                                • Video help from yesterday: Copy new rows and add links 
                                • Teacher copy of Review Sheet
                                • Here’s what the last section (weeks 5&6) should look like
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                              2. Slide6: Add a Bing background and a 3D Sumo shape from Week5 of your Review Sheet. Use the links on your review sheet to make your slide!
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                                • Here’s my example Slide6 (Week5) (please add the Bing Logo to credit their homepage gallery!)
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                              3. Slide7: Add 1 Word Cloud and 2 new designs from the tan highlighted apps from Week6 of your Review Sheet. Use the links on your review sheet to make your slide!
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                                • Here’s my example Slide7 (Week6)
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                              4. Slide8: Add text and a background image that show we’re 1/3 of the way through this course!
                                • Here’s my example Slide8 (Week7):
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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… the 4th Grading Period ends tomorrow!
                              2. Checkout 308 Today Daily… the automatically generated daily ‘newspaper’ on the bottom-right sidebar every day

                                Friday 20th: Last Day of the 4th grading Period

                                - 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 complete and turn-in the 4.14 and 4.15 assignments below, but DO NOT turn-in your review sheet! 
                                  2. Browse your review sheet for apps and activities to explore if you’ve completed everything

                                  - 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… the 4th Grading Period ends today!
                                  2. Here’s more info on the cold snap: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/02/19/arctic-outbreak-shatters-records-in-eastern-u-s-coldest-yet-to-come/