Week19 (s15): May 18th–May 22nd

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 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: 
  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. Open your 6.10 Week19 Binder and add your first 3 slides. Please do not copy my examples or the copied parts will not count!
  3. Slide1: Title
  4. Slide2: 308 Today Section 2 sidebar information
    • Here are the 4 things you’ll need on your Slide3
      1. The Title 308 Today Sidebar
      2. Section 11 with the Word Search Creator marked somehow (your preference)
      3. The page header from The Teachers Corner Word Search Maker: http://worksheets.theteacherscorner.net/make-your-own/word-search/ 
      4. Search for a list of graduation-related words to paste into the the Word Search Maker, and Skitch the solution onto your slide
    • Here’s my example slide2 with noise added
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  5. Slide3: New!

- 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 rain…

    Tuesday 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: 
    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. Our Six Flags Field Trip is back on for June 1st! 
      • I imagine this is how we will be checking the weather on that morning! (original image)
      • Asian Manul Cat- 
    2. Open your 6.10 Week19 Binder and add your next 3 slides. Please do not copy my examples or the copied parts will not count!
    3. Slide4: Review
    4. Slide5: 308 Today Sidebar
    5. Slide6: New
      • Draw.io: https://www.draw.io/?picker=0
      • Create a picture equation like the example below about our field trip
        • Search within the application for images or symbols
        • You can also drag images from your desktop (I saved the 3 images you see below to my desktop for use on this slide)
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      • Your slide6 should have the following 3 things on it
        1. The Title
        2. Skitches of at least 2 Draw.io diagrams (you might want to add your own directions using Skitch to one of them to help you to remember how to use it in the future as in my example for birthday cake below)
        3. The Draw.io logo (search Google images for this) linked to the site
      • Here’s my example with added noise
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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 this day in History for May 19th

      Wednesday 20th:

      - 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. Open your 6.10 Week19 Binder and add your next 3 slides. Please do not copy my examples or the copied parts will not count!  
          2. Slide7: Review
            • Neave Interactives: https://bouncyballs.org/
            • Your slide7 should have the following 3 things on it
              1. A Title
              2. Skitch your 3 favorite Neave interactives to cover your slide as a background (Try to do this so the shapes stay round and your slide background is covered completely!) 
              3. Link a Skitch of the settings panel to the site
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          3. Slide8: 308 Today Sidebar
            • Your slide8 should have the following 3 things on it
              1. A Title
              2. Skitch of 308 Today Section 15 with the Chrome Extensions and the Interactive Doodles marked
              3. Skitch the list and add a link below your Skitch using the Goo.gl URL shortener (if you don’t have that extension, you can add it from the list!)
              4. Add an interactive Doodle and a link. Challenge: can you get the Doodle to play on your slide like my example below the numbered slide?
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            • Slide8
          4. Slide9: New
            • Canva: https://www.canva.com/
            • Your slide9 should have the following 3 things on it
              1. A Title
              2. Browse the new Canva infographics options and Skitch your favorite examples to cover your slide and act as a ‘background’. You don’t need to edit any, just choose some example templates that you like and might use again! If ‘Sign in with Google’ causes an error message, then enter your student email address and password instead.
              3. Skitch the Canva logon screen, mark the ‘Sign in with Google’ option, and add a link to Canva
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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 this self-driving truck which was first announced only a couple of weeks ago:

            Thursday 21st:

            - 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. Open your 6.10 Week19 Binder and add your last 3 slides. Please do not copy my examples or the copied parts will not count! 
              2. Slide10: Review
                • Bing Gallery: http://www.bing.com/gallery/#
                • Your slide10 should have the following 3 things on it
                  1. A Title
                  2. A background image from the Bing Gallery related to a theme you choose (I used Spring in this example)
                  3. At least 3 related images which you mask and arrange the way you like (I used 5 additional images in this example)
                  4. The Bing Gallery logo masked, recolored and linked to the Bing Gallery site
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              3. Slide11: 308 Today Sidebar
                • Your slide11 should have the following 3 things on it
                  1. A Title
                  2. Skitch 308 Today Section 14 with the Color information tools and the File Extensions List marked
                  3. A Skitch of 2 of your favorite Color Tools using options you like
                  4. A Skitch of the File Extensions logo with png in the search box and a Skitch of the search results with the first paragraph highlighted
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              4. Slide12: New

              - 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 forecast for our Holiday Weekend

                Friday 22nd: Monday is a holiday!

                - 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 following assignments which are due today:

                  - 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 information on our Memorial Day Holiday which honors some very special people
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