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!
Monday 13th: Student Holiday!
Tuesday 14th:
- Part 1) Review
- Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
- Check your gmail for a short Valentine’s Day video treat :)
- Even though this is Valentine’s Day, Eating and Drinking is not allowed in the computer lab to protect you (keyboards have lots of germs) and the equipment!
- Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
- View this Wordle and choose at least 3 words that you don’t already know the definition of to send me in the Daily Warmup Form. Try to choose the words that you’re most curious about.
- Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): The 3 words I would ____
- Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
- Checkout this message for you (and the cool paper castle in the through section at the bottom of today’s post)!
- Part 2) New
- Explore how to create a Wordle from a block of text or a website (screencast here)
- Go to the Wordle create website here: http://www.wordle.net/create
- Type or copy/paste this phrase into the text box: Hello, how are you? Happy Valentines Day!
- Copy and paste a couple of the words several times like this and watch what changes when you click ‘Go’
- Then try copying and pasting the following: Hello~how~are~you~? Happy~Valentines~Day~!
- Then try copying and pasting the following in the Advanced Wordle bottom text window at this link: http://www.wordle.net/advanced
Hello, how are you?:5:FD0006
Happy Valentines Day!:10:9A001E- Explore menu options (view screencast)
- Practice with a block of text from this article on Positive Thinking from the Mayo Clinic to practice Wordle functions
- Learn how to create a copy of the Student Custom Wordle Creator
- Time permitting, use the Student Custom Wordle Creator to make custom Wordles
- Part 3) Do - Today students will…
- Create 2 random Wordles using appropriate text selections which you choose
- Here’s a link to the Wordle site: http://www.wordle.net/create
- Here are some places for text:
- The article on Positive Thinking from the Mayo Clinic to practice Wordle functions
- http://308today.blogspot.com/
- Capture and arrange them in IW
- Save your IW file to your S-drive as Wordles
- Try the Mini-tutorial in your email today
- Create 2 Colors Wordles using the Student Custom Wordle Creator
- Capture and add them to your IW Wordles gwb file
- Save them in your IW file
- Part 4) Through?
- Checkout this cool paper sculpture: ‘Castle on the Ocean’
Wednesday 15th:
- Part 1) Review
- Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
- Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
- Find the capital city of Spain and the number of people that live there now (search the web for the answer!)
- Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): The capital of Spain is ___ and the current population is ____
- Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
- Checkout this streetview location while you wait for others to complete the warmup!
- Part 2) New
- Introduce Collaborative Spreadsheets (view screencast)
- Logon to your Gmail and open the file which has Collaborative Spreadsheet by Class in the name
- ‘Star’ the file so you can find it easily for the next few days
- Caution! Anyone who uses this file in an inappropriate or uncooperative way will loose the right to edit it and will only be able to view what the rest of the class is doing! This will also lower you participation and behavior grades for this class!
- Follow the directions as we all work on this file together at the time
- Create a Wordle of a speech like the example below to add to your collection (view screencast)
- Part 3) Do - Today students will…
- Participate collaboratively on a group-edit Gdoc spreadsheet
- Create a Wordle based on a top 100 speech of your choosing (use the site below to choose your speech)
- Complete and number Wordles from yesterday and today on a single page in your IW ‘Wordles’ file in your S-drive (like the example below)
- Part 4) Through?
- Checkout this additional information on Madrid!
Thursday 16th:
- Part 1) Review
- Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
- Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
- Choose any country you like and find it’s current population (search the web for the answer!). If you can’t think of a country, use the World Population Counter site below to help you find an interesting country to use!
- Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I chose the country of ___ and the current population is ____
- Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
- Checkout this World Population Counter
- At the site, put your cursor on any country to see the current population
- Part 2) New
- Explore the World Population Counter
- Continue working with our Collaborative Spreadsheets
- Logon to your Gmail and open the file which has Collaborative Spreadsheet by Class in the name
- ‘Star’ the file so you can find it easily for the next few days
- Caution! Anyone who uses this file in an inappropriate or uncooperative way will loose the right to edit it and will only be able to view what the rest of the class is doing! This will also lower you participation and behavior grades for this class!
- Follow the directions as we all work on this file together at the time
- Use Sumo Paint to make a sphere or cube out of your Wordle speech
- Part 3) Do - Today students will…
- Open the Collaborative Spreadsheet for your class period, find the current population of your assigned city and add it to your assigned block to share with the rest of the class
- Use Sumo Paint to make a sphere out of your speech Wordle and then add your sphere to your IW Wordles collection. Here are the steps which we will work through together:
- Copy the speech Wordle which you’ve already added to your IW Wordles collection
- Paste it into paint and save it as a jpg to either your S-drive or your desktop
- Go to Sumo Paint and open the file you just saved. Here’s a link to Sumo Paint: http://www.sumopaint.com/home/
- Create your globe. Here’s how:
- Capture your Globe with IW and add it to your collection as 4) Speech Globe. Here’s what your final collection should look like:
- Save your IW Wordles file in your S-drive. We will upload the finished collection tomorrow!
- Part 4) Through?
- Checkout this Streetview of Tokyo, the World’s most populous metro area (city and nearby related areas). Did you know there was a Disneyland there?
Friday 17th: Folder checks every Friday!
- Part 1) Review
- Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
- Daily Warmup Activity (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
- Go to the BMS Public Calendar and tell me in your warmup form when the last day of the 4th 6 weeks will be, and if you’re competing in the Bear Relays (on the same day) let me know what events you will be competing in!
- Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): The last day ___
- Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
- Checkout the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France in streetview! While you’re there, explore more of Paris :)
- Part 2) New
- Folder Checks: Review your Gdoc 103 Student Folders to make sure you have each of the following (remember, next week is the end of the 4th 6 weeks grading period!). Check the student demo folder to see what each assignment should look like!
- Part 3) Do - Today students will…
- Complete and upload your IW Wordles collection
- Remember to use paint to convert it to a jpg file before you upload it!
- It should look like this (with labels):
- Complete the Week 6 weekly reflection form
- Complete any assignments which are missing from your Gdocs 103 Student Folders
- View this week’s video clip collection
- Part 4) Through?
- Checkout this slideshow of things to do in Paris!
