Week6: Feb 11th–Feb 15th

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 (use the Paint program or a Google Drawing rather than ‘Interwrite’ where you see it on this Blog)
  • 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 11th:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. Handshakes are now optional for the rest of the semester
3. Here’s a view of this week at-a-glance (click on the calendar below to go to the live version) 
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4. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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5. Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Checkout this website which has the top 100  American Speeches (many of which you can listen to).  In your warmup for today, please tell me which speech looks most interesting to you and send me the title of the speech! 
     • Site link: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I liked the speech entitled ___   
6. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
7. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

- Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Here are the results from your reflections last Friday (sticky notes are sums of 4s & 5s) 
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2. Introduce and explore Wordle!
   • How to change Wordle Fonts, Colors and Layout: (YouTube link for viewing at home)
   • Link to Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/create 
   • Copy this green practice text, paste it into Wordle, and explore the options to see the effects: Words Words Words Words repeated repeated repeated repeated often often are are larger larger larger larger larger larger when pasted into Wordle Wordle

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   • Here are the menu options at-a-glance

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   • Challenge!  Can you get Wordle to list the seven colors of the rainbow in matching colors (like this example)? Here are the colors: ROYGBIV (Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet)

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3. Create 3 Wordles using different sets of words, layouts, fonts and colors.  Here are some ideas:
   • Link to Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/create
   • Use the first names of  important people in your life (family, friends, pets)
   • Use fun activities or hobbies (try to make the things you like best larger than the others)
   • Copy and paste some text from 308 Today
   • Copy and paste some text from a Google Search on any appropriate topic you choose
   • Try the colors of the rainbow challenge
4. Capture your Wordles using the InterWrite camera tool
   • Save your Interwrite file to ‘My Documents’ as Wordles
   • Here’s an example of what your file might look like
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. Help with Wordle
   • Link to Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/create
   • How to change Wordle Fonts, Colors and Layout: (YouTube link for viewing at home) 

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

1. Checkout these images of the big winter storm in the northeast this weekend:
   • http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50743037/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1
2. …or these from a storm in 2011:  http://www.nbcnews.com/id/41367748/displaymode/1247?beginSlide=1

Tuesday 12th:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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3. Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Open the World Population Counter at the link below
     • http://breathingearth.net/
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   • Put your cursor over the US and view the current population (demo in class)
   • Please enter the current population of the US and 1 other country of your choice in your warmup for today
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): The current population of the US is about ___ and the current population of ___ is about ___
4. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
5. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

- Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Open your Wordles Interwrite file from ‘My Documents’ and add today’s activities
   • Wordle Advanced link: http://www.wordle.net/advanced
   • Your completed file should after today’s activities look like this:
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2. Practice an easier method for controlling the sizes of words in a custom Wordle.  Open the Wordle Advanced page at this link:http://www.wordle.net/advanced
   • Copy and paste the following list into the top box: 

     Largest:20
     Large:16
     Regular:12
     Small:8
     Smallest:4

   • Change the color, layout and font to create your own unique Wordle

   • Capture and add this Wordle to your collection and label it Sizes Activity

3. Practice the solution to yesterday’s Color Challenge.  Open the Wordle Advanced page at this link: http://www.wordle.net/advanced
   • Copy and paste the following list into the bottom box: (remove any spaces that get added after each string before you click ‘Go’ or all but one of your words will be black in color!)

     Red:1:FF0000
     Orange:2:FF8000
     Yellow:3:FFFF00
     Green:4:008000
     Blue:5:0000FF
     Indigo:6:4B0082
     Violet:7:9400D3

   • Change the color, layout and font to create your own unique Wordle

   • Capture and add this Wordle to your collection and label it Color Challenge

4. Create a sphere or a cube using sumopaint
   • Link to Sumopaint:  http://sumo.fm/#create
   • Here are the stops for creating your sphere or cube
     • Copy your favorite Wordle from your Wordles Interwrite file
     • Paste it in paint (Start/Programs/Accessories/Paint)
     • Save your Paint file as a jpg file to your desktop named WordleSumo
     • Open the file in Sumopaint:  http://sumo.fm/#create
     • Create a cube or sphere from these menu options
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     • Capture your creation in your Wordles Interwrite file.  It should look something like this:
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5. Copy the contents of your Wordles IW file and paste them in a new drawing in your Drive folder called 4.8 Wordles 
   • Here’s what it should look like: http://goo.gl/OPkbG 

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

1. Here are the links you’ll need for today’s assignments:
   • Link to Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/create
   • Wordle Advanced link: http://www.wordle.net/advanced
   • Link to Sumopaint: http://sumo.fm/#create 

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

1. Checkout this collection of Wordles from 308Today
   • http://www.wordle.net/gallery?username=308Today

Wednesday 13th:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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3. Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Try this pattern memory game a couple of times and send me your highest score. 
     • http://www.proprofs.com/games/pattern-memory/
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   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): My score was ___
4. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
5. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

- Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Complete yesterday’s 4.8 Wordle assignment. It should look like this: 
2. Capture today’s Valentines Day prep activities in a new IW file and then copy your work into a new drawing in your drive called Valentines Day. Share your collection with your valentines by inviting them to view it by their email address.
   1. Try this Valentines Day cookie creator
      • http://www.theoworlds.com/valentine/
      • Your creation might look something like this
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      • To send it to someone, click Done and then copy the link (blue oval) to paste in an email
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   2. Create a Gzaas as a valentine
      • http://gzaas.com
      • Here’s an example
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   3. Create an advanced Wordle with any of the information below (paste in the bottom window)
      • Wordle Advanced link: http://www.wordle.net/advanced
      • Color Scheme Designer: http://colorschemedesigner.com/ (tip: use the Color List tab to get more hex codes easily!)
        • Happy Valentines Day!:10:A60000
        • Happy Valentines Day!:8:E7003E
        • Happy Valentines Day!:6:F36D91
      • Here’s an example
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   4. Create a Sumopaint Valentines Design: http://sumo.fm/#create
      • Here’s an example using the 3D brushes heart stamp
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   5. Here’s an example of what your collection might look like
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   6. To share your creations from your Drive drawing, follow these instructions:
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. Here are the links for today
   • Valentines Day cookie creator: http://www.theoworlds.com/valentine/
   • Gzaas: http://gzaas.com
   • Wordle Advanced link: http://www.wordle.net/advanced
   • Color Scheme Designer: http://colorschemedesigner.com/
   • Sumopaint: http://sumo.fm/#create 

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

1. Checkout this Valentines Day activities site, and if you find anything worth sharing, please send me a link in (click-to-comment) 
   • http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/valentines-day/

Thursday 14th:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
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3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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4. Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Click on the image below, capture it with IW and help each other to find as many of the words as you can.  Send me the result in your warmup form for today!  
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   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I found ___ words 
5. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
6. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

- Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Try these fun Google Browser Tricks 
   • View today’s interactive Google Doodle
   • Paste this exact phrase in the Omnibar: Do a barrel roll 
   • Paste this exact phrase in the Omnibar: Askew
   • Try this link: click here (and throw the pieces around)
   • Click on this link and then on the insert coin button
   • Explore any of these other Interactive Google Doodles
   • Go to this site and click build
   • Legos: go to this site and click build
   • Guitar
   • Reverse
   • Sphere
   • Underwater
   • Zerg rush
2. Try any of the Valentines Day Interactives at the link below 
   • http://karenogen.blogspot.com/2011/02/valentines-day-interactive-games-and.html
3. Complete any missing assignments from your drive folder! 
   • Happy Valentines Day!

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

1. Here are the links for our projects this week
   • Valentines Day cookie creator: http://www.theoworlds.com/valentine/
   • Gzaas: http://gzaas.com
   • Wordle Advanced link: http://www.wordle.net/advanced
   • Color Scheme Designer: http://colorschemedesigner.com/
   • Sumopaint: http://sumo.fm/#create 

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

1. Check your grades in all of your classes.  The 4th 6 Weeks grading period ends next week!

   Logon here to check your grades!

Friday 15th: Folder checks every Friday!

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. Monday is a
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3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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4. Friday Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week! Please write 3 complete sentences in the big blocks of the form to get full credit!
5. Friday Warmup Response:
7. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

- Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Complete any missing assignments from your folder. There should be 11 assignments and they should look like this: 
   • http://goo.gl/l0r7G
2. Continue the video selection which we started yesterday 

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

1. Here are the links for our projects this week
• Valentines Day cookie creator: http://www.theoworlds.com/valentine/
• Gzaas: http://gzaas.com
• Wordle Advanced link: http://www.wordle.net/advanced
• Color Scheme Designer: http://colorschemedesigner.com/
• Sumopaint: http://sumo.fm/#create 

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

1. Check your grades in all of your classes. The 4th 6 Weeks grading period ends next week!

Logon here to check your grades!

Week5: Feb 4th–Feb 8th

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 (use the Paint program or a Google Drawing rather than ‘Interwrite’ where you see it on this Blog)
  • 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 4th:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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3. Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Try the Word Search at the link below.  Click on the link (or the image) and then capture the image with Interwrite and mark off the words you find with the highlighter. Send me the number of words you are able to find and HELP each other! 
     • https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Word%20Searches/Clothes.jpg
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   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I found ___ words!
4. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
5. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

- Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Since I’m not here at school today (I’m running some errands that I can’t do on weekends), you can use today to complete any of your previous projects or assignments
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2. If you’ve completed everything, you can either help some someone who needs it to complete their work (best option!) or explore any of the activities on the right side of 308 Today or the link below 
   • Activities Page
3. If there are any problems in class which you need to report to me, please use (click-to-comment) to let me know about them! If my substitute leaves any names with bad reports, those students will get a reduced participation/behavior grade for this week and possibly additional consequences, so please be cooperative and polite! 

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

1. Here’s a link to my example files for all assignments we should have completed so far
   • http://goo.gl/GUO3A

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

1. Explore the Activities Page for things to do
   • Activities Page

Tuesday 5th:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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   • Here are the students who worked in their folders yesterday (and one on Sunday!). Thanks to those of you who did! What you do in your folders and when you do it is obvious!
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3. Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Checkout these Animal Tracks images and tell me which slide you liked best and what you liked about it 
     • http://www.nbcnews.com/id/46207031/ns/today-animal_tracks_slide_show/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1
   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I liked ___ because ___ 
4. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
5. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

- Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Checkout these UIL results slides from Saturday (use right arrow to advance) 
   • 7th Grade Chess
   • 8th Grade Chess
   • Entire UIL Awards Presentation 
2. The Bing Search Engine often uses animated gif files on their search pages 
   • https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Animated%20gifs/BingRacoonSearch.gif
   • Try this link (http://www.bing.com/) and use the back arrow to find another example
3. Introduce Sumopaint (view Intro, Symmetry, and Shapes clips)

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   • …which you can use to create effects like these:

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   • Today we will experiment with Symmetry and shapes

     1. Intro clip (video)
     2. Symmetry (screencast)
     3. Shapes (screencast)
   • Capture the first 2 Sumopaint creations (symmetry and assorted shapes) using the Interwrite camera tool
   • Add the labels which you see above for all 6 images (we will add 2 images per day)
4. Save your IW gwb file as 6Sumos to your desktop until it’s completed
   • You should complete effects 1 & 2 today (Symmetry & Shapes)
   • Eventually we will uploading the collection of 6 effects to your Drive 103 Student Folder as 4.7 6Sumos 

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

1. This week we’ll be using IW to capture these 6 sumopaint effects
   1. Symmetry (screencast)
   2. Shapes (screencast)
   3. Sphere (screencast)
   4. Ice cube (screencast)
   5. Text Transform (screencast)
   6. Image (screencast)
2. Here are some Sumopaint links which might help you (also on right-side panel)
   • Sumopaint homepage: http://sumo.fm/#home/
   • Sumo create page: http://sumo.fm/#create

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

1. Checkout the links below in class and let me know if they work for you! (click-to-comment)
   • http://thrilling-tales.webomator.com/derange-o-lab/pulp-o-mizer/pulp-o-mizer.html
   • http://beta.scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/

Wednesday 6th:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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3. Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Start the timer (click here) by clicking on the green ‘up arrow’ and then use IW to capture the image below (click on link or picture for a larger view) and use the highlighter to solve the maze. Then stop your timer and tell me how long it took you to solve it.
   • https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Warmups/Circle2.jpg 
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   • Here’s a sentence starter (or you can choose your own): I solved this maze in ___
4. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
5. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

- Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Here are your program ratings from last week:
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3. Here’s a gif of our 3-Day Sumo Project goals
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4. Today we will experiment with Spheres and Cubes
   • View screencast of  how to create a sphere: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/SumoPaint/Sumo%20Sphere.flv
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   • View screencast of how to create a cube: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/SumoPaint/Sumo%20Ice%20Cube.flv
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5. Capture the next 2 Sumopaint creations (Sphere and Cube) using the Interwrite camera tool
6. Save your IW gwb file as 6Sumos to your desktop until it’s completed
   • You should complete effects 1 & 2 today (Sphere and Cube)
   • Eventually we will uploading the collection of 6 effects to your Drive 103 Student Folder as 4.7 6Sumos
7. Your file should look something like this after today 
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. Screencasts of the 6 sumopaint effects we will be using in our project
   1. Symmetry (screencast)
   2. Shapes (screencast)
   3. Sphere (screencast)
   4. Ice cube (screencast)
   5. Text Transform (screencast)
   6. Image (screencast)
2. Here are some Sumopaint links which might help you (also on right-side panel)
   • Sumopaint homepage: http://sumo.fm/#home/
   • Sumo create page: http://sumo.fm/#create
   • Sumo Paint Tutorials
   • Sumo Paint YouTube Channel (should work at home)

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

1. Checkout the weather forecast for the rest of this week
   • http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=78602

Thursday 7th:

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. Here’s a message from me: http://gzaas.com/UMx3cN
3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like:
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4. Daily Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Here’s a more challenging maze (but not one of the hardest yet!). Start the timer again (click here) by clicking on the green ‘up arrow’ and then use IW to capture the image below (click on the picture for a larger view) and use the highlighter to solve the maze. Then stop your timer and tell me how long it took you to solve it.
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5. Daily Warmup Response: Use the Daily Warm-up Form to record your answer
6. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

- Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. View Chrome multi-task mode (YouTube version) 
   • Try it here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/multitask.html
2. Today we will experiment with Transforms and Image Effects (like negatives) 
   • Screencast on transforms: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/SumoPaint/Sumo%20Transform%20Tool%209-23-11.flv 
   • Screencast on Image Effects: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/SumoPaint/Sumo%20Image%20Effects%209-24-11.flv
3. Capture the last 2 Sumopaint creations (Transform and Negative) using the Interwrite camera tool
4. Save your IW gwb file as 6Sumos to your desktop until it’s completed
   • You should complete all effects today
   • Upload the collection of 6 effects (using ctrl+A and ctrl+C) to a new Drawing in your Drive 103 Student Folder (using ctrl+V) and name your drawing 4.7 6Sumos
5. It should look something like this when you’re through 
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

1. Screencasts of the 6 sumopaint effects we will be using in our project
   1. Symmetry (screencast)
   2. Shapes (screencast)
   3. Sphere (screencast)
   4. Ice cube (screencast)
   5. Text Transform (screencast)
   6. Image (screencast)
2. Here are some Sumopaint links which might help you (also on right-side panel)
   • Sumopaint homepage: http://sumo.fm/#home/
   • Sumo create page: http://sumo.fm/#create
   • Sumo Paint Tutorials
   • Sumo Paint YouTube Channel (should work at home)

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

1. Checkout what happens to your Chrome Browser when you type ‘askew’ in the Omnibar (URL window)
   • http://goo.gl/Qsf1d

Friday 8th: Folder checks every Friday!

- Part 1) Review (click-to-comment)

1. Please check your laptop for damages and report problems to me!
2. Due to our assembly this afternoon, we’ll be using this modified Bell Schedule for today: Dance Bell Schedule
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3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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4. Friday Warmup Activity: (2min timer if necessary – no talking while you complete your warmup please!)
   • Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week! Please write 3 complete sentences in the big blocks of the form to get full credit!
5. Friday Warmup Response:
7. Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

- Part 2) Today students will… (click-to-comment)

1. Student folder checks
2. Complete this week’s project! 
   • Upload the collection of 6 effects (using ctrl+A and ctrl+C) to a new Drawing in your Drive 103 Student Folder (using ctrl+V) and name your drawing 4.7 6Sumos. It should look something like this:
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3. View the Friday video clips selection for this week 

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

1. Screencasts of the 6 sumopaint effects we will be using in our project
   1. Symmetry (screencast)
   2. Shapes (screencast)
   3. Sphere (screencast)
   4. Ice cube (screencast)
   5. Text Transform (screencast)
   6. Image (screencast)
2. Here are some Sumopaint links which might help you (also on right-side panel)
• Sumopaint homepage: http://sumo.fm/#home/
• Sumo create page: http://sumo.fm/#create
• Sumo Paint Tutorials
• Sumo Paint YouTube Channel (should work at home)

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

1.