Week12: Nov 11th–Nov 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: Pep Rally Today!

- Part 1) Review   (click-to-comment)

  1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
  2. Today we have a Pep Rally. Here’s our bell schedule for today: 
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  3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here)
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    • Daily Warmup Activity: 
      • It’s going to get much colder later on this week, which made me think of today’s warmup activity below the forecast 
        • Forecast:
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        • For your warmup today, find at least 15 words in this word search and Skitch them into your 103 drive as w4.  Help each other to get done faster!
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    • Daily Warmup Response:  Skitch your warmup with at least 15 words into your 103 drive as w4
    • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

    1. Here’s how you rated last week’s programs and activities: 
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    2. Create a new presentation in your 103 Drive called 3.1 Scratch 
    3. Explore this Scratch Connect-the-dots program:  
      • http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/14094090/ 
      • Create something using the program by dragging the dots into a shape and then pressing ‘C’ to connect them. Here are the directions:
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      • Capture your Creation and add it to slide 3 of your 3.1 Scratch Presentation. Here’s my example:
      • Slide 3:
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    - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

    1. Links and files 
    2. Video Demos

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

    1. Checkout this scratch Educational Stuff studio and see if there’s anything there that you can use

      Tuesday 12th:

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

      1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
      2. Updated weather forecast…  cold!
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      3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here
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        • Daily Warmup Activity: 
        • Daily Warmup Response: Skitch your solution to the maze into your 103 Drive as w5 
        • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

        1. Continue your 3.1 Scratch Presentation by adding new blank slides 4 & 5 and following the directions below 
        2. Challenge! Can you get your letter to form like this, where the numbers all drift down to form the letter at the start?
          • R by the numbers 

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

        1. Links and files 
        2. Video Demos

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

        1. Checkout this simple Scratch program: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/14051488/
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          Wednesday 13th:

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

          1. Please check your workstation 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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            • Daily Warmup Activity: 
            • Daily Warmup Response: Skitch your score into your 103 Drive as w6
            • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

              1. Reminder, once we begin Part 2, Games (other than those in Scratch) are not allowed until 1) the last 10min of class and 2) all assignments for the day are completed (or unless you are given permission to do so)! 
                • Consequences for not following: Loss of logon privileges Friday
                • What can you do if you have completed your assignment today? Anything within the Scratch Site (explore and try and remix any programs created by others)
              2. Create a new Prezi account for use next week 
              3. Continue your 3.1 Scratch Presentation by adding new blank slides 6 & 7 and following the directions below 
                • Scratch link: http://scratch.mit.edu/
                • Slide 6:  Try both of the programs below, choose the one you like best and remix it so that it does something different. Capture your stage and program, and add it to Slide 6 with a Wordart title and link your picture to the program (like my example Slide 6)
                  1. Drifting triangle: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/14093101/
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                  2. Expanding triangle: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/14093356/
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                • Here’s my example Slide 6
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                • Slide 7 (last slide): Explore the homepage by clicking on the link below, find programs that you like, choose your favorite, capture it and add a link to it on slide 7
                • Here’s my example slide 7
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              - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-to-comment)

              1. Links and files 
              2. Video Demos

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

              1. Checkout the cold weather forecast for the next few days!

                Thursday 14th:

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

                1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
                2. 1st Period returns here for Den today!
                3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here
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                  • Daily Warmup Activity: 
                  • Daily Warmup Response: Skitch your favorite image from the space gallery into your 103 Drive as w7 
                  • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

                    1. View these Prezi intro video clips 
                    2. Logon to your Prezi account to make sure it works
                    3. Create your first Prezi for this class called ‘Practice Prezi’ 
                      • Here are the directions (in a Prezi)
                    4. Skitch a view of your entire Practice Prezi into your 103 Drive as p3 
                      • It should contain whatever you get done today
                      • …and it should look something like this:
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                    5. Explore any of the Scratch links sent by students in click-to-comment

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

                    1. Logon to Prezi: http://prezi.com/login/
                    2. Help with Prezi

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

                    1. Checkout this demo Prezi on the Gulf Oil Spill

                      Friday 15th:  Folder checks every Friday!

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

                      1. Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
                      2. Report to your 2nd Period class for den today!
                      3. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like: (view example folder here
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                        • Friday Warmup Activity: 
                          • Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week! 
                        • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

                          1. View the Formula 1 track in streetview here: http://goo.gl/KwrDmi
                          2. Complete your Practice Prezi into Skitch it into your 103 Drive as p3 
                            • View this week’s video clips selection

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

                            1. Logon to Prezi: http://prezi.com/login/
                            2. Example Prezis
                            3. Help with Prezi

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

                            1. Checkout this turkey!
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                            Week11: Nov 4th–Nov 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 workstation for damages and report problems to me!
                            2. Here’s what your 103 student folder should look like after our warmup: (view example folder here)
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                              • Daily Warmup Activity:
                              • Daily Warmup Response: Move everything into a new folder called Old Files 
                              • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

                              1. Here’s how you rated last week’s programs and activities: 
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                              2. Explore this coding practice activity
                              3. Visit a Harvard Computer Science Lecture! 
                              4. We start Scratch tomorrow! 
                                • Explore the homepage here: http://scratch.mit.edu/
                                • To listen to your programs (which is FUN!), you’ll need to start bringing earbuds to class!

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

                              1. Links for today

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

                              1. Check your grades in all classes. Report cards for the 2nd grading period will be handed out Friday!

                                Tuesday 5th:

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

                                1. Please check your workstation 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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                                  • Daily Warmup Activity: 
                                    • Today I’ll set a timer at the start of class
                                      • Open LightBot: http://ptstech.net/lightbot.html
                                      • Get to the highest level you can in the time allotted
                                      • You may only work in the LightBot application during the allotted time!
                                      • Skitch a picture of where you are in the program when time expires
                                      • Save the picture in your 103 Drive as w1 
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                                  • Daily Warmup Response:  Skitch the highest level you reach to your 103 Drive as w1 
                                  • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

                                  1. Open the Scratch Website and create an account so you can save your programs
                                    • Link to Scratch: http://scratch.mit.edu
                                    • Choose whatever appropriate username and password you like (but choose something you’ll remember!) You might send yourself an email or save the username and password on your phone.
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                                  2. Click ‘Learn how to make a project’ and follow the 10 steps in the tutorial 
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                                  3. Once you’ve completed the tutorial, explore other projects on the home page 

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

                                  1. Links for today’s lesson

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

                                  1. Check your grades in all classes. Report cards for the 2nd grading period will be handed out Friday!
                                  2. Explore the ‘Scratch Scratch Revolution’ game from yesterday’s video

                                    Wednesday 6th:

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

                                    1. Please check your workstation 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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                                      • Daily Warmup Activity: 
                                        • Translate a phrase from English into some other language using Google Translate. Capture the results with Skitch and save them in your drive as w2 
                                          • Google Translate website: http://translate.google.com
                                          • Translate this phrase: Please remember to be polite in the classroom and to help each other. We will have a lot more fun in this class if you do!
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                                      • Daily Warmup Response: Skitch your translation boxes (both sides) to your 103 drive as w2
                                      • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

                                      1. Run this example Scratch Program 
                                      2. Create a new drawing with a white background in your drive called p1 which we will use to capture today’s assignments. Add the labels you see in my example below (choose whatever font you like!
                                        • Your new p1 drawing should look like this
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                                      3. Using Scratch, create 3 sprites of different sizes and colors and add them to your drawing
                                      4. Using Scratch, draw 5 lines of different thicknesses and colors using the program below 

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

                                      1. Links for today’s lesson
                                      2. Video Demos

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

                                      1. Check your grades in all classes. Report cards for the 2nd grading period will be handed out Friday!
                                      2. Checkout this Scratch Game

                                        Thursday 7th:

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

                                        1. Please check your workstation 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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                                          • Daily Warmup Activity: 
                                          • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

                                            1. We will take a brief break from programming to explore this cool Interactive Generative Art site which Autumn sent me in (click-to-comment).  Thanks Autumn! 
                                              • Silk: http://weavesilk.com/ 
                                              • Here are the controls for this application:
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                                              • Create 4 designs and add them to a new drawing called p2 in your drive
                                              • Here’s my example:
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                                            2. View this Scratch Demo which illustrates a Geometric Reflection (and built-in instructions) 
                                            3. Complete yesterday’s p1 assignment 

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

                                            1. Links
                                            2. Video Demos

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

                                            1. Check your grades in all classes. Report cards for the 2nd grading period will be handed out Friday!
                                            2. Checkout this Scratch Art Program

                                              Friday 8th:  Folder checks every Friday!

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

                                              1. Please check your workstation 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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                                                • Friday Warmup Activity: 
                                                  • Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week! 
                                                • Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/iA4mC

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

                                                  1. Complete your p1 drawing. It should look like this example:
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                                                  2. Ensure you have these files in your 103 Drive
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                                                  3. View the video clips selection for this week

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

                                                  1. Links
                                                  2. Video Demos

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

                                                  1. Checkout this Scratch tutorial on how to change your Scratch profile picture