Week17 (s15): May 4th–May 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 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 4th:

- 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
     • Unsnarl-It: http://unsnarl-it.jonasjuffinger.com/
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     • Here’s my example warmup (try to capture your fastest time!)
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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:
   • Click here to view your ratings summary graphs
2. Open your 6.06 Week17 Binder and add your first 3 slides
   • Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
   • Generally, our remaining binders in the course will include the following pattern each day
     • Review something we’ve used in the course
     • Explore some sidebar item from 308Today for future Reference
     • Introduce some new tool or application that might be of use to you someday
   • Why do we use binders in this course?
     • as a log of what you've explored
     • it points to what you've learned, but it is not what you’ve learned
     • it provides evidence of your participation
     • it’s concise, which makes finding resources and evaluating effort much easier than collecting lots of separate files
     • in the process you are creating your own archive of your work
3. Slide1: Binder Title Slide
   • Reminder: Do not copy my work on any slides unless I direct you too! …if you do, I won’t count it!
   • May is our last full month of school and there are a lot of important events coming up!
   • Here are the 4 things which should be on your Slide1 to help you to take notice of important upcoming events
     1. The Binder Title (you may use Favorite Fonts, Gzaas, Graffiti Creator or another application with fonts that you like)
     2. The word ‘May’ linked to our public calendar
     3. A Skitch of the calendar
     4. At least 2 icons marking dates which are important to you (search Google Images)
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4. Slide2: Review our weekly reflections forms for ideas for forms you might make someday 
   • Here are the 4 things which should be on your Slide2 to help you to find example forms to use as patterns
     1. Favorite Form Title
     2. A Skitch of where the archive is located at 308Today
     3. A Skitch of this semester’s forms from the archive
     4. A Skitch of the form design from this semester which you liked best
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5. Slide3: New! -  MakeBeliefsComix
   • MakeBeliefsComix: http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/
   • Video Help: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Help%20with%20MakeBeliefsComix.mp4
   • Here are the 4 things you’ll need on your slide
     1. Title: New!
     2. The site workspace with your comic related to the end of the year (or another appropriate topic of your choosing)
     3. A picture of your completed comic (which must be at least 3 panels!)
     4. A link to the site
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

1. Here are the links you’ll need for today 
   • Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
   • Unsnarl-It: http://unsnarl-it.jonasjuffinger.com/
   • Favorite Fonts, Gzaas, Graffiti Creator
   • Reflections Forms Archive
   • MakeBeliefsComix: http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/
   • Video Help: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Help%20with%20MakeBeliefsComix.mp4

- Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

1. Check your grades since the last Progress Reporting Period ends this Friday!
   • Logon here to check your grades

Tuesday 5th:

- 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 all of the hidden objects in the image below and mark them off with the Skitch highlighter
     • Click the image for a larger view
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     • Search for images of the most colorful birds in the world and Skitch your favorite with a link to the image URL on your warmup
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     • Here’s 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. Continue your 6.06 Week17 Binder by adding your next 3 slides  
   • Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
   • Reminder: our remaining binders in the course will include the following pattern most days
     • Review something we’ve used in the course
     • Explore some sidebar item from 308Today for future Reference
     • Introduce some new tool or application that might be of use to you someday
     • Please do not copy my materials (or they won’t count)… make your own cool stuff to share!
2. Slide4: Review
   • Here are the 4 things you’ll need on your slide4
     1. Title: Review
     2. The options from the Draw-a-stickman site: http://www.drawastickman.com/
     3. A link to the site
     4. 3 Skitches from your favorite episode
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3. Slide5: Sidebar
   • Here are the 4 things you’ll need on your slide5
     1. Title: 308 Today Sidebar!
     2. Skitch of section 11 with Visuwords identified with shapes
     3. A Skitch of the word connections using your choice of a synonym of ‘anticipation’ from the list below (you’ll have to type your choice since you can’t copy and paste from the image below)
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     4. A link to Visuwords: http://www.visuwords.com/fullscreen/
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4. Slide6: New
   • Here are the 4 things you’ll need on your slide6
     1. Title: New!
     2. The Pulp-o-mizer homepage screen
     3. A link to Pulp-o-mizer: http://thrilling-tales.webomator.com/derange-o-lab/pulp-o-mizer/pulp-o-mizer.html
     4. An example which you create (like my Friday Song example! You might choose something to do with going to High School, your scariest subject, your greatest fear, something related to a family member to share with them, something for Mother’s Day, etc.) There’s a User’s Guide at the bottom of the page for help with this site!
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   • More examples to get you thinking:
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

1. Here are the links you’ll need for today 
   • Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
   • Birdhouses hidden objects
   • Draw-a-stickman site: http://www.drawastickman.com/
   • Visuwords: http://www.visuwords.com/fullscreen/
   • Pulp-o-mizer: http://thrilling-tales.webomator.com/derange-o-lab/pulp-o-mizer/pulp-o-mizer.html

- Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

1. Checkout our damp forecast for the next week or so:
   • http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=78602 
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Wednesday 6th:

- 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
     • Safe Cracker: http://www.proprofs.com/games/safe-cracker/ 
     • Skitch your score and level when you have 1 life left
     • Capture the start page logo and link it to the site
     • Here’s 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. Algebra EOC information (Good luck with today’s testing!) 
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2. Continue your 6.06 Week17 Binder by adding your next 3 slides
   • Add enough blank slides to get to a total of 12! 
   • This Binder will be our 2nd Major event this grading period!
3. Slide7: Review
   • Here are the 3 things you’ll need on your slide7
     1. A Title: Review
     2. A shape with the 3 numbered steps for finding all of your binders (add a shape and double-click on it to add text)
     3. A Skitch of your binders in picture view with numbers and arrows for each step
   • Here’s my example (with added noise to deter copying). The Drive image and Collection of thumbnails below is courtesy of LourdesO… thanks and nice work Lourdes!)
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4. Slide8: Sidebar
   • Use the Text Analysis Tool to analyze a famous Lincoln speech. You can use this tool to get the following information on any text selection, including your own writing assignments:
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   • Text Content Analysis Tool: http://www.usingenglish.com/resources/text-statistics.php 
   • Gettysburg Address: http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm
   • Video Help: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Text%20Content%20Analysis%20Tool.mp4
   • Here are the 4 things you’ll need on your slide8
     1. A Title: 308 Today Sidebar
     2. A Skitch of section 11 with the Text Content Analysis Tool marked
     3. A Skitch of the analysis of the speech
     4. The Using English logo linked to the site: http://www.usingenglish.com/resources/text-statistics.php
   • Here’s my example slide8
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5. Slide9: New
   • Use Bubblr to create a comic using images
   • Bubblr: http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/index.php
   • Video Help: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Bubblr%20demo.mp4
   • Here are the 3 things you’ll need on slide9
     1. A Title: New!
     2. A comic made with Bubblr with at least 3 frames
     3. The Bubblr logo linked to the site: http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/index.php
   • Here’s my example slide9
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   • Here are some more examples
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

1. Here are the links you’ll need for today 
   • Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
   • Safe Cracker: http://www.proprofs.com/games/safe-cracker/ 
   • Text Content Analysis Tool: http://www.usingenglish.com/resources/text-statistics.php 
   • Video Help: with text content analysis tool https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Text%20Content%20Analysis%20Tool.mp4
   • Gettysburg Address: http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm
   • Bubblr: http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/index.php
   • Video Help: with Bubblr https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Bubblr%20demo.mp4 

- Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

1. Checkout the latest Star Search :)
   • http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/06/researchers-find-new-most-distant-galaxy-in-the-universe/
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Thursday 7th:

- 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
     • Complete this word search with no backwards words (click the image for a larger view to Skitch)
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     • Link the World Famous symbol from the Teachers Corner site to this URL: http://worksheets.theteacherscorner.net/make-your-own/word-search
     • Here’s my example warmup:
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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. Continue your 6.06 Week17 Binder by adding your last 3 slides  
   • Reminder: this Binder is a Major Grade! 
2. IMPORTANT NOTE: Today’s activities are all centered around Mother’s Day, but if for some personal reason you cannot think about this, then you may substitute any other holiday!
3. Slide10: Review
   • Video Help: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Review%20Create%20Sumo%20Cube.mp4
   • Sumo: http://sumo.fm/#create 
   • Mother’s Day Ideas Site: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/may/06/mothers-day-affordable-gifts/#&panel1-1
   • Here are the 6 things you’ll need on your slide10
     1. A Title: Review
     2. The title and link from the Mother’s Day site
     3. The Sumo Start image and link
     4. A cube or sphere made with Sumo from the Mother’s Day site (watch the video help above for the steps)
     5. Any other cool Mother’s Day image and link
     6. A subtitle with reminder info
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4. Slide11: Sidebar
   • BrainyQuote Mother’s Day: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_mothersday.html
   • Here are the 3 things you’ll need on your slide11
     1. A Title: 308 Today Sidebar
     2. A Skitch of Section 11 with Brainy Quote marked
     3. Search BrainyQuote for Mother’s Day and add at least 2 of your favorites (they don’t have to have images)
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5. Slide12: New
   • Mother’s Day Card Creator: http://www.americangreetings.com/printable-cards/mothers-day 
   • Here are the 4 things you’ll need on your slide12
     1. A Title: New!
     2. An image and link to the card creator site
     3. An example card which you create using the site
     4. If possible, add your cube or sphere from slide10 or a quote from slide11 to your card
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

1. Here are the links you’ll need for today 
   • Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
   • Positive Thinking Word Search
   • Sumo: http://sumo.fm/#create 
   • Mother’s Day Ideas Site: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/may/06/mothers-day-affordable-gifts/#&panel1-1
   • Video Help: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Review%20Create%20Sumo%20Cube.mp4
   • BrainyQuote Mother’s Day: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_mothersday.html 
   • Mother’s Day Card Creator: http://www.americangreetings.com/printable-cards/mothers-day 

- Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

1. Checkout this year’s national Speak Up report on the views of 431,231 K-12 students representing over 8,000 schools and 2,600 districts in the United States and around the world regarding their experiences with technology in the classroom
   • http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/SU14DigitalLearning24-7_StudentReport.html
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Friday 8th: End of the Last Progress Reporting 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 bring earbuds next week for Incredibox! Ms. Land now sells them in the robotics room (102) for $2 per pair
2. Assignments 6.05-6.06 are due today 
• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

1. Here are the links you’ll need for today 
• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Week17 Reflections Form 

- Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

1. Check your grades in all classes since today is the last day of this Progress Reporting Period!
• Logon here to check your grades

Week16 (s15): Apr 27th–May 1st

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 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. Daily Warmup Activity: 
   • Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup
     • Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
     • Here are the 3 things you’ll need on your warmup for today
       1. The Color Trap start screen logo linked to Color Trap: http://www.proprofs.com/games/colour-trap/
       2. Your score screen (you do not need to enter your name!)
       3. ‘Mon’ with each letter in a different color
     • Here’s my example warmup
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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:
   • Click here to view your ratings summary graphs
2. Open your 6.04 Week16 Binder and add the following to your first 2 slides for today
3. This week’s binder is a major grade!
4. Slide1: Title slide and background related to our stormy weather to start the week
   • Use Gzaas for your background and Title: http://gzaas.com/ You don’t have to use the same backgound, font or shadows that you see in my example
     • Tip: To get the background I wanted from Gzaas, I used a blank space for the text, so I could see the entire background unmarked… then I added the text in parts to Skitch to my slide. Before animating the text pieces, I grouped them together like this:
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   • Use the images from Part 4 below to add to your slide (…try adding masks and borders like you see in my example to make your images look more interesting) 
   • Add animations to all of the elements of your slide using this video help:
     • Video Help: Add animations to Title Slide (no audio in this demo)
   • Here’s my example Slide1 (Yours should look different than this!)
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5. Slide2: Hubble 25th Anniversary
   • Apr 24th was the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope
   • Hubble Heritage: http://heritage.stsci.edu/
   • Add at least the following 3 things to your slide (but you can add more images if you like!)
     1. The Hubble Heritage homepage image and a link to the site
     2. The Hubble 25th Anniversary Image
     3. Graffiti Art related to this topic: http://www.graffiticreator.net/
   • Here’s my example slide2 (Yours should look different than this!)
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6. While you’re working, we’ll watch this clip 
   • NASA Hubble Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOVXCdZHApI

- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

1. Here are the links you’ll need for today 
   • Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
   • Color Trap: http://www.proprofs.com/games/colour-trap/
   • Gzaas: http://gzaas.com/ 
   • Video Help: Add animations to Title Slide (no audio in this demo)
   • Hubble Heritage: http://heritage.stsci.edu/
   • Graffiti Creator: http://www.graffiticreator.net/
   • NASA Hubble Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOVXCdZHApI

- Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

1. Checkout this fast moving line of weather from early this morning and the big temperature change expected through tomorrow
   • http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=78602
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Tuesday 28th:

- 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
     • Complete the word search below (there are no backwards words)
     • Add a linked symbol from one of your favorite ice cream brands or shops to their website
     • Click the image for a larger view to Skitch
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     • Here’s 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. You are about to start an Earthquake Tower Build unit in your science classes and you’ll be using shaker tables to test your designs. We will look at a very recent event on our first slide for today which will help you to understand why this field of research is so important.
2. Open your 6.04 Week16 Binder and add the following to your next 2 slides for today
3. Slide3: add the 5 Ws on the earthquake in Nepal which occurred this past Sunday
   • Links for your research
     1. Who: How many people have been affected so far (search Google)
     2. What: Magnitude of the earthquake and the extent of the damage (search Google)
     3. When: Time and date when it occurred (search Google)
     4. Where: Search Google Maps for Nepal and Skitch a section of the map for your slide background
     5. Why: What are the reasons why this event has been so devastating? (search Google)
   • Use the Skitch highlighter to highlight important sections of information (I’ve used green highlights in my example below)
   • Add arrows to identify your sources (you don’t need to add links unless you would like to (for your science class)
   • Here’s my example slide3 with added noise to deter copying (click the image for a larger view)
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4. Slide4: Build with Chrome – Explore all builds 
   • Build with Chrome: https://www.buildwithchrome.com/
   • Click ‘Sign in’ with Google
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   • Create a mosaic of at least 4 different cool builds made by others to give you ideas for when we start building our own tomorrow. Include a screenshot of ‘Explore All Builds’ like you see in the bottom right corner of my example slide below
   • Here’s my example slide4
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

1. Here are the links you’ll need for today 
   • Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
   • Build with Chrome: https://www.buildwithchrome.com/

- Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

1. Checkout some information on designing earthquake-proof structures
   • http://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/structural/earthquake-resistant-buildings.htm
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Wednesday 29th:

- 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
     • Copy that: http://www.proprofs.com/games/copy-that/
     • Play the game for practice and when your ready to go for score, capture your screen when you have 1 life left (or you won’t be able to see your score)
     • Capture ‘Copy That’ from the start screen and link it to the game, as 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. I spliced together a couple of clips from the Nepal Earthquake for you to view. The first is on-the-ground footage during and shortly after the quake and the second is drone footage of some affected areas (drone footage is vastly superior to helicopter footage in the examples which I previewed) 
   • https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Major%20Events/Earthquake%20Nepal%20Apr25-2015.mp4
2. Open your 6.04 Week16 Binder and add the following to your  next 2 slides for today
3. Slide5: More info on Earthquakes and Tsunamis 
   • Please research and add the following to Slide5
     1. When, where and what magnitude were the largest earthquakes in the US? (show at least the top 5 and add a link to your source)
     2. When, where and what magnitude were the largest earthquakes in the World? (show at least the top 5 and add a link to your source)
     3. What is a Tsunami? (search for a definition)
     4. What were the worst Tsunamis ever? (show at least the top 5 and add a link to your source)
   • Here’s my example slide5
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4. Slide6: Build with Chrome – Master Your Skills: Build Academy  
   • Explore the Chrome Build Academy Tutorials, which will teach you how to make cool structures with virtual Legos. The tutorial will show you what to do each step and will show a large checkmark when you’ve completed each task successfully.
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   • Chrome Build Academy (don’t forget to click ‘Sign in’): https://www.buildwithchrome.com/buildacademy
   • Here are the 3 things you’ll need to add to you slide6
     1. Skitch the Build Academy home screen and link it to the site
     2. Skitch the highest level you are able to reach in this class period… you must get through at least the 1st 2 challenges!
     3. Capture the new slide animations options which just became available yesterday – use the print screen button and crop the capture using Skitch (you do not have to animate anything!)
   • Here’s my example slide6
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

1. Here are the links you’ll need for today 
   • Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
   • Copy that: http://www.proprofs.com/games/copy-that/
   • Chrome Build Academy: https://www.buildwithchrome.com/buildacademy

- Part 4) Through? (click-2-comment)

1. Checkout this short quiz to test your knowledge of Earthquakes:

   Fact or Fiction: Earthquake Quiz

   • http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/earthquake-quiz.htm
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Thursday 30th:

- 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
     • Quizlet Earthquakes: https://quizlet.com/81109717/flashcards
     • Capture your Quiz score and your 3 best Scatter scores to add to your warmup
     • Link the Quizlet Title to this: https://quizlet.com/81109717/flashcards
     • Here’s my example warmup:
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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. Open your 6.04 Week16 Binder and add the following to your last 2 slides for today 
2. Reminder: This week’s binder is a major grade!
3. Slide7:  Create a collage that will help your viewers to understand a little about Earthquake-proofing buildings 
   • Use the resources in the OneTab list below or find your own
   • Earthquake Proof OneTab: http://www.one-tab.com/page/9Po3lXMNSKi6YS47gw1JUA 
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   • Add at least 6 items to your slide including the OneTab image linked to your resources list
   • Here’s my example slide7 recorded as a gif so you can see the animations
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4. Slide8:  Create your own Lego Tower design and landscape to add to your slide (with a link to your actual creation) 
   • Chrome Lego Builder: https://www.buildwithchrome.com/builder#
   • Add at least 2 views of your creation, publish it and add a link to it on your slide (when the link is available)
   • Here’s my example slide8
   • https://www.buildwithchrome.com/build/ULs6msAQA
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   • Here’s a tower with a winning height designed in one of yesterday’s science classes and built with spaghetti strands and marshmallows
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

1. Here are the links you’ll need for today 
   • Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
   • Quizlet Earthquakes: https://quizlet.com/81109717/flashcards
   • Earthquake Proof OneTab: http://www.one-tab.com/page/9Po3lXMNSKi6YS47gw1JUA
   • Chrome Lego Builder: https://www.buildwithchrome.com/builder#

- Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

1. Checkout this site which describes one team’s plans to plant 1 Billion trees per year
   • Related descriptive article: http://www.fastcoexist.com/3044235/this-drone-startup-has-an-ambitious-crazy-plan-to-plant-one-billion-trees-a-year
   • Team website: http://www.biocarbonengineering.com/
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Friday May 1st: 

- 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 which are all due today. Keep in mind that your binder is a Major Grade this week! 
   • Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
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2. Build more cool Lego stuff or design a Graffiti desktop background with your name!
• Chrome Lego Builder: https://www.buildwithchrome.com/builder#
• Graffiti Creator: http://www.graffiticreator.net/ 

- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

1. Here are the links you’ll need for today 
• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Week16 Reflections Form 

- Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

1. Checkout our awesome weekend weather forecast!
• http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=78602
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Week15 (s15): Apr 20th–Apr 24th

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 20th:

Today is a STAAR Testing day for 8th Grade

1. Here are some tips for dealing with exam stresses. Good luck 8th Graders!
2. Please read these notes about today’s schedule
   • 8th Graders will be taking STAAR Math (or Algebra EOC practice test)
   • There will be no bells today
   • Check the Cafeteria for room assignments for today’s testing sessions
   • Here’s your schedule for today
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Tuesday 21st:

Today is a STAAR Testing day for 7th & 8th Grade

1. Here are some tips for dealing with exam stresses. Good luck 7th & 8th Graders!
2. Please read these notes about today’s schedule
   • 7th Graders will be taking STAAR Math
   • 8th Graders will be taking STAAR Social Studies
   • There will be no bells today
   • There will be no Den today
   • Check the Cafeteria for room assignments for today’s testing sessions
   • Here’s your schedule for today
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Wednesday 22nd:

Today is a STAAR Testing day for 7th & 8th Grade

1. Here are some tips for dealing with exam stresses. Good luck 7th & 8th Graders!
2. Please read these notes about today’s schedule
   • 7th Graders will be taking STAAR Reading
   • 8th Graders will be taking STAAR Science
   • There will be no bells today
   • There will be no Den today
   • Check the Cafeteria for room assignments for today’s testing sessions
   • Here’s your schedule for today
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Thursday 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: 
   • Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup
     • Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
     • Summer Word Search (no backwards words): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Warmups/Word%20Searches/Summer%20%28no%20backwards%29.png
     • (click the image for a larger view)
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     • Here’s my example warmup (add an animated gif linked to where you found your gif as your linked symbol at the top)
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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: 
   • Click here to view your ratings summary graphs
2. Open your 6.02 Week15 Binder and add the following to your 3 slides for today
3. Slide1: Title slide and background related to our STAAR testing session being over (be creative!)
   • Google Classroom
   • Favorite Fonts
   • Graffiti Creator (spend some time exploring this… you can make really cool stuff with it!)
   • Here are the 3 things you’ll need on your slide1
     1. Title (like my example)
     2. An image related to STAAR being over (…as an example, I searched for stardust to find mine)
     3. Graffiti related to your image using Graffiti Creator (…for example, I used ‘STAAR Dust’)
   • Here’s my example slide1 (Challenge: try some of these techniques - I used Pixlr and Google Drawings to extend the center image to the edges of the slide and to blur the black edges of the image into the dark blue background color which I used with my Graffiti)
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4. Slide2: Explore The Impossible Quiz 
   • Favorite Fonts
   • Graffiti Creator
   • The Impossible Quiz
   • Here are the 4 things you’ll need on your slide1
     1. Title image from The Impossible Quiz
     2. The level you reach when you’re down to one life (or the last level with whatever lives you have left when you get there)
     3. Some Graffiti Creator art
     4. The link to The Impossible Quiz: http://www.theimpossiblequiz.net/impossiblequiz.html
   • Here’s my example slide2
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5. Slide3: The End with Graffiti art and animated gifs 
   • Graffiti Creator
   • I searched for fireworks gifs with transparent backgrounds, made copies of different sizes and used the Image options - Recolor function (green arrows below) to change how they looked
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   • Here’s my example slide3 saved as a gif so you can see what it looks like
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

1. Here are the links you’ll need for today 
   • Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
   • Summer Word Search (no backwards words): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Warmups/Word%20Searches/Summer%20%28no%20backwards%29.png
   • Favorite Fonts
   • Graffiti Creator
   • The Impossible Quiz 

- Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

1. Check your grades for the 5th Grading Period. You should be getting your paper report cards tomorrow:
   • Logon here to check your grades
2. Yesterday was Earth Day. Try this Earth Day Trivia Quiz and see if you can do better than your parents (or me). Here are my results: 
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Friday 24th: 

- 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:
   • 
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 click ‘Turn in’ for the following assignments!
• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h 
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2. For fun, try to complete:
• The Impossible Quiz 

- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

1. Here are the links you’ll need for today 
• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Week15 Reflections Form 

- Part 4) Through?   (click-2-comment)

1. Check your grades for the 5th Grading Period which you’ll be getting in Den today
• Logon here to check your grades
2. Looks like a warm and humid weekend but…
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