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

                        Week10: Oct 28th–Nov 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 (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 28th:

                        - 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: 

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                          • Daily Warmup Response: Skitch your word search into your 103 Drive folder as wu15
                          • 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 your ratings of last week’s programs and activities: 
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                          2. Create a new presentation in your 103 Drive called 2.6 World Streetviews 
                          3. Information on the 7 continents for our project

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

                          1. Links for our project 
                          2. Videos for our project

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

                          1. Checkout our costume schedule for Red Ribbon Week!
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                            Tuesday 29th:

                            - 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: 
                                • View the following slideshows from hurricane Sandy which struck about this time last year. Skitch 1 photo that you feel is the most significant to you, add some text about what it made you think of and save it to your 103 Drive as wu16
                              • Daily Warmup Response: Skitch the most significant photo to you into your 103 Drive as wu16
                              • 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 project fonts collection. You should be able to open this slideshow and copy and edit the fonts which you like best. If you find a cool font to add to this collection, please send me the font name in (click-to-comment)
                              2. Continue with the 2.6 World Streetviews Project. Here’s a link to the Google Maps | Views homepage: https://www.google.com/maps/views/home?gl=us 
                              3. Information on the 7 continents for our project

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

                              1. Links for our project 
                              2. Videos for our project

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

                              1. Checkout our costume schedule for Red Ribbon Week!
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                                Wednesday 30th:

                                - 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: 
                                    • In your warmup for today, please follow the steps below:
                                      1. Capture the current Wind Map with Skitch: http://hint.fm/wind/
                                      2. Add red and blue rectangles like you see below using the Skitch shapes tool
                                      3. Answer this question in text at the top: why do you think the wind flows in all different directions in the red rectangle, and much more smoothly and in the same direction in the blue rectangle?
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                                  • Daily Warmup Response:  Skitch the wind map following the steps above to your 103 Drive as wu17
                                  • 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 project fonts collection. You should be able to open this slideshow and copy and edit the fonts which you like best. If you find a cool font to add to this collection, please send me the font name in (click-to-comment)
                                  2. Continue with the 2.6 World Streetviews Project. Here’s a link to the Google Maps | Views homepage: https://www.google.com/maps/views/home?gl=us 
                                    • To stay on pace to complete the project by Thursday, you should be completing about 2 slides per day. Click on the name of each continent to go directly to the map view of that continent!  
                                      1. (Mon) Title Slide
                                      2. (Mon) North America - (Click here for demo video clip)
                                      3. (Mon) South America
                                      4. (Tues) Europe
                                      5. (Tues) Africa
                                      6. (Wed) Asia
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                                      7. (Wed) Australia (Oceania)
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                                      8. (Thurs) Antarctica
                                      9. (Thurs) Oceans
                                      • Each slide should have  
                                        1. 4 images from each continent
                                          • Each image should come from a different country where possible
                                          • Each image should have a label with the name of the country which it came from
                                        2. Each slide should have a Wordart title with the name of the continent
                                        3. Every image and label should be animated!
                                    • Information on the 7 continents for our project

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

                                    1. Links for our project 
                                    2. Videos for our project

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

                                    1. Check your grades in all classes. The 2nd grading period ends this Friday and we will be 2/3 of the way through this course!
                                    2. Checkout our costume for today for Red Ribbon Week!
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                                      Thursday 31st:

                                      - 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: 
                                          • Find at least 1/2 of the words and Skitch your results to your 103 Drive as wu18 
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                                        • Daily Warmup Response: Skitch your results to your 103 Drive as wu18 
                                        • 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. Checkout today’s Halloween Doodle at https://www.google.com/
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                                          2. View project fonts collection. You should be able to open this slideshow and copy and edit the fonts which you like best. If you find a cool font to add to this collection, please send me the font name in (click-to-comment)
                                          3. Continue with the 2.6 World Streetviews Project. Here’s a link to the Google Maps | Views homepage: https://www.google.com/maps/views/home?gl=us
                                          4. Information on the 7 continents for our project

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

                                          1. Links for our project 
                                          2. Videos for our project

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

                                          1. Check your grades in all classes. The 2nd grading period ends tomorrow and we will be 2/3 of the way through this course!
                                          2. Checkout our costume for today for Red Ribbon Week!
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                                          Friday Nov 1st:  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. Today is the last day of the 2nd Grading Period, and all work must be completed today! Here’s what your folder should have in it. Please make sure your files are named this way and that you have your files in the correct place (so that they look like the image below)! 
                                              2. Complete your 2.6 World Streetviews Project. Here are the links to each of the locations you should have in your project by slide number:
                                                1. (Mon) Title Slide
                                                2. (Mon) North America - (Click here for demo video clip)
                                                3. (Mon) South America
                                                4. (Tues) Europe
                                                5. (Tues) Africa
                                                6. (Wed) Asia
                                                7. (Wed) Australia (Oceania)
                                                8. (Thurs) Antarctica
                                                9. (Thurs) Oceans
                                              3. Here’s a link to my example project, so you can see what your project should have in it 
                                              4. View the video clips selection for this week 

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

                                              1. Links for our project 
                                              2. Videos for our project

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

                                              1. Check your grades in all classes. The 2nd grading period ends tomorrow and we will be 2/3 of the way through this course!