Week14 (f14): Dec 1st–Dec 5th

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 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. Daily Warmup Activity: 
    • Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup
  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:
  2. Begin our 3.7 Sheets assignment which you’ll find in Google Classroom. 
    • Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
    • Use the Video help links in the file to show you how to complete each of the 4 boxes on the Monday tab of the 3.7 Sheets file
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  3. Begin our Final Project for this semester which will include a variety of review and new applications to practice with and explore.
    • Prezi Logon: http://prezi.com/login
    • If you haven’t created a Prezi account yet, here’s how to do it: http://goo.gl/CPP2JL
    • Our goals for today
      1. Find a high resolution custom background to use in your Prezi by either of these 2 methods: 
        • Best method: choose from the files in this folder (right-click on the image you like and choose download): http://goo.gl/HBPA71
        • Search by clicking on this link and saving the image you choose to your desktop. It should be larger than 1MP and labeled for noncommercial reuse with modifications.  Search for things like Winter, skiing, snow, Christmas, travel, etc., like you see in the image below:
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      2. Create a new blank Prezi project and name it Final Project Fall 2014. It should look something like this, but be creative and have fun with this! Video help: http://goo.gl/GD05S4 
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

  1. Here are the links you’ll need for today

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

  1. 3rd Progress Report Grades were due from teachers this morning, so if you would like to check them to see what they will be, here’s the link:  Logon here to check your grades
  2. Checkout the cold front that comes in around 8am this morning… it will be chilly the next couple of mornings, so dress warmly!

    Tuesday 2nd:

    - 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 review of an application we used last year
        • Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
        • Draw a stickman: http://www.drawastickman.com/ 
        • Here are the 3 things you need on your warmup for today
          1. Capture an image from each episode 1 & 2 (try to add a color frame around each capture)
          2. Change the link symbol to a 1 or 2 (to go with your favorite episode) and link the number to that episode
          3. Change the color of the letters ‘Tues’ to this color code: #e26723
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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 our 3.7 Sheets assignment by clicking on the Tuesday tab of the file in Google Classroom 
    2. Create 2 patterns from this program to Skitch to your desktop for use in our Final Project Prezi tomorrow

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

    1. Here are the links for today’s assignment

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

    1. Checkout this clip if you’re scared of spiders (to see that you’re not alone!)

      Wednesday 3rd:

      - 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: 
        1. 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 our 3.7 Sheets assignment by clicking on the Wednesday tab of the file in Google Classroom   
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            • Use these expressions to paste on your 3.7 Sheet as directed in the video!
              1. A²+B²
              2. =sum(A3,B3)
              3. =A3-B3
              4. =A3*B3
              5. =A3^2+B3^2
              6. http://quizlet.com/32463663/flashcards
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            • Your completed Wednesday tab should look like this (I’ve added noise to prevent copying)
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          2. Create 2 snowflake looking patterns from each of these program to Skitch to your desktop for use in our Final Project Prezi tomorrow

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

          1. Here are the links for today’s assignments

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

          1. Checkout our warmer and wetter forecast for the rest of this week

            Thursday 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, which should help you to prepare for Math testing next week
            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 our 3.7 Sheets assignment by clicking on the Thursday tab of the file in Google Classroom   
              2. Open your Final Project Prezi and add the images and links from this week into an area marked with number 1 like you’ll see in my example below  
              3. Here’s my example Final Project so far
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              - Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

              1. Here are the links you’ll need for today’s assignments

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

              1. Practice some more for next week’s Math test!

                Friday 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. 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 these assignments which are all in Google Classroom 
                  2. Please make sure your Final Project Prezi has these images and links from this week 

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

                  1. Here are the links you might need for today

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

                  1. Checkout the schedule for testing and project due dates for next week at the link below

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                  Week13 (f14): Nov 17th–21st

                  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 17th:

                  - 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: 
                  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:
                  2. Please complete this survey on our recent Fun Day activities 
                  3. Complete our 3.5 Graphing Practice assignment (tutorial) which you’ll find in Google Classroom

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

                  1. Here are the links you’ll need for today

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

                  1. Checkout our forecast for this last week of school before our Thanksgiving Break!

                    Tuesday 18th:

                    - 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
                    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. Review using Pixlr to color an image for use on slide4 of our Canva Presentation 
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                      • Here are the steps 
                        1. Open the image at the link below and right-click save to your desktop: http://goo.gl/iZTrbe
                        2. Open the Pixlr App
                        3. Use the fill bucket to color the image and save it to your desktop
                      • Video help with colors: http://goo.gl/dSH9Yj 
                      • Links to add ColorZilla and Pixlr if you don’t have them yet (click to go to web store to add them)
                    2. Open your Canva presentation and add your colored drawing to a new slide4 of your presentation

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

                    1. Here are the links you need for today

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

                    1. Check your grades frequently this week since Friday is the end of this progress reporting period!

                      Wednesday 19th:

                      - 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: 
                        1. 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 Canva presentation and add a new Slide5 to your presentation
                            • Important Note!  This Canva Project will be your only project grade for the 3rd Progress Reporting Period (which ends Friday!), and it will count for 60% of your grade, so please keep up with it!
                            • Canva: https://www.canva.com/ 
                            • Add this OneTab extension to make lists of your tabs like the one you’ll see below: OneTab
                            • Browse this links list for Holiday Events in our area to use on your slide5: http://www.one-tab.com/page/NMstTa4LTkCyXC5eNbXfWA
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                            • Here’s what slide5 should have on it:
                              1. A Text title which uses at least 2 different colors
                              2. A collection of at least 5 different images from this links list (same link as above): http://www.one-tab.com/page/NMstTa4LTkCyXC5eNbXfWA
                          2. Here’s my example Canva presentation with 5 slides so far: https://www.canva.com/design/DAA_4YLxhEg/OqvbcJsThdH0sL_a-94fPA/view

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

                          1. Here are the links you need for today

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

                          1. Checkout these snow images from yesterday

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                            Thursday 20th:

                            - 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: 
                            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. Create Word clouds of things you are thankful for in Tagxedo AND Wordle (at least 1 using each) to use on Slide6 of your Canva Presentation  
                              2. Open your Canva presentation and add the last Slide6 to your presentation
                                • Important Note!  This Canva Project will be your only project grade for the 3rd Progress Reporting Period (which ends Friday!), and it will count for 60% of your grade, so please keep up with it!
                                • Canva: https://www.canva.com/ 
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                                • Here’s what slide6 should have on it:
                                  1. The Wordle you made above
                                  2. The Tagxedo you made above
                                  3. A collection of at least 5 different text and graphics images from this links list (same link as above)
                                    • There are 11 in my example, and I found lots of graphics here:
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                              3. Here’s my example Canva presentation with 6 slides: https://www.canva.com/design/DAA_4YLxhEg/OqvbcJsThdH0sL_a-94fPA/view 

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

                              1. Here are the links you need for today

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

                              1. Check your grades frequently this week since Friday is the end of this progress reporting period!

                                Friday 21st:

                                - 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. Complete these assignments (this is the last day before the end of this progress reporting period!)
                                  2. Here’s my example Canva presentation with 6 slides: https://www.canva.com/design/DAA_4YLxhEg/OqvbcJsThdH0sL_a-94fPA/view 

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

                                  1. Here are the links you need for today

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

                                  1. Check your grades since today is the end of this progress reporting period!
                                  2. There are only 3 weeks left in this semester and in this course!