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Monday 5th

Tuesday 6th

Wednesday 7th

Thursday 8th: 8th Grade Field Trip to PAC

Friday 9th

Monday 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: 
  1. Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
  2. Download this PumpkinPatch file to your desktop: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxVuH-KD_XBfX1RlUHJrOUtJUTQ/view?usp=sharing
  3. Open http://www.sumopaint.com/home/#app
  4. Open the PumpkinPatch file in Sumo like this
  6. Use the fill bucket and the color Square to ‘color’ the image. Use this link for ideas for the colors: http://goo.gl/TRrpeX
  8. Skitch your completed file into the Monday block of your warmup file
  9. Find an animated gif of a jack o'lantern, add it to your drawing and link it to where you found it
  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. Here’s how you rated last week’s programs and activities:
  1. Today we have these objectives  (all objectives to date)
  1. Open your 2.2 Week7 Learning Log in Google Classroom and follow these steps to create your Title Slide1
  1. Favorite Fonts
  2. Screencast-o-matic (from your start/programs or from this link: SOM v1.4 download)
  1. A title: 2.2 Week7 Learning Log
  2. Carve and record (with screencast-o-matic) a jack-o-lantern to add to your slide
  3. Add a link to the site where you created it
  1. Slide2: Use Wordle to make a word cloud of an important speech from the American Revolution
  1. A title: Monday
  2. Your wordcloud of the speech
  3. A link to Wordle
  4. The FireFox logo (search Google for this!)
  1. Check your 1st 6 Weeks Grades (which should all be entered by now)

 

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

 

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

 

  1. Checkout how much cleaner our physical desktops have gotten through the development of virtual desktops over the years

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Tuesday 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: 
  1. Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
  2. Try the memory game a few times and capture your best score and the title at the start of the game to add to your warmup file for Tuesday
  3. Memory: http://www.proprofs.com/games/memory/
  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. Today we have these objectives  (all objectives to date)
  1. Slide3: Wordles and text size
  1. (Use Firefox!) Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/create
  2. Video help: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/How2/How2%20affect%20Wordle%20text%20size%20demo.mp4
  3. Words Words Words Words repeated repeated repeated repeated often often are are larger larger larger larger larger larger when pasted into Wordle Wordle
  1. A title: Tuesday
  2. The firefox logo as a reminder
  3. The Wordle you create with the purple word list above
  4. A link to Wordle
  1. Slide4: Custom Wordles and spreadsheets
  1. Video help using a spreadsheet with Wordle: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Wordle/Wordle%20and%20Spreadsheet%20demo.mp4
  2. You could use, for example, the first names of  important people in your life (family, friends, pets) as in my example, but you could use other words for your list, like days of the week, colors, or favorite activities
  1. A title: Tuesday
  2. The firefox logo as a reminder
  3. Your spreadsheet with the names multiplied
  4. The Wordle you create with your names
  5. A link to Wordle
  1. Slide5: Wordles challenge
  1. A title: Tuesday
  2. The firefox logo as a reminder
  3. Your attempt at the color challenge
  4. Labels for attempt and solution
  5. Link to Wordle

 

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

 

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

 

  1. Checkout our decreasing chances of rain this week...

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Wednesday 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: 
  1. Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
  2. Practice this Quizlet vocabulary: https://quizlet.com/97020375/scatter
  3. Then, when you know the terms, take this practice test until you get at least a 70%. Make sure you choose only multiple choice and True/False question types!
  1. A Skitch of your Scatter time
  2. A link to this scatter: https://quizlet.com/97020375/scatter
  3. Your practice test grade (at least a 70%) and the first 2 questions
  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. Today we have these objectives  (all objectives to date)
  1. Details on tomorrow’s 8th Grade Field Trip
  1. All 8th graders will report to 3rd period at 8:30. Students should leave all backpacks in the room.
  2. Students cannot have electronic out or in use while at the PAC
  3. Students may not wear hats into the building
  1. Complete yesterday’s Slide5 color challenge on a black background. Here’s the information you need

Red:1:FF0000

Orange:2:FF8000

Yellow:3:FFFF00

Green:4:008000

Blue:5:0000FF

Indigo:6:4B0082

Violet:7:9400D3

(background code ‘6-zeros’: 000000)

  1. Slide6: Create a relaxing ‘take a break’ from word clouds slide
  1. A Wordart title with transparent letters: Wednesday
  2. Skitch a calm image to use for your slide background from this different version of the Bing image archive: http://www.bing.com/gallery/#
  3. Search Google for a relaxing animated gif (I searched on ‘take a break’) and drag it to your slide
  4. Add a link to where you found your image in your slide notes section
  1. Explore this site which we will use tomorrow and see what you can learn about how it works

 

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

 

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

 

  1. Checkout this unusual optical illusion

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Thursday 8th: 8th Grade Field Trip to PAC

- 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. Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
  2. Complete the word search below (help each other!). Click here for a larger view to Skitch
  4. Explore this population counter and use the link for your link symbol: http://www.breathingearth.net/
  5. Capture the bottom-right corner of the map, which should look something like this
  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. Today we have these objectives  (all objectives to date)
  1. Slide 7: Patriotic colors schemes for use with Wordle
  1. Slide 8: Custom phrases with Wordle
  1. Wordle logo linked to the Advanced page: http://www.wordle.net/advanced
  2. A Skitch of the bottom box and example from the Wordle Advanced page
  3. A Wordle in Patriotic Colors (get your color codes from this slide http://goo.gl/wjfwkj) with these lines from the poem “Paul Revere’s Ride”:

LISTEN my children

and you shall hear

Of the midnight ride

of Paul Revere

The people will waken

and listen to hear

The midnight message

of Paul Revere

  1. Slide 9: Weavesilk designs

 

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

 

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  1. Checkout this cool animated gif from Oz by Akela 73 (can’t find a good link to post)

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Friday 9th 

- 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: 
  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. 1st and 3rd Periods need to complete yesterday’s assignments due to the field trip!
  2. Please complete and turn-in assignments 2.1 and 2.2 which are due today:
  1. Create with

 

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

 

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

 

  1. Checkout this beautiful weekend forecast

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