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Thursday 24th

Friday 25th: Staff & Student Holiday!

Monday 21st

- Part 1) Review (click-2-comment)

Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
Here’s what your assignments should look like: (view example folder here)
Yesterday was the Vernal Equinox (the 1st day of Spring). Checkout other Doodles for that event at this link

Daily Warmup Activity: Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Link1: Windmap of the United States http://hint.fm/wind/
Link2: Map of the US http://www.onlineatlas.us/united-states-map.htm
Open Link1 and move your cursor around to find the windiest point on the Windmap. Use Print Screen to capture the speed and Skitch it onto your warmup. It should look something like this
Open Link2 and Skitch the US Map on top of the wind map. Then adjust the transparency so you can see the wind map underneath (crop the map if you need to). Here’s how to do that:

Add a label at the top with the name of the state and the wind speed
Add Link1 (Windmap) to your link symbol
Your completed warmup should have these 3 things and look something like the example below

The windmap with the highest speed and a transparent map overlay (watch the video help above!)
Link1 (http://hint.fm/wind/) added to the link symbol (use the research tool to find an image of a weather vane)
A label with the State name and highest windspeed you could find

Here’s my example

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)

Here’s how you rated last week’s programs and activities:

Click here to view your ratings summary graphs from last week

Today we have these objectives (all objectives to date)

Find the current wind speeds anywhere in the United States
Add a transparent overlay to a Google Drawing to help us to identify a location
Explore a variety of links and information regarding robotics using a OneTab links list
Practice basic programming with Lightbot

Test your Google Search capabilities with ‘A Google a day’

Slide 1: Basic Programming

All slides: Search for background images or gifs related to computer programming or robots and add a different background and a link to where you found it to each slide throughout this week. Here are some ideas for topics to search on (have fun exploring cool stuff going on in the world regarding robotics!)

Robotics News OneTab List: http://www.one-tab.com/page/tGlHLUiETImcorPxQVxu9w

You should have the following 4 things on slide1

A title: 5.11 Week11 Portfolio using Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
A subtitle: Basic Programming
A background image from something you found in your searches (use a different image than mine please!)
A link to where you found your background

Here’s my example

Slide 2: Lightbot review

Explore (or review) basic programming with Lightbot which has built-in tutorials and lets you drag-n-drop easily to replace or rearrange commands. If you remember how to use this program, help the person next to you if they don’t or if they haven’t seen it before!

THIS NEXT LINK COULD TAKE SEVERAL MINUTES TO LOAD THE FIRST TIME, so please be patient with it!
Lightbot: http://lightbot.com/hocflash.html
Video help with Lightbot: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Lightbot/Lightbot%20intro%20%28s16%29.mp4
When you see this image, click allow so you can continue where you left off tomorrow without having to repeat previous levels!

Progress through the levels to at least level 2-2 and Skitch where you left off (to add to your Portfolio on Slide2 – directions below)

You should have the following 4 things on slide 2

A title: LightBot - Day1 using Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
A Skitch of your highest level reached today (best advice on the higher levels of this… run little bits at a time and add as you go along!)
An image of the LightBot homepage linked to the site: http://lightbot.com/hocflash.html
A link to where you found your background image (use a different image than mine please!)

Here’s my slide2 example (Challenges: Can you color-match your shape fills, borders and texts to the LightBot screens as you see below?)

Slide 3: A Google a day

A Google a day poses 3 questions which you answer through Google Searches, and it gives hints to help you find the answers. Try today’s questions for slide 3
Here are the 3 things you’ll need on your slide

A Skitch from the home screen at this link: http://www.agoogleaday.com/
A Skitch of your 3 scores (use the provided hints if you need them!)
A link to the site: http://www.agoogleaday.com/

Here’s my example slide and scores:

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

Here are the links you’ll need for today

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Windmap of the United States: http://hint.fm/wind/
Map of the US: http://www.onlineatlas.us/united-states-map.htm
Robotics News OneTab List: http://www.one-tab.com/page/tGlHLUiETImcorPxQVxu9w
Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
Lightbot: http://lightbot.com/hocflash.html
Video help with Lightbot: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Lightbot/Lightbot%20intro%20%28s16%29.mp4
A Google a day: http://www.agoogleaday.com/

Portfolio Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)

Slide 1
Slide 2
Slide 3

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

Checkout a cool gif and our weather for this short school week!

Cool gif: https://goo.gl/cGw4qa
Did you know this Friday is a holiday?

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Tuesday 22nd

- Part 1) Review (click-2-comment)

Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
Here’s what your assignments should look like: (view example folder here)
Daily Warmup Activity: Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Find all of the objects in this hidden object search (click here for a larger view to Skitch)
Search Google Images for some cool looking colored Easter Eggs to add (linked to the image URL)
Challenge: Can you make your image egg shaped?

Here’s my example:

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)

Today we have these learning goals (all objectives to date)

Refine your hidden object search capabilities
Solve more advanced Lightbot puzzles
Improve your Google Search capabilities with ‘A Google a day’

Go virtual Earbud Shopping and capture top quality and budget priced examples to share

Slide 4: LightBot Conclusion

Remember: Slide2 should show the highest level you reached yesterday (before you continue on today!)
You should have the following 5 things on your slide

A title: LightBot - Day2 using Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
A Skitch of your highest level reached today in Lightbot: http://lightbot.com/hocflash.html (best advice on the higher levels of this… run little bits at a time and add as you go along!)
A Skitch of LightBot Help from Google Slides linked to this slideshow with tips to help you solve the higher level puzzles if you need it:

LightBot Help Slides: http://goo.gl/EiMXyJ

A link to where you found your background image (use a different image than mine please!)

Search for your own robotics-related image or...
Use an image from this Robotics News OneTab List: http://www.one-tab.com/page/tGlHLUiETImcorPxQVxu9w

If you complete level 3, capture the congratulations popup (which is a different color than my example below)

Here’s my example

Slide 5: A Google a day (day 2)

Try today’s questions for slide 3
Here are the 3 things you’ll need on your slide

A Skitch from the home screen at this link: http://www.agoogleaday.com/
A Skitch of your 3 scores (use the provided hints if you need them!)
A link to the site: http://www.agoogleaday.com/

Note: the 2nd question was the most challenging for me to find, so don’t forget to use the hints if you need them!
Here’s my example slide

Slide 6: Virtual Earbud Shopping

We will need earbuds or headphones for our next explorations, so please bring them to class whenever possible!
To help you to remember, we’re going to make a slide with the coolest and best budget-priced versions of each. Here’s what you’ll need on your slide (search Google to find your examples)

Coolest or best quality headphones (in your opinion) and a link to where to learn more about them (example search)
Best budget-priced headphones and a link to where to learn more about them (example search)
Coolest or best quality earbuds (in your opinion) and a link to where to learn more about them (example search)
Best budget-priced earbuds and a link to where to learn more about them (example search)
A link to where you found your background image (use a different image than mine please!)

Search for your own robotics-related image (example search)
Use an image from this Robotics News OneTab List: http://www.one-tab.com/page/tGlHLUiETImcorPxQVxu9w

Here’s my example

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

Here are the links you’ll need for today

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Hidden Object Search: http://lh3.ggpht.com/-B7Y-T62fJPw/VQFjWcz0-oI/AAAAAAAAjos/jmAp2u5yvHs/s800/image%255B29%255D.png
Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
Lightbot: http://lightbot.com/hocflash.html
LightBot Help Slides: http://goo.gl/EiMXyJ
Robotics News OneTab List: http://www.one-tab.com/page/tGlHLUiETImcorPxQVxu9w
A Google a day: http://www.agoogleaday.com/

Portfolio Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)

Slide 1
Slide 2
Slide 3

Slide 4
Slide 5
Slide 6

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

Checkout some interesting robotics/automation projects

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Wednesday 23rd

- Part 1) Review (click-2-comment)

Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
Here’s what your assignments should look like: (view example folder here)
Daily Warmup Activity: Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Add an image of your favorite candy or candy bar and a link to where you found your image (here’s my example… I like these!)
Then complete this word search (click here for a larger view to Skitch)
We won’t have a warmup tomorrow, so you can add something fun to Thurs to show we have a holiday and turn-in your warmup file today once you’ve completed it. Here’s my example:

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)

Today we have these learning goals (all objectives to date)

Create or reopen an account at Code.org
Explore the Hour of Code programming practice activities
Continue to improve your Google Search capabilities with another ‘A Google a day’

Discover the personality traits which make the best programmers

Create an account at Code.org using ‘Sign in with Google Account’. Here are the steps:

Click this link to go to the sign-in page and click ‘Sign on with Google Account’: http://studio.code.org/users/sign_in

Click accept

Complete the sign-up form like this

Slide 7: Begin (and hopefully complete) the ‘Hour of code’ which you probably saw at the bottom of the LightBot screen on Monday.

Begin the Hour of Code block programming tutorial by clicking on this link http://studio.code.org/hoc/1 or by clicking where you see below (be sure to choose the Angry Bird ‘Classic Maze’ option!)

You should bring earbuds to watch the video tutorials, but if you don’t have them, you can read the transcripts this way
If you need a slide background, here’s the links list again: Robotics News OneTab List http://www.one-tab.com/page/tGlHLUiETImcorPxQVxu9w
Move as far as you can through this very basic tutorial today and then add the following on slide 7

A title: Hour of Code using Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
A Skitch of the highest level you reach today
At least one comment about what you liked about the tutorial
A ‘thumbs up’ or ‘thumbs down’ symbol for whether you liked or didn’t like it overall
A link to the tutorial so you can explore more later if you’re interested: http://studio.code.org/hoc/1

Here’s my example Slide (I’ve added noise to deter copying)

Slide 8: Last ‘A Google a day’ (day 3)

Try today’s questions for slide 8, which seemed easier to me than yesterday’s questions :)
Here are the 3 things you’ll need on your slide

A Skitch from the home screen at this link: http://www.agoogleaday.com/
A Skitch of your 3 scores (use the provided hints if you need them!)
A link to the site: http://www.agoogleaday.com/

Here’s my example slide

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

Here are the links you’ll need for today

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Chocolate Bars Word Search
Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
Hour of Code: http://studio.code.org/hoc/1
Robotics News OneTab List: http://www.one-tab.com/page/tGlHLUiETImcorPxQVxu9w
A Google a day: http://www.agoogleaday.com/

Portfolio Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)

Slide 1
Slide 2
Slide 3

Slide 4
Slide 5
Slide 6

Slide 7
Slide 8

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

Checkout this information on which traits make good programmers and the Guinness Record ‘World’s Largest’ egg hunt

http://digest.bps.org.uk/2015/10/the-surprising-truth-about-which.html?m=1

“...the personality trait most strongly correlated with programming ability was not introversion or conscientiousness, but openness: a trait that's related to being creative and imaginative. What's more, over time to the present day, openness has become a more important correlate of programming ability, while conscientiousness has become less important. This is speculation, but perhaps more creative people are today drawn to careers in programming because of all the opportunities for imaginative expression in a world of apps, video games, snazzy websites, and social networks. Finally, the traits of agreeableness (essentially how friendly someone is) and neuroticism (how anxious and emotionally unstable) were not correlated with programming ability, pretty much refuting the tired stereotype of the socially awkward programming geek.”

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-easter-egg-hunt

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Thursday 24th

- Part 1) Review (click-2-comment)

Please check your workstation for damages and report problems to me!
Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
Here’s what your assignments should look like: (view example folder here)
Thursday Warmup Activity:

Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week, since tomorrow is a Holiday!
Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
It should look like this

Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!): http://goo.gl/TU5uol