1) Mr. Mercer:
- About me (INTP: other types / Green - All types: find yours)
---(Additional general True Colors profiles info)
BMS Technology Support & Education
- Gradebook Help Guide (for staff)
- Mr. Mercer's Yearbook (please sign anytime!)
- The Mercers’ Retirement Guestbook (please sign anytime!)
- Open House 2018: What do we learn in this class?
- Open House 2015 YouTube Video
- Open House 2014 YouTube Video
- Open House Prezi 2013 (YouTube Video)
- Staff Links Map (primarily for BMS staff)
2) Information for all BMS students
**Occasionally sites get hacked, so please email me
if you ever find anything inappropriate on this site
so I can investigate! ~Thankyou!!!**
BMS Vocabulary and Word Walls Resources
Click-to-comment published feedback
Course Overview Prezi (Fall 2016 update)
Course overview video (Fall 2015 version)
Friday Song (for former students... thanks Brent!)
How to identify reputable internet sources (search)
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BISD Calendar (2018-19)
BISD Calendar (Spring 2019)
BISD Calendar for Next Year (2019-20 rev 3.13.19)
BISD Twitter (School cancellations)
BMS Campus Bird's-eye View (labeled)
BMS Robotics Links
BMS Teachers' Sites & Email Addresses
How to open your locker (video demo)
Link and Virus Scanners
-Virustotal.com (files and URLs)
River Crest Prediction (Colorado @Bastrop)
-KXAN low water crossing closures
Speedtest.net (check your connection speed)
Twitter (weather/news/alerts)
- WunderPhotos (weather photos archive)
Why shake hands the correct way?
3) Logon Links
1) Logon here to get to your Gmail
1) ...and use: @student.bisdtx.org
2) Logon here to check your grades
3) Logon here to get to your Prezi Account
---- How to create a Prezi account and logon to it
4) Examples & Grading
*103 Fall 2017 Activities Demo Folder*
--- This folder contains examples of all assignments
*Help Videos Folder* (in Gdocs)
--- This folder contains screencasts & 'how-to' videos
---Grading Outline---
Generally, each week you will receive grades in the following areas:
1) Warmups
2) Reflections
3) Notebooks (collections of activities which are weighted much more heavily than the other grades)
5) General Forms
1) Hall Pass (also Restroom Form)
2) Questions or Comments Form - FAQs
3) Unblock Website Request Form - results list
4) Share Websites Form - results list
5) Share Something You Know Form
6) Student Submitted Links Form (3-links)
6) Classroom Rules
Try this 'THINK before you Speak' method to prevent problems!
T - is it true?
H - is it helpful?
I - is it inspiring?
N - is it necessary?
K - is it kind?
Rules for: phones, music, games, hall passes and questions
- PMGP? poster
1) As a class, we will help each other to learn! (Working together we will learn much more than we can as individuals!)
2) Please stay in your seat unless you have permission to leave it! (This rule is to help protect your personal space and materials!)
3) Please be polite!
(If you have any doubts, it isn't polite! Being polite is the quickest and easiest way to improve your relationships with just about anyone)
aaaaaaaaaThank You!!!
7) Bell Schedules
Updated for 2017-18
-Bell Schedule: Regular & Pep Rally
8) New Student Information
-Course Overview Prezi (Fall 2016 update)
-Course overview video (Fall 2015 version)
9) Student Submitted Links
--for your College Glogs--
US Universities by State (thanks Austin!)
Index of American Universities (thanks Esai!)
--Robotics--
Project NXT (thanks Justin!)
Make Online: Lego Building Archives
--Words--
Studyblue Online Flashcards (thanks Ryan!)
Word List Maker (thanks Gatlin!)
10) About Computers
BISD RUP (Responsible Use Policy)