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Monday 24th:

Tuesday 25th:

Wednesday 26th:

Thursday 27th:

Friday 28th: Monday, May 1st, is the last day of the 6th Progress Reporting Period!

Monday 24th:

- Part 1) Review  (click to 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 s17 example folder here)
4. Review key points from last week & Announcements

• The Career Portals reflection form link was posted in Google Classrooms for Tech Apps by accident (sorry!). The link on the directions page was correct though. This problem has now been fixed, so please make sure you complete the correct form this week, if you haven’t already done it!

• If you did not complete the weekly reflections form for last week, please click here to do so: 6.2r Reflections Form

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

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h

• Copy That!: http://www.proprofs.com/games/copy-that/
• Play the game for practice and when you’re ready to go for score, capture your screen when you have 1 life left (or you won’t be able to see your score)
• Capture ‘Copy That!’ from the start screen and link it to the game, as you see in my example:
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6. 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 to comment)

1. Today we have these objectives  (all s17 objectives to date)

• Train your brain to remember patterns better
• Record an animation playing on a notebook page
• Review the use of our 4 Fonts Tools
• Review our collection of Chrome Extensions for future use!

2. Page 1: Automatic Animations

• First, add these 2 things to your page

1. A title: 6.3n Notebook using Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text / Graffiti
2. A Skitch of this week’s homepage from our website

• BMS Website homepage: http://bms.bisdtx.org/
• Please Skitch your own image… the one below has noise added to deter copying!
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• Find an animation using a search like this one and set it to fly across your screen (please use a different animation than my example!)

• Video help with animations on pages (from last Spring): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/GSlides/Make%20an%20animation%20fly%20across%20a%20slide.mp4

• Record your page using Screencast-o-matic and save your recording as a gif (don’t record longer than about 5-10 seconds!)

• Screencast-o-matic should be in your Start/Programs list, but if not, here’s a link to install it again

• SOM v1.4 download (for GIFs)

• Add your new recording as your page background for page2 so it will play continuously like you see in my example below, and then delete page1 
• Here’s my example page
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3. Page 2: 4 Fonts Tools

• Search Google for short phrases (4 or 5 words) related to happiness and find one you like
• Here’s what you need on your page

1. In each quadrant of your page, use a different Fonts tool: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text / Graffiti Creator to recreate your phrase
2. Include a link to the Font Tool that you used in each quadrant
3. Add an image which goes with your phrase

• Here’s my example (but please use a different phrase for yours!)
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4. Page 3: Extensions and Backgrounds

• Here are the 4 things you need on your page

1. A title: Extensions and Backgrounds using Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text / Graffiti (Challenge: can you make your title transparent?)
2. Skitches of the settings from 2 Bing Images sites and a page background image from your favorite

• Bing Homepage Gallery: http://www.bing.com/gallery/#
• Bing Image Archive: http://www.istartedsomething.com/bingimages/
• Choose your favorite site above to find your page background image

3. A Skitch of our Apps and Extensions list (so you can add them again anytime): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mjZhvK5x5Ck_bPbal3wMqkRWk03cqa_LY73oPbx4SjU/pubhtml
4. The 3 links above added to the notes section of your page

• Here’s my example
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments!  (click to comment)

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

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h 
• Copy That!: http://www.proprofs.com/games/copy-that/
• BMS Website homepage: http://bms.bisdtx.org/
• Video help with animations on pages (from last Spring): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/GSlides/Make%20an%20animation%20fly%20across%20a%20slide.mp4
• If you need it again, here’s the SOM v1.4 download (for GIFs)
• Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text / Graffiti Creator
• Bing Homepage Gallery: http://www.bing.com/gallery/#
• Bing Image Archive: http://www.istartedsomething.com/bingimages/
• Apps and Extensions list (so you can add them again anytime): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mjZhvK5x5Ck_bPbal3wMqkRWk03cqa_LY73oPbx4SjU/pubhtml

2. s17 Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)

• Page 1
• Page 2
• Page 3

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Play Copy That! to train your brain to remember patterns better
• Record an animation playing on a notebook page
• Collect examples of each of our 4 Fonts Tools
• Capture images and links from our list of extensions and backgrounds for future use!

- Part 4) Through?  (click to comment)

1. Checkout some cool ways to boost your happiness!

• http://infographicaday.com/infographic-12-things-happy-people-do-differently/
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Tuesday 25th:

- 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 s17 example folder here)
4. Daily Warmup Activity: Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup

• Review yesterday’s tasks list to see what you should have accomplished & Announcements

• Play Copy That! to train your brain to remember patterns better
• Record an animation playing on a notebook page
• Collect examples of each of our 4 Fonts Tools
• Capture images and links from our list of extensions and backgrounds for future use!

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h

• Complete this Mother’s Day Hidden Object Search. Mother’s day this year is Sunday May 8th! Open the image below in a new tab for a larger view to Skitch
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• Use the symbol below for your link symbol and link it to this information:

• Mother’s Day in the United States: http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/mothers-day
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• Here’s my example warmup
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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. Today we have these learning goals  (all s17 objectives to date)

• Practice your hidden object finding skills in commemoration of Mother’s Day
• Review a collection of sumopaint tools
• Review Thisissand and sumo masks

• Review Google Deep Dreams Generator

2. Page 4: Sumo Review

• Here are the 5 things you need on your page

1. The SumoPaint logo from the Sumopaint site: http://www.sumopaint.com/home/#app
2. 1 or more new symmetry creations
3. 1 or more new cube designs
4. 1 or more new sphere designs
5. 1 or more new special filters or adjustments

• Need help with these? Try these video help clips

• Video Help with the Symmetry Tool: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Sumo/Sumo%20Symmetry.mp4
• Video Help with the Shapes Tool: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Sumo/Sumo%20Shapes.mp4
• Video Help with Sumo Spheres: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Sumo%20Sphere%20%28f15%29.mp4
• Video Help with Sumo Cubes: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Sumo%20Cube%20%28s14%29.mp4

• Here’s my example page
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3. Page 5: Sand and Sumo

• Need help remembering how to do this?  Click here!
• Try to create an equation like my example below this using these 2 sites:

• Thisissand: http://thisissand.com/
• Sumopaint: http://www.sumopaint.com/home/#app

• Here’s my example (but please make your own with a new sandscape!):
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4. Page 6: Google Deep Dreams Generator

• Find an image that you think might look cool and do a Deep Dreams conversion of it
• Login here: https://deepdreamgenerator.com/login (or click here to sign up if you never made an account)
• Here’s what you need in your notebook

1. The logo from the site
2. The original image you chose
3. Your Deep Dreams converted version

• Here’s my example
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

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

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h 
• Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text / Graffiti Creator
• Mother’s Day Hidden Object Find
• Sumopaint: http://www.sumopaint.com/home/#app

• Video Help with the Symmetry Tool: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Sumo/Sumo%20Symmetry.mp4
• Video Help with the Shapes Tool: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Sumo/Sumo%20Shapes.mp4
• Video Help with Sumo Spheres: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Sumo%20Sphere%20%28f15%29.mp4
• Video Help with Sumo Cubes: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Sumo%20Cube%20%28s14%29.mp4

• Thisissand: http://thisissand.com/
• Google Deep Dreams Generator: https://deepdreamgenerator.com/login (or click here to sign up if you never made an account)

2. s17 Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)

• Page 1
• Page 2
• Page 3

• Page 4
• Page 5
• Page 6

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Complete the Mother’s Day Hidden Object Find
• Collect 4 examples of sumopaint tools
• Create a new sandscape and created a formula sumo mask
• Use Google Deep Dreams Generator to convert an image

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

1. Checkout this cool cloud formation and lighting which Ms. Mercer took from our front yard last year and a link to a gallery of unusual cloud formations

• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/picture-galleries/9494532/Weird-Cloud-Atlas-a-collection-of-spectacular-cloud-formations.html?frame=2984116

• Here’s an example from the gallery at the link above
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• ...and here’s the image from our front yard last year at this time:
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Wednesday 26th:

- 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 s17 example folder here)
4. Daily Warmup Activity: Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup

• Review yesterday’s tasks list to see what you should have accomplished & Announcements

• Complete the Mother’s Day Hidden Object Find
• Collect 4 examples of sumopaint tools
• Create a new sandscape and created a formula sumo mask
• Use Google Deep Dreams Generator to convert an image

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h

• Use the image and link below for your link symbol

• http://www.studystack.com/studytable-968755
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• Complete this Atoms Word Search (open in a new tan for a larger view to Skitch)
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• Here’s my example

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. Today we have these learning goals  (all s17 objectives to date)

• Improve your wordsearch skills while reviewing science terms
• Review Google Earth Views, our campus vocabulary resource lists and Quizlet
• Review Sketchtoy, Neave & Emojipedia

2. Page 7: Earthviews and Word Tools

• Here are the 4 things you need on your slide

1. A title: Earthviews and Word Tools using Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text / Graffiti
2. A background image from Google Earth Views: https://earthview.withgoogle.com

• Here’s a list of favorite Earthviews (to help you find some cool background ideas if you need it): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19M8RAaS7wRjfylG0NGTjN1HdTiGCzW2nhkK4VS9xrik/edit#gid=0

3. A screenshot of our BMS STAAR vocabulary sheet showing at least 10 words from our Science tab

• BMS STAAR vocabulary: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IsGsWqdqrUOrFX7hWHGuiYVpGrZE0I8HUcXETVZ6l54/edit#gid=484568505
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4. The image below showing how to play the matching game

4. Your leaderboard score results (can you crack the top 5?). Click here to play: https://quizlet.com/77421069/match

• Here’s my example
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3. Page 8: Sketchtoy, Neave & Emojipedia

• Add the following 4 things to your page

1. A New Sketchtoy of the word Wednesday from Sketchtoy: http://sketchtoy.com/

• Challenge: Use Screencast-O-Matic to record a few seconds of it turning and save it as a gif
• Here’s my example of the wrong day (so don’t use this one!)
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2. Your favorite Neave Interactive: https://bouncyballs.org/
3. Another (different) Neave Interactive
4. Emojipedia (4 appropriate favorites): http://emojipedia.org/

• Here’s my example page (my emoji choices are related to where I am right now!)
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

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

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h 
• Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text / Graffiti Creator
• Atoms Word Search
• Google Earth Views: https://earthview.withgoogle.com
• BMS STAAR vocabulary: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IsGsWqdqrUOrFX7hWHGuiYVpGrZE0I8HUcXETVZ6l54/edit#gid=484568505
• Quizlet matching game: https://quizlet.com/77421069/matc
• Sketchtoy: http://sketchtoy.com/
• Neave Interactives: https://bouncyballs.org/
• Emojipedia: http://emojipedia.org/

2. s17 Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)

• Page 1
• Page 2
• Page 3

• Page 4
• Page 5
• Page 6

• Page 7
• Page 8

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Complete the Atoms wordsearch
• Complete the Quizlet Matching Game with science terms
• Capture a cool Earth View for a page background
• Capture new Sketchtoy, Neave & Emojipedia examples

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

1. Checkout some cool stuff currently going on at NASA on their Aeronautics page

• http://www.nasa.gov/topics/aeronautics/index.html
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Thursday 27th:

- 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 s17 example folder here)
4. Daily Warmup Activity: Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup

• Review yesterday’s tasks list to see what you should have accomplished & Announcements

• Complete the Atoms wordsearch
• Complete the Quizlet Matching Game with science terms
• Capture a cool Earth View for a page background
• Capture new Sketchtoy, Neave & Emojipedia examples

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h

• Use your choice Pixlr or Sumopaint to colorfill most of the design below (just drag the image to your desktop from below). Skitch the logo of your program choice and link it to the program (see my example)

• Pixlr: https://pixlr.com/editor/
• Sumopaint: http://www.sumopaint.com/home/

• Try experimenting with layers in Sumopaint. Here’s an example made with Sumopaint where a pattern layer was placed at the bottom (600 x 850px) and the warmup placed on top. Then, the magic wand tool was used to cutout parts of the top layer to see the pattern underneath:

• Here’s my completed example of this week’s warmups file
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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. Today we have these learning goals  (all s17 objectives to date)

• Try color-filling an image with Sumo cutouts in it
• Use Prezi or your notebook to diagram how an advanced element is made in Little Alchemy
• Explore 308T section 13 Fun for some favorites and record a short clip of one of them

2. Page 9: Little Alchemy Diagrams and Groupings

• Prezi can be used to map a thinking process like how to create a complex element in Little Alchemy
• Use Skitch to drag anything you need directly onto your Prezi
• You can do this directly in your notebook if you want, but it’s easier to do in Prezi
• Make a copy of this starter Prezi:

• https://prezi.com/gfkaqynvimla/create-a-copy-of-little-alchemy-element-groupings/
• It looks like this
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• Explore how all of the steps necessary to create a ‘ufo’ are captured on the Prezi and organized to show the entire process
• Create your own diagram in another area of the Prezi to show others how to make something cool in Little Alchemy

• Little Alchemy: http://littlealchemy.com/
• Your diagram must meet these 2 requirements

1. It must contain at least 10 pairings of elements (my demo below and on the starter Prezi shows 22)
2. It must show a beginner at least one entire route to get to your final product (all elements and how to make them) 

• There’s more than one way to make something… you don’t need to show all of the ways to make it, just one way!

• After you’ve made your diagram, add these 3 things to your slide

1. A link in the notes section to the starter Prezi
2. A Skitch of the elements which have already been gathered for you on the starter Prezi
3. A diagram of your own process… how to make something cool using these links (which are already on your copy of the starter Prezi)

• Video of 550 elements: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Little%20Alchemy/Little%20Alchemy%20Elements%20-%20550%20HD.mp4
• Little Alchemy’s help with any element: https://littlealchemy.com/cheats/?element= (type the name of the element you’re looking for here)
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• Here’s my example slide
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3. Page 10: 308T section 13 Fun

• Here’s what you need on your slide

1. Skitch ALL of section 13 onto your slide (you’ll need to do this in several pieces)

• Direct Link to section 13: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lHDNHfi5v-QJP_3TvPaid9wdRZYmVo_qYTncBxGV91w/pub?embedded=true#id.qrp1u9eb69tp

2. Explore the links and highlight 3-4 of your favorites (hint: use a shape with a semi-transparent custom fill color)
3. Record a 5-10 second gif of part of one of your favorites with Screencast-O-Matic
4. Highlight the link of the site your recorded in a different color so it’s easy to see what you chose to record

• Here’s my example recorded as a gif so you can see it playing
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

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

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h 
• Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text / Graffiti Creator
• Warmup Abstract Design
• Little Alchemy Starter Prezi: https://prezi.com/gfkaqynvimla/create-a-copy-of-little-alchemy-element-groupings/

• Video of 550 elements: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Little%20Alchemy/Little%20Alchemy%20Elements%20-%20550%20HD.mp4
• Little Alchemy’s help with any element: https://littlealchemy.com/cheats/?element= (type the name of the element you’re looking for here)

• Screencast-O-Matic download (if you need it): SOM v1.4 download
• Direct Link to section 13: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lHDNHfi5v-QJP_3TvPaid9wdRZYmVo_qYTncBxGV91w/pub?embedded=true#id.qrp1u9eb69tp-

2. s17 Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)

• Page 1
• Page 2
• Page 3

• Page 4
• Page 5
• Page 6

• Page 7
• Page 8

• Page 9
• Page 10

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Color-fill an image with Sumo or Pixlr
• Diagram how an advanced element is made in Little Alchemy using Prezi or your notebook
• Highlight 3-4 favorites from  308T section 13 Fun and record a short clip of one of them

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

1. Checkout these rattlesnake photos from my backyard this time last year.

• There are lots of snakes out and around this time of your, so be careful! This rattlesnake never made a sound when I spotted it an arms length away behind a wooden pallet:

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Friday 28th: Monday, May 1st, is the last day of the 6th Progress Reporting Period!

- 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 s17 example folder here)
4. Friday Warmup Activity: 

• Review yesterday’s tasks list to see what you should have accomplished & Announcements

• Color-filling an image with Sumo or Pixlr
• Diagram how an advanced element is made in Little Alchemy using Prezi or your notebook
• Highlight 3-4 favorites from  308T section 13 Fun and record a short clip of one of them

• Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week!
• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• 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 and turn-in the following assignments which are due today:

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
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2. If you’ve completed and turned-in everything, explore any of these!

• 103 Lab Applications and Resources List

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

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

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text / Graffiti Creator
• 6.3r Reflections Form

2. s17 Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)

• Page 1
• Page 2
• Page 3

• Page 4
• Page 5
• Page 6

• Page 7
• Page 8

• Page 9
• Page 10

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Complete your 6.3r Reflections Form
• Complete your 6.3w Warmups and 6.3n Notebook assignments and click  TURN IN  for both of them in Google Classroom!

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

1. Checkout National Superhero Day (which is today!)

• https://www.checkiday.com/aed8c5d2ed05bc1ef6aec7fb8371d4e1/national-superhero-day
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