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Monday 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. Daily Warmup Activity: 

• Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup

1. Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
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3. Use this link for your link symbol above Robin Sharp Mazes (the link may not work here at school!): https://www.flickr.com/photos/robinsharpmazes/
4. Open the image below in a new tab for a larger view to Skitch and solve:
5. 

• Here’s my example warmup for today
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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. Here’s how you rated last week’s programs and activities:

• Click here to view your ratings summary graphs

2. Grades should be entered in all classes for your 2nd Grading Period Report Cards. You can check them here:

• Logon here to check your grades

3. Today we have these objectives  (all objectives to date)

• Practice with another custom maze from Robin Sharp
• Create QR codes for your phone to scan
• Practice creating a geoGreeting to share with a QR code

4. Slide 1: 3.02 Week 12 Learning Log

• Here are the 4 things you’ll need on your title slide

1. A title   (Favorite Fonts or Gzaas)
2. Something which shows there’s only 2 more weeks until our Thanksgiving Break
3. A gif of a Turkey or something else related to Thanksgiving, like this example but please find your own!

4. The link to where you found your gif in the notes section of your title slide

• Here’s my example
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5. Slide 2: QR creating codes

• What’s a QR code? (answer from How Stuff Works: http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/brainstuff/how-qr-codes-work-and-how-to-make-your-own-qr-code.htm)
• Create 2 custom QR codes (like the example for the weather forecast at the bottom of today’s blog entry)
• Here are 2 sites for creating QR codes (try them both, but the custom site is the coolest)

• Regular QRstuff: http://www.qrstuff.com/index.html
• Custom SnippQR: http://qr.snipp.com/CreateQr.aspx

• Here are the URLs you need to create your QR codes and a video help file to show you how to make them

• Video help: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/QRcodes/QRgeogreeting.mp4
• Make a QR code of a geoGreeting, like this example (of my Happy Thanksgiving geoGreeting)

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• geoGreeting site: http://www.geogreeting.com/
• QR code link: http://www.geogreeting.com/view.html?yrkzzIUDrkxuCqsFsxq#t

• Make a QR code of our campus website

• Here’s the URL for our BMS website: http://bms.bisdtx.org/
• Custom QR code creator: http://qr.snipp.com/CreateQr.aspx
• You may use this same paw that I used or use your own image

• Here’s my example
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• Challenge: can you make one with a color gradient like this example for today’s weather?

• Add these 4 things to your Slide 2

1. A title: Monday   (Favorite Fonts or Gzaas)
2. A QR code for a geoGreeting with the site logo and a link to the site
3. A QR code for the BMS website (http://bms.bisdtx.org/) with the site title and a link to the site
4. Add these 2 links for free Bar Code scanners to add to a phone to the notes section of your slide

• Android (I use this one):  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android&hl=en
• iPhone (I haven’t tested this!): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scanlife-barcode-qr-reader/id285324287?mt=8

• Here’s my example Slide 2
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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 
• Robin Sharp Mazes: https://www.flickr.com/photos/robinsharpmazes/
• Titles Favorite Fonts or Gzaas
• QRstuff: http://www.qrstuff.com/index.html
• SnippQR: http://qr.snipp.com/CreateQr.aspx
• geoGreeting site: http://www.geogreeting.com/
• BMS website: http://bms.bisdtx.org/
• Android bar code scanner:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android&hl=en
• iPhone bar code scanner: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scanlife-barcode-qr-reader/id285324287?mt=8

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

1. Checkout this custom QR code for today’s forecast:

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Tuesday 10th

- 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. UIL Chess Practice is cancelled tomorrow due to a Staff Meeting :(
5. Daily Warmup Activity: 

• Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup

1. Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
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3. Use the symbol above linked to today’s forecast: http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=78602
4. Find the hidden objects in this rainy day search image (open the image in a new tab for a larger view to Skitch!)
5. 

• Here’s my example (Red Arrow: rotate Tues 90o to practice image rotation so it fits better on your warmup!)
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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-2-comment)

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

• Practice rotating objects on a Google Drawing
• Learn how to create a new Google Form and customize it
• Practice using the ColorZilla extension

• Create and test an account at Canva

2. Slide 3: Create a practice Google Form with at least 3 different question types

• Why are we learning about forms?

• Forms are the quickest and easiest way to collect information from a bunch of people in one location and organize the results in a useful way… for example, forms automatically graph responses (like our weekly reflections responses)

• How are forms used in the real world today?

• We use them for feedback on our classroom activities in this class, on our campus website to get feedback from the public
• We use them to vote for  student council representatives and class officers and on policy/procedure changes for how this school is organized
• We use them for quizzes and tests (they will even automatically grade themselves)
• We use them to plan events and training sessions and to collect feedback on how those events went so we can improve them in the future

• Video1: How to create a new form
• Name your new form Form1
• Video2: Change Form1 theme and edit questions
• Video3: Creating different Question Types
• Add 3 different ‘getting to know you questions’ and use a different question type for each question (you can use my examples below if you like or make your own, but you need one text question, one multiple choice question and one checkboxes question)

1. What’s your favorite food? (text question)
2. Which primary color is your favorite? (multiple choice: Red, Yellow, Blue)
3. Check your favorite seasons of the year (checkboxes: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter)

• Here’s my example with some important notes

• Choose a different form background than I used in the videos and in my example below
• Use the ColorZilla picker extension to pull colors from your form to use with your title line and fill colors and your form link
• If you don’t have the ColorZilla extension, here’s a link to install it: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/colorzilla/bhlhnicpbhignbdhedgjhgdocnmhomnp?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog

3. Slide 4: Create an account at Canva and check to make sure the beginner tutorial videos work for you

• Why are we learning about Canva?

• About Canva (scroll down at the link) https://about.canva.com/
• Canva is one of a new style of design tools with easy-to-use templates, built-in image libraries and a drag-and-drop interface that’s much easier to learn than coding
• It has built-in tutorials which can help beginners make high quality, professional looking materials

• How are tools like Canva  used in the real world today?

• It’s used to create documents, infographics, fliers and presentations
• Click here to view some examples

• Create an account at Canva (when working with Canva, choose only materials marked FREE or upload your own!)
• Canva: https://www.canva.com/
• Use either or

• Sign-in with Google
• ...or your use school email address: _____@student.bisdtx.org and your  school logon password for this account (the password you use when you start your computer)

• Once you’ve created your account click on this link to Canva Tutorials: https://designschool.canva.com/tutorials/ and Skitch this view to your slide 4 to show that you can access it

• Then click on the beginners challenge

• In step 1 of the challenge, click the ‘Need a hint’ button and check to see if the tutorial video loads. We’re going to do this tutorial tomorrow if it works, so you don’t need to go any farther after you check the video! 

• Skitch the video or video blocked view to add to your Slide 4 (mine worked, so it looks like this)

• Here are the 4 things you’ll need on your slide 4

• A title: Tuesday  (Favorite Fonts or Gzaas)
• The Canva Tutorials page from this link:  https://designschool.canva.com/tutorials/
• A Skitch of your tutorial video either working or blocked
• Either a thumbs up for ‘it worked’ or a thumbs down for ‘it didn’t work’ (use the research tool to get your images)

- 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 
• Hidden Object Search: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GQlLGa-j2oX4EDNs2b1rncU-g6-mFdQ-1fo_-5hpr8mRVK-faMg1D7_ou10hCGhKL9Szwd-6oVErUORyIPm-SnuceLA268UN1er9cT5tINM0DTZ1TU1HrXT11h1nRzf6pHE9TF98
• Titles Favorite Fonts or Gzaas
• Video1: How to create a new form
• Video2: Change Form1 theme and edit questions
• Video3: Creating different Question Types
• Canva: https://www.canva.com/
• Canva Tutorials: https://designschool.canva.com/tutorials/ 

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

1. Checkout these modern moveable apartments which are designed to plug into and out of frames located in different cities, so your home can move with you when you change locations

• http://www.fastcoexist.com/3051862/moving-you-can-take-this-tiny-cheap-smart-apartment-with-you-wherever-you-go#1
• 
• ...and our weather forecast
• http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=78602&MR=1
• ...notice there will be very little moonlight tomorrow night?
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Wednesday 11th

- 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. UIL Chess Practice is cancelled today due to a Staff Meeting :(
5. Daily Warmup Activity: 

• Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup

1. Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
2. There’s a vocabulary test tomorrow for 8th Grade ELA students, so our warmup today will be to review for that using these StudyStacks. Practice with any of the tools in the green rectangle and then take the Quiz, not the Test! Use the image below as your link symbol, and link it to the words list you used.
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4. Choose the correct StudyStack for your ELA class to practice with

• 8th Regular Unit 4
• 8th PreAP Unit 5
• 7th Regular Unit 5
• 7th PreAP Unit 4

5. After you practice, then take the quiz… capture the last 2 Quiz Questions (no need to blur them) and your Quiz Grade to add to your warmup

• Here’s 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-2-comment)

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

• Practice vocabulary review with StudyStacks
• Practice creating custom QR codes with images using SnippQR
• Explore more Google Forms customizing features, like adding images and page backgrounds

• Complete the Beginners Challenge Tutorial at Canva

2. Slide 5: Create a new Form2 to test the features for customizing it 

• Scenario: You’ve been asked to survey the residents of Bastrop about the restaurants we have in our area to see if there’s any interest in building a new one, so you will create a custom form for the residents of Bastrop to complete
• Video1: Create a new Form2 file with a map image at the top

1. Use a Google Map image of Local Restaurants for your form header: https://www.google.com/maps/search/restaurants+in+bastrop+tx/@30.1061124,-97.3198207,16z

• Video2: Add a custom page background with a QR code

1. Create a new Custom QR code with some food in the center using SnippQR and link it to your live form (so Bastrop residents could scan it and complete your form): http://qr.snipp.com/CreateQr.aspx
2. Here’s my example using a hamburger image:

3. If you can’t remember how to make one of these, use one you made on slide 2

• Video3: add these 4 questions to your new Form2 

1. Text: Please enter your name
2. Scale: Please rate the number of restaurants in Bastrop from ‘not enough’ to ‘too many’
3. Multiple choice: Which type of restaurant is your favorite? (add an ‘other’ option at the end) You can add other categories and restaurant names if you like. Here are some options:

• Variety (like Texas Grill or Grace Millers)
• Italian (like Cedar’s or Bassano’s)
• Mexican (like Jaliscos or El Nuevo)
• Chicken (like Chicken Express or Chick-fil-A)
• BBQ (like Billy’s or Southside)
• Fast Food (Like Sonic or McDonalds)
• Other

4. Checkboxes: Which of the following restaurants have you been to? (add any you like from the list above or that you know of and like that aren’t on the list. Add an ‘other’ option at the end)

• Grace Millers
• Bassano’s
• Chick-fil-A
• Southside BBQ
• Schlotzsky’s
• Other

• Here’s my example slide 5 custom form with the 3 things you’ll need on it:

• My example form: https://docs.google.com/a/bisdtx.org/forms/d/1mUnY0FtsmyO-5oFk1FMQY-GLIUPTgKqr4ZPiKKZluzo/viewform

1. A title (rotated like you see below)  Favorite Fonts or Gzaas
2. A Skitch of your form and a link to it (click view live form to get the link and form Skitch)
3. A custom QR code with this link to SnippQR: http://qr.snipp.com/CreateQr.aspx

3. Slide 6: Canva Beginners Challenge

• Click here to access the Canva Tutorials: https://designschool.canva.com/tutorials/ and then click where you see the red arrow. If you’re not signed in, click here: Canva: https://www.canva.com/  and then ‘Sign in with Google’, then click on the link above.
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• Follow the directions and view the built-in video demos to help you through the challenge. As you go through the Challenge, Skitch steps 2 and 5  to your desktop to add to your slide
• Here’s my example slide 6 with the 4 things you need on it

1. A title (rotated like you see below)  Favorite Fonts or Gzaas
2. Your Challenge step 2 Monkey with the hat you chose
3. Your step 5 layout & images
4. Your completed Challenge ‘Congratulations’

- 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 
• All StudyStacks: http://www.studystack.com/users/bmercer
• Favorite Fonts or Gzaas
• SnippQR: http://qr.snipp.com/CreateQr.aspx
• Video1: Create a new Form2 file with a map image at the top
• Video2: Add a custom page background with a QR code
• Video3: add these 4 questions to your new Form2
• Canva Tutorials: https://designschool.canva.com/tutorials/

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

1. Checkout this cool student award winner and his winning video

• Article: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/us-high-school-student-wins-250000-for-explaining-theory-of-relativity-a6728176.html
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYv5GsXEf1o
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Thursday 12th

- 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

1. Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
2. Open the image below in a new tab and drag it to your desktop

3. Use Pixlr to fill in the colors and ColorZilla to pick good colors from the image below

4. Video Help: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Pixlr/Cornucopia%20Fill.mp4
5. Use the symbol below and link it to Pixlr: https://pixlr.com/editor/

• Here’s my example
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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 objectives  (all objectives to date)

• Review using ColorZilla and Pixlr to fill an image
• Learn how to insert images into a form
• Explore Canva templates and select one to work with
• Explore more Canva editing features

2. Slide 7: Continue improving your Form2 by adding images above questions 3&4

• Click here to find your Form 2 quickly: https://drive.google.com/drive/recent
• Video1: Insert images in a Google Form
• Above question 3: Insert an image of your favorite food, like this example (but please use a different image!)

• Above question 4: Insert a Streetview of a restaurant in Bastrop http://goo.gl/fgyacG, like this example (but please use a different image!)

• Hint: if you make a mistake you can drag your images and questions around in your form to put them in the order you would like 
• Make final adjustments to your form to make it look cool (examples: reorder options by alphabetizing for instance or add a satellite map at the top)
• Video2: How to edit a question
• Here’s how to switch between Map View and  Satellite View

• Here’s my example form (with images added, options alphabetized and a Satellite map at the top to make the form look better). Link to my live form demo form: http://goo.gl/rAaa9x
• Here’s my example slide 7 with the 3 things you need on it

1. A title (rotated like you see below)  Favorite Fonts or Gzaas
2. A couple of Skitches showing your complete form
3. A link to your form

3. Slide 8: Create a simple  menu from a Canva template (my example is for Thanksgiving)

• Select a template for your menu by clicking ‘More’ from your Canva homepage: https://www.canva.com/
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• Here are the 4 things you’ll need on slide 8

1. A title (rotated like you see below)  Favorite Fonts or Gzaas
2. A Skitch of how to find a Canva template to use for any project
3. A menu with at least 2 uploaded images and an edited title
4. A link to your design

• Here’s how to get the link… click Share, then click on Link
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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 
• Favorite Fonts or Gzaas
• Pixlr: https://pixlr.com/editor/
• Find your Form 2 quickly: https://drive.google.com/drive/recent
• Canva homepage: https://www.canva.com/

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

1. Checkout this Thursday gif

• It’s almost Friday!
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Friday 13th 

- 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!
• 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 your 3.01 and 3.02  assignments which are due today:

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

2. Test this new version of screencast-o-matic which released yesterday and see if it will record and save a gif to your desktop

• http://screencast-o-matic.com/home

3. Search this page for activities (copy a term below and use CTRL+F to find it on the page)

• Chess
• Incredibox
• Dots and boxes
• Chrome Experiments
• Flamepainter

- 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
• 3.03 Week12 Reflections Form

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

1. Checkout our events for next week and our cooler weather forecast for most of  next week

• BMS Public Calendar
• http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=78602
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