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Monday 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 example folder here)
4. Important tip for viewing your weekly assignments page more clearly!

5. Daily Warmup Activity: 

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

1. Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
2. Help each other to find all of the objects hidden in the image. Use the Skitch highlighter tool to mark them off in both places as you find them (example below):

3. Use this gif for your link symbol (just drag it from here onto your warmup file)

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• ...and link it to this: http://sarahj-art.tumblr.com/search/tire+swing

4. Right-click here for a larger view to work with!
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• Here’s my example 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. Here’s how you rated last week’s programs and activities:

• Click here to view your ratings summary graphs from last week

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

• Use the Skitch highlighter to find and markup hidden objects
• Explore and create with a new fonts site shared by one of this semester’s students
• Explore and create with a 3D sketching site

• Practice using SOM to record gifs for use on a slide
• Explore and collect blizzard images from this weekend’s massive weather event

3. Slide 1: New Flamingtext fonts site

• Use this new Fonts site (which Aiden L shared in click-to-comment last week… thanks Aiden!) for your Title: 4.11 Week4 Portfolio

• Flamingtext: http://www5.flamingtext.com/Free-Logo-Designs

• Skitch the settings and download options to your slide

• Clearly mark Download!

• Here’s my example
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4. Slide 2: Sketchtoy

• Explore this cool 3D sketch site (view examples for ideas!)

• SketchToy: http://sketchtoy.com/
• To rotate your screen in Sketchtoy, use the left and right arrow keys or hold the spacebar down and left-click-drag right or left (best for fine-turning your screen!)
• Here are the some of the controls
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• Here are some of my examples of sketches

• Monday: http://sketchtoy.com/63022418
• Christmas Tree:  http://sketchtoy.com/20613702
• Tree: http://sketchtoy.com/20613881
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• Street signs: http://sketchtoy.com/20614061
• Math Symbols: http://sketchtoy.com/20614305
• Solar System: http://sketchtoy.com/20614449
• Staircase: http://sketchtoy.com/20614514
• Question Marks: http://sketchtoy.com/65890727
• Carbon Atom: http://sketchtoy.com/63022480
• Rotation, Translation & Reflection: http://sketchtoy.com/64318840

• Use Screencast-o-matic to record your completed 3D sketches while rotating them and save the recordings as gifs for your slide. Screencast-o-matic which should now be in your Start(1)/Programs List(2), but if you haven’t installed it yet, there’s another link below the image:

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• Download and install Screencast-o-matic: SOM v1.4 download

• Here’s my example slide 2

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• ...and here’s the same example with the gifs playing
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5. Slide 3: Collect at least 3 interesting (and appropriate) images or gifs from the blizzard in the Northeast this weekend from the links below. Use any font tool you like to add the title: Blizzard 2016

• https://www.evernote.com/shard/s43/sh/2515d715-1287-464b-815e-6e05bb00d5ea/2a3e1e982bb1a2c815a41628d9e31ac5
• Here are the Google Image search settings for good results

• https://www.google.com/search?q=blizzard+images+2016&espv=2&biw=1469&bih=769&source=lnms&tbm=isch&tbs=qdr:w&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj4r_7HwsTKAhUlr4MKHSxcDh0Q_AUIBigB&dpr=1
• Here’s my example slide 3
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• ...and here’s the same slide recorded as a gif so you can see the animation of the storm running
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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 
• Batman swing gif: http://sarahj-art.tumblr.com/search/tire+swing
• Tire Swing hidden object search: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Warmups/Hidden%20Objects/Tire%20swing.png
• Flamingtext: http://www5.flamingtext.com/Free-Logo-Designs
• SketchToy: http://sketchtoy.com/
• Download and install Screencast-o-matic: SOM v1.4 download
• Google image search 2016 blizzard: https://www.google.com/search?q=blizzard+images+2016&espv=2&biw=1469&bih=769&source=lnms&tbm=isch&tbs=qdr:w&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj4r_7HwsTKAhUlr4MKHSxcDh0Q_AUIBigB&dpr=1

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

1. Checkout some of our UIL winners from this Saturday’s competition. Congratulations to our students’  outstanding performances… you’ve made us all very proud of you!

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Tuesday 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 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. Try this maze (and work in sections with your Skitch Highlighter)
3. If you like, use the Skitch Magnify option to make the maze even larger and easier to solve:

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5. Link the symbol above to this site: https://www.flickr.com/photos/robinsharpmazes/

• Here’s what your warmup should look something like

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 objectives to date)

• Find and add some key Chrome Extensions
• Copy from a spreadsheet onto a slide as a table with working links
• Add Chrome extensions and resize extensions bar
• Crop an image to round the corners and add a color-matched frame

• Use ColorZilla to sample colors in your browser window

2. Complete your Sketchtoy Slide 2 from yesterday. It should look like this (with 2 gifs on it!)

3. Slide 4: Chrome Extensions

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Add 6 extensions and 1 app which we will use in class to your Chrome Browser
• Here are the steps

1. Open the file at this link: Chrome Extensions List: https://goo.gl/uAW2X4
2. Highlight and copy all of the cells with text in them (and none of the blank cells) like you see in the gif below… then paste them onto your slide 4

• Video help adding extensions: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Chrome%20Extensions/How%20to%20add%20Chrome%20Extensions%20from%20the%20Extenshions%20Sheet.mp4

3. Click the links in each of the green highlighted boxes to add each extension
4. Skitch your extensions bar (which shows the extensions you’ve added) onto your slide. This will show that you’ve added them

• Your completed slide 4 should look something  like this, and should have these 3 things on it

1. A table with links that work
2. A Skitch of your Chrome Extensions Bar to show the extensions you’ve added
3. A title: Chrome using your favorite font tool:   Favorite Fonts / Gzaas / Flaming text

4. Slide 5: STEAM Fest this Thursday Night at BHS

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

1. Skitch the top of the BHS Website from this link: BHS: http://bhs.bisdtx.org/
2. Skitch the STEAM Fest announcement from this link: STEAM Fest Announcement: http://bhs.bisdtx.org/apps/news/article/535162
3. Skitch the Flyer from this link: STEAM Fest Flyer: https://drive.google.com/a/bisdtx.org/file/d/0BxVuH-KD_XBfVnlnSnBBekMyR3Y5UUJYeXl0NEZ5OXdnVk1F/view

• Crop the flyer with rounded edges and add a color-matched frame using the ColorZilla extension (watch the video below)
• Video help with ColorZilla: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/ColorZilla/Crop%20and%20frame%20with%20color%20matching.mp4

4. Add a reminder using your favorite font tool that you can earn extra credit in your science classes for attending (ask your science teacher about this)

• Here’s my example Slide 5
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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/
• Fonts links: Favorite Fonts / Gzaas / Flaming text
• Chrome Extensions List: https://goo.gl/uAW2X4
• Video help adding extensions: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Chrome%20Extensions/How%20to%20add%20Chrome%20Extensions%20from%20the%20Extenshions%20Sheet.mp4
• BHS: http://bhs.bisdtx.org/
• STEAM Fest Announcement: http://bhs.bisdtx.org/apps/news/article/535162
• STEAM Fest Flyer: https://drive.google.com/a/bisdtx.org/file/d/0BxVuH-KD_XBfVnlnSnBBekMyR3Y5UUJYeXl0NEZ5OXdnVk1F/view
• Video help with ColorZilla: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/ColorZilla/Crop%20and%20frame%20with%20color%20matching.mp4

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

1. Checkout this definition of fast

• World Record Cup Stacking
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Wednesday 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 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. Play a game of Checkers or Chess and Skitch your result to your warmup for today
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4. Link the symbol above to this site: Checkers or Chess http://wgs-jmarine.rhcloud.com/webgl8x8boardgames/app.html?provider=&gid=

• If chess or checkers won’t load for you, try another curvy puzzle instead at this link: http://www.flaminglunchbox.net/curvy

• Use this for your link symbol if you have to do a curvy puzzle:
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• Here’s how to setup the type of game and the level of play
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• Here’s are some other site options for online Chess

1. Spark Chess
2. Chess.com

• Here’s my example warmup for today (Challenge: can you get the entire square for Wed to have the same color background as the game, as you see in 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 learning goals  (all objectives to date)

• 2 ways to use Google reverse image lookup to identify birds in a photo
• Explore how to reverse text like this ƎƧЯƎVƎЯ
• Create your own definitions of emotions using animated gifs

• Copy a slide from one presentation to another

2. Add Slide 6 to your portfolio: use Google Image Search to upload an image and learn more about it

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Open Google Image Search and drag the image below into the search window
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• Here are 2 ways… 1) right-click on the image and choose ‘Search Google for this image’

• ...or 2) drag the image up to a Google Image Search tab

• Here are the 4 things you’ll need on your slide 6

1. A title: ƎƧЯƎVƎЯ image search   Fonts links: Favorite Fonts / Gzaas / Flaming text

• Are you wondering how REVERSE is written backwards? If so, checkout the Text Flipper in section 13 of the right side-bar here at 308 Today (or search Google for how to reverse text)

2. The 2 fuzzy birds picture with a label identifying what kind of animals they are
3. The gif from above showing how to search for a specific image
4. 4 other cute baby animal images from your searches. If you have trouble finding some, try this link: http://cute-babyanimals.com/

2. Slide 7: Vocabulary GIFs

• View the list of words below which describe feelings from a French Class. Notice how the cartoon faces help you to understand the words? We will be using animated GIFs to do the same thing (examples below the cartoons)

• Watch this video clip first!  Video help transferring a slide: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/GSlides/Transfer%20vocabulary%20gifs%20slide%20to%20your%20portfolio.mp4
• Then click on this link to open a copy of a slide with the 1st 3 gifs already done for you on it: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18Os5FMh_Q2fySSklYP5_qZ4DjdE8FVmRiXM7coErqkw/copy

• It looks like this
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• Use this Google Search link to find animations of your 3 emotions to add to the bottom half of your copy of the slide: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1283&bih=662&q=enraged&oq=enraged&gs_l=img.3..0l10.1654.3432.0.5032.7.6.0.1.1.0.110.634.0j6.6.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.7.637.tvqPOyNgblI#q=enraged&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbs=itp:animated
• Important: you’ll have to click on each image in the search results to get it to load as a gif, and then drag it from there onto your slide!

• Here’s an example of a completed slide recorded as a gif using examples found by a student in a previous class

- 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 
• Checkers or Chess http://wgs-jmarine.rhcloud.com/webgl8x8boardgames/app.html?provider=&gid=
• Fonts links: Favorite Fonts / Gzaas / Flaming text
• Copy of Vocabulary Gifs Slide: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18Os5FMh_Q2fySSklYP5_qZ4DjdE8FVmRiXM7coErqkw/copy
• Google Search for emotions gifs: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1283&bih=662&q=enraged&oq=enraged&gs_l=img.3..0l10.1654.3432.0.5032.7.6.0.1.1.0.110.634.0j6.6.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.7.637.tvqPOyNgblI#q=enraged&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbs=itp:animated
• Video help transferring a slide: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/GSlides/Transfer%20vocabulary%20gifs%20slide%20to%20your%20portfolio.mp4

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

1. Checkout just a few of many Google browser tricks in this article

• http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/21/15-fun-things-you-can-do-on-google
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• https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=roll+a+die&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAHvEaMkt8PLHPWEpg0lrTl5j1OISyylKS0wuyS-qtHIrzUvKrwjOzC3ISRUS4GIpqSxIFeLgYpNiSclMTuUBAA0K9448AAAA
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Thursday 28th

- 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. Practice this StudyStack of 12 power words used in standardized testing: http://www.studystack.com/studytable-291659

3. Use any of the practice activities you like and take the practice quiz when you’re through

4. Use this for your link symbol and link it to the StudyStack

• Here’s my example warmup for this week
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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 objectives to date)

• Review key testing terms called Power Words
• Experiment with a variety of text tricks and converters
• Use the Gslides scribble tool to trace the parts of an object

2. Slide 8: Text tricks

• Try these text tricks from section 13) of 308 Today (add these 4 links to the notes section of the slide)

• Text ASCII converter
• Text Binary converter
• Text Converters (Variety)
• Text Flipper (turn text upside down and backwards)

• Capture one example from each of the 4 links and use the research tool to add a smiley (here’s how):
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• Here’s what goes on slide 8 of your portfolio:
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3. Slide 9: Scribble trace

• Watch this video demo first

• How to use the Scribble Tool to trace: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/GSlides/Trace%20with%20the%20Scribble%20Tool.mp4

• Drag the ant image below to your desktop to add as your slide 9 background and follow the directions in the video above to trace your ant

• Here’s my example completed slide 9
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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 
• StudyStack of 12 power words: http://www.studystack.com/studytable-291659
• Text tricks

• Text ASCII converter
• Text Binary converter
• Text Converters (Variety)
• Text Flipper (turn text upside down and backwards)

• How to use the Scribble Tool to trace: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/GSlides/Trace%20with%20the%20Scribble%20Tool.mp4

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

1. Checkout this slideshow of futuristic Google Tech Projects

• http://www.cnet.com/pictures/things-google-owns/
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Friday 29th 

- 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 the following assignments which are due today:

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
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2. If you need help completing assignments or getting caught up on something, today is your chance to do so. Let me know if you need anything in class today!

- 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
• Week4 Student Reflections Form

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

1. Checkout our awesome weather forecast for the next few days!

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