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Thursday 21st

Friday 22nd: 4th PR period ends today/UIL Meet Tomorrow!

Monday 18th: Holiday!

Tuesday 19th

- 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
Try at least a 4x3 two-color Curvy puzzle by rotating the tiles until all of the lines match up. Use the starting page Curvy symbol for your warmup link

Curvy Puzzle: http://www.flaminglunchbox.net/curvy

Here’s my example warmup for today

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)

Learn how to find and view our daily announcements
View the newsletter events for this week
Create copies of the Gzaas Shadows and My Links Google Sheets

Find and collect your core teachers’ email addresses on your My Links Gsheet copy
Create and solve your own word search

Slide 1: Announcements and Newsletters

Open this link to the BMS Website: http://bms.bisdtx.org/
Click on the red arrow link for daily announcements and the green arrow link for newsletters

Skitch the information you see below onto your slide 1 and add a Gzaas title from the list at this link

Make your own copy by clicking here: Gzaas shadows templates
7th Graders Skitch the 7th grade Newsletter!

Slide 2: My Links and email addresses

Click here to copy My Links: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oUSN0-lE7NnIy-HlCiUxD5-ceCwZbHJLRSGCCxTjHe4/copy
Favorite Fonts Collection
Here are the 3 things you’ll need on slide 2 (right-click on it for a larger view)

Slide 3: Create a Word Search

Copy the list of Presidents in the red box from My Lists and then click on the Word Search Maker link to create your own word search of their names using all diagonal words

Word Search Maker: http://worksheets.theteacherscorner.net/make-your-own/word-search/

Video help using Word Search Maker: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Word%20Search%20Maker/My%20Lists%20to%20Word%20Search%20Maker.mp4
Here’s my example with the 3 things you’ll need on your slide 3

- 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
Curvy Puzzle: http://www.flaminglunchbox.net/curvy
BMS Website: http://bms.bisdtx.org/
Gzaas shadows templates
Favorite Fonts Collection
Copy My Links: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oUSN0-lE7NnIy-HlCiUxD5-ceCwZbHJLRSGCCxTjHe4/copy
Word Search Maker: http://worksheets.theteacherscorner.net/make-your-own/word-search/
Video help using Word Search Maker: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Word%20Search%20Maker/My%20Lists%20to%20Word%20Search%20Maker.mp4

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

Checkout this interesting list of visitors to our classroom website over the last week and month (through Jan 15th)

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Wednesday 20th

- 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
Create and solve your own 40x20 maze at this site: http://www.mazegenerator.net/
Smaller values for E and R will make your maze easier to solve. Larger values will make it more challenging. Here’s more help with maze settings: http://www.mazegenerator.net/Help.aspx
Use the symbol below linked to the site

If you have any problems creating your own, you may use my example (with the settings shown). Click the image for a larger view to Skitch. Use the Skitch highlighter tool on the thinnest setting to solve your maze.

Mark your entrance and exit points with colored arrows by following the directions on the example below:

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)

How to create your own maze
How to create your own Quizlet flashcard set
How to use the Recent tab in Google Drive to search for something you’ve used recently
How to use Screencast-o-matic to record an animated gif for use in your portfolio

Slide 4: Create your own Quizlet

Open your copy of My Links from yesterday

Video help finding and opening My Links: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Gdrive/How%20to%20find%20My%20Links%20in%20Recent%20Drive.mp4
If you didn’t make a copy yesterday, click here to make one

Make your own Quizlet of the first 7 presidents by following the directions in this video

Video help making a Quizlet from My Links: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Quizlet/Create%20a%20Quizlet%20from%20My%20Links.mp4
Add the video help link to the notes section of your slide 4
Quizlet: https://quizlet.com

Here’s what your slide 4 should look something like:

Slide 5: Screencast-o-matic

Click the link below to install the program

SOM v1.4 download

Use Screencast-o-matic to record how to open up the My Links file in Drive. Try to keep it around 15-20 seconds so the file isn’t too large!
Save your recording as a gif to your desktop and drag it onto your slide
Video help using SOM: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/SOM/Install%20Screencast-o-matic%20and%20record%20recent%20drive.mp4
Your newly recorded animated gif should play continuously like this (right-click and open it in a new tab to see it more clearly):

Here’s my example Slide 5 (add the video help link in the notes section)

- 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
Maze Generator: http://www.mazegenerator.net/
Recent Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/recent
Quizlet: https://quizlet.com
Video help finding and opening My Links: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Gdrive/How%20to%20find%20My%20Links%20in%20Recent%20Drive.mp4
Download and install Screencast-o-matic: SOM v1.4 download
Video help using SOM: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/SOM/Install%20Screencast-o-matic%20and%20record%20recent%20drive.mp4

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

Check your grades in all classes frequently this week. The 4th Progress Reporting Period ends this Friday!

Logon here to check your grades
Great news!
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/BMS%20Website/Revised_School_Calendar_15-16_HB2610.pdf

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Thursday 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)
Daily Warmup Activity:

Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Use this link and symbol for today’s warmup

Connect 3D: http://www.mathsisfun.com/games/connect3d.html

Start with the beginner level and see if you can go farther!

Here’s my example warmup file for this week

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 your own StudyStack account and use an importer file to create your first stack
Practice recording gifs with SOM (screencast-o-matic)
Experiment with slide animations to create new effects

Slide 6: StudyStack

Video help with StudyStack: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/StudyStack/StudyStack%20Account%20and%20Importer.mp4

Link to StudyStack: http://www.studystack.com/
Link to create your own copy of the StudyStack importer file: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZYrYiXqQoCV4uS0P2ofydR6n5FuaeNMvppEipRtADLs/copy

Here’s what goes on your slide 6

Slide 7: SOM gif practice

Video help creating Ant assembly gif: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/SOM/How%20to%20create%20an%20ant%20assembly%20gif.mp4
Screencast-o-matic 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:

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

Click here to create a copy of the Ant Assembly Slide: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C4UkUOsDvhoz9UV4yqrKSHCqr0wdAqs2m4Azk8yAK0s/copy
Here’s what goes on your slide
And here’s a recording so you can see the animations running on the slide: