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Thursday 29th

Friday 30th: Last Day of the 1st 6 Weeks Grading Period!

Monday 26th

- 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)
Please bring earbuds all week, so you can explore

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

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Choose any jigsaw puzzle you like to solve (or try more than one). Click on the pieces to rotate them and the double arrow to choose a different puzzle

Watch this video help demo first!: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Warmups/Help%20with%20Halloween%20Jigsaw%20warmup%20%28f16%29.mp4

Halloween Jigsaw Puzzles: http://www.digipuzzle.net/digipuzzle/halloween/puzzles/jigsaw.htm?language=english&linkback=../../../education/halloween/index.htm
Use this for your link symbol:

Fill your Drawing with a new solid color background by right-clicking on it. Here’s how:
...and 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)

View our new assignment numbering scheme which is already added to your notebook for this week
Explore a Bing images archive and select a variety for use in our learning logs
Practice adding images to page backgrounds
Practice using the ColorZilla extension to select colors from images
Create and capture flowing designs with the Heart Designs Chrome Experiment using your PRINT SCRN key
Create your own beatbox music with Incredibox v1

Page 1: Already completed for you although you may edit it if you like!

This page shows the new assignment numbering scheme I will use for this course from now on
I’ve decided to do change this so the first 3 characters will identify every assignment by grading period, week and category as you can see here:

Page 2: Bing Backgrounds and ColorZilla

Explore this Bing image archive and choose an image you like to add as a background for this page

Bing image archive: http://www.istartedsomething.com/bingimages/
Remember, to add images as page backgrounds, right-click on the page and choose ‘Change background…’, then click Image – Choose… as you see below

Watch this Video Help on how to use the ColorZilla Chrome Extension to add custom colors from your image to a Wordart Title: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/ColorZilla/How%20to%20use%20the%20ColorZilla%20extension%20%28f16%29.mp4
If you don’t have the ColorZilla eyedropper extension, click here to add it: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/colorzilla/bhlhnicpbhignbdhedgjhgdocnmhomnp?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog
Here’s my example page:

Page 3: Hearts Experiments

Create at least 3 different heart designs using this site and Skitch them to your page (Tip: use the PRINT SCRN button to capture your design and then crop it with Skitch )

Heart Designs Chrome Experiment

Make your favorite the largest and put a thin red heart around your 2nd favorite design
Here’s my example showing how to create your red heart frame
Challenge: can you create a broken heart with a gap in it like this?

Explore Incredibox!

Incredibox v1: http://www.incredibox.com/v1/

- 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
Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
Halloween Jigsaw Puzzles: http://www.digipuzzle.net/digipuzzle/halloween/puzzles/jigsaw.htm?language=english&linkback=../../../education/halloween/index.htm
Warmup video help demo: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Warmups/Help%20with%20Halloween%20Jigsaw%20warmup%20%28f16%29.mp4
Bing image archive: http://www.istartedsomething.com/bingimages/
ColorZilla eyedropper extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/colorzilla/bhlhnicpbhignbdhedgjhgdocnmhomnp?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog
Video Help on how to use the ColorZilla Chrome Extension: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/ColorZilla/How%20to%20use%20the%20ColorZilla%20extension%20%28f16%29.mp4
Heart Designs Chrome Experiment
Incredibox v1: http://www.incredibox.com/v1/

Interactive Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)

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Tasks Checklist for today

Solve a virtual jigsaw puzzle
Add a background image from a Bing Image Archive site
Use ColorZilla to pick colors from your background
Create 3 Heart designs and use PRINT SCRN to capture them
Explore Incredibox v1

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

Checkout this list of mouse-following creatures! (They might not all work here at school due to our filter, but they should all work at home)

http://www.one-tab.com/page/xVRUI54_Q1-if7XtWBx6CQ

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Tuesday 27th

- 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

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

Solve a virtual jigsaw puzzle
Add a background image from a Bing Image Archive site
Create 3 Heart designs and use PRINT SCRN to capture them
Explore Incredibox v1

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Pattern Memory: http://www.proprofs.com/games/pattern-memory/

Here’s my example

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)

Improve your pattern recognition memory with practice
Explore 3 different versions of Bing Image Archives
Practice using Sumo Science and Art masks over background images
Create your own Sumo mask to use over a background

Explore a new version of incredibox v2

Page 4: Bing background with a Science Mask

Explore these Bing image archive links, choose images that you like from each page to save to your desktop and add them as backgrounds for your pages today.

Bing homepage images search (official - searchable by category)
Bing homepage images archive (organized by month)
Bing Wallpaper Archive (searchable by keywords)

Once you’ve selected your image, Skitch only part of it which is about the same shape as your monitor to your desktop… as an example, the purple shape is about the right size on this image below

Try this Sumo Science Mask on your page 4 background (just drag it onto your page and stretch it in every direction to cover your background image). Your image should show through the letters

Here’s an example I’ve made for page 4 (you only need 1 example, although I’ve shown 3 below)
Here are some other examples from previous classes

Page 5: Bing background with an Art Mask

Here are the background image links again

Bing homepage images search (official - searchable by category)
Bing homepage images archive (organized by month)
Bing Wallpaper Archive (searchable by keywords)

Use this Sumo Art Mask on your page background (just drag it onto your page and resize)

Here’s an example I’ve made for page 5 (you only need 1 example, although I’ve shown 3 below)
Here are some other examples from previous classes

Page 6: Create a Sumo Mask

Here are the background image links again

Bing homepage images search (official - searchable by category)
Bing homepage images archive (organized by month)
Bing Wallpaper Archive (searchable by keywords)

Drag the image below to your desktop

Use Sumopaint to ‘cut out’ the letters so your background will show through (watch the video to see how to do this!)

Sumopaint: http://www.sumopaint.com/home/#app
Video help creating Sumo Mask: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Sumo/How%20to%20create%20a%20Sumopaint%20slide%20mask.mp4

Here’s an example I’ve made for page 6 (you only need 1 example, although I’ve shown 3 below)
Here are some other examples from previous classes

Checkout Incredibox v2:

Incredibox (v1): http://www.incredibox.com/v1/
Incredibox (v2): http://www.incredibox.com/v2/

- 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
Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
Pattern Memory: http://www.proprofs.com/games/pattern-memory/
Bing image archive links:

Bing homepage images search (official - searchable by category)
Bing homepage images archive (organized by month)
Bing Wallpaper Archive (searchable by keywords)

Sumopaint: http://www.sumopaint.com/home/#app
Video help creating Sumo Mask: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Sumo/How%20to%20create%20a%20Sumopaint%20slide%20mask.mp4
Incredibox (v1): http://www.incredibox.com/v1/
Incredibox (v2): http://www.incredibox.com/v2/

Interactive Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)

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Tasks Checklist for today

Improve your pattern memory with practice
Add the Science mask over a page background
Add the Art mask over a page background
Create a Sumo mask and add it over a page background
Create some music with Incredibox v2

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

Checkout this space smiley face from Hubble

http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1506a/

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Wednesday 28th

- 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

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

Improve your pattern memory with practice
Add the Science mask over a page background
Add the Art mask over a page background
Create a Sumo mask and add it over a page background
Create some music with Incredibox v2

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Click this link to find your own image of a cool looking dog house like this one below to use as your warmup link symbol

...and link it to this search link: https://www.google.com/search?q=amazing+dog+houses&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj48bv-w7HPAhVH34MKHVNdBUQQ_AUICigD&biw=1291&bih=758

Help each other to complete this Dog House hidden object search using the Skitch highlighter tool. Right click on the image below and open it in a new tab to view a larger version to Skitch

Here’s what your warmup for today should look something like

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)

Practice your hidden object search skills
Create new Wordart Masks using sumopaint, to place over colorful backgrounds

Explore a new version of incredibox v3

Page 7: Create a BMS letter mask from a notebook page

Watch this video help first: Video help creating a letter mask from a notebook page: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Sumo/Create%20a%20BMS%20Mask%20%28f16%29.mp4

Sumopaint: http://www.sumopaint.com/home/#app
Here’s how to insert wordart onto a slide (at the start of the video). Choose a large thick font for best results!

Use any of these resources for your background (under the BMS Mask):

Bing image archive: http://www.istartedsomething.com/bingimages/
BMS Website: http://bms.bisdtx.org/
Google Earthviews: https://earthview.withgoogle.com/

Here’s an example of what you’re trying to create

Page 8: Create a new mask with your name

Follow the same directions as you did for your BMS mask, but use your name in your Wordart instead of BMS!
Place your name mask over a colorful background or image of activities, games, movie screenshots, or perhaps something you’ve made in this class
Here are some examples for ideas (you only need to make 1 slide like this)

Challenge: can you create a Gif version like this for your name mask?

View and create your own beats with any of these Incredibox versions

Incredibox (v1): http://www.incredibox.com/v1/
Incredibox (v2): http://www.incredibox.com/v2/
Incredibox (v3): http://www.incredibox.com/v3/

- 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
Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
Sumopaint: http://www.sumopaint.com/home/#app
Background sites:

Bing image archive: http://www.istartedsomething.com/bingimages/
BMS Website: http://bms.bisdtx.org/
Google Earthviews: https://earthview.withgoogle.com/

Video help creating a letter mask from a notebook page: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Sumo/Create%20a%20BMS%20Mask%20%28f16%29.mp4
Incredibox

Incredibox (v1): http://www.incredibox.com/v1/
Incredibox (v2): http://www.incredibox.com/v2/
Incredibox (v3): http://www.incredibox.com/v3/

Interactive Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)

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Tasks Checklist for today

Complete a hidden object search
Create a BMS Mask using sumopaint, and place it over a colorful background in your notebook
Create a Mask of your name using sumopaint, and place it over a colorful background or gif in your notebook
Explore a new version of incredibox v3

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

Checkout more amazing images of our planet’s surface

Google Earthviews: https://earthview.withgoogle.com/
Here’s a cool example site in Spain which you can ‘walk’ around in Google Streetviews at this link: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.4546111,-0.3515981,966m/data=!3m1!1e3

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Thursday 29th

- 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

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

Complete a hidden object search
Create a BMS Mask using sumopaint, and place it over a colorful background in your notebook
Create a Mask of your name using sumopaint, and place it over a colorful background or gif in your notebook
Explore a new version of incredibox v3

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Create 2 Pumpkin carvings at this site: http://www.theoworlds.com/halloween/
Use this image as your link symbol and link it to the carving site:

Follow these directions and create 2 different pumpkin designs for your warmup today

Here’s my example. Challenge: can you get one of your pumpkins to flicker with candlelight like you see 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)

Create virtual pumpkin carvings
Combine techniques we’ve learned this week to create two new Sumo Mask notebook pages
Explore a new version of Incredibox (v4) and preview an upcoming release (v5)