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Thursday 6th:

Friday 7th: Last Day of the 5th Grading Period/8th Grade Field Trip

Monday 3rd:

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

Click here to view your ratings summary graphs from last week

If you did not complete the weekly reflections form for last week, please click here to do so: 5.5r Reflections Form

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

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Try either of these Mobile (smaller) versions of 2048: http://www.kenkenpuzzle.com/2048# or https://gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048/

The demo gif below is from the larger desktop version, but the game is played the same way:

Use the image below as your link symbol and link it to the game

Here’s my example warmup

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)

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

Play 2048 to grow your brain :)

Familiarize yourself with this week’s events by collecting screenshots from our school website
Create several different Graffiti designs
Explore a new web design site called Canva

Page 1: This week at BMS

Here are the 7 things you need on your cover page

A Title: Monday using any of these Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
A subtitle: This week at a glance
A screenshot of the Latest News This Week section from our BMS campus homepage: http://bms.bisdtx.org/
A screenshot of the newsletter entry for your grade from here: http://bms.bisdtx.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=330788&type=d&pREC_ID=748686
A screenshot of the Bastrop weather forecast for this week, which looks awesome by-the-way, from any weather site you like. I like this site: https://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=78602&MR=1
A screenshot showing the end of the grading period date (from the BMS homepage). On the homepage, click where you see the red arrow below to find this.

An image related to anything that’s going on for you this week, for example, I chose the band that the 8th Graders will be seeing during their field trip this Friday: http://www.mnozilbrass.at/en/

Here’s my example, but please use your own screenshots to create your page!

Page 2: Graffiti Creator

Open Graffiti Creator http://www.graffiticreator.net/
Explore the site to see how it works and create 3 different style phrases to add to your page (using the word ‘Holiday’ or your name for example). This site can be a little glitchy, so be patient and if one option doesn’t work well, try another or change styles.
Here’s my example with the what you’ll need on your page

The logo from the top of the page at Graffiti Creator http://www.graffiticreator.net/
The dates of the next 2 days that you have off from school (hint: they’re both in April and there’s a link to the Spring Calendar in the notes section of your notebook pg2). Search Google for Calendar Pages icons with those dates (as you see in my example)
3 examples of Graffiti creations using the word ‘Holiday’ (you can make some with your name also) skitched to your page

Page 3: Explore Canva Designs

Canva: https://www.canva.com
After you finishing playing with the background (which is fun!), capture a swirl that you like with PRINT SCRN, and then sign in with Google to create your account

Here’s what goes on your page

Paste your PRINT SCRN of the homepage as you swirl around and crop it on your page. (Challenge: can you get your image to smudge into your page background somehow, as you see in my example below?)
Add an arrow pointing to ‘Sign up with Google’ (I used the explore explore options to find mine)

Skitch 3 or more interesting designs to your page (by clicking ‘Get Design Inspiration’ - green arrow - and browsing). You should see your account in the top left corner of the window (red arrow)

Here’s my example

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

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
Mobile (smaller) versions of 2048: http://www.kenkenpuzzle.com/2048# or https://gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048/
BMS Homepage: http://bms.bisdtx.org/
BMS Newsletters Page: http://bms.bisdtx.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=330788&type=d&pREC_ID=748686
Band that the 8th Graders will be seeing during their field trip this Friday: http://www.mnozilbrass.at/en/
Graffiti Creator http://www.graffiticreator.net/
Canva: https://www.canva.com

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

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Tasks Checklist for today

Play 2048 to grow your brain :)
Capture this week’s events by collecting screenshots from our school website
Create at least 3 different Graffiti designs and find your next 2 days off
Capture at least 3 ideas from a new web design site called Canva

- Part 4) Through? (click to comment)

Checkout our awesome forecast for the week and a cool GIF

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

https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*m7aWlT3cWgb6JTJKmeXJpg.gif

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Tuesday 4th:

- 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 s17 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 & Announcements

Play 2048 to grow your brain :)
Capture this week’s events by collecting screenshots from our school website
Create at least 3 different Graffiti designs and find your next 2 days off
Capture at least 3 ideas from a new web design site called Canva

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Use Pixlr or Sumopaint to color fill at least 4 groups of wildflowers. Click here for a larger view

Use the link and image below for your warmup link symbol

http://www.exploringnature.org/

Here’s a closeup view of part of my example (with added noise to deter copying). Try to vary the shades of colors as your see in the example below to make the images look more realistic!

Here’s my example warmup

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 s17 objectives to date)

Practice your color-fill skills by adding subtle color variations to images
Create a variety of cool AI-generated art effects with the Google Deep Dreams Generator

Complete the Canva Beginners Tutorial, to learn how to use the application
Begin designing your 1st Canva Presentation on Central Texas Attractions

Page 4: Google Deep Dreams Generator

Search Google Images for an image to experiment with, like this turkey for example, and save it to your desktop. Then watch the video clip to see how to use AI to transform it!

Video help with Google Deep Dreams Generator: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Google%20Deep%20Dreams%20Generator/Google%20Deep%20Dreams%20Generator%20Demo%20%28f16%29.mp4

Google Deep Dreams Generator: https://deepdreamgenerator.com
Search Google for an image to experiment with
Create 4 example Dreams and Skitch your collection to your page
The dreams could take a while to process, so check back later to Skitch them to your page.

Click on My Deep Dreams and Skitch your account page with your 4 examples to your notebook

Here are 2 of my example collections of 4 or more Dreams (using different accounts)

Page 5: Canva Beginners Tutorial

Logon (using Sign in with Google) to your account at Canva: https://www.canva.com/
Important Note: we will only use the free options of this program in this class!!!
Complete the Beginners Challenge Tutorial. Here are screenshots on how to get to the Beginners Tutorial

From the homepage, click Learn to design
Scroll down and click on the Beginner’s Challenge tutorial

Follow the built-in directions to complete the tutorial (click the ‘Need a hint?’ Buttons when you need them!)
Here are the 3 things you need on your page

A title: Canva using Graffiti Creator: http://www.graffiticreator.net/
Skitches of steps 2 and 4 of the tutorial (so I can see what hat and foods you chose)
Your completed tutorial congratulations screen

Here’s my example (challenge: can you write your Graffiti title across your congratulations screen with a transparent background?)

Page 6: Begin new Canva Presentation project called Central Texas Main Attractions

Here’s a completed project example, so you can get an idea of what we’re trying to create this week
From your homepage, choose this option for the Presentation template
Create a Canva Presentation Project title slide with these 5 things on it

A background image from Central Texas
A Title: Central Texas Main Attractions
An image or clipart of the state of Texas
A Subtitle: A Presentation By
Your name

Here’s my example in Canva

...and here’s what goes in your notebook on Page 6

A Skitch of your Canva Title Slide
A Skitch of your account from the top left corner of your Canva homepage
A link to Canva: https://www.canva.com/

Here’s my notebook page example

- 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 / Graffiti Creator
Wildflowers color-fill image: Click here
Google Deep Dreams Generator: https://deepdreamgenerator.com
Canva: https://www.canva.com/
Canva Presentation project example

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

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Tasks Checklist for today

Color-fill a wildflower image
Create 4 AI-generated art effects with the Google Deep Dreams Generator
Complete the Canva Beginners Tutorial
Create a Canva Presentation Title Page on Central Texas Main Attractions

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

Checkout this quote on how internal dialogue shapes your view of the world and an auto-gif created by Google Photos of some images I took in my backyard early in the morning a year ago

Be mindful of what you say to yourself!

It’s cool that this was generated automatically...

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Wednesday 5th:

- 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 s17 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 & Announcements

Color-fill a wildflower image
Create 4 AI-generated art effects with the Google Deep Dreams Generator
Complete the Canva Beginners Tutorial
Create a Canva Presentation Title Page on Central Texas Main Attractions

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Try the following 2 activities at Brain Metrix: http://www.brainmetrix.com/

Color Game: http://www.brainmetrix.com/color-game/
Memory Game: http://www.brainmetrix.com/memory-game/

Use the link symbol below linked to the Brain Metrix homepage

Here’s my example (add your results for both the Color Game and the Memory Game)

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 s17 objectives to date)

Learn 2 new brain training games from Brain Metrix
Create custom word clouds with Tagul
Create new Canva presentation slides with custom titles and backgrounds

Page 7: WordArt (formerly called Tagul as of 2 days ago) Word Clouds

Create 2 or more word clouds of things you are thankful for to Skitch to your desktop (for Canva later) and to page 7 of your notebook
Checkout the gallery for ideas (you can upload your own images for word cloud shapes if you like): https://wordart.com/gallery
Video help with Tagul: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Tagul/Tagul%20Word%20Clouds%20%28f16%29.mp4
Tagul (or WordArt): https://tagul.com/create or https://wordart.com/create

Word cloud ideas (you need to create at least 2 word clouds)

People who are most important to you
Things that are important to you
Pets that are most important to you
Favorite Summer activities
Favorite words or quotes (from a book, poem, song, website, quote, etc.)

Here’s my example page (you only need 2 word clouds). Add the Tagul logo and link it to the site so you can find it again from your notebook!

Slide 8: Canva Project Slides 2&3

Canva: https://www.canva.com/
Here again are the areas you’ll need to cover on your Canva 5-Slide Presentation Project

Title Slide: Central Texas Main Attractions
Slide 2: Flowers (add a title, a background image of local wildflowers and a link to where you got your image)
Slide 3: Fun (add a title, a background image to your favorite area activity or activities and a link to where you got your image)

--- tomorrow---

Slide 4: Food
Slide 5: Favorites (this is up to you… whatever your favorite things about this area are!)

Here’s what my Canva demo looks like with the first 3 slides done

Canva Presentation project example
Here’s a gif version of the project so far:

Here’s my example slide with Skitches of my demo Canva slides 2 & 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
Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text / Graffiti Creator
Brain Metrix: http://www.brainmetrix.com/

Color Game: http://www.brainmetrix.com/color-game/
Memory Game: http://www.brainmetrix.com/memory-game/

Tagul (or WordArt): https://tagul.com/create or https://wordart.com/create
Tagul (or WordArt) Gallery: https://tagul.com/gallery or https://wordart.com/gallery
Video help with Tagul: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Tagul/Tagul%20Word%20Clouds%20%28f16%29.mp4
Canva: https://www.canva.com/
Canva Presentation project example

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

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Tasks Checklist for today

Capture scores from 2 new brain training games from Brain Metrix
Create 2 custom word clouds with Tagul
Create 2 new Canva presentation slides with custom titles and backgrounds

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

Checkout these sites with fun outdoor activities for our area (which go along with our current Canva Project)

http://www.texasoutside.com/centraltexas/centraltexas.htm

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g28964-Activities-Texas.html

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Thursday 6th:

- 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 s17 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 & Announcements

Capture scores from 2 new brain training games from Brain Metrix
Create 2 custom word clouds with Tagul
Create 2 new Canva presentation slides with custom titles and backgrounds

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Complete the Earth Day Word Search (open the image below in a new tab for a larger view to Skitch)

Use the image and link below for your link symbol

http://www.qualityaging.com.au/shop/april-event-posters/earth-day-22nd-april-2016/

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 s17 objectives to date)

Sharpen your word search skills with an Earth Day puzzle
Practice using Graffiti Creator

Explore light art and collect some examples

Find and arrange multiple images on slides in Canva

Page 9: Light Art images

Search Google for your images using the search term Light Art: https://www.google.com/search?q=light+art&espv=2&biw=1420&bih=946&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIrovBpKSXyQIVReomCh2QsQwj
I found the images I used in this Streetview of an indoor skate park in France (check it out!): https://www.google.fr/maps/@45.1733059,5.7283076,3a,90y,236.29h,69.27t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s5ugFB-vSzooAAAQIuBOnzg!2e0!3e2!7i13312!8i6656
You need these 3 things on your page

A different Graffiti Creator Title Thursday (link to Graffiti Creator: http://www.graffiticreator.net/)
A link to where you found them (only one link if they all came from the same location or a link for each if they didn’t)
At least 3 light art images

Page 10: Canva Project Slides 4&5

Canva: https://www.canva.com/
Here again are the areas you’ll need to cover on your Canva 5-Slide Presentation Project

Title Slide: Central Texas Main Attractions
Slide 2: Flowers (add a title, a background image and a link to where you got your image)
Slide 3: Fun (add a title, a background image and a link to where you got your image)
Slide 4: Food (add a title, several background images and a link to where you got your images)
Slide 5: Favorites (this is up to you… whatever your favorite things about this area are!)