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Monday 3rd

- 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

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Open the link below and then drag the Pumpkin Patch image to your desktop: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Sumo/Pumpkin%20Patch%20Color.png

• Watch this Video Help with color fill in Sumopaint: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Sumo/How%20to%20color%20with%20Sumopaint%20%28f16%29.mp4
• Open http://www.sumopaint.com/home/#app

• Skitch your completed file into the Monday block of your warmup file
• Find an animated gif of a jack o'lantern, add it to your drawing and link it to where you found it

• Your warmup today should look something 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. 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)

• Learn how to use Sumopaint to pick colors from an image and use them to color-fill a line drawing
• Discovery a new virtual pumpkin carving site and use SOM to record a gif of your creation
• Learn how to activate Java in Firefox to use with Wordle

• Create a wordcloud of a famous speech using Wordle

3. Page 1: Open your 2.1n Notebook in Google Classroom and follow these steps:

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Choose a different virtual pumpkin carver that creates a jack-o-lantern gif from this search: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=online%20pumpkin%20carver
• Tools for this activity

1. Favorite Fonts
2. Screencast-o-matic (from your start/programs or from this link: SOM v1.4 download)

• Add these 3 things to your page

1. A title: 2.1n Notebook
2. Carve and record (with screencast-o-matic) a jack-o-lantern to add to your page
3. Add a link to the site where you created it (my link is added to the gif)

• Here’s my example page recorded as a gif
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4. Page 2: Use Wordle to make a word cloud of an important speech from the American Revolution

• Watch this clip first! Video help with Wordle: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Wordle/To%20use%20Wordle%20in%20Firefox%20Activate%20Java%20%28f16%29.mp4
• Use Firefox for this Wordle link: http://www.wordle.net/create
• Use this link to the Patrick Henry Speech: http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/henry.htm
• Here are the 4 things you’ll need on your page

1. A title: Monday using any of these Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
2. Your Wordle wordcloud of the speech
3. A link to Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/create
4. The FireFox logo (search Google for this!)

        Challenge: Can you use colors in your Wordart Monday from the Firefox Logo as you see below?

- 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 
• Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
• Google Search Results for pumpkin carver sites: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=online%20pumpkin%20carve
• Sumopaint: http://www.sumopaint.com/home/#app
• Video Help with color fill in Sumopaint: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Sumo/How%20to%20color%20with%20Sumopaint%20%28f16%29.mp4
• Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/create
• Video help with Wordle: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Wordle/To%20use%20Wordle%20in%20Firefox%20Activate%20Java%20%28f16%29.mp4
• Patrick Henry Speech: http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/henry.htm

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

• Page 1
• Page 2

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Color fill the pumpkin patch image  
• Carve a virtual pumpkin
• Record your pumpkin as a gif with Screencast-O-Matic
• Create a wordcloud of a famous Patrick Henry Speech

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

1. Checkout your grades in all classes, since they should be entered by now. Paper copies of Report cards will probably be distributed on Thursday.

• Logon here to check your grades
• Here’s our Dress-up schedule for Spirit Week: Here’s a link to our Public Calendar

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Tuesday 4th

- 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

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

• Color fill the pumpkin patch image  
• Carve a virtual pumpkin
• Record your pumpkin as a gif with Screencast-O-Matic
• Create a wordcloud of a famous Patrick Henry Speech

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Try the memory game a few times and capture your best score and the title at the start of the game to add to your warmup file for Tuesday

• Memory: http://www.proprofs.com/games/memory/

• Here’s my example for today

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)

• Improve your pattern matching memory with practice
• Practice with the customization features of Wordle
• Use the Google Docs Quick Create extension to create a spreadsheet quickly and easily
• Learn how to use the spreadsheet cell fill handle

• Use a basic spreadsheet to copy a set of words for use with Wordle
• Attempt to use Wordle advanced features to control word sizes and colors exactly

2. Page 3: Wordles and text size

• Copy the purple bold practice text, paste it into the Wordle Create box, and click Randomize until you see something you like:

• (Use Firefox!) Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/create
• Words Words Words Words repeated repeated repeated repeated often often are are larger larger larger larger larger larger when pasted into Wordle Wordle
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• Here’s my example page with the 4 things you’ll need on it

1. A title: Tuesday using your favorite Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
2. The Firefox logo as a reminder
3. The Wordle you create with the purple word list above
4. A link to Wordle

3. Page 4: Custom Wordles and spreadsheets

• Use the Google Docs Quick Create extension to create a spreadsheet to help you multiply word lists for custom Wordles:

• Video help using a spreadsheet with Wordle: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Wordle/Spreadsheets%20and%20Wordle%20demo%20%28f16%29.mp4
• If you don’t have the extension, click the link below to add it

• Get the Google Docs Quick Create extension

• You could use, for example, the first names of  important people in your life (family, friends, pets) as in my example, but you could use other words for your list, like days of the week, colors, or favorite activities

• Here’s my example page with the 5 things you’ll need on it

1. A title: Tuesday using your favorite Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
2. The Firefox logo as a reminder
3. Your spreadsheet with the names multiplied
4. The Wordle you create with your names
5. A link to Wordle

4. Page 5: Wordle Colors Challenge

• Try to get Wordle to list the seven colors of the rainbow in matching colors (like the example below). Here are the colors: ROYGBIV (Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet). Don’t worry if you can’t solve this… just get as close as you can. Hint: you’ll need to use the Wordle advanced features at this Firefox link: http://www.wordle.net/advanced

• Get as close as you can and add your results to the left side of your page. Tomorrow, I’ll show you the solution and we will add it to the right side of this page
• Here’s my example page with the 5 things you’ll need on it

1. A title: Tuesday using your favorite Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
2. The Firefox logo as a reminder
3. Your attempt at the color challenge
4. Labels for attempt and solution
5. Link to Wordle

- 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 
• Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
• Memory: http://www.proprofs.com/games/memory/
• (Use Firefox!) Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/create
• Google Docs Quick Create extension
• Video help using a spreadsheet with Wordle: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Wordle/Spreadsheets%20and%20Wordle%20demo%20%28f16%29.mp4
• (Use Firefox!) Wordle Advanced: http://www.wordle.net/advanced

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

• Page 1
• Page 2

• Page 3
• Page 4
• Page 5

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Play the memory game and capture your score  
• Create a new spreadsheet with the quick create extension
• Use the spreadsheet fill handle to multiply words and then copy them for use with Wordle
• Explore the Wordle Layout options
• Try the Wordle colors challenge

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

1. Checkout how much of our physical desktop environment has transitioned over to the virtual one over time

• https://plus.google.com/116008990314748336354/posts/BZxS9bFDrpx
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Wednesday 5th

- 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

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

• Play the memory game and capture your score  
• Create a new spreadsheet with the quick create extension
• Use the spreadsheet fill handle to multiply words and then copy them for use with Wordle
• Explore the Wordle Layout options
• Try the Wordle colors challenge

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Complete the word search below (help each other!). Click here for a larger view to Skitch
• 
• Explore this population counter and use the link for your link symbol: Breathing Earth simulation http://www.breathingearth.net/

• Hover over each country to see its current population (the arrow shows whether its population is increasing or decreasing)
• Find another country (other than Germany) with a decreasing population (down arrow) and Skitch it’s name and information to your warmup… link it to the World Population Counter. You’ll need to capture this with the PRINT SCRN button, open it with Skitch and then use the crop tool.

• Open another site which measures world population even more accurately and Skitch the current World Population underneath ‘Tues’ … here’s the site:  Worldometers: http://www.worldometers.info/

• Your completed warmup for today should look something 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. Today we have these learning goals  (all objectives to date)

• Practice your word search puzzle solving skills
• Explore some interesting world population counter sites
• Learn how to use Wordle advanced features to solve a color challenge activity
• Create a peaceful ‘take a break’ page using a Bing archive image

• Explore a new interactive generative art site called Weavesilk and try to learn how the site works

2. Complete yesterday’s Page 5 color challenge on a black background. Here’s the information you need

• (Use Firefox!) Wordle Advanced page: http://www.wordle.net/advanced
• Video help with the Wordle Colors Challenge: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Wordle/Wordle%20Advanced%20Color%20Challenge.mp4
• (Use Firefox!) Copy and paste the following list into the bottom box: (remove any spaces that get added after each string before you click ‘Go’ or all but one of your words will be black in color!)

Red:1:FF0000

Orange:2:FF8000

Yellow:3:FFFF00

Green:4:008000

Blue:5:0000FF

Indigo:6:4B0082

Violet:7:9400D3

(background code ‘6-zeros’: 000000)

• Click the Randomize button to create your own unique Wordle
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3. Page 6: Create a relaxing ‘take a break’ from word clouds page

• Add these 4 things to your page

1. A Wordart title with transparent letters: Wednesday
2. Skitch a calm image to use for your page background from this different version of the Bing image archive: http://www.bing.com/gallery/#
3. Search Google for a relaxing animated gif (I searched on ‘take a break’) and drag it to your page
4. Add a link to where you found your image in your page notes section

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• Here’s my example page recorded as a gif (which you do not need to do!)
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4. Explore this site which we will use tomorrow and see what you can learn about how it works

• Weavesilk: http://weavesilk.com/
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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 
• Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
• Breathing Earth simulation http://www.breathingearth.net/
• Worldometers: http://www.worldometers.info/
• (Use Firefox!) Wordle Advanced page: http://www.wordle.net/advanced
• Video help with the Wordle Colors Challenge: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Wordle/Wordle%20Advanced%20Color%20Challenge.mp4
• Bing image archive: http://www.bing.com/gallery/#
• Weavesilk: http://weavesilk.com/

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

• Page 1
• Page 2

• Page 3
• Page 4
• Page 5

• Page 6

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Solve the Time word search  
• Find a country with a decreasing population
• Complete the color challenge on a black background
• Create a peaceful ‘Take a break’ page with an included gif
• Explore Weavesilk

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

1. Checkout this unusual optical illusion and the cool animated gif below it

• 
• gif from Oz by Akela 73 (I can’t find a valid link to post)
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Thursday 6th

- 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

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

• Solve the Time word search  
• Find a country with a decreasing population
• Complete the color challenge on a black background
• Create a peaceful ‘Take a break’ page with an included gif
• Explore Weavesilk

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Find the hidden objects in this image: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Warmups/Hidden%20Objects/Bears%20at%20the%20beach.png
• Use this as your link symbol and link it to the search link below

• https://www.google.com/search?q=wordle+gallery&biw=1339&bih=726&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjrzcml2cXPAhWFLSYKHf57AioQ_AUIBigB
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• Here’s my example warmups for this week:

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)

• Practice your hidden object finding skills

• Learn how to copy a slide from one slideshow and paste it into another
• Learn how to use a Custom Wordle Phrase creator spreadsheet
• Create a custom Wordle using phrases instead of just words

• Practice using Weavesilk to make and capture cool original designs

2. Page 7: Copy Patriotic Colors Collections page for use with Wordle

• Make a copy of this page and paste it after page 6 in your notebook

• https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GsailT6vxZQtE7IKoXHPz16Yx88hpP8zXxwIeNCpOx8/edit#slide=id.g7a8170749_015

• Here’s how to do that:
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3. Page 8: Custom phrases with Wordle

• Click the link below to make a copy of the Custom Wordle Phrases creator spreadsheet
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BoWPNkQ02Gg6OiVyLKM_Vn9ClugF2lnTDJnK256M_7w/copy
• Watch this Video help to see how to use it: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Wordle/Wordle%20custom%20phrases.mp4
• Your page should have these 3 things on it

1. Wordle logo linked to the Advanced page

• (use Firefox): http://www.wordle.net/advanced
•  

2. A Skitch of the bottom box and example from the Wordle Advanced page

3. A Wordle in Patriotic Colors (get your color codes from this slide http://goo.gl/wjfwkj) with these lines from the poem “Paul Revere’s Ride”:

LISTEN my children

and you shall hear

Of the midnight ride

of Paul Revere

The people will waken

and listen to hear

The midnight message

of Paul Revere

• Here’s my example page:
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4. Page 9: Weavesilk designs

• Change your page background to black
• Create 3 new Weavesilk designs to add to your page
• Add a Skitch of the control panel linked to Weavesilk: http://weavesilk.com/
• Here’s my example page
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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 
• Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
• hidden objects warmup image: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Warmups/Hidden%20Objects/Bears%20at%20the%20beach.png
• Patriotic Colors Collections page: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GsailT6vxZQtE7IKoXHPz16Yx88hpP8zXxwIeNCpOx8/edit#slide=id.g7a8170749_015
• Custom Wordle Phrases creator spreadsheet:
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BoWPNkQ02Gg6OiVyLKM_Vn9ClugF2lnTDJnK256M_7w/copy
• Video help with the spreadsheet: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Wordle/Wordle%20custom%20phrases.mp4
• Wordle Advanced page (use Firefox): http://www.wordle.net/advanced
• Weavesilk: http://weavesilk.com/

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

• Page 1
• Page 2

• Page 3
• Page 4
• Page 5

• Page 6

• Page 7
• Page 8
• Page 9

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Complete a hidden object search  
• Copy a slide from another file into your notebook
• Create and edit spreadsheet copy
• Create a phrases Wordle using custom colors
• Create 3 Weavesilk designs

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

1. Checkout this good news reminder :)

• You can practice your invisible piano playing skills on Monday

• ...because

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Friday 7th: Monday is a student holiday!

- 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: 

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

• Complete a hidden object search  
• Copy a slide from another file into your notebook
• Create and edit spreadsheet copy
• Create a phrases Wordle using custom colors
• Create 3 Weavesilk designs

• 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
• 2.1r Reflections Form 
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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
• Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
• 2.1r Reflections Form

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

• Page 1
• Page 2

• Page 3
• Page 4
• Page 5

• Page 6

• Page 7
• Page 8
• Page 9

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Complete the 2.1r Reflections Form 
• Turn in your 2.1w warmups and 2.1n Notebook for this week in Google Classroom

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

1. Checkout our bell schedule for the Pep Rally today and have a great long weekend. See you Tuesday!

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