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Monday 17th: Student Holiday!
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Thursday 20th:
Friday 21st:
Monday 17th: Student Holiday!

Tuesday 18th:
- 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: 6.1r Reflections Form
- Important Note: We will be reviewing applications and processes this week and next since I’ll be away until Friday Apr 28th
- Daily Warmup Activity: Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup
- Complete the wordsearch below and use this Quizlet image and link for your warmup link symbol
- Here’s my example for today (and Monday)
- 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)
- Practice word search skills and review science terms
- Collect information regarding the rest of this week
- Review the use of SOM to record a common process
- Review creating your own word search
- Page 1: This week at a glance
- Here are the 4 things that go on your page
- The Week 31 newsletter for your grade level (which you can get from this link)
- A Skitch of ‘This Week at BMS’ (which you can get from this link)
- Our school calendar Apr & May blocks (which you can get from this link). Mark the last day of school in any way that you like!
- The number of weeks of school left (which you can figure out from the calendar)
- Here’s my example

- Page 2: SOM review
- Use Screencast-O-Matic to record the process of how to drag the ‘eye’ from the BMS Homepage onto your notebook page 1

- Here’s how to save your recording as a gif

- Here’s what goes on your page
- A Title: Review Screencast-O-Matic
- Your gif of how to copy the eye to your page
- Here’s my example saved as a gif so you can see what yours should look something like

- Page 3: Review how to create your own word search
- The header from the site (see my example below)
- The word search creator page with your title and words list entered
- The word search created by the site when you click on ‘Generate’
- The solution to your word search (you can solve it or just click on Key and skitch their solution)
- Here’s my example:

- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments!  (click to comment)
- Here are the links you’ll need for today
- s17 Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)
- Tasks Checklist for today
- Solve the science terms word search
- Collect information regarding the rest of this week
- Use Screencast-O-Matic to record moving a gif from a website to your notebook
- Review creating your own word search
- Part 4) Through?  (click to comment)
- Checkout this infographic on 10 Sci-Fi writers’ predictions from long ago which have come true
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Wednesday 19th:
- Part 1) Review  (click-2-comment)
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- 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
- Solve the science terms word search
- Collect information regarding the rest of this week
- Use Screencast-O-Matic to record moving a gif from a website to your notebook
- Review creating your own word search
- Try several of the different versions of 2048 from the list at the link below sent to me by Michael F (Thanks Michael!)
- 2048 Variety Pack: http://vinaybajaj2610.github.io/
- You may need to use the PRINT SCRN button to capture your game in progress and then crop it in Skitch
- Not all links work, so if you choose a bad link, just move on to the next one!

- Skitch the name of the game you like from the list to use as your link symbol and link it to that game like the example you see below

- Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!):Â http://goo.gl/TU5uol
- Part 2) Objectives: Today students will… (click-2-comment)
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- Today we have these learning goals (all s17 objectives to date)
- Explore a variety of 2048 derivative applications
- Review 4 artistic creations sites and create new examples of each
- Create a new Pivot animation with a background image and save it as a gif
- Please bring earbuds for Incredibox Review tomorrow!

- Page 4: Review artistic creations sites
- Add new creations and links from each of these four sites to your page
- Flamepainter: http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/flame/index.php
- Weavesilk: http://weavesilk.com/
- Neon Flames: http://29a.ch/sandbox/2011/neonflames/
- Grantkot: http://grantkot.com/sine.html
- Here’s my example page (with dividing lines to split the page into 4 sections)

- Page 5: Review Pivot with a background image
- Use the Pivot application from your desktop to create a new animation of at least 10 frames using a background image of your choosing. Here’s what the Pivot application shortcut on your desktop looks like

- Here’s how to load a background image from your desktop

- Here are the 3 things you need on your page
- The image form above of how to load a background
- A Skitch of your Pivot with the background loaded
- Your Pivot saved as a gif (directions below)
- Here’s my numbered example page
- And here’s my example recorded as a gif so you can see it moving
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)
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- Here are the links you’ll need for today
- s17 Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)
- Tasks Checklist for today
- Play a new version of 2048 Â
- Capture a new example and link from each of 4 artistic applications
- Create a new Pivot animation with a background image and save it as a gif
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- Part 4) Through?  (click-2-comment)
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- Checkout some Streetview imagery of hiking trails using backpack cameras from Colorado. Makes you wonder what will be possible with drones filming 3D 360 degree views of trails in the future, doesn’t it?
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Thursday 20th:
- Part 1) Review  (click-2-comment)
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- 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 a new version of 2048 Â
- Capture a new example and link from each of 4 artistic applications
- Create a new Pivot animation with a background image and save it as a gif
- Mix elements to create new ones at this link suggested by a student - Â Little Alchemy: http://littlealchemy.com/Â (Thanks Leo!)
- Here’s my completed file for this week

- Check for new click-to-comments and my responses to them (blue highlights are new responses!):Â http://goo.gl/TU5uol
- Part 2) Objectives: Today students will… (click-2-comment)
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- Today we have these learning goals (all s17 objectives to date)
- Create new elements by combining the basics using the Little Alchemy app
- Review using letter masks over Bing Images
- Review creating your own letter mask
- Review Incredibox versions 1-4
- Page 6: Bing Images and Masks
- Please use different images than I have!

- Then, just drag this mask on top of your page
- Add dividing lines to cut your page into 4 rectangles
- Here’s my completed example page:

- Page 7: Review making your own mask
- Here are the links you’ll need
- Page 8: Review Incredibox
- Skitch a creation from each version of Incredibox, and add a link below or near each Skitch to each version
- You can complete this with or without earbuds, but it will be much more fun with sound!
- Here are the 4 versions of Incredibox
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)
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- Here are the links you’ll need for today
- s17 Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)
- Tasks Checklist for today
- Create new elements by combining the basics using the Little Alchemy app
- Find 4 Bing Images to place a pre-made words mask over
- Create a new letter mask to put over the image of your choice
- Skitch new examples of Incredibox versions 1-4with links to each
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- Part 4) Through?  (click-2-comment)
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- Checkout this interesting combination of a bike and a scooter
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Friday 21st:
- Part 1) Review  (click-2-comment)
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- 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)
- Friday Warmup Activity:Â
- Review yesterday’s tasks list to see what you should have accomplished & Announcements
- Create new elements by combining the basics using the Little Alchemy app
- Find 4 Bing Images to place a pre-made words mask over
- Create a new letter mask to put over the image of your choice
- Skitch new examples of Incredibox versions 1-4with links to each
- 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)
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- Please complete and turn-in the following assignments which are due today:
- If you’ve completed and turned-in everything, explore any of these!
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)
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- Here are the links you’ll need for today
- s17 Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)
- Tasks Checklist for today
- Complete your 6.2r Reflections Form
- Complete your 6.2w Warmups and 6.2n Notebook assignments and click  TURN IN  for both of them in Google Classroom!
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- Part 4) Through?  (click-2-comment)
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- Checkout your weather forecast for this weekend
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