Week16 (f17): Dec 11th

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Monday 11th:

- 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 f17 example folder here)
Daily Warmup Activity: Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Gumball Tilt a couple of times to get a good score. Use the image and link below for your link symbol:

Gumball Tilt: https://santatracker.google.com/gumball.html

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 to comment)

Today we have these objectives (all f17 objectives to date)

Complete the reflection questions from last Friday’s Snow Day!
Sharpen our planning and coordination skills with Gumball Tilt

Collect all important information related to the week ahead
Choose a Latest News article from Newsela to summarize and give your opinions about

Weekly Reflections Form

Please click here or in Google Classroom to complete last week’s 3.4r Reflection Form

Page 1: This Week @BMS

All links that you’ll need for this page are included in the notes section of your notebook

Here are the 5 things you need on your page (All LINKS are in the notes section of your page)

A title which includes Week 16
The Newsletter for your grade level with any Projects, Tests and Assessments highlighted
This week at BMS
The Countdown until our last day of school for this semester (Dec 22nd)
This week from our Public Calendar

Here’s my example page

Page 2: The World Around Me

Choose any Latest News article from Dec 5th through Dec 11th that you like from Newsela: https://newsela.com/articles/#/rule/latest Here’s how to sign-in so you can see the full articles:

Some articles are available in Spanish if that’s helpful to you, but your writing must be in English

Add these 6 things to your template (which has examples already on it for you!)

A link to your specific article by the Newsela Wordart
At least 2 related images from the article itself or from a Google Search on related terms
‘Colorize’ the closest category label for your article, or mark it somehow, like with a check mark, smiley, etc.
Add a symbol for thumbs up, meh, or thumbs down (or colorize on that’s already there) showing whether or not you liked the article
Summarize the article (tell me briefly what the story is about) with at least 2 sentences in your own words
Give your opinion of the article in 1 or 2 sentences

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
Gumball Tilt: https://santatracker.google.com/gumball.html
3.4r Reflection Form

f17 Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)

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Tasks Checklist for today

Complete the reflection questions from last Friday’s Snow Day!
Sharpen our planning and coordination skills with Gumball Tilt
Collect all important information related to the week ahead
Choose a Latest News article from Newsela to summarize and give your opinions about

- Part 4) Through? (click to comment)

Checkout this collection of images from around our campus last Friday Night after our snow event

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KHOb-yne7of1cOeLTXKdCXNr9rR5qfgZ

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Tuesday 12th:

- 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 f17 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

Complete the reflection questions from last Friday’s Snow Day!
Sharpen our planning and coordination skills with Gumball Tilt
Collect all important information related to the week ahead
Choose a Latest News article from Newsela to summarize and give your opinions about

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h

Use your choice of Pixlr or Sumopaint to colorfill most of the design below (just drag the image to your desktop from below). Search Google for a cool looking Christmas ornament and link it to the program you used from below (see my example)

Pixlr: https://pixlr.com/editor/
Sumopaint: https://www.sumopaint.com/home/#app

Or try something really creative like cutting out portions of the ornaments and adding gifs behind them, like this

Here’s a template with cutouts already made for you if it helps you to get started (just drag it to your desktop)

Here’s my completed 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 f17 objectives to date)

Practice creative color-fill and animation techniques
Create and record a Chrome Cube Lab gif
Explore Make Beliefs Comix and create an end of course comic

Page 3: Chrome Cube Lab

Find 6 Christmas images (search Google images for lights, snow, cookies, pets, etc.) to drag to your desktop and then back onto Image Cube. If you are uncomfortable with topic for personal reasons, you may choose a different holiday.
Video demo of Cube Lab: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxVuH-KD_XBfZlJwUEdpaFFtVkk/view
Here are the 4 things you’ll need on your page

A title: Tuesday using Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text / Graffiti Creator
Another title: Image Cube
A 5-10 second gif recording of a cube you make scrambling and unscrambling from this site: Chrome Cube Lab https://www.imagecu.be/ or if imagecu.be doesn’t work for you, try this site: http://www.randelshofer.ch/rubik/virtual_cubes/rubik/picture_cubes/rgbtone_cube.html

Open Screencast-o-matic from your start/programs list, and if you don’t see it there, install it again from this link

Add a link to Chrome Cube Lab to your notes section

Here’s my example Page recorded as a gif

Page 4: Make Beliefs Comix

MakeBeliefsComix: http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/
To launch the program click on 1 and then 2 like you see in the screenshot below

Watch this first! Video Help with MakeBeliefsComix: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxVuH-KD_XBfQVgwQlBvVFp3YzQ

Here are the 4 things you’ll need on your page

The site workspace with your comic related to the end of the semester or our upcoming holidays (or another appropriate topic of your choosing)
A picture of your completed comic (which must be at least 3 panels!)
At least 2-3 phrases or memes which you think are appropriate, fun and/or useful
A link to the site MakeBeliefsComix: http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/

Here’s my 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
Pixlr: https://pixlr.com/editor/
Sumopaint: https://www.sumopaint.com/home/#app
Chrome Cube Lab https://www.imagecu.be/
Video demo of Cube Lab: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxVuH-KD_XBfZlJwUEdpaFFtVkk/view
MakeBeliefsComix: http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/
Video Help with MakeBeliefsComix: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxVuH-KD_XBfQVgwQlBvVFp3YzQ

f17 Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)

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Tasks Checklist for today

Practice creative color-fill and animation techniques
Create and record a Chrome Cube Lab gif
Explore Make Beliefs Comix and create an end of course comic

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

Checkout this cool Yoda Quotes site to give you something to do while waiting in line for Star Wars: The Last Jedi ;)

http://www.yodaquotes.net/

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Wednesday 13th:

- 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 f17 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

Practice creative color-fill and animation techniques
Create and record a Chrome Cube Lab gif
Explore Make Beliefs Comix and create an end of course comic

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Use these links for warmup today (Skitch the current countdown for your link symbol)

Santa’s Village (for your current countdown Skitch): https://santatracker.google.com/village.html
Santa Selfie (create and add 1 or more designs): https://santatracker.google.com/santaselfie.html

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 f17 objectives to date)

Create a colorful hairstyle for Santa with Santa Selfie
Explore a collection of Words and Language tools from 308 Today
Create a Loupe Collage of Christmas photos

Page 5: Words and Language Tools

Browse the section 11) Words and Language section on the right column of 308 Today, find 3 tools there that you think might be useful to you in the future, open them, and Skitch part of the home screen to your page. Add links to all 3 in your notes section. Here’s part of what the section you should be browsing looks like:

Here are the 4 things you’ll need on your page

A title: Wednesday using Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text / Graffiti Creator
The image of the top part of section 11 (which you can copy from above)
Skitches of your 3 choices of useful Words and Language tools for the future
Links to your 3 choices in the notes section

Here’s my example page

Page 6: Loupe Collage

Explore this Loupe Collage gallery to see what’s possible at this site

http://www.getloupe.com/gallery
Use this link to create your own collage: http://www.getloupe.com/create

Use the same images which you used for the Image Cube above or find new ones if you like. If you are uncomfortable with topic for personal reasons, you may choose a different holiday.
Here are the 3 things you need on your page (using my example from last Mother’s Day)

Create a Loupe Collage of the images you’ve saved to your desktop (view the video help below to see how)

Video help on how to use Loupe Collage: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxVuH-KD_XBfTEFfUlpaS0FhR1E

Add a Wordart link to Loupe Collage: http://www.getloupe.com
Make a copy of your collage and add at least 1 mask shape. Here’s an example of how to do that:

Here’s my example page using Christmas Images and a star shape which I drew in Loupe Collage:

- 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
Santa’s Village (for your current countdown Skitch): https://santatracker.google.com/village.html
Santa Selfie (create and add 1 or more designs): https://santatracker.google.com/santaselfie.html
Create a Loupe Collage: http://www.getloupe.com/create
Video help on how to use Loupe Collage: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxVuH-KD_XBfTEFfUlpaS0FhR1E

f17 Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)

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Tasks Checklist for today

Create a colorful hairstyle for Santa with Santa Selfie
Explore a collection of Words and Language tools from 308 Today
Create a Loupe Collage of Christmas photos

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

Checkout our chilly forecast for the next few days

https://www.wunderground.com/forecast/us/tx/bastrop/78602?cm_ven=localwx_10day

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Thursday 14th:

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 f17 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

Create a colorful hairstyle for Santa with Santa Selfie
Explore a collection of Words and Language tools from 308 Today
Create a Loupe Collage of Christmas photos

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Choose one or more of today’s Santa Search activities at the link below

https://santatracker.google.com/santasearch.html

Add a linked symbol for whichever search is your favorite and a Skitch showing checkmarks with all of the things you found (Skitch it before your last ‘find’ or the check marks will disappear). Here’s a closeup with the checkmarks visible:

Here’s my example 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 f17 objectives to date)

Practice your hidden Santa search skills
Choose a virtual Christmas Tree Decorator and decorate a tree
Choose a virtual Christmas Card Creator and create a card
Explore and select a variety of Christmas Lights Gifs

Page 7: Virtual Christmas Tree

Try one of the sites in this Google Search for decorating a virtual Christmas Tree. Skitch or screencast a gif of your creation and add a link to the site where you made it to your page

Google Search on virtual Christmas tree decorating
If you choose to screencast: SOM v1.4 download (only do this if it isn’t in start/programs!)

Here are the 4 things you’ll need on your page

A Title: Virtual Christmas Tree using Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text / Graffiti Creator
A page background of a winter gif (Challenge Background: something you make using any application you like, for example, Zen Photon Garden, Flamepainter, Sumopaint, Weavesilk, etc.
A Skitch (or screencast) of a virtual Christmas Tree creation from whatever site you choose
A link to whatever site you chose for your tree

Here’s my example page (Challenge: Can you make your page animated like you see below?)

Page 8: Virtual Christmas Card

Try one of the sites in this Google Search for creating a virtual Christmas Card for someone special. Skitch your card and add a link to the site where made it to your page

Google search on virtual Christmas Card

Here are the 4 things you’ll need on your page

A Title: Virtual Christmas Card using Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text / Graffiti Creator
A page background of a winter gif (Challenge Background: something you make using any application you like, for example, Zen Photon Garden, Flamepainter, Sumopaint, Weavesilk, etc.
A Skitch (or screencast) of a virtual Christmas Card creation from whatever site you choose
A link to whatever site you chose for your card

Here’s my example page (Challenge: Can you make your page animated like you see below?)

Page 9: Christmas Lights Displays

Find at least 3 animated gifs of Christmas lights displays to add to your last page. Here are the settings to search for animated gifs if you don’t remember: