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Monday 6th:
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Thursday 9th:
Friday 10th:
Monday 6th:
- 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)
- Please bring earbuds all week, so you can explore
- 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: 4.6r Reflections Form
- Daily Warmup Activity: Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup
- Skitch your puzzle when there is one piece left to place!
- Fill your Drawing with a new solid color background by right-clicking on it. 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 s17 objectives to date)
- 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: Bing Backgrounds and ColorZilla
- Explore this Bing image archive and choose an image you like to add as a background for this page
- Page 2: 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 )
- Make your favorite the largest and put a thin red heart shape around your 2nd favorite design
- Here’s my example showing how to create your red heart frame. Choose a transparent fill color for the heart shape and change the line color to red:
- Challenge:Â can you create a broken heart with a gap in it like this?
- Explore Incredibox!
- If you see this message blocking Incredibox from loading, then  1  left click on Adblock and  2  choose ‘Don’t run on this page:
- 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 a virtual jigsaw puzzle Â
- 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 to comment)
- Checkout the results of the unbelievable game last night… WOW! 🙀
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Tuesday 7th:
- 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 a virtual jigsaw puzzle Â
- 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
- Did you try these yesterday? http://www.one-tab.com/page/xVRUI54_Q1-if7XtWBx6CQÂ
- I used one to make this:
- 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)
- 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 3: 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.
- 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 4: Bing background with an Art Mask
- Here are the background image links again
- 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 5: Create a Sumo Mask
- Here are the background image links again
- 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!)
- 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:
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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
- Improve your pattern memory with practice Â
- 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
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- Part 4) Through?  (click-2-comment)
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- Checkout these crazy high temperatures in our forecast… 4 of the next 6 days are expected to be in the 80s!
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Wednesday 8th:
- 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
- Improve your pattern memory with practice Â
- 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
- 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!):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)
- 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 6: Create a BMS letter mask from a notebook page
- Use any of these resources for your background (under the BMS Mask):
- Here’s an example of what you’re trying to create
- Here are some other examples for ideas:
- Here’s an example I made using a Gif which I recorded:
- I used this same process to make this Gif for 308 Today using a Gzaas Shadow Template
- Page 7: 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)
- I used our Puzzles warmup site to make these Valentine versions with the candy hearts puzzle background
- Challenge:Â can you create a Gif version like this for your name mask?
- View and create with any of these Incredibox versions
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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!) Â
- 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
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- Part 4) Through?  (click-2-comment)
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- Checkout more amazing images of our planet’s surface
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Thursday 9th:
- 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
- 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
- Here’s the scene to color fill (just drag it from here to your desktop and open it with Sumopaint - watch the video demo below the image to see how to fill it with color). Save your filled image to your desktop and drag it onto your warmup.
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- Here’s my warmups file for this week. You may turn yours in as soon as it’s complete.
- 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)
- Use the Sumopaint fill bucket to color fill a line drawing
- 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)
- Page 8: Create something cool with a new version of your name mask that includes at least 1 shape using the techniques we’ve learned this week
- Here are some sites for background images:
- Page 9: Create something cool that moves with a new letters & shapes mask using the techniques we’ve learned this week!
- Explore Incredibox v4 and preview v5
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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!) Â
- Tasks Checklist for today
- Color-fill a line drawing with Sumopaint Â
- Create 2 new Sumo Mask (with shapes) pages
- Create your own beats with Incredibox (v4)
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- Part 4) Through?  (click-2-comment)
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- Checkout more amazing Earthviews!
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Friday 10th:
- 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
- Color-fill a line drawing with Sumopaint Â
- Create 2 new Sumo Mask (with shapes) pages
- Create your own beats with Incredibox (v4)
- 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!) Â
- Tasks Checklist for today
- Complete yesterday’s assignments from when the internet was down!
- Complete your 4.6r Reflections Form
- Complete your 4.6w Warmups and 4.6n 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 our forecast for the weekend
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