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Monday 22nd: Welcome to Day 1 of the 2016-17 School Year!

Tuesday 23rd

Wednesday 24th

Thursday 25th

Friday 26th

Monday 22nd: Welcome to Day 1 of the 2016-17 School Year!

- Part 1) Review   (click-2-comment)

1. Daily Warmup Activity: 

• View seating chart
• View Course Overview Video
• If you like, you may follow along with this Course overview Prezi
• New Bell Schedule (electives go to ‘B’ lunch)

2. 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. We will use the Chrome web browser for most activities in this class

• The icon to launch Chrome looks something like this:
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• If you don’t see it on your desktop, type ‘Chrome’ in the Windows 10 Search Bar at the bottom of your screen
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2. Logon to check your email and schedule  and let me know if you have any problems

• Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
• Logon here to get to your schedule and grades for last semester: use only your ID number for this logon

3. Practice typing with Z-type while everyone gets connected.

• http://zty.pe/
• if the link above didn’t work for you, try this one: http://phoboslab.org/ztype/v1.html
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4. Complete this Scavenger Hunt (part 1) to learn your way around some important sites and information.

• Link to Scavenger Hunt
• The form should look like the image below when you open it. Make sure you click submit when you’ve finished and that you see ‘Thanks’ after you click submit or you may have missed a question.
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5. Open the Pivot stick figure animation and create something fun with it. Please help the person next to you if they don’t remember how to use the program!

• Do you know how to add a background, animals and letters to a Pivot animation?
• Here’s an example Pivot saved as an animation (gif)

• Pivot desktop icon and program
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6. If you have any time remaining, explore 308 Today to see how the site works

- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

1. Here are the links you’ll need for today

• Course Overview Video (YouTube version) 
• Course overview Prezi
• Click here to view the bell schedules for this semester
• Click here to view the ratings summary graphs for this course from last semester (Fall 2015)
• Logon here to get to your Gmail: use @student.bisdtx.org
• Logon here to get to your schedule and grades: use only your ID number for this logon

2. Tasks Checklist for today

• Watched the Course Overview Video as a class
• Logged onto my computer
• Logged onto to my Gmail: Logon here and use @student.bisdtx.org
• Logged onto to see my schedule: Logon here and use only your ID number for this logon
• Completed the scavenger hunt
• Practiced with Z-type
• Created something using the Pivot stickfigure program

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

1. Checkout this animated gif … getting ready for breakfast on the first day of school!

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Tuesday 23rd

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

• Review yesterday’s Day1 tasks list to see what you should have tried to accomplished

• Watched the Course Overview Video as a class
• Logged onto my computer
• Logged onto to my Gmail: Logon here and use @student.bisdtx.org
• Logged onto to see my schedule: Logon here and use only your ID number for this logon
• Attempted the scavenger hunt form
• Practiced with Z-type
• Attempted something using the Pivot stickfigure program 

• Here are the links and directions for today’s warmup

1. Enter a good thing that happened to you on your first day at school using (click-2-comment). The form will automatically collect your email address, which will identify  who you are.
2. Practice z-type and Skitch your best score to your desktop: http://phoboslab.org/ztype/
3. Here’s how to Skitch your score to your desktop using ‘drag me’

4. 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)

• Learn how to create a Gzaas message
• View some cool example Pivots
• Practice using and saving Pivot animations

2. Create a Gzaas to say thank you to someone important in your life or for something which is important to you. Experiment with different settings to see the cool effects you can create. Watch the video help in green below to see how the app works.

• Here’s a link to Gzaas: http://gzaas.com
• Here are some examples created by previous students (plus one of mine… can you spot it?): Slideshow
• Video help: (there’s no audio, just watch the demo) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Gzaas%20thank%20you%20demo%20%28s14%29.mp4
• Use Skitch to drag it to your desktop. Here’s how:
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3. View some pivot examples

• Float Away
• Christmas
• Pivot Movie Scene
• 1742 frames demo below
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4. Create a Pivot animation of at least 10 frames

• Here’s an example Pivot program file called ‘Float Away’ (so you can see how it was made). After it downloads, drag it from the bottom of your browser to your desktop like this:

• Double-click on it to open it and see how it was made.

• Use the Pivot program to create a new animation of at least 10 frames

• Remember to keep your movements small and click next frame each time you make an adjustment!
• Here’s how to save your pivot so you can edit it later (as a .piv file) or as a gif so it will play on it’s own (as a .gif file)
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- Part 3) Help with today’s assignments! - (click-2-comment)

1. Here are the links you’ll need for today

• Link to Gzaas: http://gzaas.com
• Video help with Gzaas: (there’s no audio, just watch the demo) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/197021/Video%20Tutorials/Gzaas%20thank%20you%20demo%20%28s14%29.mp4
• Skitch and Pivot are both on your desktop

2. Tasks Checklist for today

• Use click-to-comment to send me a comment about your first day 
• Use Skitch to capture your Z-type score and drag it to your desktop
• Create a thank-you message with Gzaas
• View some example Pivot animations made by former students
• Create and save a 10 frame Pivot animation

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

1. Checkout our weather forecast for today and our bell schedule again, in case you missed it yesterday

• Local Weather forecast for today
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Wednesday 24th

- 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

• Use click-to-comment to send me a comment about your first day 
• Use Skitch to capture your Z-type score and drag it to your desktop
• Create a thank-you message with Gzaas
• View some example Pivot animations made by former students
• Create and save a 10 frame Pivot animation

• Please check your gmail and enter the class code for Google Classroom at this link: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Open your 1.01 Week1 Warmups (F16) assignment and set the view to 100% (like this):

• I’ve already completed the warmups from Mon and Tues for you
• Try any of the typing games in this list, find one you like, play it and add a Skitch of it to your Wed Warmup block
• If you find a new cool game, post a link in (click-2-comment) and I’ll add it to the list. If you find a bad link, let me know and I’ll delete it!
• Your warmup should look something like this when you’re through

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)

• Learn the procedure for completing Warmups and Notebook assignments
• Explore and practice with a new typing game
• Practice creating full screen messages with Gzaas
• Practice working with and saving Pivot animations as .piv and .gif files

2. Open your 1.02 Week1 Notebook (F16)  assignment in Google Classroom

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• I’ve already completed the first 6 slides for you
• We’ll discuss this as a class!

3. Page 6: Create 3 different Gzaas designs and Skitch them onto page 6 of your notebook. You may use your ‘Thanks you messages’ from yesterday if you saved them

• Here’s another link to Gzaas: http://gzaas.com/
• Here’s an example of Page 6 with 3 designs

4. Page 7: Add a Skitch of at least a 10 frame Pivot animation with a Background and a gif of it running

• Add these 3 images to your page (just drag them right from this screen)

• Add a Skitch of your Pivot program and a gif of it running
• Here’s an example page 7 (you should see your Pivot playing right on the 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 
• Typing practice list
• Gzaas: http://gzaas.com/

2. Tasks Checklist for today

• Open and complete your first warmup  
• Explore and practice with a new typing game
• Open and complete your first notebook assignment pages
• Create 3 Gzaas designs to add to your notebook
• Complete your Pivot, add a background and save it as a gif for your notebook

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

1. Checkout this mid-week reminder :)

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Thursday 25th

- 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

• Open and complete your first warmup  
• Explore and practice with a new typing game
• Open and complete your first notebook assignment pages
• Create 3 Gzaas designs to add to your notebook
• Complete your Pivot, add a background and save it as a gif for your notebook

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Today’s warmup is from a link shared yesterday in (click-2-comment) by Colton K (thanks Colton!)

• http://www.humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime
• Try both the reaction and memory tests
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• Add these 3 things to Thurs of your warmups file (they’re numbered on the example  image below)

• A link to the site
• Your Reaction Time score
• Your Memory score

• Here’s what your warmup for today should look like

• Here’s what your complete warmup for the week should look like
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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)

• Learn what our reaction time is using a web app test
• Create titles for our core classes using Gzaas
• Learn how to search for animated gifs and collect a few examples for our notebooks

2. Some notes that might help you!

• Switch view on warmups to 100%

• Bookmark your assignments at the beginning of each week so you can get to them immediately without waiting on Google Classroom to load them
• Right click on any image on this page and choose ‘Open image in new tab’ to see a larger, clearer view. Try that on the image below:
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3. Page 8: open your 1.02 Notebook and add the following (we are finishing up with Gzaas today)

• Gzaas: http://gzaas.com/
• We’re creating subject area titles for slides and documents in your core classes
• Here’s how to add boxes and text labels on your slide
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• ...and here’s what your page 8 should look like when you’re through (I’ve added noise, that grainy look, to deter copying)
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• If you need help with the boxes and labels, you can copy and paste what you need from here:

• 1.02 Page8 Help Slide

4. Page 9: Search for at least 3 animated gifs on your favorite topics (I chose animals, space, & sports) and drag them onto page 8 of your notebook (they should all be moving on your page). Also add a link to where you found each of them and the directions below for how to look for animated gifs

• Here are the directions for finding animated gifs (drag the image below onto page 9 of your notebook)

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• Here’s an example gif search for animals (click on any picture to see the animated version)
• Here’s my example page 9 recorded as a gif so you can see the movement:

- 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 
• Warmup link: http://www.humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime
• Gzaas: http://gzaas.com/
• Example gif search for animals (click on any picture to see the animated version) 
• 1.02 Page8 Help Slide

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Test our reaction times with a web app and save the results to our warmup  
• Create a Gzaas title for each core class
• Search for 3 gifs to add to our notebooks

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

1. Checkout this animated gif (…which I could look at for a very long time). 

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Friday 26th 

- 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

• Test our reaction times with a web app and save the results to our warmup  
• Create a Gzaas title for each core class
• Search for 3 gifs to add to our notebooks

• Please complete the Weekly Reflections Form for this week in Google Classroom!
• 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
• Assignments turned-in after today (which are automatically marked late in Google Classroom) will get a reduced grade of no more than 10%, so turn-in all assignments even if they’re late!
• Here’s an example gif of how to turn-in an assignment

2. Today is a makeup day, so if you’ve completed all assignments, please help someone else to complete theirs! Once you complete and turn-in your assignments, the rest of the class period is yours. I’ll show a selection of video clips and help anyone who needs it to complete their assignments :)

- 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

• Week1 Reflections Form

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

• Page 6
• Page 7
• Page 8
• Page 9

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Complete our Week1 Reflections Form  
• Complete and turn-in assignments 1.01 (warmups) and 1.02 (notebook pages 6-9)

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

1. Checkout the forecast for this weekend

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

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