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Monday 14th: CLICK ON ALL LINKS in today’s plan and see where they take you!

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Friday 18th: Monday is a School Holiday!

Monday 14th: CLICK ON ALL LINKS in today’s plan and see where they take you!

- Part 1) Review  (click to 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 s19 example folder here)
4. Important Note: Do not attempt to install or run VPNs on school computers! These cause problems with our network functions and are a violation of the District's Responsible Use Policy.
5. 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: 4.1r Reflections Form

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

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Read today’s plan and CLICK ON ALL LINKS to see where they take you before starting your warmup!
• Open your 4.2w Warmup file in GC
• Open this site: https://days.to/
• Find 4 events that you’re looking forward to and Snip them onto your warmup in the Mon block. You can also add any date, like your birthday, in the search window.
• Here’s how to Snip if you don’t remember

• Drag the image below on top of the link symbol for Mon and link it to https://days.to/

• Here’s my example warmup for today

7. 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)

1. Today we have these objectives  (all s19 objectives to date)

• Find fun days to look forward to with Days To
• Learn how to find important information for your upcoming week
• Create 4 core class project titles with Gzaas

2. Page 1: Week 2 Events

• Open your 4.2n Notebook for week 2 in Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Use the links in the notes section at the bottom of page 1 to find and Snip the information for each box

• Here’s my completed example page 1 (which has a grainy overlay to prevent copying)

3. Page 2: Gzaas Project Labels

• Practice with Gzaas to create project labels for your core classes
• Gzaas: http://gzaas.com/
• If you don’t remember (or haven’t seen how to use Gzaas), here’s the Video help with Gzaas: (there’s no audio, just watch the demo) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxVuH-KD_XBfVkk5Z01ZcXFsdk0
• Here are the 5 things you’ll need on your page

1. A Gzaas design for your History core class
2. A Gzaas design for your Math core class
3. A Gzaas design for your Language Arts core class
4. A Gzaas design for your Science core class
5. A fun animated gif, like my lemur example further down in these instructions

• Here’s my example page with those 5 things numbered:
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• Here’s how to search for gifs in Google Images! Note: Gifs won’t start moving in your search window until you click on them (to save page load time). You can also click on this Google Search for funny animals gifs

• Here’s my Lemur example (but please find your own animated gif!)

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

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

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h 
• Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas
• Days.to: https://days.to/
• Gzaas: http://gzaas.com/
• Video help with Gzaas: (there’s no audio, just watch the demo) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxVuH-KD_XBfVkk5Z01ZcXFsdk0

2. s19 Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)

• Page 1
• Page 2

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Find fun days to look forward to with Days To
• Find and Snip important information for your upcoming week
• Create 4 core class project titles with Gzaas

- Part 4) Through?  (click to comment)

1. Checkout cool Discovery News articles anytime at this link:

• http://www.seeker.com/dnews/

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Tuesday 15th

- 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 s19 example folder here)
4. Important Note: Do not attempt to install or run VPNs on school computers! These cause problems with our network functions and are a violation of the District's Responsible Use Policy.
5. 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

• Find fun days to look forward to with Days To
• Find and Snip important information for your upcoming week
• Create 4 core class project titles with Gzaas

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Open this site: Human Benchmark: http://www.humanbenchmark.com/dashboard

• Try all 4 activities! Use your best scoring activity for your link symbol and link it to the site. 
• Remember to add a link to your link symbol: (click here to see how we did this yesterday)
• Snip your dashboard after trying all 4 to your warmup, which should look something like this:

6. 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 s19 objectives to date)

• Assess your reaction time and short term memory skills using the Human Benchmarks site
• Choose your favorite Wordart examples from a collection
• Add a background image to a Pivot animation

• Save a Pivot animation as a gif so it will play anywhere

2. Page 3: Wordart Collection

• Copy and paste 7 of your favorite fonts from this Google Wordart Collection onto your notebook page (choose one favorite from each page like you see in the video demo below), and then rename each one for a day of the week. You might want to bookmark the collection for later use!

• Google Wordart Collection 
• Video help with Wordart to days: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxVuH-KD_XBfRXdWMWlMdkhJbjQ/view
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• Add an emoji to describe your typical mood for each day
• Try using Emojipedia to find an emoji for each day, but if that site is blocked, just search Google like this example Google Search for Cold Emoji… then replace the word cold with other ‘mood’ words, like sleepy, happy, bored, etc.

• Here’s my example page:
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3. Page 4: Pivot Backgrounds (Review)

• Open a Pivot example you’ve made before (if you savedone) and if you didn’t, start a new one
• Add a background image to your Pivot for your characters to interact with… here’s how

• First find a background image to save to your desktop (or use one of the examples below), then follow these next steps
• This Snip shows how to load a background image

• This one shows how to open a background .jpg file

• Here are some background image you can use… just drag your choice to your desktop (or search Google and snip a background image about the size you see below of your own to use)

• Create a 10 frame Pivot with a background and then snip your Pivot program view to your Notebook page
• Save your Pivot to your desktop as a gif so it will play in your notebook automatically. Here’s how:

• Drag your Pivot gif from your desktop onto your Notebook page
• Here’s my example page (notice that the Pivot gif plays automatically 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 
• Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas
• Human Benchmark: http://www.humanbenchmark.com/dashboard
• Google Wordart Collection 
• Video help with Wordart to days: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxVuH-KD_XBfRXdWMWlMdkhJbjQ/view
• Emojipedia
• Google Search for Cold Emoji

2. s19 Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)

• Page 1
• Page 2
• Page 3
• Page 4

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Assess your reaction time and short term memory skills using the Human Benchmarks site
• Choose your favorite Wordart examples from a collection
• Add a background image to a Pivot animation
• Save your Pivot as a gif so it will play anywhere

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

1. Checkout some mesmerizing animated gifs!

• Click to view more
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Wednesday 16th

- 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 s19 example folder here)
4. Important Note: Do not attempt to install or run VPNs on school computers! These cause problems with our network functions and are a violation of the District's Responsible Use Policy.
5. 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

• Assess your reaction time and short term memory skills using the Human Benchmarks site
• Choose your favorite Wordart examples from a collection
• Add a background image to a Pivot animation
• Save your Pivot as a gif so it will play anywhere

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Replace your hyperlink symbol with this image and link it to the 15 Traits Of The Ideal Employee article  link below the image:

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• http://www.evernote.com/l/ACtjqCji4F5GU5_Vu7Uy7hsFB-IjxEDzFaY

• Work with the person next to you to help each other find the words!  Choose one of these 2 levels:

• Medium - No backwards words, has diagonals
• More challenging - Has backwards words, has diagonals

• Use the Snipping Tool to capture and find all of the terms using the highlighter (...help each other). Here’s where to find the highlighter in Snip:

• Here’s my example warmup for today

6. 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 s19 objectives to date)

• Use the Snipping Tool to complete a word search
• Explore the basic keyboard shortcuts StudyStack and take the practice quiz until you get 100%
• Explore and rate the Rebelle Watercolors application

2. Page 5: StudyStack Keyboard Shortcuts

• Practice this StudyStack on keyboard shortcuts: https://www.studystack.com/studytable-2709371
• Try different activities to learn the terms in fun ways (like matching or hungry bug)

• Here’s a screenshot of the different activities to try while practicing the terms:

• Take this quiz (not the test!) which should be all multiple choice until you get them all correct

• Add these 3 things to your Page

1. The StudyStack logo linked to the keyboard shortcuts stack
2. A Snip of your favorite StudyStack activity
3. Your Quiz results

3. Page 6: Rebelle Watercolors

• If you are an artist and you couldn’t get an art elective, this apps for you! Rebelle Watercolors: https://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/rebelle/index.php
• Explore this site for painting realistic watercolors and ‘paint’ something fun with it. Here’s some info on this application and its controls:

• If you are not an artist, here are some ideas of things to paint in this app

• Your name or initials in different colored letters
• Some clouds (like I did in my example)
• The sun
• A multi-colored background (maybe something you could use for a pivot background?
• The sky or water, like a lake or stream
• Basic shapes, like circles, squares, triangles, etc.
• A tree

• Here’s my example since we’re expecting rain today:
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• Here are the 3 things which go on your page

1. A snip of the app with your painting
2. A text box with a link to the site
3. Your rating of the app from 1-5 stars (search Google!)

• 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
• Warmup word search options

• Medium - No backwards words, has diagonals
• More challenging - Has backwards, has diagonals

• StudyStack Keyboard Shortcuts: https://www.studystack.com/studytable-2709371
• Rebelle Watercolors: https://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/rebelle/index.php

2. s19 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

• Complete a Word Search 
• Explore the basic keyboard shortcuts StudyStack and take the practice quiz until you get 100%
• Paint something with the Rebelle Watercolors application

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

1. Checkout our rainy forecast through Friday, and the much cooler weather to follow this weekend

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

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Thursday 17th

- 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 s19 example folder here)
4. Important Note: Do not attempt to install or run VPNs on school computers! These cause problems with our network functions and are a violation of the District's Responsible Use Policy.
5. 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 Word Search
• Explore the basic keyboard shortcuts StudyStack and take the practice quiz until you get 100%
• Paint something with the Rebelle Watercolors application

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Right-click on the bear maze below and open it in a new tab (or click here) for a larger version to work with:

• Use the Snip highlighter tool to find your way through the maze

• Use this for your link symbol:

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• Add this link to your link symbol: http://krazydad.com/mazes/
• Here’s how you add a link
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• Here’s what your warmup for today should look like (with the maze solved though!)

• Here are some tips that will help you: Try working from both ends of the maze and keep your lines short so you can undo small lengths at a time!
• Here’s what your entire warmups file for this week should look like
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6. 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 s19 objectives to date)

• Use the Snip highlighter to solve a bear maze
• Practice keyboard shortcuts with Quizlet
• Create a fun ‘The End’ page for this week’s notebook

2. Page 7: Quizlet Keyboard Shortcuts (a new vocabulary activity)

• View this Quizlet version of Keyboard Shortcuts with a few new Chrome shortcuts added

• https://quizlet.com/114944711/basic-keyboard-and-chrome-shortcuts-flash-cards/

• Practice the shortcuts by playing Match at least 2 times to help you review them

• Quizlet Match: https://quizlet.com/114944711/match
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• Here’s how to play:
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• Take the practice test to see what you remember

• Quizlet Test: https://quizlet.com/114944711/test (uncheck written option! See gif below)
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• Important: Here’s how to setup the test so that it’s multiple choice!
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• Here’s what goes on your page:

1. A Snip of the Quizlet Title
2. A Snip of your Match Times
3. A Snip of your test score
4. Add a link to this Quizlet in your notes section: https://quizlet.com/114944711/basic-keyboard-and-chrome-shortcuts-flash-cards/

3. Page 8: Fun 'The End' Page

• Create a fun page which represents the end of the week
• Search Google for at least 3 images and/or emoji and 2 Wordart labels
• Here’s my example:
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• If you like, you can make your own Pivot ‘The End’ gif to use on your page, like my example here:

- 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
• Bear Maze Warmup
• Quizlet Match: https://quizlet.com/114944711/match
• Quizlet Test: https://quizlet.com/114944711/test (uncheck written option!)

2. s19 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

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Solve a bear maze 
• Practice keyboard shortcuts with Quizlet Match and take a practice Quizlet Test
• Create a fun ‘The End’ page for your notebook

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

1. Checkout this cool weather gif!

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Friday 18th: Monday is a School 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 s19 example folder here)
4. Important Note: Do not attempt to install or run VPNs on school computers! These cause problems with our network functions and are a violation of the District's Responsible Use Policy.
5. Friday Warmup Activity: 

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

• Solve a bear maze
• Practice keyboard shortcuts with Quizlet Match and take a practice Quizlet Test
• Create a fun ‘The End’ page for your notebook

• 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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6. 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
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2. If you’ve completed and turned-in everything, explore any of these!

• 103 Lab Applications and Resources List

- 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 / Graffiti Creator
• 4.2r Reflections Form

2. s19 Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!). If you’re behind, start with the green highlighted pages, which are the easiest to complete:

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Complete your 4.2r Reflections Form
• Complete your 4.2w Warmups and 4.2n Notebook assignments and click  TURN IN  for both of them in Google Classroom!

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

1. Checkout our windy and chilly forecast for the first part of our 3 Day Weekend!

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