Week8 (f17): Oct 9th

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Monday 9th: Student Holiday!

Tuesday 10th:

Wednesday 11th:

Thursday 12th:

Friday 13th: P.A.W.S. Store and Pep Rally!

Monday 9th: Student Holiday!

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Tuesday 10th:

- 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)
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: 2.1r Reflections Form

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

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Open today’s Sumo-fill image below in a new tab (or from this link). Then drag it to your desktop to open with Sumopaint: http://www.sumopaint.com/home/#app

Use this image for your link symbol

...and link it to this URL where you can find more pages to fill: http://www.classroomjr.com/columbus-day-coloring-pages/

Get ideas for colors from this image (use ColorZilla): http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/timeline_photos/1492_lrg_fullsize.jpg

Here’s my example: (Tip: if color bleeds over into an area you didn’t want it to, undo the action and use the pencil tool to ‘close the gap’... then refill the area you intended to)

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 with the Sumopaint fill bucket
Explore an example OneTab links list
Review how to find out what’s happening each week at BMS
Create a new Prezi account (or ensure access to a previous account)

Page 1: This week at a glance

Use this OneTab links list to find the information you need for your page

http://www.one-tab.com/page/0MeD-YkbRcS0c5AKFQcMNg

Add the following 4 things to your Notebook page

A Title: Tuesday using any of these Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
A Skitch of the Latest News and the top 2 Latest News events from the BMS Homepage
A Skitch of the Week8 core class events for your grade from our newsletters matrix view (you may need to Skitch it in 2 pieces as I have)
A Skitch of this week from our Public Calendar

Here’s my example page:

Page 2: Create your own Prezi.edu account and add cruise ship Prezi ‘Big Picture’

Create a Prezi account and make sure you can logon to it

Here are the directions if you don’t already have an account: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1pqJY0JfYXRoTik2D-ZHtjG7ksTzyUfmRdbNU09VFREQ
Use your School email address and your school password to create your account (so I can help you if there are problems with your account)!
If you already have an account for your school email address, here’s a link to make sure you can logon to it: https://prezi.com/login/

Explore this Prezi and zoom out (click anywhere on the blue canvas outside of the brackets) to see and Skitch the big picture (all images): https://prezi.com/y5gsmxa5ufhb/largest-passenger-ship/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

To zoom out, click on the live Prezi where you see the cursor (at the top of the image below)
When you click there, the Prezi will zoom out to this view (which you Skitch). Then click on the arrows at the bottom to advance through the amazing images of this ship!

Here’s what you’ll need on your page

A title: Tuesday using any of these Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
A Skitch of the entire Prezi contents showing the Title of the Prezi
A Skitch of your Prezi dashboard top menu bar showing your name after you’ve created your account: https://prezi.com/dashboard/

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
Warmup image for color-fill
Sumopaint: http://www.sumopaint.com/home/#app
OneTab links list: http://www.one-tab.com/page/0MeD-YkbRcS0c5AKFQcMNg
Create a Prezi account: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1pqJY0JfYXRoTik2D-ZHtjG7ksTzyUfmRdbNU09VFREQ
Prezi logon: https://prezi.com/login/
Prezi Dashboard: https://prezi.com/dashboard/
Prezi Largest Passenger Ship: https://prezi.com/y5gsmxa5ufhb/largest-passenger-ship/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

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

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Tasks Checklist for today

Color-fill the 1492 image with the Sumopaint fill bucket
Explore an example OneTab links list of the week ahead
Capture images of what’s happening this week at BMS
Create a new Prezi account (or ensure access to a previous account)
Capture a demo Prezi and proof of account bar

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

Checkout UIL Chess Practice, which continues tomorrow!

Every Wednesday we’ll play chess after school in the library from 4-4:30pm

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Wednesday 11th:

- 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

Color-fill the 1492 image with the Sumopaint fill bucket
Explore an example OneTab links list of the week ahead
Capture images of what’s happening this week at BMS
Create a new Prezi account (or ensure access to a previous account)
Capture a demo Prezi and proof of account bar

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Dots and Boxes: https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/dots-and-boxes.html

You may use this for your warmup link symbol and link it to the game

Here are the directions (you’re red and the computer is blue!)

Here’s a video demo of a winning game which I recorded this morning, so you can get some ideas about how to play: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxVuH-KD_XBfcjJ4aHZsNGdZc3c
Here’s my example warmup (see if you can beat my score!)

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)

Invent your strategy for playing Dots and Boxes and hopefully winning!
Explore some cool Prezi features while screencasting an example Prezi walkthrough
Modify your own copy of a Google Drawing Wormz Template
Explore Wormz and create a Wormz message using Skitched pieces of your template
Record your Wormz message and save it as a gif and as a video

Create a Prezi account if you didn’t make one yesterday and make sure you can logon to it

Here are the directions if you don’t already have an account: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1pqJY0JfYXRoTik2D-ZHtjG7ksTzyUfmRdbNU09VFREQ
Use your School email address and your school password to create your account (so I can help you if there are problems with your account)!
If you already have an account for your school email address, here’s a link to make sure you can logon to it: https://prezi.com/login/

Page 3: Screencast a Prezi walkthrough using Screencast-O-matic

Record a brief screencast of this Prezi on Columbus: https://prezi.com/u56dj6pwrcnr/christopher-columbus/

Here’s a link to download SOM if you don’t already have it: SOM v1.4 download (for GIFs)
Just record about 10 seconds or so as you arrow through the Prezi
Save your recording as a gif and drag it onto your page

Here’s my example (but use Wednesday instead of Tuesday):

Page 4: Wormz Wednesday

Modify a Google Drawing template using these steps:

Click this link to copy the template: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/10KyJCPeWwiEBAG8bQ1nsS5fyAm2PuFIt2ZUkZMEZDVM/copy
Edit the Wordart to make some simple one or two word phrases and add a simple black-and-white image, like from this helmet search. Yours doesn’t have to be about sports though!

It should look something like this:

Watch this Video Help with Wormz: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxVuH-KD_XBfRFlyMTVFeWZRX1E

Wormz: http://zenorocha.github.io/wormz/#
If you don’t already have it, here’s a link to install Screencast-o-matic: SOM v1.4 download
Create your own Wormz message by following the directions in the video. It doesn’t have to be about sports. Record only about 10-15 seconds of it!
Save your recording to your desktop TWICE… once as a gif and again as a video. Your gif version should look something like this:

Here’s the Wormz logo for your page

Add these 4 things to your page

A title: Wormz Wednesday using any of these Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
A Skitch of your Google Drawing
A gif of your Wormz message
The Wormz logo (from above) linked to the site

Here’s my example page

- 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
Dots and Boxes: https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/dots-and-boxes.html
Create a Prezi account directions: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1pqJY0JfYXRoTik2D-ZHtjG7ksTzyUfmRdbNU09VFREQ
Prezi logon link: https://prezi.com/login/
Screencast-O-Matic download link (if you don’t already have it): SOM v1.4 download
Prezi on Columbus: https://prezi.com/u56dj6pwrcnr/christopher-columbus/
Wormz drawing template: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/10KyJCPeWwiEBAG8bQ1nsS5fyAm2PuFIt2ZUkZMEZDVM/copy
Video Help with Wormz: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxVuH-KD_XBfRFlyMTVFeWZRX1E
Wormz: http://zenorocha.github.io/wormz/#

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

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Tasks Checklist for today

Play Dots and Boxes and Skitch your best score to your warmup
Create a screencast of an example Columbus Prezi
Modify your own copy of a Google Drawing Wormz Template
Create a custom Wormz message
Record your Wormz message and save it as a gif and as a video

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

Checkout this mesmerizing jello worms maker :)

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+Industrytap/posts/jb5CcCipS3A

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Thursday 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

Play Dots and Boxes and Skitch your best score to your warmup
Create a screencast of an example Columbus Prezi
Modify your own copy of a Google Drawing Wormz Template
Create a custom Wormz message
Record your Wormz message and save it as a gif and as a video

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
Use the image and link below (or search for your own cool looking Thursday image and link it to where you found it)

http://sunriserounds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bigstock-Thursday-4397184.jpg

Complete this Word Search for your warmup… there are no backwards and only 3 diagonals (Improvement, Power, Physical)... help each other!
Click here for a larger view to Skitch

Here’s my example completed warmups file 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)

Consider some positive thinking terms in a word search
Compare versions of Dots and Boxes, choose a favorite and give a reason for your choice
Explore reusable Prezis in 4 core subjects areas and find examples for future use

Page 5: Compare versions of Dots and Boxes

Here are the 2 sites to evaluate

Try both versions above and then do the following:

Add an image of each with a link above or below each image
Mark which one you like better with a symbol you like
Add a reason for your choice

Here’s a partial example

Page 6: Explore reusable Prezis by subject area (these are free ready-made projects for you to copy and modify!)

Find examples of Prezis in each of your core subject areas that you can copy and edit for your own presentations
Take your time exploring these and find examples that you could really use in your classes!
Here are some example searches:

8th Grade Science
7th Grade Science
8th Grade History
7th grade History
Search all reusable Prezis (enter your grade and subject in the search box)

Create a page with 4 sections (one for each subject area), add a title, dividing lines, and subject area labels, and Skitch an example Prezi that you like in each section. Here’s my example with the the word Demo added to deter copying:

- 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
Positive Thinking Word Search: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxVuH-KD_XBfQTh0ZHh2R0pkaHM
Dots and Boxes versions

Reusable Prezi example searches:

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

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Tasks Checklist for today

Complete a positive thinking terms word search
Choose your favorite version of Dots and Boxes and give a reason for your choice
Choose a reusable Prezis in each of your 4 core subjects areas

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

Checkout our Bell Schedule for tomorrow’s PAWS rewards day and Pep Rally!

Link to live view in the event there are any changes

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Friday 13th: P.A.W.S. Store and Pep Rally!

- 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)
Friday Warmup Activity:

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

Complete a positive thinking terms word search
Choose your favorite version of Dots and Boxes and give a reason for your choice
Choose a reusable Prezis in each of your 4 core subjects areas