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Monday 15th:

Tuesday 16th:

Wednesday 17th:

Thursday 18th: 7th Grade Field Trip

Friday 19th: Last day of 2nd PR Period/Earth Science Career Fair Field Trip

Monday 15th:

- 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 f18 example folder here)
4. Reminder: Cell Phones are not allowed to be used in this class
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: 2.2r Reflections Form
• This is the last week of the 2nd Progress Reporting Period!

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

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

• Choose any practice typing game from this list: Typing Practice Games List

• You may need to pause Adblock to allow a typing game to load by left clicking on the Adblock extension.
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• Use a symbol from the game you choose as your link symbol and link it to the site

• Here’s my example

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 f18 objectives to date)

• Practice typing with your favorite typing practice game
• Capture previews of this week’s important events
• Practice or review basic programming with Lightbot

2. Page 1: Week 10 Events

• Add the following 5 things to your Notebook page (all of the links you need are already in the notes sections of your notebook page)

1. A Title: Week 10 using any of these Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
2. A Snip of the Week 10 core class events for your grade from our newsletters (you may need to Snip it in 2 pieces)
3. A Snip of the top 2 Latest Campus Announcements and News events from the BMS Homepage
4. The countdown until Halloween and/or our Thanksgiving Break, which starts 19 November 2018 (just paste the blue text at the days.to site)
5. A Snip of this week (Mon through Fri) from our Public Calendar

• Here’s my example page:
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3. Page 2: Lightbot Basic Programming

• Explore (or review) basic programming with Lightbot which has built-in tutorials and lets you drag-n-drop easily to replace or rearrange commands. If you remember how to use this program, help the person next to you if they don’t or if they haven’t seen it before! 

• THIS NEXT LINK COULD TAKE SEVERAL MINUTES TO LOAD THE FIRST TIME, so please be patient with it!
• Lightbot: http://lightbot.com/flash.html
• Video help with Lightbot: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxVuH-KD_XBfSFR2SmVZc0JRdkk
• Click to allow Flash to run if you see prompts like these to do so

• Try to complete levels 1&2 today (there are 3 levels with 6-8 activities each) and Snip where you left off (to add to your Notebook page – directions below)

• Here are screenshots of the 3 levels:
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• You should have the following 4 things on your page

1. A title: LightBot - Day1 using Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
2. A Snip of your highest level reached today (best advice on this program… run only 2-3 commands at a time and correct as you go along!)
3. The LightBot ‘Good Luck’ symbol below, linked to the site: http://lightbot.com/flash.html

• Here’s my example (Challenges: Can you color-match your shape fills, borders and texts to the LightBot screens as you see below?)
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- 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 / Flaming text / Graffiti Creator
• Typing Practice Games List
• Lightbot: http://lightbot.com/flash.html
• Video help with Lightbot: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxVuH-KD_XBfSFR2SmVZc0JRdkk

2. f18 Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)

• Page 1
• Page 2

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Play your favorite typing practice game
• Capture previews of this week’s important events
• Complete basic programming activities through stage 2 with Lightbot

- Part 4) Through?  (click to comment)

1. Checkout our cold, windy and wet forecast for most of this week:

• https://www.wunderground.com/forecast/us/tx/bastrop/78602?cm_ven=localwx_10day
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Tuesday 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 f18 example folder here)
4. Reminder: Cell Phones are not allowed to be used in this class
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

• Play your favorite typing practice game
• Capture previews of this week’s important events
• Complete basic programming activities through stage 2 with Lightbot

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

• Open Link1 and move your cursor around to find the windiest point on the Windmap. Use Print Screen to capture the speed and Snip it onto your warmup. It should look something like this

• Link1: Windmap of the United States http://hint.fm/wind/

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• Open Link2 and Snip the US Map on top of the wind map. Then adjust the transparency so you can see the wind map underneath (crop the map if you need to). Here’s how to do that:

• Link2: Map of the US http://www.onlineatlas.us/united-states-map.htm

• Add a label at the top with the name of the state and the wind speed
• Add Link1 (Windmap) to your link symbol
• Your completed warmup should have these 3 things and look something like the example below

1. The windmap with the highest speed and a transparent map overlay (watch the gif help above!)
2. Link1 (http://hint.fm/wind/) added to the link symbol (use the explore tool or Google Image Search to find an image of a weather vane)
3. A label with the State name and highest windspeed you could find

• Here’s my example
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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 f18 objectives to date)

• Use the Wind Map to find the windiest places in the US
• Add a transparent map overlay to a Google Drawing
• Solve more advanced Lightbot puzzles
• Explore, create and save some awesome Crazy Tentacles designs

2. Page 3: LightBot Conclusion

• Remember: Page 2 should show the highest level you reached yesterday (before you continue on today!)
• Lightbot: http://lightbot.com/flash.html
• You should have the following 5 things on your slide

1. A title: LightBot - Day2 using Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text 
2. A Snip of your highest level reached today in Lightbot: http://lightbot.com/flash.html  (best advice on this program… run only 2-3 commands at a time and correct as you go along!) 
3. A Snip of LightBot Help from Google Slides linked to this slideshow with tips to help you solve the higher level puzzles if you need it:

• LightBot Help Slides: http://goo.gl/EiMXyJ

4. If you complete level 3, capture the congratulations popup (which is a different color than my example below)

• Here’s my example
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3. Page 4: Crazy Tentacles

• Explore and create with Crazy Tentacles (use PRNT SCRN to capture them and crop with Snip if you need to):

• Use right-click to clear the canvas!
• Crazy Tentacles 1: http://grantkot.com/sine.html
• Crazy Tentacles 2: http://grantkot.com/tentacles.html
• Add 4-6 examples of your creations from either version and a link to your favorite version

• Here’s my example
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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 / Flaming text / Graffiti Creator
• Windmap of the United States http://hint.fm/wind/
• Map of the US http://www.onlineatlas.us/united-states-map.htm
• Lightbot: http://lightbot.com/flash.html
• LightBot Help Slides: http://goo.gl/EiMXyJ
• Crazy Tentacles 1: http://grantkot.com/sine.html
• Crazy Tentacles 2: http://grantkot.com/tentacles.html

2. f18 Notebook Bookmarks for this week (jump directly to instructions!)

• Page 1
• Page 2
• Page 3
• Page 4

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Use the Wind Map to find the windiest places in the US
• Add a transparent map overlay to a Google Drawing
• Solve more advanced Lightbot puzzles
• Explore, create and save some awesome Crazy Tentacles designs

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

1. Checkout some interesting robotics/automation gifs

• https://plus.google.com/+Industrytap/posts/ZXr3TrY9AZG

• https://plus.google.com/+Industrytap/posts/N3vkmvPLvd1

• https://plus.google.com/+Industrytap/posts/HpErUE3GGsY

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Wednesday 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 f18 example folder here)
4. Reminder: Cell Phones are not allowed to be used in this class
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

• Use the Wind Map to find the windiest places in the US
• Add a transparent map overlay to a Google Drawing
• Solve more advanced Lightbot puzzles
• Explore, create and save some awesome Crazy Tentacles designs

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

• Test your running coordination with

• QWOP: http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html (thanks to DerekE for sending me the link!)

• Use your best distance for a link symbol and link it to the site (like my example below). If you have any issues with the link being blocked, use any typing practice game from this Typing Practice Games List as an alternate warmup.

• Here’s my example for today
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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 f18 objectives to date)

• Test your coordination and coping skills with QWOP
• Explore Neon Flames and create some cool original designs
• Create 3 new artistic designs and indicate your favorite application

2. Page 5: Neon Flames

• Neon Flames: http://29a.ch/sandbox/2011/neonflames/
• Click the ‘Tweak’ button to view the control panel (red arrow below)

• Here are the 3 things you need on your page

1. A Title: Neon Flames using any of these Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
2. A link to the application: http://29a.ch/sandbox/2011/neonflames/
3. Snips of 3-5 examples using the application, and if you really like a particular example and want to remember how you made it, include the control slider settings in your Snip

• Here’s my example (open it in a new tab to see the slider options for the effects you see if you would like to try them)
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3. Page 6: Artistic Design Choice

• Create something new with each of these 3 apps, add a title for each and indicate to me which one you like best

1. Either Crazy Tentacles app:

• Crazy Tentacles 1: http://grantkot.com/sine.html
• Crazy Tentacles 2: http://grantkot.com/tentacles.html

2. Neon Flames: http://29a.ch/sandbox/2011/neonflames/
3. Weave Silk: http://weavesilk.com/

• Here’s my example
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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 / Flaming text / Graffiti Creator
• QWOP: http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html
• Typing Practice Games List
• Crazy Tentacles 1: http://grantkot.com/sine.html
• Crazy Tentacles 2: http://grantkot.com/tentacles.html
• Neon Flames: http://29a.ch/sandbox/2011/neonflames/
• Weave Silk: http://weavesilk.com/

2. f18 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

• Play QWOP 
• Create 3-5 Neon Flames designs
• Create 3 new artistic designs and indicate your favorite application

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

1. Checkout this cool gif from Google for Education 

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Thursday 18th: 7th Grade Field Trip

- 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 f18 example folder here)
4. Reminder: Cell Phones are not allowed to be used in this class
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

• Play QWOP
• Create 3-5 Neon Flames designs
• Create 3 new artistic designs and indicate your favorite application

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

• Choose your own warmup! If you can’t think of anything to do, choose any practice typing game from this list: Typing Practice Games List
• Add an image from your choice and a screenshot of the results to your warmup for today
• Here’s my example for the week using a business logo trivia quiz

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 f18 objectives to date)

• Choose your own warmup
• Explore Mr. Doob effects
• Use the Edge Browser to view 5 mouse-following creatures

2. Page 7: Mr. Doob Effects

• Open this site: https://mrdoob.com/
• Explore the effects on the homepage or any of the icons across the top banner

• Snip 4 of your favorites and add the banner across the top, like this example
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3. Page 8: Edge Creatures

• Open the Edge Browser at the bottom-left of your screen like you see in this image here

• Copy and paste this link in the URL window of Edge like this

• http://www.one-tab.com/page/xVRUI54_Q1-if7XtWBx6CQ
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• Follow these directions to view the mouse-following creatures in the list
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• Choose one of these 2 options

1. Snip each of the 5 creatures like this example:

2. Coolest option: Record a gif of your favorite creature and put it in a wall-mounted fish tank, like this:

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• If you need it again: SOM v1.4 download

- 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
• Mr. Doob Collection: https://mrdoob.com/
• Mouse following creatures list: http://www.one-tab.com/page/xVRUI54_Q1-if7XtWBx6CQ

2. f18 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

• Choose your own warmup
• Snip 4 favorite Mr. Doob effects
• Use the Edge Browser to ‘capture’ mouse-following creatures

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

1. Checkout some cool optical illusions in this site sent to me by CoreyH (thanks Corey!)

• http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/

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Friday 19th: Last day of 2nd PR Period/Earth Science Career Fair Field Trip

- 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 f18 example folder here)
4. Reminder: Cell Phones are not allowed to be used in this class
5. Friday Warmup Activity: 

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

• Choose your own warmup
• Snip 4 favorite Mr. Doob effects
• Use the Edge Browser to ‘capture’ mouse-following creatures

• 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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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. If you missed class yesterday due to the Field Trip, please complete yesterday’s assignments today!
2. 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
• 2.3r Reflections Form

2. f18 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 2.3r Reflections Form
• Complete your 2.3w Warmups and 2.3n Notebook assignments and click  TURN IN  for both of them in Google Classroom!

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

1. Checkout Google’s Frightgeist to discover which costumes are popular in which locations around the country 👻                  s

• https://frightgeist.withgoogle.com/
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