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Monday 29th:

Tuesday 30th:

Wednesday 31st 🎃:

Thursday Nov 1st:

Friday 2nd: ⏳ Last Day of the 2nd Grading Period!

Monday 29th:

- 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: 2.4r Reflections Form
• This is the last week of the 2nd Grading Period, so make sure you get everything turned in this week in all of your classes to get the best possible grades!

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

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

• Try either of these Mobile (smaller) versions of 2048: http://www.kenkenpuzzle.com/2048# or  https://gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048/ 

• The demo gif below is from the larger desktop version, but the game is played the same way:

• Use the image below as your link symbol and link it to the game you played

• Here’s my example warmup

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)

• Double your math skills with 2048
• Familiarize yourself with this week’s events by collecting screenshots from our school website
• Create several different Graffiti designs

2. Page 1: Week 12 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 12 using any of these Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
2. A Snip of the Week 12 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 Friday 16th November 2018 (just copy/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: Graffiti Creator

• Open Graffiti Creator  http://www.graffiticreator.net/
• Explore the site to see how it works and create 3 different style phrases to add to your page (using the word ‘Holiday’ or your name for example). This site can be a little glitchy, so be patient and if one option doesn’t work well, try another or change styles.
• Here’s my numbered example with what you’ll need on your page

1. The logo from the top of the page at Graffiti Creator  http://www.graffiticreator.net/
2. A Snip of November from the 2018-19 BISD School Calendar
3. At least 3 examples of  Graffiti creations using the word ‘Holiday’ (you can make some with your name also) snipped to your page

- 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
• 2048: https://gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048/ or http://www.kenkenpuzzle.com/2048#
• Graffiti Creator  http://www.graffiticreator.net/

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

• Page 1
• Page 2

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Play 2048 to grow your brain :)

• Capture this week’s events by collecting screenshots from our school website
• Create at least 3 different Graffiti designs and Nov from the BISD School Calendar

- Part 4) Through?  (click to comment)

1. Checkout these modern moveable apartments which are designed to plug into and out of frames located in different cities, so your home can move with you when you change locations

• http://www.fastcoexist.com/3051862/moving-you-can-take-this-tiny-cheap-smart-apartment-with-you-wherever-you-go#1
• https://kasita.com/
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Tuesday 30th:

- 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 2048 to grow your brain :)
• Capture this week’s events by collecting screenshots from our school website
• Create at least 3 different Graffiti designs and Nov from the BISD School Calendar

• Here’s our Pep Rally Bell Schedule for today:

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

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• Use the symbol above linked to today’s forecast with strong thunderstorms, lots of rain and a cooler weather change starting tomorrow around noon: http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=78602

• Find the hidden objects in this rainy day search image (open the image in a new tab for a larger view to Snip!)
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• 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)

• Practice your hidden object finding skills
• Explore a new web design site called Canva
• Create a variety of cool AI-generated art effects with the Deep Dream Generator

2. Page 3: Explore Canva Designs

• Canva: https://www.canva.com (click on Education)

• After you finishing playing with the background (which is fun!), capture a swirl that you like with PRINT SCRN, and then sign in with Google to create your account

• Here’s what goes on your page

1. Paste your PRINT SCRN of the homepage as you swirl around and crop it on your page.
2. Add an arrow pointing to ‘Sign up with Google’ (I used the explore options to find mine)

3. Snip 3 or more interesting designs to your page (by clicking ‘Get Design Inspiration’ - green arrow - and browsing). You should see your account in the top left corner of the window (red arrow)

• Here’s my example
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3. Page 4: Deep Dream Generator (...one of my favorite apps ever!)

• Create an account by signing in with Google (image below) at Deep Dreams Generator: https://deepdreamgenerator.com/sign-up and explore some of the amazing creations there

• Here are the 3 different Deep Dream Tools

• Here’s an example merge using 2 different images by someone else on the site
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• ...and here’s an example of all 3 tools which I made this morning using the cat and bluebonnets photos

• Search Google Images for an image to experiment with, like this turkey for example, and save it to your desktop. Then watch the video clip to see how to use AI to merge it with another image or artwork style!

• Video help with Deep Dream Generator: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11UuC92tqiGToWrwxrAysqU9NMkLDKqRV/view

• Deep Dreams Generator: https://deepdreamgenerator.com
• Search Google for an image to experiment with
• Create 4 example Dreams and Snip your collection to your page (you can start several new dreams processing at once… you don’t have to wait for processing of your first image to finish) 
• The dreams could take a while to process, so check back later to Snip them to your page.
• If you’re having problems creating your account or your designs, Snip 4 examples made by someone else using this Google Search!

• Click on My Deep Dreams and Snip your account page with your 4 examples to your notebook 

• Here are 2 of my example collections of 4 or more Dreams (using different accounts)

4. Review Assembly Expectations:

• Please follow these guidelines so we can have more fun assemblies in the future!

- 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
• Hidden Object Search
• Canva: https://www.canva.com
• Deep Dream Generator: https://deepdreamgenerator.com/

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

• Page 1
• Page 2
• Page 3
• Page 4

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Practice your hidden object finding skills  
• Capture at least 3 ideas from a new web design site called Canva
• Create 4 AI-generated art effects with the Google Deep Dreams Generator

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

1. Checkout this cool GIF created in support of Paris after a terrorist attack which brought a lot of people together in support… something good resulting from a tragic event

• https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*m7aWlT3cWgb6JTJKmeXJpg.gif

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Wednesday 31st 🎃:

- 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

• Practice your hidden object finding skills  
• Capture at least 3 ideas from a new web design site called Canva
• Create 4 AI-generated art effects with the Google Deep Dreams Generator

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Play this 2016 Halloween Doodle Game: 

• https://www.google.com/doodles/halloween-2016
• Use this for your image symbol:
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• Here’s my example: Challenge: can you add a spooky gif background?
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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)

• Play a fun Halloween Doodle game from 2016
• Complete the Canva Beginners Tutorial, to learn how to use the application
• Capture your favorite Halloween Doodles

2. Page 5: Canva Beginners Tutorial

• Logon (using Sign in with Google) to your account at Canva: https://www.canva.com/
• Important Note: we will only use the free options or watermarked pay versions (which are also free) of this program in this class… there are never any charges for anything!!!
• Complete the Beginners Challenge Tutorial: https://www.canva.com/learn/tutorials/beginners-challenge/

• Click ‘Start Tutorial’

• Follow the built-in directions to complete the tutorial
• Here’s how to do the first step of the challenge

• Here’s how to use the Canva Search Window and Tabs for the other parts of the tutorial. You may see 2 different versions in Canva, so here are gifs of both:

• Version 1:
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• Version 2:
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• Here are the 3 things you need on your page

1. A title: Canva using Graffiti Creator: http://www.graffiticreator.net/
2. Snips of steps 2 and 4 of the tutorial (so I can see what hat and fruit you chose)
3. Your completed tutorial congratulations screen

• Here’s my example (challenge: can you write your Graffiti title across your congratulations screen with a transparent background?)
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3. Page 6: Halloween Doodles

• Add your 4 favorites and the years they were posted in each of the 4 sections of your page using this Halloween Doodles search
• Add a spooky font title: Halloween Doodles
• Here’s my example (mine has been shaded to prevent copying):
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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
• 2016 Halloween Doodle Game: https://www.google.com/doodles/halloween-2016
• Canva: https://www.canva.com/
• Beginners Challenge Tutorial: https://www.canva.com/learn/tutorials/beginners-challenge/
• Halloween Doodles search

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 a fun Halloween Doodle game from 2016 
• Complete the Canva Beginners Tutorial
• Capture 4 favorite Halloween Doodles

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

1. Checkout the information from Google on this year’s first ever multiplayer Halloween Doodle which we’ll play for tomorrow’s warmup

• https://www.google.com/doodles/halloween-2018 

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Thursday Nov 1st:

- 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 a fun Halloween Doodle game from 2016
• Complete the Canva Beginners Tutorial
• Capture 4 favorite Halloween Doodles

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

• Play this 2018 Halloween Doodle Game: 

•  https://www.google.com/doodles/halloween-2018 
• Use this for your image symbol:
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• Challenge: add something fun to your warmup for today, like this example with a drifting clouds gif background and mini-ghoul gifs:

• Here’s my completed warmups example file for this week:
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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)

• Play this year’s fun Halloween Doodle game
• Continue exploring the Deep Dream Generator
• Create a fun end of the grading period page showing our progress through this semester and this year

2. Page 7: Revisit Deep Dream Generator

• Check to see if any of your dreams have fully developed at Deep Dreams Generator: https://deepdreamgenerator.com
• Capture 4 new examples for your page using any combination of Dreams that you create or someone else has created that you like

• If you haven’t created your account yet, click here for the instructions again (from Tuesday of this week)
• Video help with Deep Dream Generator: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11UuC92tqiGToWrwxrAysqU9NMkLDKqRV/view

• Here’s my example with new dreams using the front entrance of BMS
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3. Page 8: Fun 'The End' Page

• Create your own fun end of the grading period page showing our progress through this semester and this year
• If you have problems searching for images, try the explore tool that’s built into Google Slides

• Here’s how to use the explore tool
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• Here’s my example:

- 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
• 2018 Halloween Doodle Game: https://www.google.com/doodles/halloween-2018
• Deep Dreams Generator: https://deepdreamgenerator.com
• Video help with Deep Dream Generator: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11UuC92tqiGToWrwxrAysqU9NMkLDKqRV/view

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

• Play this year’s fun Halloween Doodle game  
• Create or capture 4 new examples with the Deep Dream Generator
• Create a fun end of the grading period page showing our progress through this semester and this year

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

1. Checkout this magnetic gif… it attracts your attention!

• https://plus.google.com/u/0/+DanBoger/posts/Gm1pdxGfbA4
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Friday 2nd: ⏳ Last Day of the 2nd Grading Period!

- 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

• Play this year’s fun Halloween Doodle game  
• Create or capture 4 new examples with the Deep Dream Generator
• Create a fun end of the grading period page showing our progress through this semester and this year

• 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. 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
• 2.5r 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 2.5r Reflections Form
• Complete your 2.5w Warmups and 2.5n Notebook assignments and click  TURN IN  for both of them in Google Classroom!

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

1. Checkout our forecast for the weekend

• https://www.wunderground.com/forecast/us/tx/bastrop/78602?cm_ven=localwx_10day
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• Only 2 more weeks until…
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