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Monday 25th

- 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: 5.4r Reflections Form

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

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• For today’s warmup, use this site Pixlr: https://pixlr.com/editor/
• Here’s how to open it (below). If you have trouble opening Pixlr, use Sumopaint instead: https://sumopaint.com/paint/

• Open the image below (which comes from this cool site)  in a new tab and drag it to your desktop

• Open the image from your desktop with Pixlr, and use the fill bucket to fill in the colors. If it’s helpful to you, use ColorZilla to pick good colors from the image below

• Video Help with Pixlr Color Fill: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxVuH-KD_XBfV3RhQ0pGeGw3RGs
• Use the symbol below and link it to Pixlr: https://pixlr.com/editor/

• 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 s19 objectives to date)

• Introduce the Pixlr application and use it in a color-fill activity

• Capture previews of this week’s important events

• Explore some Texas Wildflower resources
• Create (or use an example of) a Wildflowers Letter Mask

2. Please bookmark the following 3 files for this week: 5.5p, 5.5w, 5.5n

3. Page 1: Week 11 Events

• Open your 5.5n Notebook for week 11 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

• Try adding a fun background and a gif of your own like my example
• Here’s my completed example page 1 (our Good Friday holiday is on Apr 19th)

4. Page 2: Texas Wildflowers Mask (review letters mask)

• Decorate your title page with images of our current wildflowers blooming season
• Here’s a Wildflowers letter mask demo

• Video help of how to create a basic letters mask: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxVuH-KD_XBfWnQyS05nNEJhZ2s/view
• Link to Sumopaint: http://www.sumopaint.com/paint (sign-in to Sumopaint with your Google Account first or you won’t be able to save your mask to your desktop, then remember to use the magic wand tool to cut out your letters)
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• Here are some example masks which I made for this project (but please make your own!)

• Here’s what you need on your page

1. A Title: Wildflowers (using a letters mask if possible)
2. Your choice of an  image of the Texas Flag (search Google)
3. 4 images of Texas Wildflowers (Red, White, Blue, and a combination). Here are two great source to find your images:

• http://www.texaswildflowerpictures.com/wf_index.htm
• http://www.wildflower.org/whatsinseason/

- 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
• Pixlr: https://pixlr.com/editor/
• Video Help with Pixlr Color Fill: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxVuH-KD_XBfV3RhQ0pGeGw3RGs
• Sumopaint: http://www.sumopaint.com/paint
• Video help of how to create a basic letters mask: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxVuH-KD_XBfWnQyS05nNEJhZ2s/view
• Images of Texas Wildflowers

• http://www.texaswildflowerpictures.com/wf_index.htm
• http://www.wildflower.org/whatsinseason/

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

• Page 1
• Page 2

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Use the Pixlr application for a color-fill activity
• Capture previews of this week’s important events
• Explore some Texas Wildflower resources
• Create (or use an example of) a Wildflowers Letter Mask

- Part 4) Through?  (click to comment)

1. Checkout the recently launched (2018) World’s Largest Cruise Ship (and the 127 photo slideshow from around the ship)

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2018/03/24/royal-caribbean-symphony-seas-cruise-first-look/449661002/
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Tuesday 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 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

• Use the Pixlr application for a color-fill activity
• Capture previews of this week’s important events
• Explore some Texas Wildflower resources
• Create (or use an example of) a Wildflowers Letter Mask

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Find all of the objects in this hidden object search (click here for a larger view to Snip)

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• Search Google Images for some cool looking colored Easter Eggs to add as your linked symbol (linked to the image URL)
• Challenge: Can you make your image egg shaped and add a border around it?

• 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 s19 objectives to date)

• Refine your hidden object search capabilities
• Review angles using a geometric coding activity called ‘The Artist’
• Explore some Scratch Premade programs and Snip or record a favorite

2. Page 3: Coding -  The Artist

• Move as far as you can through this artistic coding activity: https://studio.code.org/s/artist
• Make sure you click Sign In and then ‘Sign in with Google Account’ to save your work!

• Here’s help with how program with this app to complete stage 1:

• Read the hints in the box at the top of each stage to see how to properly code the stage!
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• Here are the 2 things you need on your page:

1. Complete the Artist Stages (at least through level 6) and Snip your highest level to your notebook page.
2. Add a title: The Artist in using your favorite of these: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text 

• Here’s my example
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3. Page 4: Scratch Premade programs

• Use this list to explore some fun Scratch Program Recommendations which use the same types of computer code blocks that you’ve explored at code.org

• https://goo.gl/qP5ayt

• Add these 3 things to your page

1. A title: Scratch using any of these Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text 
2. A Snip of the program recommendations list
3. A Snip of one of your favorites, or better yet, record a 5-10 second gif of one of your favorites as it plays with SOM (Install SOM if you need to)

• 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 / Flaming text / Graffiti Creator
• Hidden object search
• The Artist coding activity: https://studio.code.org/s/artist
• Scratch Premade Programs List
• Install SOM

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

• Page 1
• Page 2
• Page 3
• Page 4

3. Tasks Checklist for today

• Complete a hidden object search  
• Complete through at least level 6 of the coding activity called ‘The Artist’
• Snip or record a favorite Scratch Premade program

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

1. Checkout this cool recent doodle (from Mar 21st) celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach

• https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-johann-sebastian-bach
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Wednesday 27th

- 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 hidden object search  
• Complete through at least level 6 of the coding activity called ‘The Artist’
• Snip or record a favorite Scratch Premade program

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Add an image of your favorite candy or candy bar and a link to where you found your image (here’s my example… I like these but please find your own!)

• Then complete this wordsearch with words in any direction, including backwards (click here for a larger view to Snip)

Here’s a blurred solution hint to give you an idea where to look if you need it!

• Here’s my example warmup

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)

• Practice your word search capabilities
• Create your own geoGreeting and and snip or record a gif of it
• Create your own custom QR codes
• Save links to bar code scanners for your phone (Android & iPhone versions)

2. Page 5: geoGreetings

• Create a geoGreeting at this site: http://www.geogreeting.com/main.html#
• Snip your geoGreeting (or better yet, record a gif of it as it plays using Screencast-O-Matic). Install SOM if you need to.
• Add these 3 things to your page

1. The geoGreeting logo
2. A snip of your message or gif of it playing (click Preview for your recording)
3. A link to your geoGreeting (here’s where you get your link)

• Here’s my example from a past Spring Semester (but please make a different message of your own!):
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3. Page 6: Creating QR codes

• What’s a QR (or Quick Response) code? Find out here: http://www.whatisaqrcode.co.uk/

Here’s a quote from the site: “a standard 1D Barcode (UPC/EAN) stores up to 30 numbers, a QR Barcode can store up to a massive 7,089! It is this massive amount of data that enables links to such things as videos, Facebook or Twitter pages or a plethora of other website pages.”

• Create 2 custom QR codes (like the example for the weather forecast at the bottom of today’s blog entry) and if you have a bar code scanner on your phone, try them to see if they work!
• Here are 2 sites for creating QR codes (the custom site is the coolest)

• Regular QRstuff: http://www.qrstuff.com/index.html
• Custom QR Code Monkey: https://www.qrcode-monkey.com/#url

• Here are the URLs you need to create your QR codes and video help files for each to show you how to make them:

1. Make a QR code of a geoGreeting

• Video help with QRstuff: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxVuH-KD_XBfbE96RUhjTFA4bGM

• QRstuff: http://www.qrstuff.com/index.html
• geoGreeting site: http://www.geogreeting.com/
• geoGreeting link: http://www.geogreeting.com/view.html?yrkFoUkUqBokDUDrEBCnkIa

2. Make a QR code of our campus website

• Here’s the URL for our BMS website: https://www.bisdtx.org/bms
• Custom QR Code Monkey: https://www.qrcode-monkey.com/#url
• Video help with QR Code Monkey:  (the site has changed slightly since I recorded this) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EwyYgeRUoCQGc9daMldW2YcJTLztpCO7/view
• You may use this same paw that I used or use your own image

• Here’s my example

• Add these 4 things to your page

1. A title: Wednesday  using Fonts links: Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text
2. A QR code for a geoGreeting, the geoGreeting logo and a link to the geoGreeting site (http://geogreeting.com/main.html#)
3. A QR code for the BMS website (https://www.bisdtx.org/bms) with the site title and a link to the site
4. Add these 2 links for free Bar Code scanners to add to a phone to the notes section of your page

• Android (I use this one):  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android&hl=en
• iPhone (I haven’t tested this!): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scanlife-barcode-qr-reader/id285324287?mt=8

• Here’s an example page (the Demo words are there to prevent copying… you don’t need them on yours!)

- 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
• Candy Bar Word Search and blurred solution hint
• geoGreeting: http://www.geogreeting.com/main.html#
• Install SOM if you need to
• Regular QRstuff: http://www.qrstuff.com/index.html
• Video help with QRstuff: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxVuH-KD_XBfbE96RUhjTFA4bGM
• Custom QR Code Monkey: https://www.qrcode-monkey.com/#url
• Video help with QR Code Monkey:   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EwyYgeRUoCQGc9daMldW2YcJTLztpCO7/view
• BMS website: https://www.bisdtx.org/bms
• Free Bar Code scanners for your phone

• Android (I use this one):  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android&hl=en
• iPhone (I haven’t tested this!): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scanlife-barcode-qr-reader/id285324287?mt=8

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

• Solve a word search puzzle  
• Create your own geoGreeting and and snip or record a gif of it
• Create 2 custom QR codes
• Save links to bar code scanners for your phone (Android & iPhone versions)

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

1. Checkout some fun events in our area this Spring 😎

• https://freefuninaustin.com/prepare-your-kites-abc-kite-fest-celebrates-its-90th-year-this-sunday/
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Thursday 28th

- 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

• Solve a word search puzzle  
• Create your own geoGreeting and and snip or record a gif of it
• Create 2 custom QR codes
• Save links to bar code scanners for your phone (Android & iPhone versions)

• Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/h
• Search Google for an animated cat gif that you like to add to your warmup and link it to where you found it. Here’s my example, but please find a different one of your own!

• Complete this cat maze for your warmup. 

• Click here and maximize your browser window for a larger view to Snip
• Use the Snip pen tool to work through the maze. Choose ‘Customize’ for different color options like this

• Change colors often while working through the maze in case you have to ‘backup’ a little!
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• Here’s my example warmup for today:
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• ...and for the entire 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 s19 objectives to date)

• Practice solving a maze
• Go virtual Earbud/Headphone Shopping and capture top quality and budget priced examples to share
• Review Google Earthviews

2. Page 7: Earbud/Headphone Virtual Tech Shopping

• We’re going to make a page with the coolest and best budget-priced versions of each. Here’s what you’ll need on your page (search Google to find your examples)

1. Coolest or best quality headphones (in your opinion) and a link to where to learn more about them (example search)
2. Best budget-priced headphones and a link to where to learn more about them (example search)
3. Coolest or best quality earbuds (in your opinion) and a link to where to learn more about them (example search)
4. Best budget-priced earbuds and a link to where to learn more about them (example search)
5. Graphics for budget and best (search Google Images)

• Here’s my example
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3. Page 8: Review Google Earthviews

• Add a title: Earthviews using a favorite font from Wordart Collection / Gzaas / Flaming text 
• Snip 4 interesting Earthviews from: https://earthview.withgoogle.com/ or from this collection of favorite earthviews
• Here’s my example:
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4. Grid view of completed notebook for this week:

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• Here’s how you select ‘Grid view’ in case you would ever like to use it:
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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
• Google Earthviews
• Collection of favorite earthviews

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

• Complete the Cat Maze  
• Go virtual Earbud/Headphone Shopping and capture top quality and budget priced examples to share
• Collect 4 Google Earthviews which are interesting to you

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

1. Checkout this very creative large gif

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Friday 29th

- 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

• Complete the Cat Maze  
• Go virtual Earbud/Headphone Shopping and capture top quality and budget priced examples to share
• Collect 4 Google Earthviews which are interesting to you

• 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
• 5.5r Reflections Form

• 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 5.5r Reflections Form
• Complete your 5.5w Warmups and 5.5n Notebook assignments and click  TURN IN  for both of them in Google Classroom!

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

1. Checkout tomorrow’s Turkey Neck Soup Day Holiday 🦃

• http://holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/March/turkey-neck-soup-day.htm
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