0 Finishing Your Projects

Welcome back! I hope you all had a great vacation, now it's time to finish up where we left off!  When you are done creating your prezi, you will need to copy the link to it and paste it into the document below.  Be sure to include your name before you paste the link.  Without the link, I cannot grade your project.  Be sure to test out your link to make sure it works!

Prezi Link Document ILT #1

Prezi Link Document ILT #2

Prezi Link Document ILT #4

List of Classmate Blogs

0 Creating Your Prezi on Blogging

Resources on Using Prezi

http://prezi.com

• Watch the Quick Getting Started Video Here
• Getting Started Cheat Sheet
• Frequently asked questions & problems with Prezi
• Search the entire Prezi Manual! Look through the contents to find what you need!
• Check out Great Prezi's created by people everywhere

Saving & Sharing Your Prezi

Once you are done, double-check that you have met all the requirements outlined on the rubric.  You will need to share the link to your presentation with me.  Copy and paste the link to the document below.  Use your first name and ILT # before you paste the link. 

0 Elf Your Self

educatorslife.blogspot.com

Elf Your Self - Free Version, easy to use, no password needed.  Upload from webcam

Jib Jab Website  - You MUST log in for this to work, upload from Folder My Picture--->POV
Look on board for the username & passoword.  You may ONLY use the ones that are school appropriate.

0 Blog Links

Blog Link

0 Printing From Google Docs

If you are having trouble printing from Google Docs, you may not be doing it correctly.  Check out the instructions with pictures below.

1.

2.

 Choose Open With, the default should already be Adobe Acrobat, Then click ok

 3. 

When it opens in Adobe, click the print icon again and it will print

1 Your First Blog Post

Today you will be creating your first blog post.  This post will be based on ONE of the writing prompts from the link below.  This post will be graded as a test for the 2nd term.  Please be sure to follow the BPS Blogging Guidelines when composing it. There are some helpful hints created by Mrs. White below.

Blog Prompts

Helpful Hints for Your First Blog Post

1. Be sure to “title” your doc and type your name and ILT # on the top of the page.
2. Be creative!!!!  This is an opportunity to share with your readers.  What you write and how you say it will give your readers information about you in a fun and exciting way.
3. Be sure to “Upload” images to your doc.  Do NOT just copy and paste them!!  Directions below.

     

   How to Upload Images:

 1.Right click on the image and select, “save image as.”

 2.Be sure to save it to your ILT folder in your pdrive.

 3.Be sure to give the image a name before saving.

 4.Go back to the image and left click to open it.
 5.On the right hand side of this opened page click on “Website for this image.”  This will take you to the site and you will copy this URL to paste.
 6.Go back to your doc tab, paste the URL.
          I should NEVER see an image citation start with “www.google.com!!!!
                  *Look at the icons at the top of the doc and click image one.

                  

                                  http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57344217-285/how-to-add-stock-images-to-google-docs/           

                   *Select to upload the image and browse your pdrive to find it
                   *Click select and it should appear on your doc   

              ***Don’t forget that URL!!!    

  Proofread your post using your BPS Blogging Guidelines as a tool. 
 Wait for teacher to instruct you to print this finished doc.

Use My Blogging Resources for more help

0 Thursday's Substitute Class October 25th

Hi 7th Graders, I'm especially sad I'll be missing all of you today because I think you all will have fun with today's lesson, and I won't get to see you complete it! Please do your best and follow ALL instructions below to complete today's lesson.  I will expect a great report from your substitute because I know ALL of you are fantastic students.  Please help each other if someone near you is confused.

1.
During class today, you will have the privilege of participating in a “mock” or pretend election.   Please start by watching, "The History of Voting."    

2.
The entire student population of BIS will be taking part in this "election". I believe you have been going over the election in class, and hopefully you are feeling pretty informed and are ready to vote and voice your opinions!

  Next to each of your workstations you will find a document taking you through the steps of voting.  You will also find this document below.  Please take this seriously and remember voting is a private matter.  You shouldn’t be sharing and comparing with your neighbors. Please click on this Google doc, Voting Instructions to get started.  Hint:  You may need to paste the teacher code in a couple of times if you are getting an "invalid code" message. Return to my blog when you are done.

*If you get a bad gateway error, go to the next step below, and try voting again at the end of class.* 

3. Once you are done with voting, you will start doing a little research that will ultimately end in you creating placemarks in Google Earth. First you need to choose three locations you would like to visit anywhere in the world, sky or ocean.  Or choose places you have been and loved!Think of landmarks, or seven great wonders of the world, or Disney World! Anywhere you want!
**Very Important:  There is a check-in sheet next to your computer, you MAY NOT choose any place that has  already been listed on YOUR computer's check-in sheet

4. Then, you will need to do some quick research on your location from one of the websites listed below.  You can not use Wikipedia to use facts, please use the list below. Try to find facts that are interesting to you. You need to find at least four facts for each location and put them into YOUR OWN words.  NO PLAGIARISM please. You can type into a word document using Google Docs or just hand write them on scrap paper.

List of Fact Links

5. Next, you will open up Google Earth off of your desktop.  You will be creating placemarks at your three locations.  Inside of each placemark you will type the facts you have found.  Please use correct spelling and grammar.  **If you don't know how to create a placemark, there is a paper resource by your desk and a video below that you can watch. They are very easy to create.  If you still need more help with Google Earth, just scroll down farther to Wednesday sub class for more Google Earth Links.

Link to Place Marks & Tours Video


6. When you are done creating your placemark, you MUST fill out the computer check-in sheet by your computer.  Write your name and the three locations you created placemarks at.  I will be checking these and your placemarks.  Please leave the sheet by your computer.

7.  Lastly, you can return to Google Earth and explore, or check out the link below to try out a couple games that use Google Earth technology.  These are your only options, please do not do anything else.

Ckick on the column on the right of this site to play Ships or pilot your own helicopter!
Planet IN Action

0 Wednesday 7A Substitute Class

Hello 7th Graders.  I'm sorry I will be missing you today, but I can't wait to show you some of the cool things I learn at this technology conference! Please do your best today and tomorrow for your Sub.  I left a note telling her how great your class is, please don't disappoint.

Follow ALL the steps below to complete today's class.  Tomorrow, there will be a new post for tomorrow's class and you will follow ALL of those instructions.

1. Please log into your Diigo accounts.  Check your school sites table if you don't remember the log-in.  Most likely, it is something like lastname_first name18 and your ID +00.  You can always put in your school email address and click the "forgot password" button if you need to. (Then you will have to check your email in Google Apps to reset the password.)

2.  You need to make sure you have the following websites bookmarked and TAGGED into your Diigo accounts. Ask a classmate if you don't remember how to bookmark.  Just click bookmark in the toolbar at the top of screen once logged in, then fill in box.

                          - Google Apps
                          - BIS Home Page
                          - 7th Grade Technology Blog
                          - Glogster EDU
                          - X2 Student Grade Portal
                          - Discovery Education
                          - Cool Tools for School Wiki
3. Once all sites are bookmarked and tagged, please log out of your Diigo Accounts

4. Next, you will watch video tutorials on Google Earth techniques.  Even if you think you know how to do everything, I want you to watch at LEAST five of the videos below.  They are only about 1-2 minutes long each.  When you are done watching the videos, you will apply the skills you have learned in Google Earth.  (Open Google Earth off your desktop) Links for the videos are below.  There are also Gallery links to explore when you are done with the videos. Click on a gallery you want to view, for example the Titantic, then click "view in Google Earth" on the top right, then when the box comes up, click "open in Google Earth."  There are some really cool galleries.

**Do NOT just search for your house, you need to try out different things, do a 3D tour, go on the moon, Mars, and sky etc. **

Google Earth Tutorial Videos
-Street View - Really Cool!
-3D Trees
-Searching For Places 
-Exploring Mars, Moon & Sky 
-Moon in Google Earth 
-Placemarks & Tours- What you will be doing tomorrow!

Using Google Earth Gallery **Good Info! Video Below

Using Google Flight Simulator *Fun! Video Below

Google Earth Feature Tour

Google Earth Shipwrecks

Google Earth Gallery

Are you confused?! Go back to the top of the post and read instructions more carefully please!

**Extra Credit** Send me an emailfrom your school Google Apps account at the end of class on what you learned and did today in Google Earth. Make sure you use correct email etiquette! No lowercase I's, you need a subject, greeting and signature.

Email Me at: Sweeney@mybps.me

0 RSS Feeds

Hi 7th Graders!  Have you ever heard of an RSS Feed?  Or maybe a website that says, "subscribe to my feed?  The video below will give you more insight into what an RSS Feed actually is.

[Glitterfy.com - *Glitter Words*]

0 ILT Quiz #1

Hello 7th Graders.  I hope you remembered to study or at least review your notes in preparation for your first ILT quiz today.  Your quiz is below.  Please make sure you type your name and click submit at the end.
When you are finished, first take the survey here that was created by the school.  PLEASE answer respectfully & honestly. When you are done with the survey, please quietly explore Google Earth while you wait for your classmates to finish.  Put your green stick up so I know you are done.

0 Wikis

Do you know what a wiki is?  If you think about it, I'm sure you can come up with at least one example of a wiki.  What are the characteristics?  Please start by watching the video below to get a better idea.

Please log in to your Google Apps Account

7A & 7D take both of the links below
Wiki Resources
Wiki Tool Outline Assignment
Wiki 3-2-1

Create a new Document

0 Creating Your New Diigo Account

Do you remember Diigo from last year?  It is one of my FAVORITE resources! In case you need a refresher, please watch the video below.

Last year your Diigo accounts belonged to your teacher because you were under 13.  Now that you are in 7th grade you can have your own accounts using your Google email address.  Please follow the steps on here if you get lost.

1. Go to Diigo.com

2. Click on Join Diigo in the top right corner

3. Please make your username and password the following:

lastname_firstname18

School ID +00

**If your name is to long to be a user name, you will need to figure out a way to shorten it, but still remember it easily.

4. The email address you will use is your school Google one. lastname_firstname18@mybps.me

5. You need to type the weird words at the bottom in to prove you aren't a robot

6. Enter your Diigo account information into your school sites table and have it checked by me.

7. Log-in to your Google account and activate Diigo by taking the link in the email from them.

8. Bookmark and tag the sites in your school sites table

9. Bookmark and tag any other sites you love!

10. Do NOT forget to log out of Diigo

Great Work! I hope you eventually use and love Diigo as much as I do!

**For 7D only** 

**Teacher Email Document

0 Google Apps

7th Grade Introduction to Google Apps

Please start by watching the video, "How Google Saved a School" below

0 Digital Life Video

0 Link to my Page BIS

Link to Creativity Sites

With permission, you may visit the link below to check out some cool sites!

http://barnstable.schoolwires.net/Page/413

0 Word Clouds

Welcome to my 7th Grade Blog! You will be visiting often for links and useful information
 Today we will be creating a Word Cloud that describes you and things you are passionate about! When you are done creating it, you will print it and mount it to construction paper.  This word cloud should help myself and your classmates learn more about you!


ABCYA Word Clouds

Wordle Word Clouds

7C, you may use Google translate if you need it   http://translate.google.com/

0 Survey

Please take this link to a survey
Answer honestly please.  It is anonymous.

0 If You Complete Your Digital Story....

You spoke and we listened!  We decided to have all students create a second blog for school work.  You will be encouraged to continue blogging about your passions on your original blog.  Please remember this is connected to a school account, you BPS Blogging and Commenting Guidelines should be followed.  You should also be sure the content is school appropriate!  

You will need to go to your Blogger Dashboard and “create a new blog”.  The new interface looks a little bit different, but if you look around you will be able to find this orange tab.  Please name your school blog in the following manner:

         This example would be if I were a student creating a blog:

                  Name of Blog:   Caitlyn’s School Blog

                      URL:   caitlynsschoolblog(.blogspot.com)

**You may need to add the first initial of your last name or a symbol if you have a common first name.  You will know as the new interface will tell you automatically if that URL is not available.*

You will need to choose a template which allows you to make multiple pages easily.

You can now work on the design of your blog.  Please be sure to create the following pages:

1. Home (this will be automatically created and the only page on which you can create a “real post”  I would like you to create a post telling your new teachers a little bit about you. You may want to include your strengths and weaknesses in school, likes and dislikes, etc...
2. English
3. Math
4. Science
5. Social Studies
6. Technology

**You may delete the Technology page from your other blog.  You could put your podcast post on your new blog if you’d like.

You may play around with design, colors, widgets, etc....

Be sure to “Apply” and “Save” as you go!!

1 Creating Your Digital Story

This week you will take your "storyboard," images and music and create your digital story using Photostory3 or Windows Movie Maker.

You will start by watching some tutorials on Atomic Learning to figure out which program you would like to use.

Remember Atomic Learning as a resource if you ever need help using the program you choose. 

 Atomic Learning Photostory 3  (username & password on board) 
Atomic Learning Windows Movie Maker

Music Sites & Download Instructions

How to Download Music for Digital Story

Music Sites

Community Audio

http://archive.org/details/opensource_audio

Freeplay Music

http://freeplaymusic.com/

Instructions on creating a background photo in Photostory for your URLS
http://www.screencast.com/t/0ZtnOqtaHaC

0 Finding Music & Finishing Blogs

As you are working today, please take a moment to copy & paste the link to your blog to the correct document below. I need a working link in order to grade your blogs.


ILT 1 Blog Link Doc

ILT 2 Blog Link Doc


ILT 3 Blog Link Doc

ILT 4 Blog Link Doc

Please watch this video below:

How to Download Music for Digital Story

Music Sites

Community Audio

http://archive.org/details/opensource_audio

Freeplay Music

http://freeplaymusic.com/

Creative Commons Audio

http://creativecommons.org/audio/

If you are using music from home, you must bring it in to school on a CD or a flash drive.  It must be a song you have legally obtained.  You may not bring in music you have downloaded from Limewire or other similar sites.
You MUST have your music in school next week!  There will be no exceptions.

Open Source Music Sites

http://musopen.org/

http://www.publicdomain4u.com/

http://www.soundjay.com/

http://www.soungle.com/

http://freeplaymusic.com/

http://www.podsafeaudio.com/ 

https://magnatune.com/today/ 

http://www.jamglue.com/ 

http://ccmixter.org/

Digital Story Resources

You will use both classes this week to locate images for your digital story & record their URLs, please use the resources below as well as advanced search in Google to help you locate images.

http://compfight.com/

http://www.flickr.com/

Nettrekker also has a great source of clipart links. They are listed below;

• AICT Art & Architecture Images
• FreeFoto.com
• Interesting.com: History Images
• Library of Congress: American Memory
• NASA JSC Digital Image Collection
• Pics4Learning
• Purdue: Clip Art for Language Instruction

Copyright-Free and Friendly Clip Art:

• Barry's Clipart Server

Please take the survey below.  It should only take a few minutes and it is completely anonymous.  Please be honest, your feedback is really important to me.


Student Feedback Survey

Surveys are a useful way to gather information, analyze it, and use it to make a change for the better.  You can also use surveys to see what is popular. We are going to create a survey as a class using a shared form.  When I ask you to, you will take the link that belongs to your class, and type in a question with responses.You may also edit a question that is already on the form if you think it is needed.

When we get back from vacation, we will take a survey belonging to another 7th grade class.

ILT #1Survey
ILT #2 Survey
ILT #3 Survey
ILT #4 Survey


--->  This week you will check out Pamela Fox’s blog post, “Creating a Wordsearch Using Google Spreadsheet.” First you will need to brainstorm 15 words about a particular subject. It can be anything appropriate for school, but does not have to be school related. Once you have created your list of words, you will follow the instructions at the link above. Read carefully and think before asking questions. If you are using your effective effort strategies, you should be able to do this on your own. I will give you a couple of hints below:

Hint #1: Be sure to name your spreadsheet when you create it.
Hint #2: What is a URL and where do you find it?
**You actually can skip this step; as there is a gadget for wordsearches now.**
Hint #3: You may need to enlarge or expand your wordsearch by
grabbing a corner and dragging so you can see it all.

0 Sharing Folders

Please take the link below to see the email addresses of your teachers. You will need to share the collection folders you made in Google Docs with the correct teacher.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-KzD6jkHveyfaHXm-Bf5ciCLFcpV_4kt5RnOQv2CWBA/edit

0 Spreadsheets

You will be taking the, “School Spreadsheet Safari” using this link.  You will need to explore the definition, vocabulary, basics, and puzzle tabs of this site.  Once you have gone through those four areas, you will take the quiz.  You will end class by completing a diagram of a spreadsheet using your Google doc (spreadsheets) as a resource.  Spreadsheets are used in many different occupations.  This will be a good introduction to the world of spreadsheets.

0 Substitute Class Friday

Hi everyone,

I'm sorry I am missing you today, but I know you will all be VERY productive and well behaved.  Please follow ALL the directions below so you understand what to do today.

1.  I would like to grade your blog and podcast this weekend.  Please log in to your blog, and make sure you have the following. 

**Thiago and Kathy please just check your email from me first before starting

1. A school/ILT page with your podcast and a short paragraph on podcasting
2. Three posts on your choice of subjects with correct spelling and grammar
3. Make sure you have AT LEAST one image with a link where it came from


 When you are done, please send me an email at sweeney@mybps.me letting me know you fixed everything and your blog is ready to grade.

2. You will spend the remaining time doing a little research for your team.  Create a new Google Doc tiltled 7C/7D/7A iPad esearch, then MAKE SURE you share this document with me by dragging and dropping it into your ILT collections folder. Use the links below to find information or activities that you could use in class with the iPads.  This is just general facts in your document. SUMMARIZE the article.  Please make sure you DON"T copy and please read everything! You need to create a document with at least 10 things you could use for your team.  This document could help you get to use the iPads in class, because I know all of you will come up with GREAT ideas!

Here are your links; (You can always search in Google for your own stuff)

iPad Live Binder - a collection of web resources about iPads in the classroom.

Putting the iPad to work in the elementary classroom.

iPads in Special Education.

Digital Administrator - Breaking Ground in Special Education.

Apps for Children with special needs.

The iPad as....  This a rich site full of ways to use ipads and the apps that help you do it.

Beyond the Classrooms with iPads

A document created by Mrs. White with links

Good Luck!  Everyone that I receive documents and emails from will be rewarded on Tuesday

0 BIS Pop Culture Survey

The Yearbook Committee created the following survey.
BIS Pop Culture Survey.

Be honest with you answers and work independently. You will see the results in this year's yearbook.

0 Uploading Podcasts

Test Podcast

Today, you will upload your edited podcast to each of your blogs.  Ultimately, your podcast will show up on your blog like my message appears below.

Upload MP3s using free MP3 hosting from Tindeck.

Please follow these steps:

1. Create an account at Tindeck.com use your school Gmail account to register.  Use your ID number as a password so it's easy to remember.
2. Add your Tindeck account info to your school sites table located in your Google Docs
3.  Save your podcast in Soundbooth as an MP3.  (Go to file-->Save As and title it finished podcast.  Change the format to MPS)
4. Whichever partner saves the podcast, will need to email it as an attachment to the other partner. 
5. The partner will open the attachment and download and save as to P-Drive
6. Once both of you have the podcast you will need to upload it to your Tindeck account.
7. Give it a title, choose your sharing options and save.
8. Scroll to the bottom and copy the code for the player
9. You will then create a blog post under your technology page where you will paste in the embed code for your player.

I will walk you through all of this, but you can always check back here if you miss a step!

0 Copyright, Plagiarism and Fair Use

Today we will continue recording your interviews using either Audacity, Soundbooth or Garageband. If you are not recording, please be respectful of your classmates and silently view the Copyright, Plagiarism and Fair Use presentation below.  Be sure to take all links and read the definitions, PLEASE take your time with this so you can excel with the quix at the end!

Link to Presentation and Quiz

If you should finish the presentation and quiz, and you are waiting to record, your options are below;

1. Create a Google Doodle! Google's Doodle contest is going on now! Take this link for more information, if it's something you want to try, paper, markers and colored pencils are available in the front of the room.

2. Clean out your gmail account.  If you are receiving unwanted emails, like from OfficeMax, scroll to the bottom of the email and click unsubscribe, then follow the directions.

3. Go to Google Reader and read some of the blogs that you subscribed to, maybe it will give you ideas for your own post.

4. Check out your blog, is there anything you would like to fix?  Double check your grammar, spelling and blog layout.  Want to do another post?  Go for it, but write it in Google Docs and share with me or a classmate to have it proofread first.

0 BYOD?

Do you know what BYOD stands for?  By the end of class today you will. For the next few weeks, you will be working with a partner to create an interview podcast either supporting or opposing BYOD.

Let's start class today by watching this interesting video from CNN

I would like you to check out the two articles below taking different positions on BYOD
“BYOD Worst Idea of the 21st Century" 
“The Open Classroom: Bring Your Own Device.” 

Before you start developing your interview questions, take a look at the resources below
Creating good Interview Questions
Lots of articles in one place on BYOD
Recording from ED tech Talk, has a few people talking about BYOD, similar to an interview
Chip Chase's Diigo List of BYOD resources

0 Comments

Hello, I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend! Before we head into our next topic of Podcasting, I would like to spend today's class reviewing comments, and give you all a chance to comment on a classmate's blog. Let's start by watching the video below, "Manage Comments on your Blog," from Blogger Help

Next, we will go into the comment settings as a class, check and make changes.  Once we have our settings, please take the link below to a shared document I created.  Here you will post your first name, last initial and the link to your blog.
Miss Sweeney's Student Blog Doc  (You will take a link from this doc to leave comments on a classmate's blog)


Before you start commenting, please take a look at this blog post below for some sentence starter ideas.
Leaving a Comment on Someone's Blog

0 Blog Creation & First Post

netwitsthinktank.com

 After all the work you have been doing, creating blog guidelines, commenting guidelines, your first post, it must be a relief to know you are finally creating your blogs. Please follow the checklist below to accomplish your goals for the week. If I have not approved something for you to publish, open a new tab, go to your blog and work on the design and widgets while you are waiting for me to check your work on the other tab. There are links and resources below the checklist, please use them and ask a neighbor if you need help. Hang on to your checklist, check each goal off when it has been completed and turn it into me at the end of your second class this week.  Good luck, I can't wait to see all of your blogs!

Blogging Checklist for January 3rd - January 6th

Blog Widgets & Gadgets

Widgipedia - Huge widget gallery

Cluster Maps - See where people are viewing your blog from around the world 

Voki
Video on adding a Voki to your blog. (Student created)
**You do not need an account unless you want to save**

Google Translate - Add a translater widget to translate your blog into any language for world-wide reading.

Google Gadgets for your Blog - HUGE selection of gadgets!

More Blog Resources 

Google Reader Resources