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Week 4: Week of November 26, 2012: Blabberize, Voki and GoAnimate, Oh My!
Friday, 11/30/12:
1. You are behind schedule if you did not finish the Blabberize, Voki, and GoAnimate questions and submit them either Tuesday or Wednesday. Since I
made clear on Wednesday (see below) that this was due, you will be losing points for each day that it take you to get it turned in. It would be advisable
to get this completed as soon as possible.
2. So far, only TWO students have submitted the Blabberize project (see items #3 & #4 from Tuesday). Do your best to get this completed by the end
of class today. If you do not, please plan to work on it for homework over the weekend.
3. If you have finished everything, you may work on Extra Credit for either Science or Technology class. Check out the "In the News" page and the "Extra
Credit Form".
Thursday, 11/29/12:
Finish "Favorite Book or Band" Presentations!!!
Wednesday, 11/28/12:
1. I noticed that only 10 people completed the questions yesterday and submitted them using the "Online Answer Sheet for Assignments". You MUST
complete this task TODAY!
2. After completing step #2 from yesterday (the questions in orange below), continue on with steps #3 & #4 from yesterday. Do not waste time! Work hard
and give your best effort!
Tuesday, 11/27/12:
1. Take a tour of each of the tools listed in this week's header; blabberize, voki and goanimate. Click on the name of each tool above to open that tool in a
new tab. Read about and explore all three of these tools.
2. Using the "Online Answer Sheet for Assignments", answer the following questions.
Q1: Describe "Blabberize". What is it designed to do?
Q2: What are the "Pros" & "Cons" of "Blabberize", as far as you can tell?
Q3: Have you ever used "Blabberize" before? If so, describe what you created.
Q4: Describe "Voki". What is it designed to do?
Q5: What ar the "Pros" & "Cons" of "Voki", as far as you ca tell?
Q6: Have you ever used "Voki" before? If so, describe what you created.
Q7: Describe "GoAnimate". What is it designed to do?
Q8: What are the "Pros" and "Cons" of "GoAnimate", as far as you can tell?
Q9: Have you ever used "GoAnimate" before? If so, describe what you created.
Q10: Describe which of these three tools you are most excited to explore more. Explain why.
3. Now it is time to try one out. Let's start with Blabberize... Select an image, either of yourself (use PhotoBooth) or of an animal or famous person (be sure
these are images that are available through creative commons (free to use, share and remix). Create a script, write a poem, or sing a song! Using
"Blabberize", have your character read your script, your poem or sing your song. Your topic is up to you, just remember to be school appropriate,
educationally relevant and use the tools and your time appropriately. You will submit your finished product to me, so give it a good effort!
4. When you have completed your project with "Blabberize" you will have a url for your finished product. Copy and paste your url into the "Digital Dropbox"
form. Be sure to complete all of the necessary information on the form prior to submitting. Remember, I want the direct url to your project.
Monday, 11/26/12:
Continue "Favorite Book or Band Presentations" today.
1. You are behind schedule if you did not finish the Blabberize, Voki, and GoAnimate questions and submit them either Tuesday or Wednesday. Since I
made clear on Wednesday (see below) that this was due, you will be losing points for each day that it take you to get it turned in. It would be advisable
to get this completed as soon as possible.
2. So far, only TWO students have submitted the Blabberize project (see items #3 & #4 from Tuesday). Do your best to get this completed by the end
of class today. If you do not, please plan to work on it for homework over the weekend.
3. If you have finished everything, you may work on Extra Credit for either Science or Technology class. Check out the "In the News" page and the "Extra
Credit Form".
Thursday, 11/29/12:
Finish "Favorite Book or Band" Presentations!!!
Wednesday, 11/28/12:
1. I noticed that only 10 people completed the questions yesterday and submitted them using the "Online Answer Sheet for Assignments". You MUST
complete this task TODAY!
2. After completing step #2 from yesterday (the questions in orange below), continue on with steps #3 & #4 from yesterday. Do not waste time! Work hard
and give your best effort!
Tuesday, 11/27/12:
1. Take a tour of each of the tools listed in this week's header; blabberize, voki and goanimate. Click on the name of each tool above to open that tool in a
new tab. Read about and explore all three of these tools.
2. Using the "Online Answer Sheet for Assignments", answer the following questions.
Q1: Describe "Blabberize". What is it designed to do?
Q2: What are the "Pros" & "Cons" of "Blabberize", as far as you can tell?
Q3: Have you ever used "Blabberize" before? If so, describe what you created.
Q4: Describe "Voki". What is it designed to do?
Q5: What ar the "Pros" & "Cons" of "Voki", as far as you ca tell?
Q6: Have you ever used "Voki" before? If so, describe what you created.
Q7: Describe "GoAnimate". What is it designed to do?
Q8: What are the "Pros" and "Cons" of "GoAnimate", as far as you can tell?
Q9: Have you ever used "GoAnimate" before? If so, describe what you created.
Q10: Describe which of these three tools you are most excited to explore more. Explain why.
3. Now it is time to try one out. Let's start with Blabberize... Select an image, either of yourself (use PhotoBooth) or of an animal or famous person (be sure
these are images that are available through creative commons (free to use, share and remix). Create a script, write a poem, or sing a song! Using
"Blabberize", have your character read your script, your poem or sing your song. Your topic is up to you, just remember to be school appropriate,
educationally relevant and use the tools and your time appropriately. You will submit your finished product to me, so give it a good effort!
4. When you have completed your project with "Blabberize" you will have a url for your finished product. Copy and paste your url into the "Digital Dropbox"
form. Be sure to complete all of the necessary information on the form prior to submitting. Remember, I want the direct url to your project.
Monday, 11/26/12:
Continue "Favorite Book or Band Presentations" today.
Week 3: Week of November 19, 2012: Presentations...
This is a short week. Students will take turns presenting your Favorite Book or Band Presentation to the class.
If you have not yet added your presentation to your weebly site, please do that before the end of the day on Tuesday.
If you have not yet added your presentation to your weebly site, please do that before the end of the day on Tuesday.
Week 2: Week of November 12, 2012: Google Presentation...
This week you will be continuing to finish up the Word Processing Mission in 21 Things 4 Students. Be sure to get these items completed and share your document with me (angela.clarkpohlod@laingsburg.k12.mi.us). The other item you MUST complete this week is your "Favorite Book or Band Google Presentation". Share this presentation with me, also. We will give our presentation in class next Monday and Tuesday.
ONE MORE THING: Please add your presentation to your weebly website. Use a "Custom HTML" widget and grab the embed code from your Google Presentation to add it in. See images below for how to do this:
ONE MORE THING: Please add your presentation to your weebly website. Use a "Custom HTML" widget and grab the embed code from your Google Presentation to add it in. See images below for how to do this:
Week 1: Week of November 5, 2012: Starting off on the right foot...
Thursday, 11/8/12 & Friday, 11/9/12:
1. Complete any remaining tasks from the Word Processing Mission of 21 Things #5 - Suite Tools. You should have responded to the "Ways to use Google
Drive" question above, shared your "Rain of Leaves" document with me in Google Drive, submitted a link to your Bruce Lansky poem here,
2. Now, we will switch gears a little... we are going to work on a new project. Click here to check it out...Favorite Book or Band Presentation -
share your presentation with me (angela.clarkpohlod@laingsburg.k12.mi.us) once you've started so I can monitor your progress and provide
feedback throughout the creation process. You will have until November 18th (this is a Sunday) to get your presentation ready. Presentations
will be given in class on November 19th & 20th.
1. Complete any remaining tasks from the Word Processing Mission of 21 Things #5 - Suite Tools. You should have responded to the "Ways to use Google
Drive" question above, shared your "Rain of Leaves" document with me in Google Drive, submitted a link to your Bruce Lansky poem here,
2. Now, we will switch gears a little... we are going to work on a new project. Click here to check it out...Favorite Book or Band Presentation -
share your presentation with me (angela.clarkpohlod@laingsburg.k12.mi.us) once you've started so I can monitor your progress and provide
feedback throughout the creation process. You will have until November 18th (this is a Sunday) to get your presentation ready. Presentations
will be given in class on November 19th & 20th.
Wednesday, 11/7/12:
1. If you submitted a poem link yesterday using a poem by any author other than Bruce Lansky, please do that part of Quest 2 again. Read carefully here
and be sure to only use the poems we have permission to use.
2. Continue working through the Word Processing Mission, completing Quests 4 - 6.
1. If you submitted a poem link yesterday using a poem by any author other than Bruce Lansky, please do that part of Quest 2 again. Read carefully here
and be sure to only use the poems we have permission to use.
2. Continue working through the Word Processing Mission, completing Quests 4 - 6.
Tuesday, 11/6/12:
1. You are still working on "Thing 5 - Suite Tools" today. You should have submitted the "Ways to use Google Drive" assignment (to left) and the Word
Processing Mission "Q1: Tools & Menus" document so far.
2. Today you will continue working through the Word Processing Mission by working on Quest 2 - File Management. Complete all of the steps of this quest.
3. When you have completed Quest 2, please submit the link to the poem you used for this quest on the "21 Things Folder" page. Reminder - this MUST
be a Bruce Lansky poem.
4. Next, you will begin Quest 3 of the Word Processing Mission. This quest has 6 steps. Please carefully read and complete all of the steps. When you
have completed this quest, please share your Google document with me using my email address (angela.clarkpohlod@laingsburg.k12.mi.us), so I may
see your progress. If you are not certain how to "share" your document, please complete Quest 4. Once you have shared your document with me, you
have completed Quest 4 - Woohoo! You are good!
1. You are still working on "Thing 5 - Suite Tools" today. You should have submitted the "Ways to use Google Drive" assignment (to left) and the Word
Processing Mission "Q1: Tools & Menus" document so far.
2. Today you will continue working through the Word Processing Mission by working on Quest 2 - File Management. Complete all of the steps of this quest.
3. When you have completed Quest 2, please submit the link to the poem you used for this quest on the "21 Things Folder" page. Reminder - this MUST
be a Bruce Lansky poem.
4. Next, you will begin Quest 3 of the Word Processing Mission. This quest has 6 steps. Please carefully read and complete all of the steps. When you
have completed this quest, please share your Google document with me using my email address (angela.clarkpohlod@laingsburg.k12.mi.us), so I may
see your progress. If you are not certain how to "share" your document, please complete Quest 4. Once you have shared your document with me, you
have completed Quest 4 - Woohoo! You are good!
Monday, 11/5/12:
1. We are going to skip ahead to "Thing 5 - Suite Tools" and look at Google Drive. Many of the comments on the survey you took last week said that you
found 21 Things to be confusing. I am going to try to help make it less confusing for you this term. We will be doing other things, but we are not going
to give up on 21 Things completely, so you will have to pay attention and ask questions when you feel confused and/or overwhelmed.
2. Today, start out on the 21 Things website and click on Thing 5 - Suite Tools.
3. Read the first page of the "thing" completely. If you already have a Google account, click on "Green Arrow" link to learn how to navigate Google Drive.
If not, you can sign up for an account (see me if you do not have permission from your parents to do this).
1. We are going to skip ahead to "Thing 5 - Suite Tools" and look at Google Drive. Many of the comments on the survey you took last week said that you
found 21 Things to be confusing. I am going to try to help make it less confusing for you this term. We will be doing other things, but we are not going
to give up on 21 Things completely, so you will have to pay attention and ask questions when you feel confused and/or overwhelmed.
2. Today, start out on the 21 Things website and click on Thing 5 - Suite Tools.
3. Read the first page of the "thing" completely. If you already have a Google account, click on "Green Arrow" link to learn how to navigate Google Drive.
If not, you can sign up for an account (see me if you do not have permission from your parents to do this).
Google Docs for Students - Introduction in 6 MinutesThis is the video from Teacher Tube that you need to watch as part of "Thing 5 - Suite Tools". Make sure you watch the Common Craft video also found here.
4. Continue with the Steps 1-3 on the "Google Drive Overview"
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