Leonardo Fibonacci Podcast
April 9, 2008 at 4:31 am | In IT | No CommentsIn our social studies class, we’ve been leaning about the middle ages and the renaissance in Europe. In this project, we had to choose a person from late middle ages to renaissance and research about the person to make a podcast. To make a podcast, we used an application called Garage Band 3. We had about 2 or 3 classes to research about your person and we also learned about the application. Then we had to make a script and record. We could also add some effects and change the voice. At last, we had to transport it to iTunes as mp3 form.
I chose Leonardo Fibonacci as my person. Leonardo Fibonacci was Italian mathematician in Middle Ages. He is not well known to many people but he had done amazing job on spreading new mathematics to the European and discovering them.
Picture from: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/udaepp/090/w3/image003.jpg
Reflections on Ancient Africa Wiki
February 8, 2007 at 9:04 am | In Wikispaces, Ancient Africa, Block E Blogs, IT, History, Classwork, Social Studies | No Comments1.What did you learn from this task?
I learned a lot about Songhai, the country we were doing. I did Location and Movement of Songhai. It was very difficult to find the informations about Songhai until we learned something called the boolean operators. It is used in search engines and they are, +, -, or “”. It really helped me find the informations about Songhai.
I also learned how to use a wiki more than what I used to know and what makes a good wiki, such as formating the letters, vocabulary, or to not write in your own words. When I was making my pages, I looked at my other group member’s page and I noticed that a big long paragraph made me not want to read, so I learned what makes the audience want to read and make them interesting and concentrate on the page.
One more thing I learned was to evaluate the website. Some of the websites I found were little doubtful and I had to use the website evaluation sheet that Ms.N gave us to see if the websites I found were good to use.
2. Did you find this difficult or easy? Why?
Some of them were hard and some of them were easy for me. Using wiki was easy for me since I’ve been using it with friends and we even used it during the science class. Though, I still learned something new, that was to use “The page list” to change the name of the pages.
The hardest thing was to find the informations about Ancient Africa. I found couple of the websites about Songhai but they didn’t have the informations I wanted. (It became little easier after we learned about boolean operators.)
3.What would you change about the process you went through to complete the wiki if you were to do the assignment again?
I would change the way I took the note because I just copied down the informations about Songhai and I was totally confused which informations belongs to which topic when I was making my pages. I even copied down the informations that I didn’t even need. I also didn’t copy down where I got each informations from so when I was listing the sources on my page, I had to go to each single websites to check if the informations I used on my page were from there. I think I had wasted lots of times doing all the things I did wrong.
Current Events Responce
December 1, 2006 at 9:32 am | In IT, Block E Blogs, Current Events, presentation, Homework, Social Studies | No CommentsResponce to Daryl’s article:
Proper citation for news article:
Author: Ryan Lucas
Title of Article: “Current Events Posting”
Website Title: Death toll hits 23 in Poland mine blast
Date published: November 23, 2006
Website address
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061123/ap_on_re_eu/poland_mine_accident>
Date I looked at the site: December 1, 2006
1.What new informations has emerged?
The new informations I found about mine explortion in Poland are that there were 17 man trapped in the underground after explortion and that this is one of the worst mine explortion disaster that ever happened before in Poland. People who were killed are between 21 to 59.
2. What did you find interesting about this topic?
I thought it is intersting that mines can affect people so much. They were in the underground so people can’t figure out about it. In the presentation, Daryl said that those mines were old so it must have been hard to check the mines and I was also surprised to hear that old mines can still explorde really badly and still affect to a lot of people. I think it is going to be really intersting to see many details about explored mines because that would make people easier to figure out about when the mines were setted, who did it, and why.
3.What did you like about the initial posting?
I liked how Daryl summarized the answer to each question because it makes reader easy to understand. I also liked the map he put because it has a country near Poland and each part of Poland. (That the map is clear)
Picture is from(From Daryl’s blog):http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20061123/160_ap_poland_061123.jpg
This map is from(From Daryl’s blog):http://www.bized.co.uk/images/pol_map.gif
Reflections for presentations about Ancient Africa
December 1, 2006 at 8:25 am | In IT, Block E Blogs, History, presentation, Homework, Social Studies | No CommentsToday, we presented about what was happening in ancient Africa
What I learned:
I learned discovery of iron, how the country in Africa turned into bigger country, and how Morocco attacked Songhai.
At first in West Africa, there were no such a thing called Iron so people used, harpoon, arrow, and spire for hunting and fishing. But after discovering iron, fishers, farmers, and population increased. And sometimes, they traded foods because they gets too much foods by iron.
In the country Ghana, the king of Ghana contorlled the trade religion. North Africa had salt and Waragans (I’m not sure if I spelled it correctly) had gold so they traded.
After Ghana, the country called Mali was made. It was twice as big as Ghana and had strong power of nearly 200 years. They paid gold because people wanted this Mali to be on the map.
After Mali, the new country called Songhai was maded. The capital was Gao. Songhai took control of Niger river.
In Morocco, Al-Mansur the sultan of Morocco really wanted money. In 1580, he planed to attack Songhai so he can get money. Songhai’s government didn’t allow to trade. So then Al-Mansur decided to attack Gao. The country Songhai was destroyed and salt&gold trade stopped. Morroco ruled when Songhai was and they are still there.
That’s what I learned from this presenation.
What I found intersting:
I thought it is intersting that you don’t know what was actually going on in the whole Africa but your part. When we presented, I finally figured out about the movment in ancient Africa. (We presented in the order of what happened in Ancient Africa)
Homework for Block E and Block H (Friday 6 October)
October 6, 2006 at 9:06 am | In Block H Blogs, Project, Block E Blogs, IT, Homework, Geography, Social Studies | Comments OffWhat have I learned?
I learned that it is really usefull to use Google Earth maps for presentation because we can see the information quickly and easily. It is also because you can see where is the country you are presenting located on and what country is located near. From this presentation, I learned lots of things about what many countries need to challenge on.
What did I find intersting?
I found that putting every 6 grades country informations into 1 map was another way we can use in our presentation. I think it is saving time because we don’t have to open up each people’s file and you can get country information immediately.
What did I find surprising?
Nothing really surprised me from this presentation at all but it was really good that we get to see other people’s country information when you put your informations into someone’s file. I thought it is like blog because you can share your informations and we don’t need to have any usersname or passwords.
The reflection from the presentation:
(It is also on Homework for Block E and Block H (Wednesday 4th October))
What did you learn from this task?:
I learned a quick way of collecting information, how to organize them and the way of presenting. When I had to collect information, I only used the links from Ms.C and Ms.N’s blogs because I can save time. Most of the time, I used CIA facts book and inforplease.com for my Tunisia information. To organize them, I first put the definition for each word in Then I put the information in the computer and printed out by Microsoft Word. I learned that we could use Google Earth when we present. By using Google Earth, I also learned about Html. I used Html color chart for the color.
Did you find this difficult or easy? Why?:
All of them were difficult for me because all these stuffs were first time for me and they were bit challenging for me. Using Google Earth was first time for me to use and I didn’t save so I had to repeat my work again and again until Ms.C find out what I was doing wrong.
What else would you like to learn about creating Google Earth maps?:
I would like to know what we could do in Google Earth maps and I want to learn about them. I would also like to learn more about Html we could use in Google Earth maps because it was just so cool!
Add anything else you are thinking about in relation to this project:
I think next time, we can all put our country information into one Google Earth map. Using Bold and Italics would help the map looks better. I think Google Earth is a good way of presenting when you are presenting about Country or the City.
Continue reading Homework for Block E and Block H (Friday 6 October)…
Google Earth Project
October 4, 2006 at 6:45 am | In Block E Blogs, Block H Blogs, Project, IT, Geography, Homework, presentation, Social Studies | 2 CommentsPart I. Social and Economic Indicators:
Nation (green):
Country name:Tunisia
Type of government: republic
Political leader: Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi
People (red):
Population: 10,175,014 (Population growth 0.99%)
Age structure 0-14years=24.6%,15-64years=68.6%,65 and over=6.7%
Ethnic group(s): Arab-98%, Europian-1%, Jewish and other-1%
Religion(s): Muslim-98%, Christian-1%, Jewish and other-1%
Language(s): Arabic, French (In different parts)
Literacy rates: 74.3%(Total)
Fertility rates: 15.52Birth/1000Popualtion Total=1.74children born/women
Life expectancy: Total Population-75.12%, Male-73.4years, Female-76.96years
Infant mortality rates: Total-23.84death/1000 livebirth
Economy (blue):
GDP per capita: $8,300
% Living under Poverty:
% of Internet Users: 835,000
% of cell phone users: 50,000
Part II. Google Earth Map:
Part III.Preliminary Data:
My country is Tunisia, which is in the Northern part of Africa, and problems they need to challenge are GDP per capita, number of Internet users, and the Infant mortality rates. The ranking of Tunisia’s GDP per capita is 95th in the whole world and we can’t say that this country is rich. One person in Tunisia owns about $8,300 in US dollars and the average in the world is $9,500. I think the country can make more money by selling something that original that comes from Tunisia so they can make money and reach the average.
Number of Internet users is also one of the problem that they need to improve on because Internet can help people get current information that is happening in the world. Internet users in Tunisia are 835,000 people in 2005 and in the world ranking, it is 71st which is still not good enough. If they could make more money then it is possible to increase a number of Internet users.
One more problem that Tunisia needs to face on is the Infant Mortality rates. Tunisia’s rate is 23.84% out of 100%, which is really bad. The ranking is 99th out of 225. What I think is they need to get more medicines and more technologies about.
So these were problems that Tunisia needs to improve on and the one big idea is that they need to get money. They need money for using Internet if they would be lots of Internet users and for madicines to prove high passentages of Infant Mortality rates. If they forcused on these 3 problems, the country Tunisia woul be a better place.
IV. Reflection:
What did you learn from this task?:
I learned a quick way of collecting information, how to organize them and the way of presenting. When I had to collect information, I only used the links from Ms.C and Ms.N’s blogs because I can save time. Most of the time, I used CIA facts book and inforplease.com for my Tunisia information. To organize them, I first put the definition for each word in Then I put the information in the computer and printed out by Microsoft Word. I learned that we could use Google Earth when we present. By using Google Earth, I also learned about Html. I used Html color chart for the color.
Did you find this difficult or easy? Why?:
All of them were difficult for me because all these stuffs were first time for me and they were bit challenging for me. Using Google Earth was first time for me to use and I didn’t save so I had to repeat my work again and again until Ms.C find out what I was doing wrong.
What else would you like to learn about creating Google Earth maps?:
I would like to know what we could do in Google Earth maps and I want to learn about them. I would also like to learn more about Html we could use in Google Earth maps because it was just so cool!
Add anything else you are thinking about in relation to this project:
I think next time, we can all put our country information into one Google Earth map. Using Bold and Italics would help the map looks better. I think Google Earth is a good way of presenting when you are presenting about Country or the City.
What I have learned about geography so far:
September 20, 2006 at 8:35 am | In IT, Geography, Homework, Social Studies | Comments OffWhat I have learned about geography so far?
I learned that geography is the study of earth that include climate,surface,landscape,areal patterns,location of places,or features (cultual features). In geography, there are main two branches and they are physical geography and human geography. Down below is what I learned about these two.
Physical geography: Physical geography is a study of world’s surface. It is mainly about nature of land and water areas. So for example,ocean,mountain,cave,river,valley,etc. are in physical geography. Physical geography is also study of earth. Sun(relates to study of seasons),moon(study of tides),and other planets are in physical geography too.
Human geography: Human geography is the study of relationship between human andenviroments. It can be economic geography, political geography,social geography, environmental perception and management, geographical cartography,geographic information systems, and military geography.
All the informations are from:
Group Current Event Posting #1
September 12, 2006 at 10:40 am | In IT, Block E Blogs, Current Events, presentation, Homework, Social Studies | 1 CommentThis is the link to the article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_5330000/newsid_5333700/5333700.stm
Picture below is the map of location. The picture is from:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_1610000/newsid_1612600/1612612.stm
Here is the answer to the questions:
1. What is the issue?
Our article is about anniversary of what had happened on September 11th 2001. It is one of the most sad day for most American in United States. It is the day when four planes were taken by armed people and two planes crashed into twin towers of the World Trade Center. Four minute-long silences were held where the World Trade Center used to stand, marking the times the planes hit the buildings and when they collapsed on September 11th in 2006.
This picture is from:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/photo/2001-09/633810.jpg
2. Who is involved?
The people who was involved about this events are the terrorists,People who was working in the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center or people who was living near the Twin Tower because the dust thrown covered most of New York for days.
3. Who is affected and how?
This event affects to lots of people for example, after plane had crashed the Twin Tower, many people were busy taking care of themselves, other people or bulding such as fire fighter, hospital,etc. It also affect to the family or friends of people who was killed by this event. (Some even travelled to New York to mark the anniversary.) This affect to almost whole Americans and other people.
4. What would you do if you are directly involved?
I think the best solution to this event is to figure out why did this happen.(People don’t know exactly why did this happen) Then you’ll be able to see what people can do to make the situation better and how should people try to never have these kinds of terrible events again. If I was involved, I would discuss about how can people live safly without having a disaster and how to bring people together.I would work with many other people to come up with good ideas.
My summer vacation
September 8, 2006 at 9:37 am | In IT, Summer Vacation, Homework, Social Studies | 1 CommentI did lots of fun stuff this summer vacations. Here is what I did.
I went to Fire flies park. It was first time for me to see the fire flies and it was quite good.
I also went to Langkawi for 4days and 3 night. I was just relaxing there but I also did some activities and it was fun. Down below is the map of Langkawi.
This picture is from:
http://212.69.211.111/newjwt/procontent/sitedesign/images/maps/langkawi.jpg
On July, My friends, Lilian got back from her home country so I played with her. We also went to climbing wall together and it was really fun. At last we were so tired to climb the walls.
I also played lots of computer game. I mostly played DS and games of Super Mario. (That’s one of my favourite game!)
This picture is from:
http://citykuvat.city.fi/games/36.gif
I really had fun on my summer vacation this year and I am already looking forword to next year’s summer vacation too!
Homework for Block E (Tuesday 6 September)
September 7, 2006 at 4:43 am | In IT, Current Events, Homework, Social Studies | Comments OffThe links to my acceptable event is:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_5310000/newsid_5312900/5312934.stm
What is my event about?:
My acceptable event is about people who try to remember plane crash victims. Many people came to remined those people who was killed in plane crash accident in Afghanistan on Saturday.
Who is affected and how?:
It affect to people’s familly or friends who was killed by this plane crash accident and it also affect to the company of this plane. People’s familly and friends are sad because died people might be really important person for them. Plane’s company affect too because they might need to pay for it and they would have to explain the situation or what causes this acciedent.
Classwork for Block E (Tuesday 6 September)
September 6, 2006 at 8:21 am | In IT, Classwork, Current Events, Social Studies | Comments OffI chose: a. Find another article about the same event and describe what new information has emerged.
This is the link to my article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_5310000/newsid_5316900/5316952.stm
What is my article about?:
Israel and Hezbollah stopped fighting three weeks ago but they started bombing and many children are still getting hurt by these bombs. Cluster bombs release lots of smaller bombs when they blow up and some of them don’t explode straight away. It can also be a long time before they are found. That means kids could pick them up without knowing what they are.
This is the answers to my question:
What did you find interesting about this topic?:
I thought it is interesting that Israel and Hezbollah stopped fighting once but then they started to drop the bombs now. When they stopped fighting I thought they were not going to fight afterall but they did, by bombing. I also thought it is interesting that they used many kinds of bombs instead of one.
What did you like about the initial blog posting?:
I liked the initial blog because it showed the picture of how it was like when it bombed so we understand the situation. I also liked that there was sub-topic heading because we know what they are talking about in each paragraph and that they got a column which show us the links to references about the article.
What have I learned about current events?
August 25, 2006 at 5:12 am | In IT, Current Events, Homework, Social Studies | Comments OffI’ve learned that in current events, there are 3 types of events and one is social events. Social events are about group of people and when you are connected with society(something related to people). Second one is political events and it’s mainly about government,war,and economy. Last one is cultual events and they are something related to culture like art,music,religion, and languages.
In current events, there would be lots of events but some might be appropriate and some are not. If the events were appropriate, those events affect to lots of people in the world like Lebanon bombing. It affect lots of people for example, people’s family, friends,for sure, maybe people who was going to travel to Lebanon, (because they need to cancel) but it also affect to United Nations which tries to bring people together and to avoid war. If the events were unappropriate, those events don’t affect to lots of people. For example, the article about US man gets trapped in chocolate doesn’t affect to the world that much because it’s only affect to US man’s family or friend) and people just think it’s just silly.
I’ve also learned that we need to know if the events are true facts or people’s opinions. Since everyone can make their own website and write down anything they want, people would write their opinions as if it is true fact. They might write down that their dog is very good at IQ test and he wins the prize(that what they think). So we have to know how to recognize facts and opinions. I learned these things and I think it is important to know because if you can’t tell if the article is true or not, you would get into a big trouble and you would think you should have learned them before.
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