Blog Project – Cool Cities 2
Abu Dhabi Development: A Cool City?
* Visit http://www.tdic.ae/Default.aspx.
* Which development do you think is the coolest (most interesting)? Choose one project and do your own research on it’s positive and negative impact.
* Write a blog post about the planned development by TDIC. How green do you think these developments will be? What is your opinion of these developments? Will they make Abu Dhabi a 'cool city' or do you think they will cause problems? Add photos and links to your blog.
* Watch the Youtube video about Saadiyat Island, Yas island or Al Raha beach and embed it in your blog
Task Requirements:
Students should post a 150 to 250 word report about the TDIC development you are interested in learning more about. Include in your blog:
- a discussion of the energy saving features
- a description of missing energy saving features which could be added
- planned features that are likely to add to rather than reduce greenhouse emissions
- your opinion on the overall green credibility of the development - give a 'green mark' of A, B, C, D or F for the proposed development
Happy Blogging - the end is near!
Monday, December 15, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Voicethread link
Gentlemen:
Here’s an update to your Blogspot assignments – You should have already put your ‘Inconvenient Truth’ summaries and reviews on your blogs. The deadline is this week Thursday, 13 November. After that, you will not get credit in your evaluations for the IT work.
For ‘Voicethread’, you should embed a Voicethread post into your blogs, with comments from your partner(s). This is due latest on Sunday, 16 November for final evaluation credit. We need to get working on updating your blogs because the next assignments will start next week.
Happy blogging!
THe Fox
Here’s an update to your Blogspot assignments – You should have already put your ‘Inconvenient Truth’ summaries and reviews on your blogs. The deadline is this week Thursday, 13 November. After that, you will not get credit in your evaluations for the IT work.
For ‘Voicethread’, you should embed a Voicethread post into your blogs, with comments from your partner(s). This is due latest on Sunday, 16 November for final evaluation credit. We need to get working on updating your blogs because the next assignments will start next week.
Happy blogging!
THe Fox
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Voicethread assignment instructions
Voicethread instructions:
1. With a partner open www.Voicethread.com ; register as a user.
2. Upload an environmental photo from your harddrive, flash, your blog or the Net.
3. Write a 75-100 word opinion commentary about your partner’s photo; exchange commentaries with your partner and correct / improve them.
4. Record your commentary of your partner’s photo to the Voicethread site.
5. Upload / post your Voicethread photo to your 174 blog site.
1. With a partner open www.Voicethread.com ; register as a user.
2. Upload an environmental photo from your harddrive, flash, your blog or the Net.
3. Write a 75-100 word opinion commentary about your partner’s photo; exchange commentaries with your partner and correct / improve them.
4. Record your commentary of your partner’s photo to the Voicethread site.
5. Upload / post your Voicethread photo to your 174 blog site.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Inconvenient Truth - The Extra Credit exercises
Global Warming Listening Activities – Extra!
*Do these exercises and put a post on your blogs to help you get a higher blog mark and increase your listening skills! *
1. Inconvenient Truth: Extracts: Exercise 1: Fact or Theory?: Gapfill. Click here for the online gapfill exercise and listening, or click here for a printable PDF or Word version and the mp3 listening file.
2. Inconvenient Truth: Extracts: Exercise 2: Continental Drift. Gapfill. Click here for the online gapfill exercise and listening, or click here for a printable PDF or Word version and the mp3 listening file, and answers
3. Inconvenient Truth: Extracts: Exercise 3: The Process. Gapfill. Click here for the online gapfill exercise and listening, or click here for a printable PDF or Word version and the mp3 listening file, and answers.
See the Blog Exercises Link for more details!
Happy Blogging!
*Do these exercises and put a post on your blogs to help you get a higher blog mark and increase your listening skills! *
1. Inconvenient Truth: Extracts: Exercise 1: Fact or Theory?: Gapfill. Click here for the online gapfill exercise and listening, or click here for a printable PDF or Word version and the mp3 listening file.
2. Inconvenient Truth: Extracts: Exercise 2: Continental Drift. Gapfill. Click here for the online gapfill exercise and listening, or click here for a printable PDF or Word version and the mp3 listening file, and answers
3. Inconvenient Truth: Extracts: Exercise 3: The Process. Gapfill. Click here for the online gapfill exercise and listening, or click here for a printable PDF or Word version and the mp3 listening file, and answers.
See the Blog Exercises Link for more details!
Happy Blogging!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Independent Learning week gift - IT Summary/analysis
Heating Up
By now you have presented your blogs to the class demonstrating your pro- ficiency in blogging skills: posts, comments, links etc. Now we will be moving further into the topic: the consequences of global warming and your and other’s opinions, as well as more technology challenges.
You will view the film, An Inconvenient Truth, and make two posts due during the independent learning week. The first post is a summary of the movie similar to the reading summaries, which should include introductory and concluding paragraphs. However, it should not include any statements of opinion!
Your analysis and opinion should be covered in the second post where you address what you think of the film’s effectiveness at addressing the topic of global warming/ local solutions. You should cite facts, references and solutions from the film as examples to support your points. Again, include an introduction and conclusion to your post.
Check the task requirements (blog exercise link) for word length for both tasks. An opinion interview using ‘VoiceThread’ technology will be completed when we return from independent learning week. You may want to get more information at www. Voicethread.com and read up about the task requirements for An Incon- venient Truth.
Have a good learning week and keep on blogging!
Part II Extra Credit work for I.T. will be added in a separate post.
Please bring your completed Worksheet #1 to class on Sunday, 2 November in order to get credit for your new summary and analysis posts.
No worksheet = no credit!
The heat is on!!
By now you have presented your blogs to the class demonstrating your pro- ficiency in blogging skills: posts, comments, links etc. Now we will be moving further into the topic: the consequences of global warming and your and other’s opinions, as well as more technology challenges.
You will view the film, An Inconvenient Truth, and make two posts due during the independent learning week. The first post is a summary of the movie similar to the reading summaries, which should include introductory and concluding paragraphs. However, it should not include any statements of opinion!
Your analysis and opinion should be covered in the second post where you address what you think of the film’s effectiveness at addressing the topic of global warming/ local solutions. You should cite facts, references and solutions from the film as examples to support your points. Again, include an introduction and conclusion to your post.
Check the task requirements (blog exercise link) for word length for both tasks. An opinion interview using ‘VoiceThread’ technology will be completed when we return from independent learning week. You may want to get more information at www. Voicethread.com and read up about the task requirements for An Incon- venient Truth.
Have a good learning week and keep on blogging!
Part II Extra Credit work for I.T. will be added in a separate post.
Please bring your completed Worksheet #1 to class on Sunday, 2 November in order to get credit for your new summary and analysis posts.
No worksheet = no credit!
The heat is on!!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Eid Holiday Gift
‘Introduction to Global Warming’ Assignment
Preparation:
Go to www.reportfromthedesert174.blogspot.com. Open the ‘Blog Exercise Calendar’ link. Scroll to Intro to Global Warming and click here. Choose drop down menu and complete these three tasks for your Eid holiday assignments.
1. Movies: minimum requirement watch Leonardo DiCaprio video and answer questions. Extra: watch other videos listed in this section and write your opinion /review of the movie. Do not watch or start work on ‘An Inconvenient Truth’.
2. Examples: Download the reading “What’s Going to Happen Next?” and fill in the information gaps.
3. Impact of Humans: Choose one page with a partner from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/ocr_gateway/environment/5_population_sustainability1.shtml
- Prepare oral presentations for the next class on 5 Oct. on why this topic is important. Teacher approval of topic and partners is required.
4. Extra Credit: #17 or#21 of the Extra section: Calculate your carbon emissions and follow the procedure.
Blog writing assignment:
Write a new post of 150 – 200 words with information about the causes of global warming and why it is a serious problem. This information should not be in your personal bio post! Include your opinion about this topic. Any information you get from other sources should be appropriately documented. Title it: ‘Introduction to Global Warming’ and post it on your blog site by midnight October 4th. If you had started the assignment this week, then there would have been no class on Wednesday, 24 October, but now we will meet!
Visit two other blogs from your class. Comment on their Introduction to Global Warming postings. Write 50 words in a professional way about the positive aspects of their posting and what you learned from their post or what you would want more information on. Sign your comments with your name and student# and enter it as a new post on their blog in order to receive credit for your work.
The Fox
Preparation:
Go to www.reportfromthedesert174.blogspot.com. Open the ‘Blog Exercise Calendar’ link. Scroll to Intro to Global Warming and click here. Choose drop down menu and complete these three tasks for your Eid holiday assignments.
1. Movies: minimum requirement watch Leonardo DiCaprio video and answer questions. Extra: watch other videos listed in this section and write your opinion /review of the movie. Do not watch or start work on ‘An Inconvenient Truth’.
2. Examples: Download the reading “What’s Going to Happen Next?” and fill in the information gaps.
3. Impact of Humans: Choose one page with a partner from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/ocr_gateway/environment/5_population_sustainability1.shtml
- Prepare oral presentations for the next class on 5 Oct. on why this topic is important. Teacher approval of topic and partners is required.
4. Extra Credit: #17 or#21 of the Extra section: Calculate your carbon emissions and follow the procedure.
Blog writing assignment:
Write a new post of 150 – 200 words with information about the causes of global warming and why it is a serious problem. This information should not be in your personal bio post! Include your opinion about this topic. Any information you get from other sources should be appropriately documented. Title it: ‘Introduction to Global Warming’ and post it on your blog site by midnight October 4th. If you had started the assignment this week, then there would have been no class on Wednesday, 24 October, but now we will meet!
Visit two other blogs from your class. Comment on their Introduction to Global Warming postings. Write 50 words in a professional way about the positive aspects of their posting and what you learned from their post or what you would want more information on. Sign your comments with your name and student# and enter it as a new post on their blog in order to receive credit for your work.
The Fox
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Missing Blog sites
Gentlemen:
We are now in the third week of classes and two of you have yet to send me your blogsite html's. We are starting early to get you used to using your blogs as learning tools, and to view my blog regularly for updates and class assignemnts.
I would like to see Juma Abdulla and Mohammed Juma's blogsites sent to this blog, and to your colleagues sites by the end of this week - by 18 Sept. Thursday. You will also need to include a 150-200 word personal description with your ideas about using blogs to learn and communicate.
After week 5 we will be having weekly assignments due to it's best to get used to reading my blog for exercises and tips every week.
Happy blogging and Ramadan kareem!
The FOX
We are now in the third week of classes and two of you have yet to send me your blogsite html's. We are starting early to get you used to using your blogs as learning tools, and to view my blog regularly for updates and class assignemnts.
I would like to see Juma Abdulla and Mohammed Juma's blogsites sent to this blog, and to your colleagues sites by the end of this week - by 18 Sept. Thursday. You will also need to include a 150-200 word personal description with your ideas about using blogs to learn and communicate.
After week 5 we will be having weekly assignments due to it's best to get used to reading my blog for exercises and tips every week.
Happy blogging and Ramadan kareem!
The FOX
Time to Start your Blogs
Gentlemen:
To earn a passing grade in this class, you will need to edit your self-descriptions / plus profiles in 174 to meet HDII standards for writing and preview requirements for your projects at the Project Calender Link.
Complete your profiles with appropriate identification information including correct name, student ID#, and photo by Thursday, 18 September for your first Blog grade!
Ramadan Kareem!
To earn a passing grade in this class, you will need to edit your self-descriptions / plus profiles in 174 to meet HDII standards for writing and preview requirements for your projects at the Project Calender Link.
Complete your profiles with appropriate identification information including correct name, student ID#, and photo by Thursday, 18 September for your first Blog grade!
Ramadan Kareem!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Blogging in the UAE - My bio and views
Blogging in the UAE – by Desert Fox
Having lived and worked now for more than 20 years overseas, I have had the opportunity to visit and learn about many countries and cultures around the world. Some of these countries/areas include Germany/Europe; US/ North America; Japan, Thailand/ Southeast Asia; and now the UAE/ Gulf region. This chance to experience different cultural environments has given me a unique perspective on how people communicate in different ways, at different levels, and for different purposes.
It is my honor and privilege to have the chance to teach young Emiratis at the Higher Colleges in Abu Dhabi. This experience will provide the opportunity for me to share my knowledge, experience and view points with HCT students, and the chance to learn from them about their unique culture and personal perspectives on life in the UAE and Gulf region.
Blogging is a new technological version of an ancient skill: writing in symbols to communicate often complex opinions and feelings to others. This started as carvings on stone tombs and caves, continuing to today’s modern form – The Internet. I see this venue as a chance to model and present my ideas, study tips, feedback, and to communicate new assignments to the 174 class.
This venue can and will be only as successful as the effort put in to regularly use and give feedback on other student’s blogs, and respond to their comments.
This blogging opportunity will also give me the chance to develop my own technological skills, through the input of my students, as we utilize the age-old learning form of exchanging information for the betterment and development of both one’s communication partner and one’s self.
Having lived and worked now for more than 20 years overseas, I have had the opportunity to visit and learn about many countries and cultures around the world. Some of these countries/areas include Germany/Europe; US/ North America; Japan, Thailand/ Southeast Asia; and now the UAE/ Gulf region. This chance to experience different cultural environments has given me a unique perspective on how people communicate in different ways, at different levels, and for different purposes.
It is my honor and privilege to have the chance to teach young Emiratis at the Higher Colleges in Abu Dhabi. This experience will provide the opportunity for me to share my knowledge, experience and view points with HCT students, and the chance to learn from them about their unique culture and personal perspectives on life in the UAE and Gulf region.
Blogging is a new technological version of an ancient skill: writing in symbols to communicate often complex opinions and feelings to others. This started as carvings on stone tombs and caves, continuing to today’s modern form – The Internet. I see this venue as a chance to model and present my ideas, study tips, feedback, and to communicate new assignments to the 174 class.
This venue can and will be only as successful as the effort put in to regularly use and give feedback on other student’s blogs, and respond to their comments.
This blogging opportunity will also give me the chance to develop my own technological skills, through the input of my students, as we utilize the age-old learning form of exchanging information for the betterment and development of both one’s communication partner and one’s self.
New message for CM2 students
Hello Gentlemen:
Welcome to the new term for #174 - and a whole new list of tasks for you to complete (and get graded on). First thing, you need to open your own blogspot, in Blogger.com, seems to be the easiest, and post your blogsite html to my new blogsite: http://reportfromthedesert174@blogspot.com
OR to my gmail account: Gregoryv2008@gmail.com.
I would like to utilize our shared class time efficiently as discussed in class, especially during Ramadan, so please see that your link appears on my blog. Preferably before Wednesday's class. I would prefer not having to use valuable class time on such boring topics!
The new assignment for Sunday, 7 Sept. is: write a 150-250 word biography with the purpose of your blog to be posted on your site by midnight - so I can check it before class.
Next week we will need to meet for reading practice testing. See you on Wednesday at 11.40am. We'll talk about all these items at that time - please save some energy for me..
Ramadan karim
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