Ghada Alsaif
C&T770
Assignment.1
[email protected]
http://ghadaalsaif.pbworks.com/?e=ghada%40ku.edu&pwd=DFbx6XQ4S3
A. General Questions
1. Have you created your own web page? If yes, please describe the purpose of the web page
and provide the link if available.
Yes, I was studding how to create a web page by using html, and the teacher requested to create
a web page.
Now I have
http://www.people.ku.edu/~ghada/
2. Have you used technology in your class? If so, describe the programs or applications that
you used and for what purpose.
Yes, I used the Internet to search about some subjects and some pictures in writing class in
research paper, and also I used some programs in grammar class as practice.
3. Have you used any the following programs: Power point, spreadsheet, database?
I have used Power point and database.
4. What other software programs have you used in an educational setting?
Front Page.
5. What do you expect to learn from this course?
Design web page, and using Skype program.
6. In one or two sentences explain your central belief about how technology can best be used
to enrich education?
Technology is way to change tradition methods in teaching and make it more interesting.
Moreover, it can help students to improve their knowledge by practicing and having the feedback
in the same time in their home without teacher (individual learning).
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A. Search Questions
1. Consider you philosophy of learning and/or teaching and find at least three web sites that
reflect your philosophy. Reply with a short (<50 words) description that describes your
philosophy and how the affiliated web site(s) reflect your philosophy
Learning to me is just like an art that can only be mastered by hard work and patients. All my life
I strived to be a great learner. It wasn’t an easy task and as my higher education progresses the
road does not seem to be getting easier. I don’t have a special secret to learn better. I try to use
technology like power point and researching tools in my project, and take notes and pay attention
this organizes material and remembering information become easy; so far this seems to work.
http://www.accd.edu/sac/history/keller/ACCDitg/SSnote.htm
http://www.how-to-study.com/study-skills/en/notetaking/27/taking-notes-in-class/
http://www.adprima.com/studyout.htm
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://extend.unb.ca/wss/notes.gif&imgrefurl=http://ex
tend.unb.ca/wss/notetext.htm&usg=__7SUw7ZQtRUNGFo1AgpWSLjgshc=&h=403&w=396&sz=4&hl=en&start=31&um=1&tbnid=Y1RYMpsuy9tqkM:&tbnh=124
&tbnw=122&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtaking%2Bnote%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26rls%3
Dcom.microsoft:*%26sa%3DN%26start%3D18%26um%3D1
2. Find a picture of the state capital building in the state where you were born. Provide the
URL for the picture and briefly describe your home state's capital building's architecture.
Also explain how many people currently live in the state where you were born and the area
of your home state in square miles.
I born in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia and the capital building architecture in my city is named
Kingdom Tower. It is the tallest skyscraper in Saudi Arabia and the 45th tallest building in the
world with a height of 311 m (1,020 ft). The Tower contains a total of 47 floors.
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http://www.7arah.com/uploader/pic/c039.jpg
The population in Riyadh is 6,000,000.
The area is 146.718 mile.
3. How many cars were parked in the parking lot just to the north of the Pearson building
when the last Google Earth photo of the building was taken?
No Cars.
4. Translate this question and provide a brief responses in Spanish. ¿Cuál es su deporte
favorito, película y actor?
What are your favorite sport, movie and actor?
My favorite sport is swimming, my favorite movie is Titanic, and my favorite is actor Julia
nnnnnnnRoberts.
Mi deporte favorito es la natación, mi película favorita es Titanic, y mi favorito es el actor Julia
nnnnnnnnnnnnRoberts.
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This translator is easy to use, I usually use Google translator to translate to Arabic. It is really
helpful.
5. Provide the longitude and latitude of a parent/friend's house and how many other houses
there are on that block. If the house is not on a block, how many houses are there between
the your parent/friends house and the closest major intersection (not including the private
road that leads to the house).
38”55’51.99”N
95”15’57.08”W
26 houses
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