The iPhone, a learning tool. Yes LEARNING March 30, 2008
Posted by Abdullah Al-Shackarchi in Academic, Apple, Converting to 21st Century, Technology.Tags: iPhone, iPhone in school
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The iPhone, it is the first cellphone created by Apple Inc. It includes many new features such as multi touch technology. If you still in the last millennium and you have no idea what I am talking about (fool), please go here (to the best site in the world): www.apple.com/iphone/ .
As you well know, our school is filled with iPhones. I more than 25% of all phones are iPhones. Which is really great (since we are a MAC school). But do the teachers care? They don’t (We know a certain French teacher has one). But what if the iPhone, could be used squeeze someones hand for this part as an educational tool.
This may hurt, but due to its iPod and web capabilities the iPhone could be a student’s perfect tool. Teachors can upload lessons/seminars somewhere (A Miss Lindsay wiki perhaps) as an audiobook and students will get it and have it with them. Podcasts also work. And you can get whole textbooks woth excellent viewing capabilities. And some of that stuff is capable with iPods. So what is so good about this?
- Everyone has iPsomething
- Students take these things with them wherever they go, so they do not need to carry suitcases of books.
And due to my nerdiness I must admit, use my 5G (Please buy me a new one) iPod for this very purpose.
And on that note. Please do buy me an iPhone.
BUY ME AN iPHONE. I love you Steve
Math … The testing March 23, 2008
Posted by Abdullah Al-Shackarchi in Academic, Schoolwork.Tags: annoying, Math
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I am really getting angry about this. I am not sure about you if you are from other grades, but for us, Grade 7, math exams are not a very nice experience. We get really nice exams but with only one problem. WE DO NOT GET THEM! This has hapenned many times but I will tell you about todays experience. i walked into class today all prepared for the big unit test. But all I get is my teacher telling me for security reasons the test was delayed. Last time it was because of security reasons because they have to print the tests on the day so no one sees them. I mean I get it security is necessary. But this ain’t a top secret transmission from the MI6 to the CIA or something, is it? So you get the picture. Last time the test was delayed for two weeks. Let’s hope this time it actually does happen this Tuesday (even the space campers leave today anyway).
MYP only! Why C&S sucks March 3, 2008
Posted by Abdullah Al-Shackarchi in Academic, C&S, Schoolwork.Tags: C&S, journal, Mr. Hitchman, MYP, school sucks
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OK so I have seven projects for C&S this year. Yes I should have seventy credits by the end of this year (I have done 30 so far). But I still have to address this issue. Today as most of you well know we had an extended homeroom to get our act together as far as C&S goes. So you know I am like sweet lets do it. But C&S is getting to rigid. We cannot take our ‘journals’ home which really sucks because like DAH we sort of need to work on them I mean like seriously because it will get ‘lost’. I mean seriously we are supposed to be senior school students. You know, WE ARE FREAKING OLD ENOUGH TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN STUFF. So you know all over I love C&S but it is really being too much. Yes it is more important than academics as far as I say. But please, please, do let us do it and actually enjoy it. Not do it because Mr. Hitchman says so. What do you think?
I speak English. أنا أتكلم العربية. Je parle.. not anymore. April 13, 2008
Posted by Abdullah Al-Shackarchi in Academic.Tags: Akhbar, Arabic, Board, comments, French, school sucks, Spanish
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So here we go. A few weeks earlier it was announced in the Akhbar that due to a board decision the third language will be cancel for original Arabic speakers. ASL (Arabic Second Language) people will get to choose between Arabic B and French/Spanish. As you must imagine many people have complained, and complained bad. Now I understand the cancellation part, but not giving us Arabs a choice? If you have any opinion please drop it down at the comments.