angusmrt09's Blog

I think that the best thing about my final product was the factors section.  I made a whole paragraph even though a lot of people just made lists.  It could probably be improved by putting in more pictures and going to more sites for my information.  If I could go back and change one thing, it would probably be the picture that i put there, I’d take more time to find a good picture.  The process was overall good, but I found that Diigo was a tad hard to use because the highlighter was doing some funny stuff, but the citations worksheets are nice so you don’t have to be flipping from page to page putting in the info.

First are the good things about using dabbleboard.  Everything is relatively quiet, so I could concentrate, it was also nice not having to print up pictures to put on the poster, and that was about it.  As far as bad things go, there were a few more things.  First, you can’t edit things at the same time as your partner, whoever started editing later ends up with their work reverting to its original state.  Next, there’s no compass, protractor, or ruler, so it’s a bit tough to make the sections.  Last, if you want to chat, part of the screen is blocked out, so you have to either chat or draw, but not both.  This project was a good review and helped me remember the names of the pillars, but as far as content, I didn’t learn anything that wasn’t in the textbook and reading notes.

    Some things I thought I did well were the design, drawings, and the binding.  For the process I think I did well on budgeting time.  Some things I could have done differently would be making the font bigger because it looks like I didn’t write much, I also could have taken less time on the rough draft drawings because they took too long and I had to redo them anyway.  I think that projects are better.

There are ten main things you need to know if you go to the Arabian peninsula.  These all pertain to what environment you’re in.  First you’ll need to know a few things if you live in the desert: make sure to get hardy animals for your herd that can walk for a long time, next you’ll need to get a camel to be able to carry your goods, you should also get loose fitting, cotton clothing to keep you cool.  Second, if you’re lucky enough to live at an oasis you’ll need to make sure of two  things: first you need to plant date palms, you’ll also need a well because most of the water is trapped underground.  Next, if the coastal plain is your home, you ought to build a dam because there are rivers that you’ll need to divert for irrigation purposes, you also have to  find some way to collect rainwater to drink.  Last, if you live in the mountains, you’ll have to build terraces in the mountainside to save what little rainwater there is,  build mud brick houses for protection against the wind, and you’ll need to make underground water storage containers.  So, to sum it up, there isn’t much you need to know to survive the Arabian Peninsula, but you’ll need to know this nonetheless.

Dear Mom and Dad,

  I think that this trimester I did well in some places, and not as well in others.  I think that one thing that I did well was in math I did all of the work to the best of my ability.  One thing that I think I didn’t do as well was organizing my work, a lot of time has been wasted looking through my binder.  Something that I’m going to make sure to do next trimester is to organize everything and keep everything in files.

  Angus Brookes.

Welcome to your brand new blog at Edublogs.

To get started, simply log in, edit or delete this post and check out all the other options available to you.

Also, please consider becoming an Edublogs Supporter – you can remove ads from yours and other blogs, upload up to 5GB or audio, video and every other sort of content and access great features under your ‘Plugins’ menu.

Supporters are what keeps Edublogs running and providing free blogs for education, so give it a go today

For assistance, visit our comprehensive support site, check out our getting started with Edublogs guide or stop by The Edublogs Forums to chat with other edubloggers.

You can also subscribe to our brilliant free publication, The Edublogger, which is jammed with helpful tips, ideas and more.

And finally, if you like Edublogs but want to be able to simply create, administer, control and manage hundreds of student and teacher blogs at your school or college, check out Edublogs Campus… it’s like Edublogs in a box, all for you.

Thanks again for signing up with Edublogs!