English College Dubai to Sultan Qaboos University Muscat

What a Mission !!!

In ICT today we used Google maps to locate the distance from English College Dubai to Sultan Qaboos University Muscat.

I typed the two schools into the search bar and selected find directions. thsi brought me up a map showing me the major roads to take. It also told me that the distance between the two schools was 345 km.

However this site was limited as it only offered a map, it didnt actually give you directions which you could print out. Another factor which made the site limited was the fact that the English College Dubai was not located on the map so i had to choose a destination close to the school.

Taunton to Altern Towers

A little trip down memory lane :)

Okie so today in class we had to find out how long it would take us to get from my house in Tauton to Altern Towers in Stafford. I basically used http://www.transportdirect.info/web2/ to discover this information.

I typed in where i wanted to leave from and where i wanted to go to and then selected next. this brought me up with the page bellow:

This information told me that if i got the train from Taunton to Stafford it would take me 3 hours and 25 minutes to get there and that the price of a train ticket would be about 51.50 (pounds).

However if i choose to drive from Taunton to Stafford it would take me 3 hours and 9 minutes (151.4 miles).

GG

Google Groups !! AKA GG which sounds wayy cooler !!

What can you do with Google Groups?

Search or browse for informationWant to learn about car repair? Have a question about computers? You can find a discussion or a group about it.

Make a group of your ownWhy not start your own group? For your family, your football team... Creating a group is easy – just choose a name and start inviting members.

Join a groupFind something you like? Join straight away or request an invitation if it is a private group.

I found a group to join - http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.gossip.celebrities/browse_thread/thread/899635f03075bb60/80f78eb9511aeb26?hl=en&lnk=st&q=one+tree+hill#80f78eb9511aeb26

For this group i didnt not have to actually become a member i could just view the group however for some of the groups it was compulsory to have a google account and sign in to access the group.

How E-mail Works ....

How E-Mail Works

Well to be honest i think alot of people get a little confuzzled about this !! its not something we all really care about as long as it does what we want when we want...

To send e-mail, you need a connection to the Internet and access to a mail server that forwards your mail. The standard protocol used for sending Internet e-mail is called SMTP, short for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. It works in conjunction with POP--Post Office Protocol--servers. Almost all Internet service providers and all major online services offer at least one e-mail address with every account.

When you send an e-mail message, your computer routes it to an SMTP server. The server looks at the e-mail address (similar to the address on an envelope), then forwards it to the recipient's mail server, where it's stored until the addressee retrieves it. You can send e-mail anywhere in the world to anyone who has an e-mail address.

Well now that you know how the e-mail works :)

The lingooo

Today in ict we had to text each other and compair the lingoo we used. I ended up testing glen
'ber8t me haha wat does tht mean ? Glennith hw r u ? im gr8t! goin 2 wtch ps i luv u nxt lesson r u in ? xoxo' Glen then had to text me back translating what i had said to him in full english
'berate me haha does that mean Glenninth how are you? I am great
going to watch P.s I love you next lesson you in? xoxo'. I found this lesson to be quite fun, deffo a source of entertainment to liven things up a little ! we thn had to use msn chat to chatt with the rest of the people in the class. We used a combination of propper lingoo and slang :)

Although i did enjoy this lessoon i thought it was prettyy rediculous as it isnt rele relevant to ict ... and isnt extending my knowledge, my brain is a sponge but its not soaking up anything ! lol

xxx

E to the BOOKS

E-Books

This week in school we have been looking at E-Books i researched two different types E-Books and found out a few things about them, i then compaired them:

The First E-Book:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/2372172/Swimmers-Ear-Magazine-18 (ipaper)

Description – iPaper lets you to publish your brochures, catalogues and other printed material on the internet. Your content is presented in a nice and reader-friendly way that makes it easier for the reader to find his or her way around the material. My E-book is about Skateboarding and by using ipaper the booklet is interesting, helpful and allows readers to print, copy, find and enlarge any text, or specific pages. Ipaper also allows reader to format the page making it bigger, smaller, book like, listed or even a slideshow.

Format – This E-Book is written in a document HTML format

Strengths –
· Light simple fast
· Free
· Viewed inside a web browser, doesn’t not require you to install additional software to view it
· Scroll bar
· Fits full width of document also has zoom control to change this, can adjust height or width
· Document navigation buttons
· Page number indicator
· Tile mode button
· Can copy text by using the select text button
· Can search a word or phrase
· Full screen mode
· Different view modes (list mode, book mode and slide mode)
· Easy to share, can share a link to a friend from ipaper
· Document information
· Can print it

Weaknesses –
· Cannot copy text if it has been scanned into the document
· Cannot copy pictures to your own document

Purpose of E-Book – This E-Book has been created to help skateboarders. The book highlights key facts of skateboarding and why the author loves it so much, giving tips and points for readers to follow. Pictures of companies and designers which support skateboarding have also been included, helping reader decide on styles and designs. The author has also included personal information on his favourite music, brands and styles influencing readers.

Does it fulfil its purpose? – The website uses a new funky format which is easy to use and understand, interesting all readers. The images attract readers and help show how certain things are completed. The book offers a variety of facts and information to suit all users. Readers can easily locate the book, scroll down, change the appearance and find to certain pages or words in the book, which is very helpful. The layout of the book however can be very crowded on certain pages and tends to clutter a page with too much information. The E-Book has simply been uploaded into ipaper allowing readers to access it.

The second E-Book:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/ebooks/well_mannered_war/index.shtml

Description – BBC has uploaded a series of Doctor Who books online so that readers can easily access the books freely. The website is easy to use and clear to readers. This E-Book allows readers to find pages and chapters of the book directly, it also allows you to print the pages out or copy it to your own document.

Format – This E-Book is written in a document HTML format

Strengths –
· Can locate each chapter and page
· Easy to read
· Simple
· Can print it
· Can copy text
· Include hyperlinks to the next page and to the previous page
· Includes picture
· Free

Weaknesses –
· Cannot adjust the size of the writing
· Have to use a scroll bar
· Cannot share the link directly

Purpose of E-Book – The E-Book allows all reader to access the Doctor Who books online. The E-book includes a number of books from the series helping readers to find them.

Does it fulfil its purpose? – The website allows readers to easily access the series of books; therefore it fulfils its purpose. The text on the page is easy to read and a decent size font, however you cannot adjust this. The pictures are new and up-to-date, keeping readers interested and helping make the book more presentable.

Overall

Overall I prefer the ipaper E-Book as I find it much more appealing. The context is far more interesting and the images used are more creative, over all the book looks better. The ipaper also offers a number of tools which allow us as users to copy, print, share, and find certain parts of the book. The book view can be changed accordingly and there are many ways to locate certain areas, this can be very helpful to readers.