Disaster Unit: Task 1

1. Why is communication so important during an emergency?

Communication is so important during an emergency because it is the only way to let other people who could help you know that you are in trouble. You could risk your life if you have no mean of communication. For example, if you are stuck under furniture after an earthquake, you could call from your phone to tell the police to help you out of there.



2. What forms of communication have been used during recent disasters such as The China Earthquake, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Katrina, the Asian Tsunami? Please give examples and explain what they do.

Cell phones, radios, television, walkie talkies, laptops and the most common one- shouting was used in communicating during these natural disasters. All these things told people what happened and provided them with the latest news, also they used them to survive and get rescued.

3. What essential information needs to be communicated during a disaster or emergency?

Where people are, what's happening, who is it, and the context of what was happening before the incident.

4. What information can be created before the emergency? What information needs to be communicated during the emergency?

You should tell the ambulance what was happening before the emergency, such as what the patient's symptoms were and what he did and ate, etc. The information that needs to be told during the emergency is what is happening now and how it happened and also at what time.

5. What hardware and software in required to be able to communicate online?

Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Blogs and other social networking sites. Also the news (Yahoo, MSN, CNN, etc). RSS feeds can also work for this situation.

HTML Basics Review

1) Define HTML:

HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a type of computer language that is used for files that are posted on the internet and viewed by web browsers.

2) Explain the process of viewing the HTML source code for an HTML Web page:

-You right click and it comes up.

3) Explain how you must save HTML pages:

You have to type the document's name such as: 'mywork' and add .html after it. It should look like this: 'mywork.html'

HTML

Heading 1: <>

Body of Page: <>

Title: <>

Line Break: <>

Paragraph Break: <>

Background Color: <>

HTML

HTML: Hyper Text Markup Language

html = html page
title = title of webpage
h1 = Heading 1 (largest size)
p = paragraph break
br = line break

---> To save a notepad document as a webpage, save as mypage.html and save type as all files

Evaluation

Al-Arqam Islamic School, a school that just got honored by being called an IB World School needed some help in telling the brand new sixth graders what exactly do you do to become and IB student. The answer was in the IB program...the IB learner profile! The IB Learner Profile indicates what characteristics you need to become an IB Bridge student. Sr. Safia decided to give her students a project in helping the young sixth-graders by asking them--us to make a video with pictures and the charecteristics to help them understand the IB Learner Profile.

I specifically loved the nasheed in the back and how it perfectly blended in with the pictures. I also loved how I stopped on the picture for a little bit right after the words left. I used the software Windows Movie Maker to make my video. I encountered many difficulties during the making of my video, but I really hated one of them for which I had to bug Sr. Safia almost for a week. It was where I had problems saving the video on to my USB due to different versions of Windows. I don't think I would really change anything next time, but it is always good to try new things and learn more every day.

I tried my best to use the IB design cycle, and I did use most of it. I planned what nasheed and pictures I wanted to use, which comes in the step of 'Plan' on the IB design cycle. I also spent almost all of my time creating my product by following my plan ('Create'). I succeeded in using the proper techniques and materials for my product. Next, I am evaluating how much I used the design cycle which fills in the step of 'Evaluation'. I think I should probably get an A- at least because of all my hard work and dedication towards my product. Again, I tried my very best to follow the IB design cycle, with many tribulations along the way.

I think this project fits under the 2 Areas of Interactions which are "Approaches to Learning" and "Community and Service". I believe they fit under these two categories because I got to reflect to my work and communicate and learn more about the software that I used. This project tested my skills towards technology and helped me learn and play around with the software so that I could figure out new things. For the Community and Service, I believe that I am helping my school community (6th Graders) learn and become the best of IB Bridge Students they can become.

The two IB Learner Characteristics, that I think I developed during the whole process of my video was 'Risk-Taker' and 'Reflective'. I think I took many risks in attempting to save my project since the video got deleted almost three times. Rather than that, I took many other risks in trying to make my project possibly the best it could be. I also think I developed the characteristic of being Reflective because I knew what I was doing and the purpose of it. By doing it, not only did I help other students, but I also helped myself understand the IB characteristics and reflect upon them by trying to develop them, not only at school, but also in my personal life.

IB Learner Profile

IB Learners strive to be:

~ Inquirers
~ Knowledgeble
~ Thinkers
~ Communicators
~ Principled
~ Open-Minded
~ Caring
~ Risk-Takers
~ Balanced
~ Reflective

Post 2: What is social bookmarking? What are it's uses?

Social Bookmarking helps you share bookmarks on the web.

(1) You can get to your bookmarks from anywhere.

(2) You can look at other people's bookmarks to help you with your work and save it to your link.

(3) You can also share your bookmarks publicly to help them.