If you have questions...

Hi
If you have any questions about the instructions I have written here, just click on Comments and write your question - and I will write you an answer.
Heather

Question - Best Change?

There are so many new things nowadays in the UAE so it is difficult to say what is the best change because there are so many things to choose from! However, what I like best is that now there are cinemas, theatres, concerts, exhibitions and shows. Here I can see many art shows, plays and concerts which would never come to my small town in the UK.

Which change do you like best and why?

Making Forms

Here's how to make a survey (form) to send to people.

• Go to Google Documents and sign in with your group email
• Then ... New - Form
• Write a title for your form
• Write a description (e.g., what kind of information you want and why)
• Write a question in Question Title
• Write something in Help Text if you like (e.g., Answer True or False)
• Choose a Question Type - and write choices if you need to
• Tick Required and Done
• Then click Add a Question to make a new question
• When you are finished, go back to Google Documents and click on Form - Email form and send it to the class

• When you get answers you will see them in a spreadsheet
• Then you can use the answers in Excel to make percentages and charts and write a paragraph for your blog

If you want your group members to help you with the form, click on Share and send it to them

Here is an example of a form:

Tomorrow...

Hello,

It's 3 in the morning, so I am going to quit for now!

I will write some more information tomorrow and explain how to do some other things like how to make a Google Form for your survey.

Bye for now!

Question 2

When I first came to the UAE I didn't see any people with disabilities anywhere. Now, I sometimes see people who use sticks or crutches for walking or people in wheelchairs. I have also noticed that there are parking places for disabled people.

Why didn't I see disabled people 12 years ago - and why do I see them now?

Questions and Opinions

Write some questions and opinions on your blog and then your classmates can add their comments.

Write each question in a separate post.

My topic is Changes is the UAE

I have been in the UAE for 12 years and it has changed a lot in that time.

I think the biggest change is the in the construction industry. There are so many new buildings everywhere: hotels, villas, shopping centres, apartment blocks and offices. Everywhere I look I see new buildings and construction sites. There are also many innovative projects like Palm Island and the land reclamation for Reem Island, etc.

What do you think is the biggest change in the UAE in the last 12 years?

Poll

Don't forget to vote for your favourite shopping mall in Abu Dhabi!

You can add a poll about your topic to your blog. Just go to Customize and click on Add a Gadget...

Pictures

You can add pictures in 2 ways.
First, you can insert a picture into your post using the icon on the edit bar above like I have done here with the picture of the Arabian doors. Otherwise, you can add a picture to the right side of your blog using Customize and Add a Gadget.

Adding video

Hi

Here's a YouTube of Lewis Hamilton winning the F1 Championship in Brazil...



How did I do that?

I found the YouTube clip and then copied all the HTML code in the embed box into this post in the HTML view.

Slideshow

If you want to add a slideshow, you need to make the album in Picasa or Flickr, etc.

Then, go to Customize, Add gadget and choose Slideshow - and follow the instructions.

Click 'open in new window'.

Collecting for the blog

You can all look for pictures, videos, and information for the blog.

You can collect everything in a Blog folder on your desktop first.

If you have a lot of pictures, you can make them into a slideshow with Picasa or another web album software, and link to that.

You can find some information on the internet to add to your blog - but be sure you understand the information you use. Do not copy-paste long paragraphs of difficult words and ideas ... remember, you want your friends to be able to read and comment on your information.

Link to some interesting sites and webpages related to your topic.

Find some videos and embed them

Your Opinion Writing Assignment

Hello!

First of all, I'm going to copy your assignment into this page.

Can you please bookmark this blog so you can come back and ask questions and look for help?

Group Work: Opinions, Facts, Information and ideas

• Get a Google account - and remember your username and password.
• Make a group Google Account. Call it CLETraffic; CIMHealthstuff; CLETechnology Ideas, etc. You must all remember the username and password.

Now...
Read the assignment and decide who is going to do what...

Collect pictures, information, facts, YouTube clips, newspaper stories, etc. about your topic

Make a survey (form) with Google Documents

Make a paper survey

Make a blog ... You can ALL help with the blog

• Call your blog CLE Health Stuff, CIM Traffic; CIM Education, etc. (Use your group account username and password for this.)
• Format your blog
• Write a paragraph about your topic
• Write tags for each post you make
  
• Write some questions about your topic
• Write about your topic in the UAE context
• Add some pictures - or make a slideshow
• Add some facts and information
• Link to some newspaper stories
• Embed a YouTube
• Send me the link

Keep adding ideas and information, etc.
Write your own answers to the questions you have written
See what your friends write and answer their ideas