My Ancient Egyptian Website

HELP WANTED: JEWLER

This was the headline for my ancient Egyptian website that I coded in d.lab this trimester. This is the link that will take you to the website that I created!

http://web.editey.com/0B_V7ceaui2mTWG1mMUNWU0hRSHc/index.html

I really like how I described what are the perks and downsides to being a jeweler, but there was one thing that nagged at me. I wasn’t able to create solid paragraphs one the Learn More page–meaning that I wasn’t able to indent them. It may seem like a tiny imperfection, but the truth is, I can be kind of a perfectionist, and I would like to learn how to code indentions into my paragraphs.

I’m supposed to describe “One thing I learned,” but I really can’t do that, because there’s not one simple thing. But then again, if I made a list naming break tags, center tags, close tags, insert picture tags, and much more, it would take me all day. So I’ll simply say that I learned a LOT about coding! I learned about all types of different tags, how to insert images, and all about different sites that you can use for coding. Something that I struggled with was actually putting in an image. This is a specific problem with a certain tag, and although I had problems with other things, as well, I remember how I would forget to put in quotes around the HTML code or something simple like that.

I would love to do this again. I enjoyed everything about it, and even out of school, I would be happy if someone came up to me and said, “Will you code me a website,” randomly, or something similar. It was an amazing experience, and I think if I do it again, my next website will be a lot better, since this was my first time–I will have had more practice.

Overall, it was an incredible time, and I really loved coding my ancient Egyptian tomb website!

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March 13

French Assignments

In French class, we do multiple assignments. But one that I really enjoyed was studying using the program Quizlet. We got to test out our knowledge with flashcards, and then learn more with the “Learn” and “Spell” sections. I also loved how they taught you through games, too. At the end of the learning session, you can see how you’ve improved from the flashcards using the box labeled “Test.” These tests are kept short and sweet, some questions posing questions for the students and others being simple and easy. The learning program Quizlet, that is used for adding new words to your vocabulary and studying them, is very interactive and makes testing somewhat fun!

I also really liked the assignment where we did the dialogue. We got to team up with a partner, and one of us pretended to be the server–serveuse–and the other was the customer, or client–cliente–to write a cafe scene. Simone–who was my partner–was the customer and I, the waitress, was asking her what she would like to eat. She ordered two foods, and after I brought them out with a Voila! she ordered a dessert item and a drink. Eventually, we said Au revoir to one another and the client left the cafe. It was fun to write the script, and, although we didn’t get to act it out, we had a great time working together.

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March 2

Shark Tank Simulation

On our spaceship, the shark would be represented by the human crew, since we eat all of the protein. For this reason, the minnows are the protein such as:

cows, pigs, chickens, fish, beans (soy), and many other sources of protein. The minnows would have to eat the seaweed, so what would be the seaweed?

The plants! The plants ,which are already there in the greenhouse room! The sources of protein listed above need plants to survive that they can feed off of, and if they don’t, the result can be drastic! If the plants die, then that means that the animals have nothing to eat! If the animals–our only source of food–starve, then we’re left on the spaceship without any food! After three weeks, the loss of food will be deadly to us.

This is similar to the Shark Tank simulation because if the shark ate all of the minnows in the very first round, the seaweed would have no predators and therefore would overpopulate. Plus, the sharks would die out since, no matter how many times they were able to reproduce in the first round, they will all die in the second because there are no more minnows to eat. (It is the same thing with all of the minnows eating all of the seaweed…etc.) The food chain is just that–a chain–and if someone takes off one link, the entire thing will fall apart. It’s a domino effect, and for this reason, we need to keep us, the animals, and the plants all balanced.

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