the developmental process of an egg

     

One of the greatest wonders of the world is the turning of an egg into a chicken. this process requires 21 days of incubation. It starts with an egg that contains the Egg white(Albumin) and the Yolk, the chicken egg starts as an egg yolk inside a hen. before laying the egg there is the fertilization process, division, and growth of the living cells. Then after the laying of the egg and during the incubation, the chick starts to form day after day then on the 21st day it is the hatching of the chick. It was a beautiful experiment that we did during the Developmental Biology course and it was interesting at the same time because we can see that beautiful miracle.

Some microscopic pictures that we took during the class:

  

    

Summer camp 2019

 Summer camp 2019:

The municipality of my village “Aouyoun” organized for the first time in Akkar a summer camp for children aged between 3 and 13 years old. The program was filled with 12 different subjects that enhance the child’s mind and body. The child was attending “robotics”, “crazy science” and “art and crafts” classes that made him discover hidden knowledge when imagining the world of arts and applying science in reality; then they were physically active when participating in “boxing”, “football” and “dancing” benefiting their bodies and having fun at the same time. The program did not stop with these 6 classes and was aiming to improve skills that could not be taught in schools directly like giving “public speaking”,” team-building” and “educational games” classes. The main aim of the camp was to let the village’s children engage in activities together bringing all families together with no boundaries and limits concerning positions, money, and politics. The camp divided the 130 children participants into 4 groups depending on their age. Each level had its specific schedule including all the activities mentioned above taking into consideration that each activity is appropriate for their mental and physical ability separating them into 4 different locations making the camp more organized. 

For me, it was so much work because I was responsible for educational sessions like the scientific sessions and the dancing sessions which needs a lot of energy. The work was not easy, it needed so much focus, time, and energy since disciplining 130 children is such a big responsibility despite the energy needed in the dancing classes. However, I enjoyed achieving every single task I was charged with. Showing that much effort, the main goal that I thankfully achieved was preparing myself to the commitment of work in an institution collaborating with one of higher position, completing tasks on time respecting deadlines, and finally working with a group absorbing leadership and team-building skills.

                       

                             

                                            

EDUC-561

 EDUC 561, Educational Media and Technology, is a course that helps us to discover new technologies, apps, and websites that teachers can include in their classroom for better education.

This course discusses technology development techniques in education and trains potential teachers to use technology as an effective tool to boost learning. This course explores technology creation approaches in education and prepares future teachers on using technology as an essential method to improve learning.

For me, I am really liking this course because I like to discover new things and especially in technologies for better learning and let me see how teaching methods are improving for easier and developed methods.

My Online Learning Experience.

Online learning is education that takes place over the Internet. It is often referred to as “e-learning” among other terms. However, online learning is just one type of “distance learning” - the umbrella term for any learning that takes place across distance and not in a traditional classroom.

 It all started when a new virus has invaded the world and it is called COVID-19. It was new for everybody that kind of invasion that forced us to stay at home and to stay away from everyone. Firstly, it has started with a few numbers of new cases then it has increased faster than expected which forced the schools to close and start a new system for the safety of their students. The new system of learning was online learning. Online learning was new for everyone for both students and teachers and it was challenging. It was hard because this was new for us and none of us had experience with this kind of system, and especially with the problems and issues that we are dealing with in Lebanon. The main problems that all of us are dealing with are electricity and connection issues.

 During the end of the spring semester of 2020, I had finals and it was my last semester before graduation, I remember that at that time we had some electrical problems and it went on and off with no warning; so I was worried about the exams and how I was going to do them. So I start looking for places where I can make sure that nothing can go wrong. And it was shocking for me to think about these kinds of problems instead of thinking about the exams. This experience was easy and comfortable but it was stressful and challenging at the same time.