William |
Draft 1 |
Cliente: Hola. asistente de compras: Hola. Buenos días. Como estas - Bien gracias. Me gustaría uno pantalones cortos, dos camisetas mangas cortas y uno vestidos y botas marrones de cuero por favor. - Un momento....... Uno pantalones cortos, dos camisetas de manga corta, dos vestido y botas de marrones de cuero. - No no no dos chaqueta azules por favor. - Un momento..... dos chaqueta azules. - No no no dos marrones de cuero. - Un momento...... DOS MARRONES DE CUERO. - No no no uno camiseta negra de manga corta. - UN MOMENTO….UNA CAMISETA NEGRA DE MANGA CORTA. - Este pantalones es el más cómodo pero demasiado grande. - Ok - ¿Cuánto cuesta ? - Pantalones €200, dos camisetas mangas cortas €250, uno vestido €200 y uno botas marrones de cuero €150 - Demasiado caro. Adiós. |
Showing posts with label school. Show all posts
Showing posts with label school. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
William's dialogue
As William is relatively new to this school so I will be posting his dialogue on my blog as he doesn't have a blog of his own.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Spanish shopping dialogue
In Spanish class we had to make a dialogue that in one way or another involved shopping. There have been three drafts before this final version.
C: Puedes pensar un poco. Mientras tanto, ¿vamos ir a Toys ‘r’ us?
C: Vale, esperaré
C: Hola
O: Buenos dias. ¿Como estas?
C: Bien, bien ¿y tu?
O: … bien...
C: ¿Adonde vamos a ir primero?
O: A ver…
C: ¿Vamos a España records?
O: Si, si. Quiero comprar un disco.
C: Tambien, de acuerdo.
O: ¿Cuál prefieres? ¿Enrique Iglesias o Alejandro Sanz ?
C: Me gustan los dos. ¿Por que no comprar Shakira?
O: Buenos dias. ¿Como estas?
C: Bien, bien ¿y tu?
O: … bien...
C: ¿Adonde vamos a ir primero?
O: A ver…
C: ¿Vamos a España records?
O: Si, si. Quiero comprar un disco.
C: Tambien, de acuerdo.
O: ¿Cuál prefieres? ¿Enrique Iglesias o Alejandro Sanz ?
C: Me gustan los dos. ¿Por que no comprar Shakira?
O: ¡Ni en sueños! Odio Shakira.
C (canta suavemente): Waka waka eh eh....
O: ¡SILENCIO! Voy a comprar un disco de Enrique Iglesias. Pero... ellos no tienen un disco de Enrique Iglesias. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Que debo comprar??????????’
C: Puedes pensar un poco. Mientras tanto, ¿vamos ir a Toys ‘r’ us?
Dos minutos más tarde
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C: ¡Oscar! ¿Por qué dejar caer el dinero?
O: Es paras los pobres.
C: ¡Oscar! No eres inteligente.
O: Es inteligente.
C: No es. ¡Porqué estamos en un centró commercial muy caro!
O: No importa.
C (coge el dinero sin ver de Oscar): Es su dinero. Su su opción.
O: De acuerdo.
C (coge todo el dinero): Gracias por invitarme.
O: ¿Dondé hizo todo el dinero?
C: No sé. Los pobres son rapidos.
O: hmm, de acuerdo.
En Toys 'r' us
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O:Quiero comprar un videojuego. ¿Cuál prefieres: Halo:Reach o Assassins Creed?
C: Solo me gusta videojuegos de Mario y Link. No me gusta Assassins Creed nada.
O: ¡Qué herejia! ¡Herejia!
C: Puedes decidir lo. Voy a comprar un batido, estare de vuelta en cinco minutos.
Cinco minutos más tarde
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C: Hola, ¿ya elegiste?
O: No puedo elegir.
C: Solo me gusta videojuegos de Mario y Link. No me gusta Assassins Creed nada.
O: ¡Qué herejia! ¡Herejia!
C: Puedes decidir lo. Voy a comprar un batido, estare de vuelta en cinco minutos.
Cinco minutos más tarde
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C: Hola, ¿ya elegiste?
O: No puedo elegir.
C: Vale, esperaré
Dos horas más tarde
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C: O dios mio Oscar. ¡Decida!
O: …..No sé qué elegir.
C: ¿Por qué?
O: Estoy usando mis zapatos desafortunados. Traen mala suerte.
C: ¡Tengo una solución! ¡Vamos a ir a comprar zapatos nuevos!
O: De acuerdo. ¿Cuáles prefieres? ¿Las zapatillas de deporte ó los zapatos negros?
C: Prefieras las zapatillas de deporte. Son más prácticas, baratas, bonitas y cómodas.
O: No sé qué elegir.
C: Puedes saqar sus zapatos, y luego decida.
O: Elijo las zapatillas de deporte. ¿Cuántos cuestas?
C: Son 350 euros.
O: ¡Tan caras!
C: Pero los zapatos negros son 500 euros.
O: Puedo comprar las zapatillas de deporte.
C: ¡Tengo que ir me! ¡Tengo que ir a casa ahora! ¡Es más tarde! ¡Gracias por el dinero!
O: Adios
C: Hasta pronto.
O: ...Espera un segundo. ¡CASPEEERRRR!
Friday, March 18, 2011
How computers work
Computers have helped humanity since they were invented. From huge installations from the mid-20th century they were gradually improved and developed into smaller and faster versions. When you think of a computer you may think of the laptop you are be carrying. You will also automatically think of technology. The truth is that everything around you, and not just your laptop, is technology.
This essay aims to give you more knowledge about your computer. To do so, a four layer model will be used. It divides the computer and its environment into four layers. These are: the hardware, software, network and people. The higher layers have a broader function, but each layer can't function without all the layers below it.
This essay aims to give you more knowledge about your computer. To do so, a four layer model will be used. It divides the computer and its environment into four layers. These are: the hardware, software, network and people. The higher layers have a broader function, but each layer can't function without all the layers below it.
The Hardware
Computers consists of several components. These are the motherboard, central processing unit (CPU), hard disk drive (HDD), optical disc drive (ODD), the power supply, lots of wires and cables, memory (RAM) and the case.
The motherboard could be seen as, like the name suggests, the 'mother' of the whole computer. This is because every single thing in the case is in some way or another connected to the motherboard, directly by cables.
The motherboard could be seen as, like the name suggests, the 'mother' of the whole computer. This is because every single thing in the case is in some way or another connected to the motherboard, directly by cables.
Another very important part of the computer is the power supply. It supplies the electrical power the computer needs to run. The voltage delivered by the power supply depends on the kind of computer you are using. The power supply in a desktop computer usually gets its power from wall sockets and converts the 230V from the socket into 5V and 12V, the voltages that the components in a PC use to run. The power supply in a laptop is a battery, mostly on 19V.
All other components have a very specific function and aren't as broad as the motherboard.
The CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the brain of the computer. It performs the instructions it gets from the software.
The CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the brain of the computer. It performs the instructions it gets from the software.
The RAM (Random Access Memory) is one of the determinants of your computer's speed. The more RAM you have, the faster your computer will be able to process information, thus shortening waiting time. RAM is fast but volatile. During the shutdown process your computer sends all information that need to be stored from RAM back to the hard drive, where it will be saved for future use. The harddrive (HDD) has opposite properties to the RAM. It is relatively slow but is like the storage room of the computer as it stores all your software and information permanently. For everything it does, the CPU accesses the HDD and takes the information it needs, lets say Word. It then puts this information to the RAM, and then starts processing it, like editing your Word document. You can then do whatever the installed software allows you to do.
RAM is organised in 'pages': certain blocks of memory. If all this memory is full and you open a new Word document, the computer will write the information of one of the pages back into the HDD. This takes some time, causing the slight delay that many, if not all, computer users are familiar with. When you then want to use that information it will again take some time before everything is back in RAM. The more information has to be send back or restored, the longer the delay will be. The process of throwing out information and restoring it is called swapping.
If you have more RAM, you will have more pages, enabling you to run more programs at a time and spreading the amount of information more, thus making your computer faster. The process of spreading the information out over several pages is called pagination.The less RAM you have, the more frequent information has to be swapped to the HDD, making your computer slower. Unfortunately, RAM is relatively expensive memory, so you can't have as much as you like. The motherboard and operating systems also pose limits to how much RAM they can handle.
The Software
The software is what enables you to actually do something on your computer. To download software on a newly made computer you have to insert a CD in the ODD containing the software. Usually, all software is stored in the HDD. There are different kinds of software. The main groups can be divided into the Operating System (OS) and the applications. There is also a third group called the drivers (which make the hardware work correctly), but some argue that these are part of the OS. The OS is what controls the operation of all the components and make sure your application will work regardless the hardware setup of your computer. The applications are the programs like Word, iTunes and Pages. You will spend most of your computer time looking at one application or the other. The applications are more visual and on-screen programs whereas the OS does all the backstage work.
Examples of different kinds of OS are Snow Leopard, Windows and Ubuntu. Unlike the other two named, Ubuntu is a completely free and Open Source operating system. Open Source software gives you access to all source codes (program lines).
The network
A network is a set of computers linked together so they can communicate with each other. The internet is a network of networks, as it consists out of a huge amount of networks to make one big worldwide network. A kind of ubernetwork. The internet was originally designed to be a nuclear attack proof way of communication for the American army. The army wanted to work around the fact that telephones needed a direct connection to a central exchange. They wanted a communication system that would not be destroyed by the first bomb on the central hub, but would stay intact. If you send something over the internet, it breaks up into packets. Each packet has a number and each has to find its own way to the receiver, hopping across networks. They would always try to find the fastest way to the receiving server. As the packets had thousands of alternative routes they could follow to the destination, it was (and still is) practically impossible to keep it from reaching its destination. The receiving computer would just put the packets back into order. The system that tries to ensure that data makes it from the source to the destination is called Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). The TCP brings the packets to the right Internet Protocol (IP). The IP is the system of addressing computers on the internet. Domains (parts of a network) resolve into IP addresses.
People
These are the people like you and me that use computers. We communicate by chatting, using applications like Skype, or by using social network applications like Facebook, work and entertain ourselves with computer games both off- and online.
But all these good things have a downside. Computers are great tools, but they also pollute the environment. And that doesn't stop when you stop using it and throw it away. When computers or other electronical devices like smartphones and iPods reach the landfill they slowly start polluting the groundwater of the area. Devices with big batteries like laptops are the main polluters. Their battery slowly starts dissolving and leaks acid in the ground. The wealthier parts of the world, like the USA and Europe dump their e-waste in the less wealthy parts of the world, like India, China and Africa. The situation in Gulyu in China is so bad that the groundwater has become undrinkable.
Luckily more and more countries have started to run waste separation and recycling programs, to which many companies are contributing including Apple, Philips Electronics and Dell.
RAM is organised in 'pages': certain blocks of memory. If all this memory is full and you open a new Word document, the computer will write the information of one of the pages back into the HDD. This takes some time, causing the slight delay that many, if not all, computer users are familiar with. When you then want to use that information it will again take some time before everything is back in RAM. The more information has to be send back or restored, the longer the delay will be. The process of throwing out information and restoring it is called swapping.
If you have more RAM, you will have more pages, enabling you to run more programs at a time and spreading the amount of information more, thus making your computer faster. The process of spreading the information out over several pages is called pagination.The less RAM you have, the more frequent information has to be swapped to the HDD, making your computer slower. Unfortunately, RAM is relatively expensive memory, so you can't have as much as you like. The motherboard and operating systems also pose limits to how much RAM they can handle.
The Software
The software is what enables you to actually do something on your computer. To download software on a newly made computer you have to insert a CD in the ODD containing the software. Usually, all software is stored in the HDD. There are different kinds of software. The main groups can be divided into the Operating System (OS) and the applications. There is also a third group called the drivers (which make the hardware work correctly), but some argue that these are part of the OS. The OS is what controls the operation of all the components and make sure your application will work regardless the hardware setup of your computer. The applications are the programs like Word, iTunes and Pages. You will spend most of your computer time looking at one application or the other. The applications are more visual and on-screen programs whereas the OS does all the backstage work.
Examples of different kinds of OS are Snow Leopard, Windows and Ubuntu. Unlike the other two named, Ubuntu is a completely free and Open Source operating system. Open Source software gives you access to all source codes (program lines).
A network is a set of computers linked together so they can communicate with each other. The internet is a network of networks, as it consists out of a huge amount of networks to make one big worldwide network. A kind of ubernetwork. The internet was originally designed to be a nuclear attack proof way of communication for the American army. The army wanted to work around the fact that telephones needed a direct connection to a central exchange. They wanted a communication system that would not be destroyed by the first bomb on the central hub, but would stay intact. If you send something over the internet, it breaks up into packets. Each packet has a number and each has to find its own way to the receiver, hopping across networks. They would always try to find the fastest way to the receiving server. As the packets had thousands of alternative routes they could follow to the destination, it was (and still is) practically impossible to keep it from reaching its destination. The receiving computer would just put the packets back into order. The system that tries to ensure that data makes it from the source to the destination is called Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). The TCP brings the packets to the right Internet Protocol (IP). The IP is the system of addressing computers on the internet. Domains (parts of a network) resolve into IP addresses.
People
These are the people like you and me that use computers. We communicate by chatting, using applications like Skype, or by using social network applications like Facebook, work and entertain ourselves with computer games both off- and online.
But all these good things have a downside. Computers are great tools, but they also pollute the environment. And that doesn't stop when you stop using it and throw it away. When computers or other electronical devices like smartphones and iPods reach the landfill they slowly start polluting the groundwater of the area. Devices with big batteries like laptops are the main polluters. Their battery slowly starts dissolving and leaks acid in the ground. The wealthier parts of the world, like the USA and Europe dump their e-waste in the less wealthy parts of the world, like India, China and Africa. The situation in Gulyu in China is so bad that the groundwater has become undrinkable.
Luckily more and more countries have started to run waste separation and recycling programs, to which many companies are contributing including Apple, Philips Electronics and Dell.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Computer System Recap
In the last few ICT lessons I had my group and I put together a computer. I have been asked to write a twenty minute recap about it.
In the first lesson we learnt about the different parts of a computer, for example the CPU (Computer power use), the RAM (Random Access Memory) and the Motherboard. The CPU is like the brains of the computer. Because of the CPU you can run software and use your computer. The RAM makes the computer faster. Its task is to run things fast, but it can't remember anything, so when you Force Quit your computer all data that was temporarily in the RAM might be lost. The more RAM your computer has, the faster it will be. The Motherboard is like the name suggests the mother of all things in your computer. Everything in the case is connected to the motherboard in some way, for example with a wire or plug.
Of course there are a lot of other things in a computer, the power supply, the HDD, the ODD, the ventilators, a whole lot of wires, a heat sink and of course the case. The power supply, like its name suggests, provides the power for the computer to run. When you press the button, it is the first thing to start working. The HDD (Hard Disk Drive) is the memory of the computer. It is slow, but it remembers every (saved) file when you turn off the computer. It is where all software and information is stored. The ODD (Optical Disk Drive, AKA DVD-drive) is where you put in a disk of some sort to access the things stored on that disk. There are normally two ventilators. They are to keep the power supply and the CPU cool, to prevent them from exploding. All the wires connect these main components to the motherboard. The heat sink is the thing that is supposed to prevent the computer from overheating. Without it the computer would get too hot and might possibly explode. There normally is a fan for the heat sink as well. The case is obviously the thing you see on the outside, with screws, flashy buttons and vent openings. The vents and heatsink are very important because without them the computer will overheat and destroy itself.
You can test the heatsink and other components of the computer by doing a smoke test. You do this by powering up the computer and check if there goes a light from green to another color (possibly yellow) and if it smells like smoke near the computer. If it does any of these then there is something wrong and you may have to disassemble the computer again.
In the second lesson we installed a software called Ubuntu on our computers. This took quite a long time and as we spend the beginning of the lesson on finishing off our computer we had to wait the rest of the lesson for the software to install.
The third lesson I was sick, but I believe the group learnt about the Internet and how to operate the software.
The next lesson my group and I made a role play about how the internet worked. We got chairs and tied them together with string to represent the connections between networks. We gave each of the chairs a name, like Google, Youtube and PCCW. A number of different people were a picture. We used one laptop with the Facebook logo on the screen. Somebody send the picture and the picture broke up in separate packets that hopped from network to network via the connections of string. They arrived in a random order at the end destination, Facebook. Each packet had a number so the recipient network would know what the picture would look like so it could put the picture together for viewing. In the real world this happens whenever you click 'Send'. And on the real internet, this whole process takes only a matter of seconds because the packets always try to find the shortest way possible.
The packets always need to hop from network to network by finding the IP adress of the hop destination. The internet is just like a big global spiderweb with all kinds of connections intersecting, crossing and overlapping each other. This gives it the name of a global network of networks. Each one of these networks has a IP address. The things you send break up in numbered packets and hop around the networks until they find the destination IP. It is like mail being delivered by a mailman who doesn't know the way around but still needs to find the destination of the letter.
Nowadays people don't know the origins of the internet. The truth is that the Internet originated as a military experiment to make an indestructible way of communicating. It was designed to be atomic bomb proof, because an atomic bomb couldn't possibly take out all networks at once. ARPA was the corporation that funded the experiment.
Casper
In the first lesson we learnt about the different parts of a computer, for example the CPU (Computer power use), the RAM (Random Access Memory) and the Motherboard. The CPU is like the brains of the computer. Because of the CPU you can run software and use your computer. The RAM makes the computer faster. Its task is to run things fast, but it can't remember anything, so when you Force Quit your computer all data that was temporarily in the RAM might be lost. The more RAM your computer has, the faster it will be. The Motherboard is like the name suggests the mother of all things in your computer. Everything in the case is connected to the motherboard in some way, for example with a wire or plug.
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| The motherboard |
Of course there are a lot of other things in a computer, the power supply, the HDD, the ODD, the ventilators, a whole lot of wires, a heat sink and of course the case. The power supply, like its name suggests, provides the power for the computer to run. When you press the button, it is the first thing to start working. The HDD (Hard Disk Drive) is the memory of the computer. It is slow, but it remembers every (saved) file when you turn off the computer. It is where all software and information is stored. The ODD (Optical Disk Drive, AKA DVD-drive) is where you put in a disk of some sort to access the things stored on that disk. There are normally two ventilators. They are to keep the power supply and the CPU cool, to prevent them from exploding. All the wires connect these main components to the motherboard. The heat sink is the thing that is supposed to prevent the computer from overheating. Without it the computer would get too hot and might possibly explode. There normally is a fan for the heat sink as well. The case is obviously the thing you see on the outside, with screws, flashy buttons and vent openings. The vents and heatsink are very important because without them the computer will overheat and destroy itself.
You can test the heatsink and other components of the computer by doing a smoke test. You do this by powering up the computer and check if there goes a light from green to another color (possibly yellow) and if it smells like smoke near the computer. If it does any of these then there is something wrong and you may have to disassemble the computer again.
In the second lesson we installed a software called Ubuntu on our computers. This took quite a long time and as we spend the beginning of the lesson on finishing off our computer we had to wait the rest of the lesson for the software to install.
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| A very small part of the Internet. This diagram shows the connections made between browsers. |
The third lesson I was sick, but I believe the group learnt about the Internet and how to operate the software.The next lesson my group and I made a role play about how the internet worked. We got chairs and tied them together with string to represent the connections between networks. We gave each of the chairs a name, like Google, Youtube and PCCW. A number of different people were a picture. We used one laptop with the Facebook logo on the screen. Somebody send the picture and the picture broke up in separate packets that hopped from network to network via the connections of string. They arrived in a random order at the end destination, Facebook. Each packet had a number so the recipient network would know what the picture would look like so it could put the picture together for viewing. In the real world this happens whenever you click 'Send'. And on the real internet, this whole process takes only a matter of seconds because the packets always try to find the shortest way possible.
The packets always need to hop from network to network by finding the IP adress of the hop destination. The internet is just like a big global spiderweb with all kinds of connections intersecting, crossing and overlapping each other. This gives it the name of a global network of networks. Each one of these networks has a IP address. The things you send break up in numbered packets and hop around the networks until they find the destination IP. It is like mail being delivered by a mailman who doesn't know the way around but still needs to find the destination of the letter.
Nowadays people don't know the origins of the internet. The truth is that the Internet originated as a military experiment to make an indestructible way of communicating. It was designed to be atomic bomb proof, because an atomic bomb couldn't possibly take out all networks at once. ARPA was the corporation that funded the experiment.
Casper
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Science Fitness and health
For Science, I had to blog about 1) What I eat, 2) Which foods are healthy in my daily diet and 3) Things I do for general fitness on a daily basis.
For breakfast I normally eat one sandwich (roasted white) with peanut butter. For lunch I normally eat three sandwiches (Two to three are brown bread, sometimes the third one is white) and some candy like skittles or a cookie. I share my candy with my friends. In the second break I always eat apple with cinnamon on it. I share the candy that is left with my friends. When I get home I eat some candy like M&M's. For dinner I normally eat vegetables with meat with rice or potatoes and a sauce. With Breakfast, in the breaks at school and at dinner I drink water. When I get back from school I drink something like Coca Cola or 7-up.
I think my breakfast good because it gives me enough energy to operate until the lunch break. I think my lunch is very healthy because I always have cheese and meat on at least 2 of the sandwiches and I drink water with it. I need the energy of the candy to keep me active. I think apples are good for you because it is fruit and the cinnamon is only there for the taste. I don't think that the drinks I drink after school are very healthy because they have a lot of sugar in them. The candy isn't very healthy either but I think I can let myself get some of it because I just came back of a busy school day. I also think that my dinner is normally very healthy because I always eat vegetables and meat. Except in the weekends, when I may go out eating in a restaurant.
I play football every day when it isn't raining or I have drama group. On Monday's I play tennis from 6 until 7 o'clock. On Tuesday's I go sailing/kayaking as an activity of my school. On Wednesday's and Thursday's I have PE at school. On Friday's I normally invite a friend to come over and we play sports, video games and walk around. In the weekends I stay inside and make my homework. This normally takes up one day (Saturday OR Sunday). On the day left my family and I normally go around in the city, shopping (Mum likes that) or go to a friend.
For breakfast I normally eat one sandwich (roasted white) with peanut butter. For lunch I normally eat three sandwiches (Two to three are brown bread, sometimes the third one is white) and some candy like skittles or a cookie. I share my candy with my friends. In the second break I always eat apple with cinnamon on it. I share the candy that is left with my friends. When I get home I eat some candy like M&M's. For dinner I normally eat vegetables with meat with rice or potatoes and a sauce. With Breakfast, in the breaks at school and at dinner I drink water. When I get back from school I drink something like Coca Cola or 7-up.
I think my breakfast good because it gives me enough energy to operate until the lunch break. I think my lunch is very healthy because I always have cheese and meat on at least 2 of the sandwiches and I drink water with it. I need the energy of the candy to keep me active. I think apples are good for you because it is fruit and the cinnamon is only there for the taste. I don't think that the drinks I drink after school are very healthy because they have a lot of sugar in them. The candy isn't very healthy either but I think I can let myself get some of it because I just came back of a busy school day. I also think that my dinner is normally very healthy because I always eat vegetables and meat. Except in the weekends, when I may go out eating in a restaurant.
I play football every day when it isn't raining or I have drama group. On Monday's I play tennis from 6 until 7 o'clock. On Tuesday's I go sailing/kayaking as an activity of my school. On Wednesday's and Thursday's I have PE at school. On Friday's I normally invite a friend to come over and we play sports, video games and walk around. In the weekends I stay inside and make my homework. This normally takes up one day (Saturday OR Sunday). On the day left my family and I normally go around in the city, shopping (Mum likes that) or go to a friend.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
The Periodic Table
I put this video in because it gives you some great information about the elements. The song will help you remember the elements from the Periodic Table better and gives examples of the uses of different elements.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Welcome
Welcome to Casper's school blog. On this blog, I'll be storing my opinions and information about school subjects, like ICT, English and Art etc. In the first few months I will be editing a lot on this website, mainly putting youtube videos on and off. With this blog I want to gather more knowledge about the World Wide Web and help students around the globe. I hope you will enjoy this blog.
Casper
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