Minister H.E. Mr Sok An. As he arrived, the crowd welcomed him with great excitement and applause. The ceremony began with the Cambodian National Anthem. At that time, more than 40 Primary students carried a 15 metre long Cambodian flag and marched along to the ceremony venue in presence of Mr Sok An. After the anthem, High School students performed the Blessing Dance. First of all, the Director of Zaman International School, Mr Ali KOKTEN made a speech. He focused on the modern stan- dards of schools. He said that Zaman is the leading educational institution in Cambodia and contributed a lot to the education system. He added that with the latest technology and strong curriculum, Zaman has blazed a trail and will go on adding more day by day. He concluded his speech with hopes of success to the students. Continued on page 2 Volume 5 Issue 57 21 May 2008 The grand opening ceremony was held with great excitement and involvement. Zaman International School has extended its educational capacity and activity with a fresh Primary Campus. Once more Zaman has proven its prestige and quality with its glorious new building. The preparations for the opening started weeks ago. Everywhere in the building including classes, facility rooms and even the corridors were decorated elegantly. Students, teachers and assistant teachers worked hard even at the weekends. It is worth seeing the assistance and cooperation of high school teachers and staff. And then the time came. The date Monday, 24 March witnessed a great ceremony. The roads were blocked and the stage was set. People started to come early in the morning. Long before the ceremony started, it was difficult to find a place to sit as there were around 2000 people. Everyone was waiting for the official guests. There were guests from neighbouring countries such as Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam and Myanmar as well as from Turkey, far away. Many officials, businesspeople and guests honoured the ceremony from Turkey to strengthen the bonds between Turkey and Cambodia. Turkey was officially represented by H.E. Mr Dengir Firat, Member of Parliament and Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister. In addi- tions, there were diplomats, ambassadors, directors and chairmen of governmental organizations. The honourable guest of the ceremony was without a doubt, Deputy Prime NEWSPAPER Prepared By 11-E ZAMAN NEWSPAPER Zaman, Publisher Vesile Kaplan, Editor-in Chief Gurkan Cil, Editor at Large www.zamanisc.org Inauguration of Primary Campus
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Minister H.E. Mr Sok An. As he arrived, the crowd welcomed him wi th great exc i tement and applause.
The ceremony began with the Cambodian National Anthem. At that time, more than 40 Primary students carried a 15 metre long Cambodian flag and marched along to the ceremony venue in presence of Mr Sok An. After the anthem, High School students performed the Blessing Dance. First of all, the Director of Zaman International School, Mr Ali KOKTEN made a speech. He focused on the modern stan-dards of schools. He said that Zaman is the leading educational institution in Cambodia and contributed a lot to the education system. He added that with the latest technology and strong curriculum, Zaman has blazed a trail and will go on adding more day by day. He concluded his speech with hopes of success to the students.
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Volume 5 Issue 57 21 May 2008
The grand opening ceremony was held with great excitement and involvement.
Zaman International School has e x t e n d e d i t s e d u c a t i o n a l capacity and activity with a fresh Primary Campus. Once more Zaman has proven its prestige and quality with its glorious new building. The preparations for the opening started weeks ago. Everywhere in the bui lding including classes, facility rooms and even the corridors were decorated elegantly. Students, teachers and assistant teachers w o r k e d h a r d e v e n a t t h e weekends. It is worth seeing the assistance and cooperation of high school teachers and staff.
And then the time came.
The date Monday, 24 March witnessed a great ceremony. The roads were blocked and the stage was set. People started to come early in the morning. Long before the ceremony started, it was difficult to find a place to sit
as there were around 2000 people. Everyone was waiting for the official guests. There were gues ts f rom ne ighbour ing countries such as Thailand, S i n g a p o r e , V i e t n a m a n d Myanmar as well as from Turkey, f a r a w a y. M a n y o f f i c i a l s , businesspeople and guests honoured the ceremony from Turkey to strengthen the bonds
between Turkey and Cambodia. Turkey was officially represented by H.E. Mr Dengir Firat, Member of Parliament and Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister. In addi-tions, there were diplomats, ambassadors, directors and cha i rmen of governmenta l organizations. The honourable guest of the ceremony was without a doubt, Deputy Prime
NEWSPAPER
Prepared By 11-E
ZAMAN NEWSPAPERZaman, Publisher
Vesile Kaplan, Editor-in Chief Gurkan Cil, Editor at Large
www.zamanisc.org
Inauguration of Primary Campus
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GENERAL
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"Today the world needs love and peace more than ever. This school plants saplings of peace in a field of love. For this reason, I congratulate the teachers, who are the gardeners of peace and tolerance," Fýrat said. Professor Þerif Ali Tekalan, head of the Union of International Universi-ties, said he believed "that the students of this school, which
has established a bridge of love between two countries, will work for the welfare and peace of their countries and that of all humanity in the future.”
After all the speeches, Mr Sok An and the group proceeded to the front door to cut the ribbon. The school tour started from 4th floor, kindergarten department and lunch area. Inside looked as elegant as it is seen outside.
Down in the third floor, high school students organized a science fair with 15 tables. The guests looked impressed and a m a z e d w i t h t h e s c i e n c e projects students made.
The group then proceeded to the second floor where there are classrooms. They visi ted a classroom for a sample class. Mr Sok An and the other official guests were surprised with the technical equipment used in the classes. They watched a lesson and exam on Active Board taught by a grade 3 student. The classrooms and the facility rooms were full of students and guests. Students showed their skills and knowledge.
The guests were so impressed with what the young students had shown. In the game room, students were practicing and learning how to play chess and intelligence games. In the art room, several groups of students performed different kinds of art p ro jec ts . The c inema and conference room welcomed the
guests with a cartoon movie. Some primary students organ-ised several science activities and expla ined them to the audience. In the music room, 8 students performed traditional dance. F ina l l y, a g roup o f students performed a show on the computers in ICT Room. Some visitors claimed that even two hours were not enough to visit and see throughout the school.
As stated in its motto “You are going to reach the top with us”, Zaman International School proven its quality and high level education once more. It seems that the students really will reach the top with Zaman too.
ZAMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL NEWSPAPER 3
GENERAL
The perennial questions “How do people learn?” and “What do they need to know?” have challenged educators since the time of Socrates (d. 339 BCE) to our own. Given the now near-global availability of the Internet, i ns t ruc to rs , l ea rners , and educational institutions are analyzing all of the various ways that they can benefit from it.
The increasing use of e-learning methods and virtual university environments have focused researchers' attention on the Soc ra t i c me thod : P lay ing students with questions and then demanding that they discover, organize, and structure their own responses to the problems posed in an attempt to overcome the constraints of traditional methods. Socrates also believed that students could be success-ful only if they accepted respon-sibility and took the initiative.
T h e W e b ' s 1 9 9 2 a d v e n t represents a watershed in the development of online educa-tion. Its user-friendly nature made the Internet accessible to the general publ ic, and i ts powerful graphic capabilities expanded the range of disci-plines that could be offered online by enabling virtual labs, studios, animations, and so on. Currently, e-learning allows people to learn anywhere and usually at any time, as long as the computer being used is configured properly. With its available text, video, audio, animation, and virtual environ-ments, its self-paced, hands-on nature has the potential to offer a more enriching level of training than students might experience in a crowded classroom.
E-learning methodsC o n t e m p o r a r y e - l e a r n i n g methods contain elements of the Socratic model. Students select, organize, and structure the information in order to accom-plish selected tasks. They see the functional value of what they are learning while they are learn ing, and benef i t f rom working directly with the content.
The vir tual universi ty (VU) concept enables the application
of e-learning methods in a wide range of fields. VU is a custom-i z e d We b - b a s e d l e a r n i n g environment that delivers online education and seeks to support active, collaborative learning and cross-disciplinary knowledge-building.Knowledge-building is the intentional process of solving problems progressively and deve lop ing and acqu i r i ng expertise.
In a t rad i t ional inst ruct ion system, only the instructor is the active learner, for teaching someone else is a powerful way to learn. By selecting, organiz-ing, and structuring the informa-
Intuitively, e-learning falls into four categories, as follows:
Knowledge databases: These databases, the most basic forms of e-learning, offer indexed explanations, guidance, and step-by-step instructions for per forming spec i f ic tasks.
Online support: This comes in the form of forums, chat rooms, online bulletin boards, e-mail, or live instant-messaging support. It is slightly more interactive than k n o w l e d g e d a t a b a s e s .
Asynchronous training (time independent): Such self-paced
the brain and result in better retent ion. Mix images with words, or sounds (e.g., voices or music) with images.
Create attention-grabbing interaction: Games, quizzes, and even required manipulation of something on the screen creates more interest, which in turn builds better retention by using multiple types of media.
Provide immediate feedback: E-learning courses can build in immediate feedback to correct misunderstood material.
Encourage interaction with other e-learners and an e-i n s t r u c t o r : C h a t r o o m s , d iscussion boards, instant messaging, and e-mail all offer effect ive interact ion for e-learners, and do a good job of replacing classroom discussion. Building an online community signif icantly inf luences the success of online programs.
E-learning benefits
E-learning has definite benefits over t rad i t ional c lassroom training. While the most obvious are the flexibility and the cost savings from not having to travel or spend excess time away from work, there are also others that might not be so obvious. For example:
Less expensive to produce: E-learning is virtually free after reaching the break-even point.
Self-paced: Most e-learning programs can be taken when needed. Going through it at one’s own pace helps avoid missing information if, for example, the student has to leave the class or does not understand exactly what the teacher is saying. This is one reason why e-learning is so effective.
Faster paced: This individual-ized approach allows learners to skip material they already know and understand and move on to new material.
Cons is ten t message : E -learning eliminates problems associated with different >>
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tion for a group of students, instructors benefit by working with and mastering the content for themselves.Students are only pass ive consumers o f the content.
E - lea rn ing , a rev ised and updated form of d iscovery learning, is a student-centered learning approach based on knowledge-building. In this active learning environment, students encounter experiences that enable them to construct personal knowledge through problem-solving and experimen-ta t i on . These know ledge-b u i l d i n g p r i n c i p l e s w o r k particularly well in an e-learning setting, because e-learning provides memorable events. It is more likely that these events will come to mind as learners are challenged by on-the-job or real-life problems.
learning may include access to ins t ruc tors th rough on l ine bulletin boards and discussion groups, as wel l as e-mai l .
Synchronous training (time dependent): This consists of real-time training with a live instructor facilitating the training. Everyone logs in at a set time and can communicate directly with the instructor and with each other.
The VU must attain a high level of quality if it is to succeed in m e e t i n g l o c a l n e e d s a n d competing internationally. Today, any VU is, by default, global. Hence, issues of quality are a key competitive advantage. The keys to successful e-learning are as follows:
Vary content type: Images, sounds, and text work together to build memory in several areas of
Continued from page 3instructors teaching slightly different material on the same subject.
Availability at any location and t ime: E- learners can work training sessions into their schedules, now that they are freed from traveling to and sitting in classrooms.
Interactivity: This can assume the form of simply clicking on app rop r i a te responses t o questions, clicking to animate an object or start a process, or dragging and dropping items to practice a skill. Training-related interactive games are a very effect ive way of improving learning.
Updated easily and quickly: This is especially easy, since all one has to do is upload the updated materials to a server.
Increased retention and a stronger grasp of the material: Many elements, such as video, audio, quizzes, and interaction,
are combined in e-learning to reinforce the message. Being motivated to learn is half the battle. Knowing that the course contains some “fun” elements like video, audio, animation, and “gaming” scenarios increases interest and curiosity. This, too, leads to better retention and faster learning.
E a s i l y m a n a g e d : T h i s i s especially true in the case of large student groups.
ConclusionLearning is both a social and an intensely personal activity. E-learning can enhance both elements, for unlike tell-and-test learning, e-learning builds a cognitive network of understand-ing. Electronic media-supported discovery learning provides a s a f e , p r i v a t e , a n d n o n -embarrassing environment for l ea rn ing abou t hazardous s y s t e m s , c o n d i t i o n s , a n d operations. Such an environ-ment encourages simulated experimentation and under-scores the importance of proper
ZAMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL NEWSPAPER
SPORTS
5
BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
GROUP A GROUP B
GROUP C
GP: Games Played, P: Points, W: Wins, D: Draws, L: Losses, PS: Points Scored, PA: Points Against, PD: Point Difference
In ZIS Basketball Tournament second matches were played. And now time to basketball again for the third matches. Get ready. Here is the results & scores.
also has up to ten times the e n d u r a n c e o f N O R f l a s h . However, the I/O interface of NAND flash does not provide a r a n d o m - a c c e s s e x t e r n a l address bus. Rather, data must be read on a block-wise basis, w i th typ ica l b lock s izes o f hundreds to thousands of bits. This made NAND flash unsuit-able as a drop-in replacement for p rog ram ROM s ince mos t m i c r o p r o c e s s o r s a n d microcontrollers required byte-level random access. In this r e g a r d NAND flash is sim
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disks and optical media, and is thus very
suitable for use in mass-storage devices such as memory cards.
The first NAND-based remov-a b l e m e d i a f o r m a t w a s SmartMedia, and many others h a v e f o l l o w e d , i n c l u d i n g MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital, Memory Stick and xD-Picture Card.
A new generation of memory card formats, including RS-MMC, miniSD and microSD, and I n t e l l i g e n t S t i c k , f e a t u r e extremely small form factors; the microSD card has an area of just over 1.5 cm², with a thickness of less than 1 mm.
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Flash memory (both NOR and NAND types) was invented by Dr. Fujio Masuoka while working for Toshiba in 1984. According to Toshiba, the name "flash" was suggested by Dr. Masuoka's colleague, Mr. Shoji Ariizumi, because the erasure process of the memory contents reminded him of a flash of a camera. Dr. M a s u o k a p r e s e n t e d t h e invention at the IEEE 1984 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) held in San Francisco, California. Intel saw the massive potential of the invention and introduced the first commercial NOR type flash chip in 1988.
NOR-based flash has long erase and write times, b u t p r o v i d e s f u l l address and data buses, allowing random access t o a n y m e m o r y location. T h i s makes i t a
su i tab le replacement for older ROM chips, which are used to store program code that rarely needs t o b e u p d a t e d , s u c h a s a computer's BIOS or the firmware of set-top boxes. Its endurance is 10,000 to 1,000,000 erase cycles.NOR-based flash was the bas is o f ear ly f lash-based r e m o v a b l e m e d i a ; CompactFlash was originally based on it, though later cards moved to less expensive NAND flash.
Toshiba announced NAND flash at ISSCC in 1989. It has faster erase and wri te t imes, and requires a smaller chip area per ce l l , thus a l lowing greater storage densities and lower costs per bit than NOR flash; it
If you peek inside your body, what would you see? Hundreds of bones, miles of blood vessels and trillions of cells, all of which are contantly working together.
SkinIt protects the internal organs from dying and harmful bacteria from getting inside our body. The main layers of the skin are edidermis and dermis.
BonesGives shape and support to your body. The largest bone in your body is the femur and the smallest boneis the stirrup bone, in the ear. There are three types of bones: long bones, short bones, and flat bones.
JointsIt allows the bones to move in different directions. There are three types of joints: immovable joints, slightly movabl joints, and movable joints.
LigamentIt holds joints together.
Muscles
It makes your body movement possible. Your body has more
than 650 muscles. There are two types of muscles: voluntary and involuntary. There are also three types of muscles cells: smooth muscle, skeletal muscle, and cardiac muscle.
TendonsIts job is to hold your muscles to your bones.
VisceraThis term refers to the organs that fill your body’s chest and abdominal cavity. It provides your body with food, oxygen and removes the waste.
GlandsI t p r o d u c e s substances that help your body to function. There are four kinds of g l ands : endo-crine glands, oil glands, salivary g l a n d s , a n d sweat glands.
CellsThe cells perform many jobs such as moving oxygen around the body, taking care of the fuel supply and waste removal. There are many kinds of cells in the body such as bone cells, fat cells, muscle cells, nerve cells, red blood cells, and white blood cells.
Today people get sick easily because of their habits and foods chains.Regu la r exerc ise he lps to improve your health. The people who exercise on a regular basis often do better in work, sleep better, don’t feel as tired, are less likely to get hurt while exercising and are stronger than the less active people.There are two kind of exercise, aerobic and anaerobic. Aerobic exercise builds endurance and burns fat and calories. Aerobic involve:
? swimming? running? jump rope? bicycling? other sports
W h e n y o u d o a n a e r o b i c exercise, such as weight-lifting or push-ups, which involve short bu rs ts o f e f fo r t , you bu i ld strength and muscle mass.Healthy foods also help body. Nutrition experts recommend daily serving from the six groups the food:
? fats, oils and sweets? milk, yogurt and cheese? meat, fish and other protein? vegetables? fruits
By Reangsey Theme
21 May 2008
USB Flash Memory The Human Health
ZAMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL NEWSPAPER 7
GUIDANCE
A MOTHER’S LOVE
A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was f ixing supper, and handed her a piece of paper
that he had been writing on. After his Mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is what it said:
For cutting the grass: $5.00
For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00
For going to the store for you: $.50
Baby-sitting my kid brother while you went shopping: $.25
Taking out the garbage: $1.00
For getting a good report card: $5.00
For cleaning up and raking the yard: $2.00
Total owed: $14.75
Well, his mother looked at him standing there, and the boy could see the memories f lashing through her mind. She picked up
the pen, turned over the paper he'd written on, and this is what she wrote:
For the nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me: No Charge
For all the nights that I've sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you: No Charge
For all the trying times, and all the tears that you've caused through the years: No Charge
For all the nights that were filled with dread and for the worries I knew were ahead: No Charge
For the toys, food, clothes, and even wiping your nose: No Charge
Son, when you add it up, the cost
of my love is: No Charge.
When the boy finished reading what his mother had written, there were big tears in his eyes, and he looked straight at his mother and said, "Mom, I sure do love you." And then he took the
pen and in great big letters he wrote: "PAID IN FULL
BE THANKFUL Be thankfu l tha t you don ' t already have everything you desire.
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?
Be thankful when you don't know something, for i t gives you opportunity to learn.
Be thankful for the difficult times. During those times you grow.
Be thankful for your limitations, because they give you opportu-nities for improvement.
B e t h a n k f u l f o r e a c h n e w challenge, because it will build your strength and character.
Be thankful for your mistakes. They wil l give you valuable lessons. Be thankful when you're tired and weary, because it means you've made a difference. It's easy to be thankful for the good things. A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are also thankful for the setbacks.
Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles, and they can become your blessings.
HOW POOR ARE WE?
One day a father and his rich family took his son to a trip to the country with the firm purpose to show him how poor people could be. They spent a day and a night in the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their
trip the father asked his
son, "How was the trip" "Very good Dad!" replied his son. "Did you see how poor people could be?" the father asked. "Yeah!" "And what did you learn?" The son answered, "I saw that we have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of the
garden; they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lamps in the garden; they have the stars. Our patio reaches to
the front yard, they have a whole horizon." When the little boy was finishing, his father was speech-less. His son added, "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are!" Our outlook on life depends on the way you look at things. What others may think as riches, others may want.
The most important things in life are your friends, family, health, good humor and a posit ive attitude towards life. If you have these then you have everything! Desperation to Inspiration in Thirty Minutes Flat!
By Nary, Sopanha
21 May 2008
5 letter words
ACTOREATENFUNNYTASTE
7 letter words
BUFFALOEXTINCTNEARESTSTUDENT
By Sopanha Sarath
Three girls of different ages own the bears pictured below. Each bear has a different name. Can you match the position of each bear (A, B, C) with it's name, each girl's name and age (4, 5 and 6 years)?
1. Jenny is older than the girl who owns the bear pictured at B and younger than the girl whose bear is named Bobby.
2. Bruno belongs to the youngest girl.
3. Barney isn't the bear pictured at C.
4. Julie is younger than Janet.
ZAMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL NEWSPAPER 8
ENTERTAINMENT
Can you fit all the words correctly into the grid? Two letters have already been entered.
3 letter words
ARTBIGONEUSE
4 letter words
AWAYNEXTTOYSYEAR
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"The best mirror is an old friend." “Books and friends should be few but good."“Power is an overbalance in the world.”“All that glitter is not gold.”“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”"A friend in need is a friend indeed." - Latin Proverb "The road to a friend's house is never long." - Danish Proverb"Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead." - Chinese ProverbThe death of a friend is equivalent to the loss of a limb." - German Proverb "Life without a friend is like death without a witness." - Spanish Proverb "A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away." - Arabian Proverb "It is better to be in chains with friends , than to be in a garden with strangers." - Persian Proverb
