<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Arabic-L: Fri 05 May 2006</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<A href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</A>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To post messages to the list, send them to <A href="mailto:arabic-l@byu.edu">arabic-l@byu.edu</A>]</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; 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"><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Date: 05 May 2006</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From:Mahmoud Elsayess <<A href="mailto:melsayess@socal.rr.com">melsayess@socal.rr.com</A>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject:Arabic Lesson Builder Software</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><B><I>Arabic Lesson Builder</I></B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> <B>Software</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: auto;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">We are starting the design phase of <B><I>Arabic Lesson Builder</I></B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">,<B><I> </I></B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">a<B><I> </I></B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">computerized Arabic language teaching tool, and we would appreciate your comments and suggestions regarding the features that we intend to include.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><B><I> </I></B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><B><I>Arabic Lesson Builder</I></B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> is a new, Internet-based software that will offer significant benefits to Arabic teachers and students. The foundation of this software can be seen at </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.readverse.com/Arabic_Abacus.html">www.readverse.com/Arabic_Abacus.html</A>. </DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">This <SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Arabic Abacus will be expanded into a full, text editor lesson builder, and will have the same functionality as “Note Pad”.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">It will assist teachers in typing lessons with Tashkeel in Arabic. Students then can take a lesson and type their answers on the Internet without the need of installing any additional software on their machines.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><B><I>Arabic Lesson Builder</I></B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> will include these functions:</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -24px;margin-left: 0.25in; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Symbol">·</FONT><SPAN style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </SPAN></SPAN>the complete contents of<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>a lesson</P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -24px;margin-left: 0.25in; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Symbol">·</FONT><SPAN style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </SPAN></SPAN>A list of questions (multiple choices, fill in, true of false and other features) </P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -24px;margin-left: 0.25in; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Symbol">·</FONT><SPAN style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </SPAN></SPAN>The expected correct answers</P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -24px;margin-left: 0.25in; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Symbol">·</FONT><SPAN style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </SPAN></SPAN><B><I>Lesson Builder</I></B><SPAN style=""> will compare the student’s answer against the expected answers that the teacher previously typed. </SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -24px;margin-left: 0.25in; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Symbol">·</FONT><SPAN style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </SPAN></SPAN>It can send the grade to a teacher only, or to student and teacher, or to other recipients.</P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -24px;margin-left: 0.25in; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Symbol">·</FONT><SPAN style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </SPAN></SPAN><B><I>Lesson Builder</I></B><SPAN style=""> will keep track of all of the lessons that one student took with date, time, and grades.</SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -24px;margin-left: 0.25in; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Symbol">·</FONT><SPAN style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </SPAN></SPAN>The software will keep track of all of the lessons that one teacher created with date, and time.</P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -24px;margin-left: 0.25in; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Symbol">·</FONT><SPAN style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </SPAN></SPAN>A teacher will be able to copy an Arabic text and paste it in the <B><I>Lesson Builder</I></B><SPAN style=""> panel. (Providing that the character sets are compatible)</SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -24px;margin-left: 0.25in; "><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Symbol">·</FONT><SPAN style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </SPAN></SPAN>A teacher will be able to copy an existing lesson and create a new one.</P><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0px;"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> </DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Your suggestions and comments will be greatly appreciated.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please send them to <A href="mailto:melsayess@socal.rr.com">melsayess@socal.rr.com</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Thank you.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Mahmoud Elsayess</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="http://www.readverse.com/">www.readverse.com</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>714 376 4862 </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">End of Arabic-L: 05 May 2006</DIV></BODY></HTML>