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The Apps ”Electronic A’ssawar“, ”The memory of Alzheimer’s patients“ and ”Virtual Geography“
         Students from Education Department in the College of  Arts and Humanities participated in the sec-
                                  ond specialized conference for Al Dhahira leaders

        Ten  students  from  Education  Department,  ma-      mented in this App.
        jored in Primary Teaching participated in the sec-    The second project ”The memory of Alzheimer’s
        ond specialized conference for Al Dhahira leaders     patients“ which is a design for an App that targets
        entitled ” The Trends of the 4th Industrial Revolu-   Alzheimer patients and their families through con-
        tion“. The students were under the supervision of     necting the App to sensors of the patient’s phone
        Dr. Qasim Al Ajmi, a lecturer in Educational Tech-    number and his house by connecting them to the
        nology in the College of Arts and Humanities dur-     Internet. Alzheimer’s patient will be provided with
        ing the period of 22-30 of August. Three groups       some reminders. Besides that, his family can get
        were created, each with one project, all of which     notifications about the patient’s status according
        have passed the first phase of assessment. These      the settings done by the patient’s family and his
        projects are now in the process of execution ac-      doctor. The group is led by Yaqeen Al Rawahi and
        cording  to  a  systematic  program  designed  by     it consists of Riham Al Hajri, Asma Al Rawahi and
        Arab experts. The program is organized by Sada        Al Thuraya Al Shaqsi.
        Al Shabaab Team and it will last for two weeks of     The third project is entitled ”Virtual Geography“
        attending different courses and workshops.            and it is one of the Apps that goes in line with the
        The first project ”Electronic A’ssawar“ is led by Al   4th industrilal revolution. It enables the students
        Thuraya Al Shaqsi and her team that consists of:      to experience and interact in an augmented reality
        Riham Al Hajri and Yaqeen Al Rawahi. In this pro-     environment. The group is led by by Nouf Al Day-
        ject, the students will design an App that can be     ri and it consists of: Fatma Al Jaradi, Khulood Al
        used by farmers to control the track of the falaj     Yahyaei and Muzna Al Zeedi. It worth mentioning
        according to their conventional standards of wa-      that these three projects will undergo arbitration
        tering the plants using Falaj. The App will control   of the committee. The committee is specialized in
        the track of falaj according to the setting that will   the 4th industrial revolution. The groups that will
        be inserted which will include: the farmer’s code,    win will present their projects to investors in or-
        the farm location, the period of watering ,etc. The   der for their projects to be developed and adopt-
        technology of ”Internet of Things“ will be imple-     ed.




                                Organized by the Omani Students’ Society in Leeds-UK

        The Debate Team at A’Sharqiyah University par-        student in the UK. The society organizes annual
        ticipated  In  a  debate  competition  entitled  ”Give   events that target Omani students.
        the environment a hand“ that is organized by the
        Omani Students’ Society in Leeds-UK with the co-
        operation of UK Debates Team and Oman Club.
        This  competition  aims  at  highlighting  the  envi-
        ronmental  issues  and  resources.  Eight  groups
        participated in the debate that had four rounds:
        the College of Applied Sciences, Ibri, UK Debates
        Team, the College of Applied Sciences, Sohar, the
        University of Buraimi, Leeds Debates Teams and
        A’Sharqiyah University. It is worth noting that the
        Omani Students’ Society in Leeds-UK aims at es-
        tablishing  cooperative  ties  between  the  Omani
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