Student Book, page: 8
1 Work in pairs. Discuss these questions.
1. In what ways can digital information be used to educate people?
Digital information can be used to educate people in a variety of ways. For example, you can listen to podcasts and lectures online, or use apps on a tablet to learn languages. You can also use the Internet to find information on what you are studying.
2. Do you think that computers will replace books one day? Why/Why not?
Although computers are incredibly useful, I don’t think that they will ever completely replace books because, for many people, reading is a very personal experience that doesn’t feel the same when it is done on a computer.
Reading
2 This text is a talk (an informal presentation) about using technology in class.
Listen and read. Complete the text with these sentences.
A. They could even email students in another country.
B. For example, scientists or teachers from another country could give a lesson to the class.
C. Tablets are ideal for pair and group work.
D. If students learn to summarise quickly, they will be able to use this skill in the future.
Answers:
1. Tablets are ideal for pair and group work.
2. If students learn to summarise quickly, they will be able to use this skill in the future.
3. They could even email students in another country.
4. For example, scientists and teachers from another country could give a lesson to the class.
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Using Technology in Class Young people love learning, but they like learning even more if they are presented with information in an interesting and challenging way. Today, I am going to give a talk about how you can use technology in Jordanian classrooms. Here are some ideas: Many classrooms now use a whiteboard as a computer screen. As a consequence, teachers can show websites on the board in front of the class. Teachers can then use the Internet to show educational programmes, play educational games, music, recordings of languages, and so on. In some countries, tablet computers are available for students to use in class. Therefore, students can use the tablets to do tasks such as showing photographs, researching information, recording interviews and creating diagrams. (1)Tablets are ideal for pair and group work. Teachers can perhaps ask their students to start writing a blog (an online diary), either about their own lives or as if they were someone famous. They can also create a website for the classroom. Students can contribute to the website, so for example they can post work, photos and messages. Most young people communicate through social media, by which they send each other photos and messages via the Internet. Some students like to send messages that are under 140 letters for anyone to read. Teachers can ask students to summarise information about what they have learnt in class in the same way. (2) If students learn to summarise quickly, they will be able to use this skill in future. We all like to send emails, don’t we? Email exchanges are very useful in the classroom. Teachers can ask students to email what they have learnt to students of a similar age at another school. (3) They could even email students in another country. As a result, students can then share information and help each other with tasks. Another way of communicating with other schools is through talking to people over the computer. Most computers have cameras, so you can also see the people you are talking to. In this way, students who are studying English in Jordan can see what students in England are doing in the classroom while they are speaking to them. You can also use this system to invite guest speakers to give talks over a computer.(4) For example, scientists and teachers from another country could give a lesson to the class. If you had this type of lesson, the students would be very excited. Students often use computers at home if they have them. Students can use social media on their computers to help them with their studies, including asking other students to check and compare their work, asking questions and sharing ideas. The teacher must be part of the group, too, to monitor what is happening. Thank you for listening. Does anyone have any questions? |
Using Technology in Class
Young people love learning more if the information is presented to them in an interesting and challenging way.
The underlined pronoun they (x2) refers to young people.
The presentation is about using technology in Jordanian classrooms.
The general function of the whiteboard in classrooms is:
as a computer screen.
Teachers can show websites on the whiteboards in front of the class.
The uses of whiteboards, when connected to the Internet, are:
- showing educational programmes.
- playing educational games, music, and recording languages.
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In some countries, tablet computers are available for students to use in class. Therefore, students can use the tablets to do tasks such as showing photographs, researching information, recording interviews and creating diagrams. (1)Tablets are ideal for pair and group work. Teachers can perhaps ask their students to start writing a blog (an online diary), either about their own lives or as if they were someone famous. They can also create a website for the classroom. Students can contribute to the website, so for example they can post work, photos and messages. |
Students can use the tablets to do tasks such as:
- showing photographs
- researching information
- recording interviews
- creating diagrams
Tablets are ideal for:
pair work
group work
The underlined pronoun they in the text above refers to:
students
A blog is :
An online diary
Students can write a blog either about:
their own lives
or as if they were someone famous
Students can contribute to the website by:
posting work, photos, and messages.
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Most young people communicate through social media, by which they send each other photos and messages via the Internet. Some students like to send messages that are under 140 letters for anyone to read. Teachers can ask students to summarise information about what they have learnt in class in the same way. (2) If students learn to summarise quickly, they will be able to use this skill in future. We all like to send emails, don’t we? Email exchanges are very useful in the classroom. Teachers can ask students to email what they have learnt to students of a similar age at another school. (3) They could even email students in another country. As a result, students can then share information and help each other with tasks. |
Emails can be useful in the classroom in many ways:
students can share information
students help each other with tasks
The underlined pronoun ''they'' in the text above refers to:
young people
Benefits of using social media by young people:
sending each other photos
sending each other messages via the Internet
Quality of messages students like to send:
messages that are under 140 letters for anyone to read
The advantage students gain by learning to summarise quickly:
being able to use this skill in future.
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Another way of communicating with other schools is through talking to people over the computer. Most computers have cameras, so you can also see the people you are talking to. In this way, students who are studying English in Jordan can see what students in England are doing in the classroom while they are speaking to them. You can also use this system to invite guest speakers to give talks over a computer. (4) For example, scientists and teachers from another country could give a lesson to the class. If you had this type of lesson, the students would be very excited. |
Two benefits of using the camera:
seeing the people you are talking to
inviting guest speakers to give talks over a computer
Two ways of communicating with other schools
Email exchange
talking to people over the computer
The underlined pronoun ''them'' refers to ...........
students in England
The underlined pronoun ''they'' refers to ...........
students who are studying English in Jordan
The result of having scientists and teachers from another country giving a lesson over the Internet:
the students would be very excited.
| Students often use computers at home if they have them. Students can use social media on their computers to help them with their studies, including asking other students to check and compare their work, asking questions and sharing ideas. The teacher must be part of the group, too, to monitor what is happening. |
The benefits of using social media by students:
asking other students to check and compare their work,
asking questions
sharing ideas
Teacher's role when students are using social media:
The teacher must be part of the group, too, to monitor what is happening.
The underlined pronoun ''them'' refers to:
computers
Vocabulary
bog email exchange social media tablet computer whiteboard
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English meaning |
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Email exchange |
a series of emails between two or more people, each email generally a reply to the previous one |
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Blog |
a regularly updated personal website or web page, usually written in an informal style |
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Social media |
social interaction between people and communities on websites or blogs
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Tablet computer |
a mobile computer, with a touch screen, processor and battery all in one unit |
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whiteboard |
a touchscreen computer program that enables you to draw sketches, write and present ideas and talks to colleagues or students |
4 Work in pairs. Explain the difference in meaning between these phrases from the article.
- to share / compare ideas
- to create / contribute to a website
- to research / present information
- to monitor / find out what is happening
- to give a talk to / talk to people
- to show / send photos
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Difference in meaning |
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- to give your ideas to another person or group. -Where two or more people consider how their ideas are similar or different. |
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- to use a variety of sources to find information. - to give the result of your research in a presentation. |
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EX.1 p.10/SB
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ENGLISH MEANING |
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access |
to find information, especially on a computer |
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Filter |
a program that checks whether certain content on a web page should be displayed to the viewer |
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Identity fraud |
illegal actions using the identity of someone else, normally to buy things
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Privacy settings |
controls available on social networking sites which let you decide who can see what information |
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Security settings |
controls available on computer programs which let you protect your computer from viruses |
Choose words from the list below to fill gaps in the following paragraph:
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Filter / identity fraud / security settings / access |
- Security settings help you to change your passwords regularly so you keep your account from identity fraud and no one can access your personal information
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PHRASAL VERBS |
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Turn on |
To switch something on to make it run |
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Know about |
To have information about someone or something |
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Rely on |
Depend on |
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Give out |
Pass something out/ distribute something |
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Fill in |
Write in a blank space |
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Connect with |
To communicate with someone or a group |
Complete the verb phrases and phrasal verbs with the correct words.
1. to know about the dangers of the Internet
2. to connect with people on the Internet
3. to turn on privacy settings
4. to give out personal information
5. to fill in a form