Today we are going to explore new internet technologies. We are going to do a listening test using 4-5 different videos. Then you are going to try out the different technologies with your partner. At the end you will report to the class what you discovered. All videos come from the fantastic site Common Craft.
Stage 1
RSS In Plain English
Indicate if the following sentences are True or False. Write DK if you don’t know even after the 2nd listen.
- Going to each of your favorite websites to see if there is new content is a waste of time
- There are 3 steps to take to begin to use RSS readers
- According to the video Google Reader is the best reader available
- You must pay for a subscription to use a reader
- Connecting your reader and your favorite websites is called subscribing
- Normally the icon for an RSS feed is orange
- After you click on the orange RSS icon the website is automatically added to your reader
- You can also add a website to your reader by clicking on Add Subscription in your reader and copying and pasting the home page URL of the site into the window
Social Bookmarking In Plain English
Indicate if the following sentences are True or False. Write DK if you don’t know even after the 2nd listen.
- Adding bookmarks to our favorites in a web browser is an inefficient way to save websites because you can only see them from one computer
- Delicious uses a browser instead of a website to save your bookmarks
- You don’t have to pay to use delicious.com
- You don’t have to add tags to a website in order to save it as a favorite
- You can add more than one tag to each of your favorite websites
- Having more than one hundred saved websites on delicious.com makes finding the one you want difficult
- The whole world can see the websites you saved and the tags you used
- According to the video saving websites like this helps all internet users find and use relevant material
Photo Sharing In Plain English
Indicate if the following sentences are True or False. Write DK if you don’t know even after the 2nd listen.
- Because people value their photos so much, photos should be stored online to prevent their accidental loss due to events like fires
- A computer failure would also destroy your online photo collection
- Storing photos in albums that sit on bookshelves makes it hard to retrieve the exact photos you are looking for
- After you upload your photos to Flickr you should delete them from your own computer
- Flickr allows you to add tags to photos so it is easy to find the photos you are searching for
- You must make your photos available to the public in order to use Flickr
- When your photos are public even strangers can make comments about your photos
- According to the video making photos social can motivate you to take more photos
Wikis In Plain English
Indicate if the following sentences are True or False. Write DK if you don’t know even after the 2nd listen.
- A barrage of emails means you receive so many that it is overwhelming
- A wiki is an example of a type of website
- The 2 most important buttons on a wiki are “save” and “print”
- When you click “edit” on a wiki, the wiki turns into a document that you can make changes to
- The process of using a wiki is edit, write, and print
- Mary creates the list “We Need” in order to show what items she will bring on their camping trip
- Wikis make collaborating on a team easy
- Wikis are limited to one page only
Stage 2
- With your partner choose one of the technologies.
- Set up an account and keep the interface in English.
- Explore the site and try it out.
- Makes notes about what you like and what you’d change.
- Be prepared to show the class your account and present your findings.
Stage 3
- Students present their findings.
- Can you offer tips not found in the video?
- What is their assessment of the technology?
- Answer questions from the class.
Error correction at the end.
