Transcript OC2 technology

CE1 technology
What can you do on the Internet?
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Keep in touch
Download music and movies
Find a husband
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Keeping in touch: which are
important?
SMS
chat
Email
Mobile phone
Answering machine
Webcam
Skype
Facebook
envelopes and stamps
fax
Blog
Dating site
Landline
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The Internet: Is it good for families?
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The Internet has caused a big generation gap.
Technology has had a very negative effect on family
communication.
Family members are in more regular contact today than
ever before.
You often needed a stamp to keep in contact years ago.
Many of our parents’ parents now keep up with technology.
Most survey respondents said technology worsened family
communication.
Families only used to communicate in the evenings.
Much __________________ how anti-social the Internet and mobile phones
are. The truth is however, according to new research, communication
technology __________________ closer together. A study by the Pew Internet
and American Life Project found family members were keeping in regular
__________________ than ever before. And this _______________ e-mail,
chat, our cellphones and SMS messaging. It makes sense. Years ago, it took a
long time to write a letter, then find an envelope and go to the post office to buy
a stamp and post it. Today we write mails _________________ our change in
the convenience store and they’re sent in an instant. Having free Internet
telephone calls also __________________ in touch more often and for longer.
__________________, from five-year-olds to tech-savvy grandparents.
According to the Pew survey, technology __________________ effect on
communication within families. Researchers asked 2,252 adults whether new
technologies had __________________ of communication with their family.
Fifty-three percent said it increased communication with family members
__________________, two per cent said technology decreased this. Numbers
were similar __________________ the same house as their family. The project
director Lee Rainey said: "There's a new kind of connectedness
__________________ of families with these technologies”. Survey co-author
Barry Wellman agreed: "It used to be [that] husbands went off to work, wives
went off to a different job or else stayed home…and the kids went off to
school…and not until 5:30, 6 o'clock __________________ connect," he said.
Downloading media
• What service do you use?
– iTunes?
– ezPeer?
– …?
• Do you ever download pirated software or
music?
– Is it wrong?
– Why is it convenient?
IPR
• Hi Zhangsan, you look busy. What are you
working on?
• Hello Lisi. Actually I’m not working, I’m
downloading a song by Zhou Jie-lun.
• But – you’re downloading a pirate version.
That’s illegal!
• So what? Nobody’s going to catch me.
• That may be so, but it’s not fair on the
artist.
Maybe so, but it’s not fair…
• Choose something else
– Another song
– A movie
– Some software (eg Dr Eye)
– A video game
• Continue the conversation
– The black student says it’s fair
– The blue student says it’s unfair
• Call the NCCU IPR official, Mr Chen
Take care with spelling and
grammar checkers
Eye halve a spelling chequer
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its really ever wrong.
Eye strike a quay and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.
Take care with spelling and
grammar checkers
• What is the main problem with spelling
checkers?
– Explain the problem clearly in English.
• Do you find grammar checkers useful?
• What kind of grammar mistakes can
grammar checkers find?
• There are many problems with grammar
checkers
Homework
• Use Google or Yahoo to find an interesting
article about grammar checkers
• Read it
• Print it
• Bring it to class next week
Discussion questions
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How often do you go on the web?
How much time do you spend
online?
Have you tried…?
– Surfing the web
– PC telephony
– Chatting on MSN or Yahoo
– Using a webcam
– BBS
– Discussion forums
– Gaming
– Buying something on EBay (or
Yahoo)
– Buying a ticket
– Making a medical appointment
– Online banking
– Downloading music
– Downloading software
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Do you have online friends?
Would you meet someone you
met on the Internet?
Do you ever use the Internet for
any serious purpose, or only for
fun?
Do you go online by yourself, or
with a friend?
Do you use NCCU’s computers?
Do you own your own computer?
Do you use your NCCU email
account, or do you prefer Yahoo
(or some other provider)? Why?
Windoze
• Most computers in the world run the same
company’s operating system, and many of
their programs. Is this a good thing or a
bad thing?
• What alternatives are there to sending
Word attachments in email?
• What non-Windows computers are there?
Do you know anyone who has one?