ESL: Today's Technology

L A N G U AG E F O R T O DAY

USING TODAY’S TECHNOLOGY

IS THERE ANY NEW GADGET THAT YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?

SOME NEW 2015 TECHNOLOGY

Pacif-I

HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND ON FACEBOOK EACH DAY?

CAN TECHNOLOGY BE DANGEROUS? HOW?

SOME DANGERS OF TECHNOLOGY:

ON THE FLIP SIDE, HOW HAS TECHNOLOGY IMPROVED OUR LIVES?

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT PEOPLE WHO TALK ON THEIR PHONES AT THE DINNER TABLE?

CELL PHONE STACKING GAME

VOCABULARY

Switch

Outlet

Cord

Push

Plug In

Pull

unplug

When you don’t know something, you canfind out the answer by L_______ it U_______.

When you don’t know something, you canfind out the answer by Looking it Up.

* or you can be lazy and ask someone…

Today, there are many ways to look up information…

What is this person looking up?

What are the using to look up this information?

They’re looking up a DEFINITION

They’re using a DICTIONARY

What is this person looking up?

What are the using to look up this information?

They’re looking up a SYNONYM (similar word)

They’re using an online THESAURUS

What is this person looking up?

What are the using to look up this information?

They’re looking up the weather (in Cancun, Mexico)

They’re using a search engine (in this case, Google)

What is this person looking up?

What are they using to look up this information?

They’re looking up directions (to the empire state building)

They’re using their smartphone / Google maps

When you look something up on a search engine like Google, you must typein a S___________ T____________ in the search box.

This needs to have accurate words in order to find the information you’relooking for.

This is called Search Term(s)

LET’S PRACTICE SEARCH TERMS!

You want to know how to make S’More cookies.

You want to make them healthy.

What can you type in your search term box?

“Healthy S’More Cookie Recipe”

Also: “S’more cookies healthy” “S’more Recipe”

You want try out a new café with your family this weekend.

The café needs to be in District 1.

Of course, the café needs to be cute…

What can you type in your search term box?

“cute café HCMC District 1”

You have an English exam coming up soon, and you’d like to review some grammar.

You’re not a beginner. You need more challenging grammar practice.

What can you type in your search term box?

“Intermediate English Grammar Practice”

You need to know what the word, “Serendipity” means in Vietnamese.

What book, search term, or type of App can you use to find this?

You can use a translation resource (book, internet, app)

USD VND

Inches Centimeters

Celsius Fahrenheit

Kilograms Pounds

Kilometers Miles

These are all examples of c_____________

USD VND

Inches Centimeters

Celsius Fahrenheit

Kilograms Pounds

Kilometers Miles

These are all examples of Conversions

(to convert…)ex: Can you convert 2 million Dong to Dollars?”

Have you ever lost information on your computer/phone?

You should always save or b___________ your digital info.

Have you ever lost information on your computer/phone?

You should always save or Backup your digital info.

You can backup your information on severaldevices.

__________________ _______________

_________________

You can backup your information on severaldevices.

USB HARDDRIVE

CLOUD STORAGE

What do we say when our computer / phone malfunctions? It’s called a CR_____________

CRASH

Example: “Oh man! My phone just crashed… I need to restart it.”

“My computer has been crashing a lot lately. When I turn it on, the screen always freezes.”

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Etc. are all examplesof S____________ Media.

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Etc. are all examplesof SOCIAL Media.

On Social Media sites, users can interact with each other bymessages and making P________. (uploading images, links or thoughts to share with friends.)

Post Ex: “Amy loves to post selfies & pictures of her friends.”

If you’re typing a Word.doc and you accidentally delete your writing, you can get it back by hitting the U______ button.

If you’re typing a Word.doc and you accidentally delete your writing, you can get it back by hitting the UNDO button.

Or press: CTRL+Z

If you search for an image on Google, and you want to save this image and put it in a Word.doc.

What two actions must you do? C_____ & P______

Copy & Paste

Another word for “doing math” is to C_______________.

For example: “Did you c__________ how many cookies you need to make in order for ever classmember to have 2 cookies? “

Another word for “doing math” is to Calculate.

For example: “Did you calculate how many cookies you need to make in order for ever classmember to have 2 cookies? “

A calculation that is a close guess (approximation); it’s notexact. This is called an E______________

A calculation that is a close guess (approximation); it’s notexact. This is called an ESTIMATION.

Ex: When I cook,I rarely measure ingredients. I just estimate!

We do this with alarms, timers, reminders.

Ex: “I need to s______ my alarm for 6:15AM.”

“Please s_____ the egg timer for 5 minutes.”

We do this with alarms, timers, reminders.

Ex: “I need to SET my alarm for 6:15AM.”

“Please SET the egg timer for 5 minutes.”

If a place has internet, we can say that it has internet A____________.

Ex: “At this hotel, you must pay money to a___________ to the wi-fi password.”

If a place has internet, we can say that it has internet Access.

Ex: “At this hotel, you must pay money to access to the wi-fi password.”

*Access means to able to use / enter. “Access into the White House is extremely secure.”