CE1 technology

What can you do on the Internet? Keep in touch Download music and movies Find a husband …

Keeping in touch: which are important? SMSchat Mobile phone Answering machineWebcam SkypeFacebook envelopes and stampsfax BlogDating site Landline…

The Internet: Is it good for families? 1.The Internet has caused a big generation gap. 2.Technology has had a very negative effect on family communication. 3.Family members are in more regular contact today than ever before. 4.You often needed a stamp to keep in contact years ago. 5.Many of our parents’ parents now keep up with technology. 6.Most survey respondents said technology worsened family communication. 7.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 _______________ , 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

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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 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 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 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 ? What non-Windows computers are there? Do you know anyone who has one?