Showing posts with label internet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label internet. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Disconnect to connect

 After watching the video below in class, when talking about multi-tasking activities we are all indulged into, Bárbara Silva and Helena Sousa , two 10th form students, expressed their feelings this way:

Bárbara Silva and Helena Sousa
10thA - Science and Technology course
'We believe the message of this video is that people need to disconnect from their technological world and their virtual life in order to communicate with other people in their real lives. Sometimes people forget that we can have a good time together with our friends and family. Instead we spend a lot of time with our cell phones, computers and other devices that are related to technology. There are a lot of things that we could do interacting with each other, but most of us prefer to stay at home with our gadgets. To make things worse, we often forget people who are right beneath us, as we are texting or listening to music. It's pure addiction!
We think this is a real problem because human beings need to communicate face-to-face. As human beings, we need to interact and do activities together, which is real important for our social life. In our opinion, technology and the different gadgets are very important but we should control the time we are connected with them so that they don't become an addiction in our lives. So, we'd better forget them and enjoy the life with people that we like. We should disconnect to connect!'


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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Too many passwords?

It's been a while since I've last published a cartoon. Randy Glasbergen has a wonderful selection of Internet cartoons, so here goes one that really made me laught out loud today!...

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Internet Slang

You surely know what LOL means. But do you know what SMH, YOLO, GUAP and HMU stand for? Check out this Philocko's video on some Internet slang expressions!


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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Students' captions for SID pictures

Students were asked to write captions for the picture below. They worked in small groups and here is the result!...  Even though this activity was not a contest, I asked them which caption(s) they preferred.

                        image credits: The Daring Librarian via photopin cc
The 1st and the last ones were the most voted by the class. They were also my favourite... These captions were written by 10th form students:

INTERNET: FRIEND OF FOE?
Keep your life safe!... Defend your privacy!...
You are better alone than with people you don't know!
You think you are looking for someone, don't you? Stop!... It's not safe!...
Be safe, don't talk to strangers!... They are dangerous!
Keep your life safe!... Defend your privacy!...
So you think you are safe on the Internet... THINK right and say STOP! 
Don't get into dangerous situations!... Appearances are mischievious!
Internet is dangerous, so be careful! You don't know everything about it!
Don't want to fall in a hole. Stop, watch and learn! Go for internet safety!
DON'T STOP YOUR LIFE FOR PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW!


The following captions were written by 11th form students divided in groups of 4/5 students. The last two were the most voted!...
Don't go into anonymous ways on the web!... Yoooh!... Take care!
Say STOP and open your eyes to the world out there!...
Stop before it's too late!
Stop now! Once you're there, it's too late!
Stop to Report!
Safety... Tension... Operation... Protection... REPORT ABUSE!

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Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Internet Safety

A suggestion to talk to your students about this topic!...

Ask them to write a slogan for this picture.
Make a contest if you have competitive students!...
Publish their sentences either in your school page, moodle, blog, 
facebook page or whatever platform or social net you have access to...
It makes all sense to post their work online, bearing in mind the topic!...

photo credit: The Daring Librarian via photopin cc

Safer Internet Day

SID - February 7th


This video is about a young girl who is chatting to a man she does not know. The man asks her to meet him and she does. She really likes the man and thinks he makes her feel special. But is that really the truth? You should never chat or meet up with people online if you do not know them!... Or you should always tell an adult or someone you trust if something goes wrong!...
Remember!!! YOU are in control and you DON'T have to do anything you don't want to do!

For more information, visit:
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk or http://www.ceop.gov.uk