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Vocabulary : 
- A POKE / POKING ON FACEBOOK :
- Meaning of Poke on Facebook (hellogiri.com)
- "A “poke” is basically someone trying to get your attention
- It’s one of the meaningless features that are used just to annoy someone
- If you poke someone not in your network and they poke back, you can view their profile even if you're not their friend!
- A poke is when you allow someone to see your Facebook page for 3 days, so they can know who you are and hopefully add you as a friend."
- Shannon D. Jackson: Woman Arrested For Facebook "Poke"
"Poking" someone on Facebook may sound like a naughty double-entendre, but generally speaking it's a perfectly harmless
(and totally G-rated) way of getting in touch with an online pal."
Shannon "was arrested for allegedly violating an order of protection."
(huffingtonpost.com)
- Cloud computing
"is an example of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources are provided as a service over the Internet.
Users need not have knowledge of, expertise in, or control over the technology infrastructure in the "cloud" that supports them..."
(Wikipedia)
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The Twitter Dictionary aka Twittonary provides explanations of various Twitter related words.
- with a list
(twittonary.com)
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Phishing
"In the field of computer security, phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication."
(Wikipedia)
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Flaming (Internet)
"is a hostile and insulting interaction between Internet users...
In some cases, flamers wish to upset and offend other members of the forum, in which case they can be called "trolls".
(Wikipedia)
An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang,
"is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum or
chat room, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion."
(Wikipedia)
- WEBOPEDIA - Dictionary for Computer and Internet Technology Definitions
(webopedia.com)
- NetLingo
"is an online dictionary about the Internet.
It contains thousands of words and definitions that describe the technology
and community of the World Wide Web." (netlingo.com)
- Country
Codes and Internet Domains (listes
- abréviations)
(immigration-usa)
Guide :
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L'Internet
Sans Embrouilles - Guide Education
Nationale - Délégation Internet - UNAF
(unaf.fr)
"Rappelons que ce guide, ici publié en ligne,
coréalisé par Calysto et Science et Vie Junior, a été
validé par un comité éditorial composé
de membres de la Délégation aux Usages de l'Internet
(DUI) et de l'Union Nationale des Associations Familiales (UNAF)."
Facts : 
- New internet piracy law comes into effect in France
"Illegal downloaders will be sent a warning e-mail, then a letter if they continue, and finally must appear before a judge if they offend again.
The judge can impose a fine, or suspend their access to the internet."
(BBC)
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Social Isolation and New Technology
"This Pew Internet Personal Networks and Community survey finds that Americans are not as isolated as has been previously reported. People’s use of the mobile phone and the internet is associated with larger and more diverse discussion networks. And, when we examine people’s full personal network – their strong and weak ties – internet use in general and use of social networking services such as Facebook in particular are
associated with more diverse social networks."
(pewinternet.org)
- Twitter Lessons in 140 Characters or Less
"For a lot of teachers who started off using Twitter as a professional-development tool, they've been building a professional learning community
and using information that's been shared...
The more they've seen the value in making connections with each other, [the more] they're realizing the same process might be valuable to students as well...
A few studies have found some positive correlations between text-messaging aptitude and literacy. Research on gaming and educational multimedia
programs have also shown some positive impact on learning..."
(edweek.org)
- Youth 'cannot live' without web
"A survey of 16 to 24 year olds has found that 75% of them feel they "couldn't live" without the internet...
The survey ... looked at how the web influences the well-being of people aged between 16 and 24.
Its author ... names this age group "digital natives" as they have grown up in an environment rich with computer and mobile technology."
(BBC)
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Twitter
"is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets."
(Wikipedia)
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Plan to monitor all internet use 
"Communications firms are being asked to record all internet contacts between people as part of a modernisation in UK police surveillance tactics...
The new system would track all e-mails, phone calls and internet use, including visits to social network sites...
Communications data is an essential tool for law enforcement agencies to track murderers, paedophiles, save lives and tackle crime"
(BBC)
- UK housewives rule in online time - LIEN MODIFIE
"A survey of more than 27,000 web users in 16 countries has shown that the Chinese spend the largest fraction of their leisure time online."
+ How much leisure time do you spend on the internet?
(BBC)
- Issue
tracking system
"An issue tracking system (also called trouble ticket system or
incident ticket system) is a computer software package that manages
and maintains lists of issues, as needed by an organization...
An issue tracking system often also contains a knowledge base containing
information on each customer..."
(Wikipedia)
Report
on dangers and opportunities posed by large search engines, particularly
Google 
(iicm.tu-graz.ac.at)
Google hacking
"is a term that refers to the art of creating complex search
engine queries in order to filter through large amounts of search
results for information
related to computer security..."
(Wikipedia)
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Dangers
of World Internet Governance
"Internet communications spill over national borders, connecting
and uniting people everywhere.
Other countries fear that cultural fragmentation and the violation
of national sovereignty will result from increased interconnection."
(techliberation.com)
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Cybercrime
"Internet crime is booming as more and more people use online
services.
Jackie and Callum talk about the language
of some of the most common computer-related crimes, otherwise known
as 'cybercrimes'."
(BBC)
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Japanese
steals million for imaginary boyfriend
He "had emailed her a picture of a good-looking man."
She "met the man on an Internet dating site...
He asked her to send him money, saying he needed it for treatment
of his sick mother...
He reportedly used the money to fund a life of debauchery"
(abs-cbnnews.com)
Listening :
- Cybercrime
"Internet crime is booming as more and more people use online
services.
Jackie and Callum talk about the language
of some of the most common computer-related crimes, otherwise known
as 'cybercrimes'."
(BBC)
- Little
Red In Cyberspace
"A modern day take on the classic fairy tale is designed
to teach young children about Internet safety.
Little Red just wants to surf the Net but the Big Bad Wolf is always
lurking"
(queenslibrary.org)
INTERACTIVE exercises : 
- Internet
- Matching exercise (avec images) - (csmm.qc.ca)
- E-mail
Cloze Exercise (eslpartyland.com)
Exercises TO PRINT :
- LEARN WITH DRAWINGS : INTERNET
(dessins et questions) - (erp.oissel.onac.org)
Lesson plans : 
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6 Examples of Using Twitter in the Classroom
(emergingedtech.com)
Twitter in the classroom? with High schoolers at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, Minn. 
(YouTube)
The Twitter Experiment - UT Dallas
(YouTube)
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Google first 100 billion dollar brand - a lesson plan
WARM-UPS : BRANDS
(breakingnewsenglish.com)
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Information societies.
"An information society is one in which the creation, distribution and manipulation of information is becoming a significant economic and cultural activity...
Take a look at the articles, poem, word game, cartoon, trivia and links."
(British Council)
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Twitter Helps Stop California Suicide - a lesson plan
WARM-UPS : Social-networking sites
(breakingnewsenglish.com)
Twitter is a free social messaging utility for staying connected in real-time
"Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers
to one simple question: What are you doing?"
(twitter.com)
More on Wikipedia.
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Internet helps families stay more in touch - a lesson plan
(Breaking News English)
Hi-tech brings families together
The survey "found that using the net was often a social activity within families, with 51% of parents saying they browsed the web with their children."
(BBC)
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Information
societies.
"Take a look at the articles, poem, word game, cartoon, trivia
and links."
(British Council)
- The
ABC's of Web Site Evaluation (kathyschrock.net)
"Students and teachers need practice in critically examining sites
to determine authority, authenticity, and applicability to purpose.
The sites listed ... are useful for looking at pages with a specific
critical purpose in mind."
- True
or False? - a lesson plan (Education World)
"Students complete a tutorial on Web literacy and use what they
learn to determine the reliability of Web site content."
INTERACTIVE games :
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"Wild
Web Woods" (wildwebwoods.org)
"est un jeu mis en ligne par le Conseil de l'Europe et disponible
en plusieurs langues européennes - dont l'allemand, l'anglais, l'espagnol,
l'italien,
le portugais et le russe.
Principalement destiné à des élèves de niveau collège, ce jeu apprend
aux enfants la sécurité basique sur Internet dans un environnement
amusant et sympathique de contes de fées. Le but du jeu est d'atteindre
une "ville électronique" mais les chemins sont semés de labyrinthes,
de dangers et de tâches à accomplir. En route, on présente à l'enfant
les règles de sécurité sur Internet ainsi que des notions de droits
de l'homme et de respect des autres..."
(Commentaire de Laurence Altibelli - Ac.
Versailles)
- Word
Game
"We all know that 'WWW' stands for 'World Wide Web', but the internet
has lots of other abbreviations like this."
(British Council)
- Internet
safety - Game for kids (sbc.com)
:
" The premise is a town with a nasty character lurking about, sending
inappropriate e-mail and such.
Students enter 8 different buildings and answer a question on Internet
safety." (bluewebn)
Games TO PRINT :
Cartoons :
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LEARN WITH DRAWINGS :
INTERNET
(dessins et questions)
(erp.oissel.onac.org)
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Web addict
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- Prisoner Computer - Escape
Songs :
Stories :
Videos :
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FACEBOOK MANNERS
"See what occurs when good manners are overlooked on the Net! You can watch the video with or without subtitles."
(mmebonfils.free)
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History of the internet (en anglais - sous-titrée en français)
It is "an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet."
(YouTube)
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Spot sur les dangers potentiels d'internet (en français)
Les chaînes de télévision diffuseront ce clip à la période de Noël.
Le clip sera traduit dans 27 langues.
(capitalvision.fr)
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