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Q: Why was there a bug in the computer?
A: It was looking for a byte to eat.

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Listening - Conversation questions - Facts -
Interactive activities - Activities to print -
Webquests - Lesson plans -
Interactive games - Games to print -
Animations, Videos and Movies - Cartoons - Mascots -
Songs - Poems

(Updated on 20/03/2011)


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Electronics + Internet + Steve JOBS

 

 

Cliparts / Flashcards / Pictures :

Lawrence Livermore’s Sequoia Supercomputer Towers above the Rest in Latest TOP500 List - 14 June 2012
(top500.org)



 

 

 

  • Computers - Cliparts (school.discovery.com)

 

 

  • Electronics & Gadgets and Computers :
    Cameras - Computers - Electronics and Gadgets - Telephones (aussi en ESPAGNOL) flashcards
    Click on Flashcard Library.
    (esl-library.com)

 

 

  • Waiting...!

 

 

Vocabulary :

 

  • WEBOPEDIA - Dictionary for Computer and Internet Technology Definitions
    (webopedia.com)

 

  • Haiku error messages (users.cs.york.ac.uk)
    "We have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft error messages with our own Japanese haiku poetry."
    ex : "You step in the stream . . . But the water has moved on . . . Page not found."
    "Three things are certain . . . Death, taxes, and lost data . . . Guess which has occurred."




    Error Message Haiku... from the net
    "First snow, then silence.
    This thousand dollar screen dies
    so beautifully."
    (web.cs.wpi.edu)

  • Computer verbs (linguarama.com)
    "Fill the gaps in the sentences."

  • Computer Vocabulary (claweb.cla.unipd.it)
    Chat Jargon / Computer Jargon


  • Computers - Les mots s'affichent quand on passe la souris sur les images. - avec son (languageguide.org)



  • 3D Dictionary (dictionnaire informatique illustré) - (maran.com)

 

  • Techtionary : computer words with definitions (techtionary.com) - UPDATED
  • Daily life in the UK (ukstudentlife.com) :
    Accommodation - Entertainment - Money - Post - Shopping - Telephone -     Computer - Sport

 

Listening :

  • Words and Their Stories: Computer Terms - "Have You Googled Someone Lately?...
    Read, listen and learn English with this story. Double-click on any word to find the definition in the Merriam-Webster Learner's Dictionary."
    (learningenglish.voanews.com)

  • Gates steps down
    "The chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates, is stepping down from his daily job at the world's largest software company today.
    Gates, who made his fortune through developing computer software, plans to devote his time to charity work."
    + Vocabulary explained
    (BBC)

 

 

  • Computers - Les mots s'affichent quand on passe la souris sur les images. - avec son (languageguide.org)

 

 

Facts :

 

 

  • Qwerty Tummy
    "Stomach upsets caused by bacteria from dirty computer keyboards...
    Many users, they said, are at risk of becoming ill with stomach bugs dubbed “qwerty tummy” after the first six letters on a keyboard. "
    (schott.blogs.nytimes.com)

 

 

  • Microsoft and HP show off 'slate' PC - with a VIDEO
    "The firms unveiled the Windows 7 powered touchscreen machine, also known as a tablet, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
    The aim of the device is to bridge the gap between laptops and smartphones."
    (BBC)

 

  • Computer risk
    "Is too much time online bad for your health?...
    A number of reports have recently linked online networking and computer games to a host of health risks."
    (BBC)

 

Conversation questions :

 

INTERACTIVE activities :

  • YOUR DIGITAL WORLD : YOUR PICKS
    "Technology is everywhere. Whether at home, in the office or on the go, gadgets and gizmos of every shape, size and ring tone constantly surround us. But which ones do you feel are truly needed?
    Rank your favorites and see how they compare with other CNN.com users."
    Permet de réviser ou apprendre le vocabulaire de ces gadgets.
    (CNN)

 

 

  • THE WORDS OF COMPUTERS (englishonline.free.fr)
    - Activities :
    Match computer picture and words     / Match pictures and names / Input or output peripheral ? / Complete the sentences

 

 

 

  • COMPUTER LITERACY (michel.barbot) :
    Computer & peripherals - Computer basics (3 exercises) - Building a website - Windows shortcuts
  • Complete the sentences (englishonline.free.fr)


 

Activities TO PRINT :

 

  • Computers - What am I ? - a worksheet (with clues) (kidsdomain.com)

 

Webquests :

  • Computer Games - Good or Bad?
    "You must explore the list of webpages below and make notes about the information contained in each.
    Then, using your notes you can make up your mind about whether computer games are good or bad.
    You will be required to present your arguments as an essay."
    (tesoltasks.com - Frankie Meehan)

 

 

Lesson plans :

  • Technology superstars ask kids to code (March 1, 2013) - a lesson plan with AUDIO
    "The biggest names in technology want today's children to learn computer programming.
    Other stars, from the world of sport, entertainment, fashion, etc., also say kids need to learn to code."
    (breakingnewsenglish.com)
  • Kidney for iPad trial opens in China (August 11, 2012) - a lesson plan with audio
    "A surgeon and eight other people are on trial in central China over the case of a teenager who sold a kidney to buy an iPad and iPhone.
    The two-day hearing ended on Friday and judges will decide on possible guilty verdicts and sentencing soon."
    (breakingnewsenglish.com)

 

  • COMPUTERS (Laurence Bernard - Ac. Martinique - absolutenglish-972)
    Part 1: work on a video
    Part 2 : online reading and listening activities

 

INTERACTIVE games :

 

 

Games TO PRINT :

 

 

Animations, Videos and Movies :

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Computor Tutor
    The BBC's Guide to Using a Computer
    - interactive
    (BBC)

 

  • BRAINPOP MOVIES (with SOUND and QUIZZES) - (brainpop.com) :
    English - Health - Math - Science- Technology - Social Studies

 

 

Cartoons : You step in the stream, but the water has moved on.  This page is not here." - Japanese Haiku Computer Error Message

(Si le lien est inaccessible, enregistrer l'image pour obtenir la taille initiale.)

 

 

Computer Takeover
"This cartoon by Mike Smith from the
 Las Vegas Sun follows news that an IBM supercomputer named Watson beat two
human competitors to win US quiz show."
+ Explanation + Question
(jeffreyhill.typepad.com)

 


Where do you plug it in ?
(cagle.com)

 


I thought I was your lap-top
Lien modifié

 

 

We had to listen!
(crazy4teachers.com)

 


The computer was right...
(Site unknown)

 

 

I'm a computer addict.
(leler.com)

 
Welcome to Heaven
(londonstimes.us)
Downloaded
(joe-ks.com)


A foolproof method
for filtering spam


(cagle.slate.msn.com)

(Si le lien est inaccessible,
enregistrer l'image
pour obtenir la taille normale.)

 

Ready to start
(borg.com)


Romeo and Juliet
(borg.com)

 


To lose one pound
(glasbergen.com)

 


Computer addiction
(glasbergen.com)

 


The sun and God
(borg.com)

 


see Internet
(Ac. Nancy-Metz)

 

A new stamp
- UPDATED


Prisoner Computer - Escape

 

 

 

Mascots :

  • List of mascots (Wikipedia) :
    - Computer mascots
    - Video and computer game mascots

 

Songs :

  • I Love My Computer - Bad Religion :
    "I'm just a number
    and a clever screen name
    all I need to do is click on you
    and we'll be together for eternity
    and no one is ever gonna take my love
    from me because I've got security,
    her password and a key"
    + Bad Religion - I Love My Computer  (YouTube)
  • Technologic - Daft Punk :
    "Buy it, use it, break it, fix it,
    Trash it, change it, melt - upgrade it,
    Charge it, pawn it, zoom it, press it,
    Snap it, work it, quick - erase it,
    Write it, cut it, paste it, save it,
    Load it, check it, quick - rewrite it..."
    - with the     VIDEO (You Tube) - UPDATED

 

  • My console by Eiffel 65 :
    "we're gonna play the game the playstation all day,
    with metal gear solid to tekken 3.
    and from omega boost to resident evil..."
    (sing365.com)

 

Poems :

  • The Good Old Days - a poem
    "This amusing poem compares the meanings of words and expressions as they are used nowadays when speaking about computers,
    and in their original contexts."
    "A computer was something on TV
    From a science fiction show of note
    A window was something you hated to clean
    And ram was the cousin of a goat..."
    (British Council)