(共20张PPT)
Unit 4 Information Technology
Lesson 1 Avatars
Lesson 1 Avatars
Period 1
学生头像1
学生头像2
学生头像3
学生头像4
avatars
Brainstorm
Look at the screenshot of our WeChat group, describe your avatar and share the reason why you use it.
Example:
I use____________ as my avatar in order to/ because_____________________________.
Prediction
What would you like to learn about avatars?
Write down your questions.
Read for General Understanding
From what aspects does the author talk about avatars?
Avatars
Para 1
Para 2
Paras 3-5
Para 6
Key Information
introduction
/definition
history
uses/purposes
of avatars
different views
Read for Detailed Information
How does the author explain each aspect with details?
avatars
Para 1
Para 2
Paras 3-5
Para 6
Details
Key Information
1. To express and give room for creativity
2. To show personality
3. To move around and talk
introduction
/definition
history
uses/purposes
of avatars
different views
Discussion and Deep Thinking
Why do people obviously make their avatars look better than they do in real life?
Do you agree with the writer that “the avatar you choose says a lot about your personality”? Give examples to support your opinion.
Are there any risks of using avatars? Any examples?
How should we use avatars in a safer and healthier way on the Internet? Any suggestions?
Homework
Create an avatar for one of the students/teachers in our class. Introduce it next time.
Who would you give it to?
What does it look like?
Why did you decide to create it this way?
Lesson 1 Avatars
Period 2
Review and Practice
Complete the short text with information from the reading. The answers can be one word or more.
Avatars are digital 1__________ that you use to represent yourself online. You can choose an avatar from 2_____________of ready-made images, or 3________________________. Although avatars haven’t been around for long, they are widely used.
identities
a selection
create your own images
Review and Practice
Avatars let you 4______________ and give you 5______________________. But the use of avatars has also caused 6________. Some users worry that they are spending too much time 7______________ that they are becoming afraid of meeting people in the real world. The use of several avatars can also be 8_____, as people can use avatars to 9_________________. However, many people see avatars in 10___________________.
express yourself
lots of room for creativity
concerns
in virtual worlds
a risk
cheat others online
a more positive light
Language Learning
Work in pairs and ask the following questions about the change of avatars. Write down the answers from the text:
1) In the past, like the 1980s, what was people’s prediction about future avatars?
2) When people started creating avatars, what was their plan?
3) Since when did people start to have more than one avatar?
Language Learning
1)Yet very few people knew that future avatars would have such a wide variety of forms and uses.
2)When people started creating their own avatars, they discovered that they were going to have the power to create new identities that did not look or act like their real selves at all.
3)Also, many Internet users realized that their avatars would be seen by many people, not just their friends.
Form: _____________________
Function:_____________________________________
Language Learning
What’s the relationship between past, present and future? Draw a timeline.
Language in Use
Think about what changes has technology brought to our lives. Make a list of four changes in groups and describe the changes by using past future tense.
Example: In the past, I never thought that we would …
In the past
1) __________________
2) __________________
3) __________________
4) __________________
VS
Now (present)
1) __________________
2) __________________
3) __________________
4) __________________
Language in Use
Complete the following sentences using past future tense.
In the 1990s, few people knew that _________________________________________.
When computers were invented, it was believed that ____________________________________.
In the past few years, users of smartphones realised that ____________________________________.
The convenience of the Internet made Internet users discover that _______________________.
When avatars first appeared in the 1980s, few people believed that ___________________________.
Creative Writing
Suppose you were at the age of ten, how would you fancy your life in the future with the help of technology? Complete the story by using past future tense.
Example: When I was ten, I believed that any one who could use a computer would become the most intelligent person in the future. I fancied that I would have a beeper , like the one my father had. I thought that I was going to buy a robot to help with my homework and exams.
Homework
Writing— “_______ in the past, present and future”. You can also use past future tense to show the changes.
Thank You
(共24张PPT)
Unit 4 Information Technology
Lesson 2 Apps
Lesson 2 Apps
Period 1
Activity 1: Brainstorm
What apps do you often use?
What do you use them for?
Activity 2
Listen and find out
Why are apps so popular?
Activity 3
Listen and complete
Educational apps are ________.
powerful
Activity 3
Listen and complete
Educational apps are becoming increasingly powerful.
For example,
some apps allow students to_____________________ according to their________________________________;
they also ensure that students can all ___________________________________even when ____________________________________.
choose their online teachers and subjects
personal interests and needs
enjoy the same learning materials
they are not sitting in the same classroom
Activity 4
Finding out what people need and solving real-world problems.
VR, AR and MR
Listen and find out
difficulties for developing an app
the latest technologies used in apps
Activity 5
Listen and draw a mind map
Give a talk on apps based on the mind map
Activity 6
Work in groups & design your own app
-1 poster maker
-2 idea providers
-1 speaker
Be creative!!
New Product Launch
新品发布会
Lesson 2 Apps
Period 2
Revision
What can students do when they use educational apps?
What are the difficulties in developing an app?
What are the latest technologies used in apps?
Asking for & Offering help
Activity 1: Conversation 1
Listen and find
What help does Dad ask for?
He wants to know how to
set up an account.
Activity 1: Conversation 1
Key steps to solve Dad’s problem
First , ______________________
____________________________________________
The last step is to __________________
press “Sign Up” button
Put in name, sex, telephone number and email address
press “ Finish” button
Activity 2: Conversation 2
Listen and find
What problem does Barbara have?
She hasn’t received her order.
Activity 2: Conversation 2
Key steps Chris takes to help
First, ask her for ____________________
_____________________________
Enquire about the order_________________
__________________________
the order number
Confirm her name
with the delivery man
Call her back
Activity 3: Listen and complete
Asking for and Offering Help
Asking for help
________________with something?
____________set up an account?
I haven’t received the goods. ____________ and find out what’s going on?
____________check again? Offering help
_________________downloading it?
No worries. _____________with that.
_______________help you?
___________enquire about the order with the delivery man.
________________anything else today?
Activity 4: Listen and complete
Asking for Help
_____________________ with something?
_____________________ set up an account?
__________________and find out what’s going on?
________________ check again?
Can you help me out
I can’t figure out how to
Can you do me a favour
Would you be able to
Activity 4: Listen and complete
Offering Help
______________________ downloading it?
No worries. __________________with that.
_______________help you?
_______ enquire about the order with the delivery man.
___________________anything else today?
Do you need my help
I can help you
How may I
Let me
Can I assist you with
Activity 4:
Formal or Informal
Pick out the expressions that are
formal / informal
from the conversations.
Activity 5: Role-play
Work in a group of 4.
Each picks a role.
Pair up and make a dialogue.
Remember to use the expressions properly!
Activity 5: Role-play
The password of your account is wrong and you can’t log in to the campus network.
Situation 1:
A classmate offering help
Situation 2:
School network administrator offering help
Activity 5: Role-play
Your mom/dad wants to return the shoes she/he bought online, which are not the right size.
Situation 3:
Son/daughter offering help
Situation 4:
Customer service offering help
Thank You
(共9张PPT)
Unit 4 Information Technology
Lesson 3 Internet and Friendships
Internet and Friendships
Does the Internet help or harm friendships?
help
harm
Group Work: Debate
Does the Internet help or harm friendships?
Task Prep #1 Ideas!
I think the Internet helps / harms friendships because …
I think the Internet helps friendships because it makes communication much more convenient.
I think the Internet harms friendships because talking online is not replacement for face-to-face contact.
Task Prep #2 Organise ideas!
Learn to organise ideas by sequencing those paper slips.
They belong to two blogs.
Task Prep #3
Defend your ideas / attack your opponents
Work in groups of 4 on
your ideas / supporting details
how to attack your opponents
how to defend your own ideas, and
how to summarise your ideas
10 minutes to prepare
Debate!
10 minutes for each round.
We’ll vote to decide the winner group, whose members will be awarded 2 points each (regular grade).
Thank You
(共24张PPT)
Unit 4 Information Technology
Topic Talk
The First Industrial Revolution used water and steam power to mechanise production (机械化). The Second used electric power to create mass production （规模化）. The Third used electronics and information technology to automate production（自动化）.
Klaus Martin Schwab
a German engineer and economist, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum.
Information Technology
Activity 1 Pair Work
Use the questions to talk about information technology.
How has it changed people’s daily life?
In what way do you use it?
Why do you use it?
…
Activity 2 Listen to Dialogue 1
Complete the Text Builder.
Text Builder Talk about IT
a. I love exploring new technologies, because they ___________________.
b. I use apps to_____________________.
c. I also like chatting online. It ____________________________. But too much chatting online__________________.
Reasons
Uses
are so convenient
buy things online
Effects/
Impacts
makes me feel less lonely
takes a lot of time
Activity 3 Interview your partner
If your partner mentions the point, tick it.
□chat with …
□communicate with/by …
□relax by …
□buy things such as …
□find information about …
□learn about new things like …
□…
?
Uses
Activity 3 Interview your partner
If your partner mentions the point, tick it.
□so convenient
□make life easier
□enable better communication
□provide education
□provide information
□…
?
Reasons
Activity 3 Interview your partner
Match 1-9 with a-i, tick the point if he/she agrees.
Effects/Impacts
□1. make communication
□2. make me feel
□3. help me develop
□4. make us self-
□5. enable people
□6. make us live in an
□7. take a lot of
□8. make us addicted to
□9. Not encourage face-to-face
a. new friendships
b. focused
c. communication
d. convenient
e. time
f. unreal world
g. less lonely
h. to it
i. to communicate better
?
Activity 3 Interview your partner
Match 1-9 with a-i, tick the point if he/she agrees
Effects/Impacts
□1. make communication
□2. make me feel
□3. help me develop
□4. make us self-
□5. enable people
□6. make us live in an
□7. take a lot of
□8. make us addicted
□9. not encourage face-to-face
a. new friendships
b. focused
c. communication
d. convenient
e. time
f. unreal world
g. less lonely
h. to it
i. to communicate better
?
Activity 4 Use the Text Builder to write a short paragraph about information technology.
?
Uses
Reasons
Effects/
Impacts
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
Activity 5 Listen to Dialogue 2 and take notes
Apps Reasons for use
1. Music apps I listen to songs when ____________
_________________.
They really help me ________.
I can’t sleep
or feel nervous
to relax
Activity 5 Listen to Dialogue 2 and take notes
Apps Reasons for use
2. New apps ___________ with the news all day long.
Get updated
Activity 5 Listen to Dialogue 2 and take notes
Apps Reasons for use
3.Apps for _______ I use different avatars … because they let me explore__________________.
games
different personalities
Activity 5 Listen to Dialogue 2 and take notes
Apps Reasons for use
4. _____________ A bell rings to remind me that________________.
Alarm Clock
my time is up
Activity 6 Your recommendation of apps
Apps Reasons to recommend
apps to recommend because …
Activity 6 What apps would you like to develop?
Apps Reasons to develop
apps to develop because…
Creativity in science
could be described as the art
of putting two
and two together to make five.
Activity 7 Read the quotes and work in groups.
Student A Student B
Student C
Student D
Quote … Unquote
Student A
Which is the Third Industrial Revolution according to the quote by Klaus Martin Schwab?
Which is your favorite quote?
Write your sentence about information technology.
The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.
—Bill Gates
Student B
With the help of the note below, share your understanding of the quote by Bill Gates.
*Note: town square 城镇广场
Example:
Some people want to live on the town square, so they don’t miss a thing.
Your sentence:
Technology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born.
—Alan Kay
Student C
Do you agree with what Alan Kay says?
Give an example.
Your sentence:
We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.
—Stephen Hawking
Student D
1. Does the Internet connect us?
2. Why do we face the screen of computers or cell phones while sitting together, which is called “alone together”?
*Note: neurons 神经元
3. Your sentence:
Information Technology
The best way
to predict the future
is to create it.
Thank You
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Unit 4 Information Technology
Viewing Workshop
Printed books or Digital books
Is this the end of printed books?
Watch Part 1 : Tick the information that is mentioned or implied in the video.
What is the speaker’s opinion on printed books?
1. Presentation is more important than content.
2. Printed books are expensive and not easy to carry.
3. People’s attention spans are too short for the complex ideas in printed books.
4. People want to know the latest news about pop stars, instead of learning about the past.
5. Printed books cannot meet people’s various reading interests.
6. The market for printed books is dying.
Watch Part 1 again
Work in groups of four
With questions, watch Part 1 again
Learn and share
we find that holding books feels quite strange
it’s not true that
I don’t keep up with trends
Group Work:
Presentation is more important than content.
Are the bold words related to
printed books or digital books?
it’s just not true that
I read a lot and enjoy learning
I don’t care
and you should never think
I am obligated to care for the environment and its sustainability
B. People’s attention spans are too short for the complex ideas in printed books.
?
Length of time
Having duty to do
Do you agree?
Complicated
C. People want to know the latest news about pop stars, instead of learning about the past.
you need to acknowledge my values
what’s important to me is
what celebrities are wearing
and it doesn’t matter much to me
what Gandhi did last century
recognise
Are the bold words related to
printed books or digital books?
D. The market for printed books is dying.
if we like your brand
we’ll endorse you
on social media
on our mobiles
support
Do you agree?
Has the speaker’s opinion changed?
Watch Part 2
Watch Part 2
Advantages of printed books
*
*
*
*
*
Advantages of printed books
*People are still interested in stories from the past.
*People still read a lot of books.
*People like the way books feel in their hands.
*People like to read books.
*It’s not true that people have short attention spans.
Printed books are outdated and dull.
Holding books feels quite strange.
People want to keep up with trends.
Presentation is more important than content.
People’s attention spans are too short for complex ideas.
People are not obligated to care for the environment and its sustainability.
People care more about what celebrities are wearing instead of what Gandhi did last century.
Find out the “secret” to presenting two different ideas on the issue in a very special way.
The end of print books is here.
Books are outdated and dull.
No longer can it be said that …
We like to read.
Thank You
(共27张PPT)
Unit 4 Information Technology
Writing Workshop
Writing Workshop
Period 1
What is in a personal profile?
Writing Workshop
Personal Profile
1. Determine how much space you have
Decide what matters to show who you are
2. Look at some strong examples
Learn from others
Read the personal profile and find out.
What is included in the personal profile?
user name
age
location
about me
hobbies
opinions
Check& Share
2. Look at some strong examples
Learn from others
Think and write.
Create your own user name and put it in your
personal profile.
Have a try!
What next?
2. Look at some strong examples
Learn from others
Read “About me” and find out.
1. What can you know about Happy?
2. What are the ways to say Happy likes something?
Check& Share
2. Look at some strong examples
Learn from others
Write and think.
Write down the ways to say one likes …
Check& Share
2. Look at some strong examples
Learn from others
Ways to say one likes something
My favourite subject is English.
I love exploring new places …
I also enjoy history …
I’ve always loved to read!
Books about cultures are the best!
2. Look at some strong examples
Learn from others
Think and write.
Finish “About me”in your profile.
Have a try!
2. Look at some strong examples
Learn from others
Read “About me” & “Favourite” and find out.
1.What’s her favourite type of books?
2.What’s her favorite book?
3.Why does she like reading these books?
Check& Share
2. Look at some strong examples
Learn from others
Write and think.
Write down the ways to express one’s opinion.
Check& Share
2. Look at some strong examples
Learn from others
Ways to express one’s opinions
I think reading is just another way of exploring the unknown world.
It’s an exciting experience for me.
I believe that books about cultures are the best.
2. Look at some strong examples
Learn from others
Think and write.
Finish “My Favorite” in your profile.
Have a try!
2. Look at some strong examples
Learn from others
Read “Reasons …” and find out.
Why does she want to join the club?
Check& Share
2. Look at some strong examples
Learn from others
Why does she want to join the club?
I think it’s fun to hear about new
books that other people enjoy.
2. Look at some strong examples
Learn from others
Think and write.
Write down the reasons for joining the club in
your profile.
Have a try!
What is your
personal profile for for?
3. Include key information
4. Avoid “buzzword”
5. Use pronoun “I”
:( good; like …
:) I have great passion for …
:) I find it enchanting to do …
:) … fascinates me.
:) consider / regard … as
Writing Workshop
Period 2
Is it a personal profile for a particular discussion group?
Do you express your interest in joining the group?
Do you explain why you want to join the club?
Do you express opinions clearly?
Do you avoid posting information too private?
1. Finish your self-evaluation
Do you avoid heavy use of buzzwords?
2. Read, evaluate and learn
Read your friends’ personal profile
Evaluate your friends’ works
2. Read, evaluate and learn
3. Give some comments on your friends’ works
2. Read, evaluate and learn
4. Choose one profile to share with the class
Which part is great and worth sharing?
What do you like about this profile?
Thank You
