Tuesday, 23 February 2016

SESSION 9: ELECTRONIC MAIL

Previous questions:
  1.  Have you got an email account? Yes, I have an email account.
  2. How often do you send emails? Twice a month
  3. If you don’t have an email account, you must set one. There arefree email accounts on the Web.    Some of the most popular a :www.hotmail.com   www.gmail.comwww.edu365.cat
ACTIVITY 1:
Put the E-mail term next to the correct definition:


To:
Send:
Subject
Cancel
Cc:
Attachments
Message
Save draft
Spell check:
Bcc:

1.  The main part of an email where you write the information you want to communicate.Message

2. Click here to send your messageSend

3. The line where you write the title of your messageSubject

4. The cc line; the line where you write the email addresses of other people who want to receive your message. To:

5. The blind copy line; an address here gets a copy of the message, but other recipients don’t knowBcc

6. Click here to specify the file you want to attach and send with the message.Attachments

7. The line where you write the email address of the person you are sending your message to. Cc

8. Click here to save your unfinished message without sendingSave draft

9. Click here to cancel your message. Cancel

10. Click here to check the spelling of your message. Spell Check

SESSION 7: MORE INTERNET TERMS

In this sesion you are going to consolidate the vocabulary of computers and Internet tems.

1.Internet terms
  •      It is an abbreviation for information Technology.  True  
  •        The Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) are the same thingFalse
  •        browser  is a person who enjoys looking at the WWW. True
  •        You can see pictures and words online but you cannot listen to sound.False
  •        You need the newest fastest computers to see the Web False
  •       Most Internet users are men True
  •       @ is called “at” in English True
2. Match the words to their definitions

Browser
Software are that lets you access the WWW
To download
To get programs from the Internet

To chat
To have a conversation through the Internet by writing or speaking
Email
Letters you send by Internet
A modem
Thing that connects a computer to the Internet

WI-FI
Wirless device that allows computers connect to the Internet using a router
On-line
When you are connected to the Internet
Software
Computer programs
Scroll down/up
Move the page up or down using the side tabs with your mouse

3. Choose the best word to complete the definition.


     1.  Use a fast modem to connect my computer to the Internet.

          Downoald
          Click
          Save
          Connect 

     2. Real Player is computer downoald that you see to listen music on the WWW.

        Software
        Hardware
        Document
        Download

    3. I always save my documents on floppy disks.

        Connect
        Install
        Save
        Browser

   4.  Chat is a good way of meeting other people on the Internet.

       Software
       Chat
       Address
       Documents

   5. beep is a sound your computer makes when theres is an error.

      Click
      Beep
      Downoald
      User

4. Answer these questions

1. What is the difference between a Search Engine and a Browser? Give examples of commercial names of both.

You use a browser to access information on the Internet but you use a Search Engine to point you in the right direction of a web site  that relates to the words you type in. A browser example is explorer and search engine example is yahoo.

2. .Which search engine do to use more?
We use Google

3. Which browser do you use more?
We use chrome

SESSION 6:COMPUTER TERMS

Answer these questions about the computer you are using. Then compare your answers with a partner.

1. What brand is your computer? My computer brand is philips.

2. What is the operating system of your computer? 
My operating system of computer is Windows.

3. Which web browser(s) does your computer use?
My computer use Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

4. How many buttons are there on your mouse? 
In my mouse are two buttons and a little whell in the middle.

5. Does your computer have a CD-ROM drive? And a DVD drive? And USB drives? 
Yes, my computer have a CD-ROM drive, a DVD-drive and USB drives.


6. Find these keys on your keyboard. Check each key as you find it andwrite the symbol next to its name

Return (Enter):

Hyphen or dash:
Guió [-]
Space bar:
Espai
Period or dot:
Punt  [.]
Shift:
Mayúscula
Comma:
Coma [,]
Tab:
Avançar fins el seguent “ tab stop”
Colon:
Dos punts [:]
Delete:
Esborrar
Rigth parenthesis:
Parentesi [() ]
Control:
Control
Slash:
Barra [/]
Escape:
Sortir
At symbol:
Arrova [@]



2. Match these wordprocessing terms with their definitions. Thencompare your answers with a partner.

1.a list of computer operations
menu
2. a box on the screen that shows information
window
3. a small picture or symbol
icon
4. text or other data stored together with a special name
file
5. software for creating text files
Word processor
6.press and release the button on the mouse
highlight
7.a little arrow on the screen that moves when you move the mouse
cursor
8.select text/images with the mouse                  
click
3. Match these words processing commands with their definitions below

new
Cute and paste
copy
Close
print
open
Save
Save as

1. Duplicate highlighted text /images to put somewhere else: copy
2. Preserve the contents of a document:save
3. Cut text/images from one place and put them somewhere else: cute and paste
4. Open an existing document: open
5. Create a new document: new
6. Send the contents of a document to the printer:print
7. Close the document without quitting the word processor: close
8. Save the contents of a document under a new file name: save as



Tuesday, 9 February 2016

SESSION 3: GETTING STARTED

Computer manual
Read the instructions and put them in the correct order:

 1.After you have connected the hardware (computer, monitor,keyboard, mouse, printer etc), you will need to install the systemsoftware on to your hard disk from a system disk or CD

2.You will then need to restart and your computer should boot automatically from the hard disk

3.The operating system is successfully installed, you can install your computer programs and other software

Activity:
Complete these definitions:

Hardware is the collection of physical elements that constitutes a computer system.

Software is the set of computer programs, procedures, rules, documentation and associated data as part of the operations of a computer system.

A mouse is a pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface.

Boot means start a computer.