Title: Computer Language.

Level: intermediate 4-6 grade.

Objectives: The students will be able to: Understand the definition of the words in computer software and internet sites. Apply properly computer language in his/her daily speech with peers. Use computer language according to her/his own needs to strength oral skills.

Competencies:

Basic knowledge in computer and internet use. Multitasking skill in using program. Ability to use internet. Be familiar with Word and PowerPoint.

Time: 3 hours.

Step 1: ASK Create a discussion about technological resources that human beings have right now and the evolution in different devices and everyday life that people have and compares with the past life that people had.

Students and teacher speak and discuss these questions:

1. How technology has increased in the last years? 2. Technology has changed the everyday life of human beings? 3. Did you notice any difference related with technology in your three years ago and right now? 4. What do you think that human beings will be able to do in the future with technology? 5. Do you think that technology resources and new inventions are affecting the natural balance of the earth? 6. Do you think that all technologies and information that we have improve our life quality?

Step 2: INVESTIGATE Student will investigate with their parents of grand fathers or any others resources (books, internet, and magazines) about the changes in the last ten years in our country life. And importance that computers have in our routine.

Step 3: CREATE Students will create presentations using information which they have collected related to changes in technological access in our country also specific software and information of its usage, including benefits.

Students form group of three people. Students will create power point presentations in which they present specific vocabulary used in technology.

Below there are some definitions of vocabulary related to technology and software usage:

Password A Password is a secret word or code, which a user must supply during a login to demonstrate that he is, in fact, the person he claims to be. Error A mistake

Login The process of identifying oneself to a computer, usually by entering one's username and password.

Text message Short text messages from a mobile phone to other mobile phone users

Electronic message

Voicemail An interactive computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls, for recording, saving, and relaying messages, and sometimes for paging the user. Keyboard Device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer.

Communication by computer

On-screen Appearing on television or in a movie; Appearing on a computer screen

ICT Information and communication technology ICT covers any product that will store, retrieve, manipulate, transmit or receive information electronically in a digital form.

Interface features

Secure methods

Hazard

Everything designed into an information device with which a human being may interact e.g. display screen, keyboard, mouse, light pen, the appearance of desktop, illuminated characters, and how an application program or a Web site invites interaction and responds to it.

Authentication is the process of determining whether someone or something is, in fact, who or what it is declared to be. In private and public computer networks (including the Internet), authentication is commonly done through the use of logon passwords.

A possible source of danger.

Saving Save When you save a file, you can save it to a folder on your hard disk drive, a network location, disk, DVD, CD, the desktop, flash drive, or another storage location

Icon

Data file

Small pictures that represent commands, data files or windows. You can also move the icons around the display screen as if they were real objects on your desk.

A data file is a computer file which stores data for use by a computer application or system

Save As Used to save a document for the first time or to save a new version of an edited file email Electronic mail, most commonly abbreviated email and e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages Software application Also known as software application, application or app, - is computer software designed to help the user to perform a task(s). Typical examples are word processors, spreadsheets, media players and database applications A monitor Display screen. A device that accepts video signals from a computer and displays information on a screen; a video display

Step 4: DISCUSS Students in their groups works will discuss information about their last presentations; they can get more information about it looking for at internet in the next sites: http://www.4teachers.org/techalong/glossary/ http://www.abcya.com/computer_vocabulary.htm http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ http://oxforddictionaries.com/?region=us

After Students discus how to explain the different programs to the rest of the class, using the different worlds that are part of their new vocabulary of the lesson, students will create a fifteen minutes presentation. In the next sites there are information about use of different tools and software:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI2dIO3MctE

https://support.skype.com/user-guides
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJdx2ORi3r4 video.about.com/.../Photoshop-CS5-Basic-Tools.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antivirus_software http://lifehacker.com/5833817/how-to-install-a-new-program-on-your-computer

STEP 5: REFLECT

Students will expose their power point presentations to the rest of the class about the research that they already have prepared related to the evolution of computers usage in different software that are commonly used.

Students will expose their topics. Students will ask to the audience if there is any question at the end of every presentation. Audience prepares three questions to the expositors. Students in different group exposition evaluate their classmates performance at the presentation giving a grade that will have a 10 percent of the exposition grade. Audience based their evaluation in the next rubric.

Category Content

4
Shows a full understanding of the topic. Presentation has a clear, logical order throughout.

3
Shows a good understanding of the topic. Presentation order is mostly clear. The speaker may skip around once or twice. Speaks clearly and distinctly all (100-95%) the time, but mispronounces one word.

2
Shows a good understanding of parts of the topic. The speaker skips around several times. Speech sounds choppy.

1
Does not seem to understand the topic very well. Little or no clear order is evident in the presentation.

Organization

Speaks clearly

Speaker correctly uses grammar and vocabulary throughout the presentation.

Grammar and vocabulary

Speaker correctly uses grammar and vocabulary throughout the presentation.

Speaker almost always correctly uses vocabulary and grammar.

Speaks clearly and distinctly most ( 9485%) of the time. Mispronounces no more than one word. Presentation has numerous grammar use or vocabulary errors.

Often mumbles or can not be understood OR mispronounces more than one word.

Presentation is errorfilled

Preparedness

Student is completely prepared and has obviously rehearsed.

Student seems pretty prepared but might have needed a couple more rehearsals.

The student is somewhat prepared, but it is clear that rehearsal was lacking.

The student is somewhat prepared, but it is clear that rehearsal was lacking. total