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Unit 3: ICT
Workshop 1
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Name: Sara Cruz Villamil Cohort: Date: 12-08-2020

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Training program: Tecnologo en Gestion Bancaria y Instructor: Julieta Muñoz
de Entidades Financieras

THEN AND NOW: HOW THE INTERNET CHANGED THE WORLD

This workshop attempts to help you understand the influence of internet and
technology in our society. You will learn about the evolution of internet and
technology and also, how to use the netiquette.

Objective: From the development of these activities, you will be able to explore and use the internet in an
appropriate way.

 Work in groups and discuss the following questions and Share your answers

 How often do you use the internet?

I generally use the internet frequently because it is a means of looking for
information about jobs and tasks that are left to us.
 What is your personal opinion about Internet in general?
It is a means that serves us for many things, be it for information, to be able to
work, to communicate and even to have fun.
But we must also be careful because this medium also lends itself to bad things
like pages that do not bring anything good to our life.
 Discuss why people depend on technology nowadays.
In general, computers and machines are getting smarter every day, that we
look more and more stupid playing the role of humans.
We have seen this in a very short period of time where we have generally
relied on machines more than on our own senses and instincts. We could even
ask ourselves how it was for our grandparents to communicate or how it was to
make an appointment in a place at a certain time if there were no mobile
phones, how did it go to meet? Did they call out loud?
An example is when diaries were used to write down the phone numbers of
friends or family so much that when they lost a number, they already knew it
by heart. Nowadays it is almost impossible to learn a phone number because
we write it down on our cell phone and when we need it is easy to find it in our
contacts.
We adapt so much to the comforts and facilities that technology provides us
that we basically stop learning to defend ourselves to merge with a device.
  What are the most popular apps?
 Meet
 Zoom
 Teams
 Facebook
 Messenger
 WhatsApp
 Instagram
 Snapchat
 Skype
 TikTok
 YouTube
 Twitter

1. Create your profile card for a social professional network using your personal
information. Use a picture of your and write some personal information like
your educational background and work experience.

Take into account:

 Full name
 Phone number
 Education Information
 Job position
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 E-mail
 “If you can dream it, you can get it”.
Name: Sara Cruz Villamil
Phone: 3122094114
Academy training: Bank Management Technologist
Email: cruzvillamilsara5@gmail.com
Department: SENA
Designation: Bank clerk supervisor
Time zone: 6:48 p.m. – Colombia

1. Skills practice: Do the following activities to practice the learnt vocabulary and English
structures

1.1. Speaking practice

Now, practice your oral skills and prepare a discussion about advantages and disadvantages
of Internet and Technology. Take a position and support your ideas according to the group
established by the teacher and then, compare and contrast your insights with your partners’
opinions.

1.2. Listening practice

Before watching the video, discuss:
 What do you know about internet history?
Its beginnings appear from various investigations in the field of communication; How do
we communicate? What is its structure?
 How do you use the internet in your daily life?
Well, currently I use it to do my work and enter my Seine classes, to enter my social
networks, to study English and even to have fun.
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Watch the video, make notes, and answer or complete the following
statements:2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8K49dD52WA

● Who was the Internet inventor?

John Licklider

● When was the e-mail created?

In 1971
● What kind of function did Netscape use to have on the Internet?

in 1994 it was the most popular web browser accounting for 90% of web usage.
● What did you understand for “dial- up” according to the video?
It was a method of connecting to the internet through a telephone network that
was connected to a modem.
● In your opinion what was the most interesting fact about Internet history?
Like the scientist Vinton Cerf, he invented the way to introduce computers
from all over the world, which was called the transmission control protocol.

1.3. Reading practice

Before Reading the text, discuss the following questions:

- How do you think Internet has changed your lifestyle?

The internet has changed many things in our daily lives such as commerce, education,
government, health, even in the way we relate affectively; it can be said that it is one of
the main instruments in social change today.
- What can you say about communication through internet?
We can say that communication in a certain way has become easier, and there are several
applications by which we can communicate between large numbers of people; but we must
also see that we lost personal relationships and much more in this time where we can no
longer share and where we realize that we need to share with a friend, hug our family and
that communication is virtually not the same as being in front of face to face with a person.
 VOCABULARY
identify the key words from the article “The internet revolution is the new industrial revolution”. Look
for their definition and pronunciation in English.

WORD / DEFINITION
EXPRESS
ION
Networks Organization formed by a set of establishments in the same branch, and sometimes under
the same management, which are distributed by several places in a locality or geographical
area to provide a service.

Social Social networks are structures formed on the Internet by people or organizations that
media connect based on common interests or values. Through them, relationships between people
or companies are created quickly, without hierarchy or physical limits.

Skills Ability of a person to do something correctly and with ease.

Revolution Sudden change in the social, economic or moral sphere of a society.

Convention Agreement between people, companies, institutions or countries.

s
Understand Perceive and have a clear idea of what is said, done or happens or discover the deep
meaning of something.

Outsourcin It is a business process by which a company transfers responsibility for its tasks to another
g firm specialized in that activity.

Workplace A workplace is a place where someone works for their employer. Such a place can range
from a home office to a large office building or factory.

Boundaries Real or imaginary line that marks the end of a surface or body or the separation between
two entities.

Employmen Work that is done in exchange for a salary.

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Value Quality or set of qualities for which a person or thing is appreciated or well considered.

Success Result, especially happy, of a company or action taken, or of an event.

Background Legal proof of criminal acts committed by a person

Websites it is a virtual space on the Internet. It is a set of web pages that are accessible from the same
domain or subdomain of the World Wide Web

Handshake Action of shaking hands as a sign of greeting, affection or friendship.

Retirement It is the administrative act by which an active worker, whether self-employed or employed,
passes into a passive situation or inactivity, after reaching the maximum age, or due to
serious chronic illness or disability. You then get a monetary benefit for the rest of your life.

Brand Signal that allows to identify or distinguish something or to give some information about it.
Sweeping Clean the floor by dragging trash, debris or dust with a broom or similar utensil.
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 Read the article "The Internet revolution is the new revolution"

The Internet Revolution is the New Industrial Revolution3

Oct 5, 2012 by Micha Kaufman

In the mid-90s, ARPANet was transformed

from a military safety net to the civilian
Internet that has become such an integral
part of our lives, bringing with it change not
only technological, but societal and epic in
scope. Consider the following: Forty years
ago, the

average person followed an employment path largely determined by birth and

education, often committing to one employer until retirement. Today you
probably wouldn’t even consider that as a viable option. Success is no longer
solely determined by the right education, the perfect resume, or even your age
and background. Teens as young as 12 are now coding websites, producing
films and building networks through social media. By the time they’re adults,
this online generation will already have some skills and real-world experience
that a formal education just can’t provide.

The Internet is bringing a revolution along with it. Access to information

combined with global supply and demand is reshaping established conventions
and destroying old world definitions.
To understand the main idea of it, take the word 'local.' It once referred to your
own street, town or even the state you lived in, but now everywhere is local.
Americans are outsourcing their services to companies from China to Brazil, all
from the comfort of their own homes. Where once our reach was limited by
physical boundaries, today almost everyone and everything is just a digital
handshake away.
Long established workplace conventions - from defined office hours to physical
office space - are being tossed out the window. Success was once defined by a
suit and the ‘9 to 5’; now it can achieved by working in pajamas and starting at
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 noon after a morning at the gym and leisurely latte. The very definition of
‘success’ is now drastically changing. It once meant a “keeping up with the
Joneses” lifestyle your neighbors would be envious of; now it’s about making
personal, intimate choices about how to live your life. Of course some still
associate it purely with wealth, but for many, success is being measured in
other ways –happiness, freedom, health, more time for travel and family.

As we engage in a century where everyone is not only a global citizen, but a

valuable “Brand in Waiting,” we begin to understand that the Internet
Revolution is in fact the Industrial Revolution of our time. It’s a sweeping social
disruption that brings with it not only new inventions and scientific advances,
but perhaps most importantly revolutionizes both the methods of work and we
the workers ourselves.

According to the text answer the questions below:

 What is the impact of Internet revolution in the new generations?

Access to information combined with global supply and demand is
reshaping established conventions and destroying old-world definitions.
 What is the ARPAnet meaning? Explain
ARPANet was transformed from a military safety net to the civilian
Internet that has become such an integral part of our lives, bringing
with it changes not only technological, but also social and epic in scope.
 Do you agree with the success definition given in the text?
Yes, because success is the decisions we make every day to meet our
goals, but we must also see that among those decisions is also our
happiness, freedom, health and the time we dedicate to our families,
friends and ourselves.

Make a mind map with the main vocabulary and concepts of the
reading and share it with your classmates. Work in pairs.

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 ARPANet was transformed from a
military safety net to the civilian
Internet that became a part of our
lives.

90's

the success
The internet
Local revolution

It's about making personal

and intimate decisions
He was referring to about how to live your
his own street, city, life.
or even the state he
lived in.

But for many, success is

measured in other ways:
happiness, freedom, health,
But now everything is more time to travel and as a
local. family.

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1.3. Writing Practice

Write a short paragraph to point out your personal experience of advantages and disadvantages (at least 3 of
each one) about the use of Internet and Technology. Use the following paragraph as a model
Hello, My name is Andrea Contreras, I am an
English teacher and I work in a private high school
on the north of the city. I think that Technology is
an unavoidable item in our lives. As advantages I
say that Internet makes everything easier,
immediate and practical, but, by the other hand
Internet and technology make us lazy , distracted
and dependent people. I know about it, because
I see my students everyday depending on their
smartphones and electronic devices.

Now, try your own text. Use a picture to have more ideas!

Hello good evening, my name is Sara Cruz, and

today I am going to talk about the advantages and
disadvantages of the internet:
Advantage:
- The speed of communication is much easier and
there are more means to communicate like social
networks.
- The generation of new jobs that we can do from
our home.
Disadvantages:
- Use of personal data for unknown purposes in
many applications that we use.
- It can generate addiction. we become so addicted
to these media that we become sedentary.

Extension activities:
The extension activities will help you improve your performance in the topics. You need to
reach at least five hours of practice on your own.
 For further information, listening practice, pronunciation, and more about
internet, check the link below to a YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nAP1Qq9Bxg
 Based on your instructor’s orientation, explore the following website and play at least
2 games: http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/games.php
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Image taken from the website as example. https://mx.depositphotos.com/127312238/stock-illustration- set-of-business-people-
office.html