IT: Evil and blessing of our life

What does Information Technology do for (or against) you?

Task 1:
Make groups of 4, choose a secretary who will put down notes.
List positives and negatives of IT in our everyday life.

Task 2:
Choose three positives and three negatives you consider to be most original and discovering among your ideas. Add them into the comment to this blog entry.
Sign the comment with the names of all the group members. Time to finish: 15:22

Homework:
1. Create your personal blog. 
2. Create your avatar.

What is a blog?

http://cabicar.blogspot.cz/2012/11/prestehovana-postel.html
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/top-20-teacher-blogs
http://edublogs.org/
http://blog.cathy-moore.com/scenario-design-online-course/
http://relax.lidovky.cz/vztahy.aspx?o=0&klic=185003


What is an avatar?


Avatar
from Sanskrit अवतार avatāra, which means "descent", an avatar refers to the human incarnation of God during times of distress on earth. Thus, Krishna and Rāma were both avatars of Vishnu, who also manifested himself as an avatar many other times, ten of which are considered the most significant.[10]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Sanskrit_origin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama

create your own avatar for your web!
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/websites-to-create-unique-avatar/
http://www.voki.com/create.php

CREDIT REQUIREMENTS

active participation, working on classroom tasks

80% attendance

Projects: (final submission deadline May 8, 2014)

1. A personal website (includes: personal profile, photogallery of photos taken on your own, a page on your hobbies/interests including active links to references, HotPot index and exercises, links to all school projects and tasks)

2. Hot Potatoes project (submission April 15, 2013)

3. Photogallery - choose an original and creative topic, take 12 images and present them; topic example: my town as I see it (not really tourist postcards, right?)

4. Your choice: either audiocomments to the images in the gallery, or a video of cca 5 minutes, English sound, with your subtitles and inserted textual or audioinstructions for the use in a lesson.