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ELL Class, 9/8/2011


ELL, Unit One – Technology Intro & Tech Terms to Know
Day One -
Let’s get started with some starter questions & discussion.

1. On your iPad, what’s the name of your internet browser?
2. Besides the browser you have on your iPad, name 3 other popular browsers.
3. How does your iPad get internet access, and where does it come from?
4. What is “app” short for?
5. How do you look for or search for new apps?
6. Should you tell others your iTunes account password?
7. What kind of device is the iPad?… a computer… a smart phone… nope… it’s a…
8. Can you access the internet from anywhere… say on the road, on your way home from school?
9. Will you be able to use your iPad at home, and how?
10. If you see a new app on your iPad on Monday morning, in homeroom, should you be worried about how it got there?
11. Do you own this device?
12. What company makes the iPad?
13. Do you have the original iPad or did all students get the new iPad2?
14. Should you be rough and irresponsible with your iPad?
15. What does the term one-to-one mean?
16. Do you know how many other towns and cities in Massachusetts gave new devices to all high school students?
17. PC versus Mac… PC versus Mac… what does this mean?
18. Can you organize apps into files or folders?
19. How do you move an app from one page to another on your iPad?
20. How is the Facebook app different from Facebook.com?

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