Next Year I'm going to do my work experience in the mornings and go to school in the afternoon.
Monday, 26 May 2014
Future Plans
This summer I am hoping to get a summer job somewhere, go to the beach as much as I can and party a lot. Now I have a car i will be able to visit different places.
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
What did he do the first time?
He gave a computer to a school, and left it there to see what the children could do.
Why did he do it?
He did it as an experiment, to see how the children reacted to the machine.
What happened when he returned?
The kids kind of knew how to use the computer.
What did people tell him was the reason for that?
That a person who knew IT showed them.
What did he do then?
He brought a computer to a village where no one knew how to use a computer.
What happened when he returned to the little village?
That they taught themselves English so they could interact with the computer.
What does he want to do?
Make that the children can ask Old people through webcam, the questions they need answering.
What does he think about children and computers?
That students don't need teachers while there are computers.
What does he think about education?
that it needs to change. Because people can self-learn and with technology now gives that option.
What system does he propose?
That the children work in groups and the teacher encourages the students.
He gave a computer to a school, and left it there to see what the children could do.
Why did he do it?
He did it as an experiment, to see how the children reacted to the machine.
What happened when he returned?
The kids kind of knew how to use the computer.
What did people tell him was the reason for that?
That a person who knew IT showed them.
What did he do then?
He brought a computer to a village where no one knew how to use a computer.
What happened when he returned to the little village?
That they taught themselves English so they could interact with the computer.
What does he want to do?
Make that the children can ask Old people through webcam, the questions they need answering.
What does he think about children and computers?
That students don't need teachers while there are computers.
What does he think about education?
that it needs to change. Because people can self-learn and with technology now gives that option.
What system does he propose?
That the children work in groups and the teacher encourages the students.
Applying for a job
1- You would need an IT title of some sort. And you would need to know how to manage well with computer programs.
- Do you know English?
- How good are you with computers?
- What could you provide for this company?
- Are you comfortable working with other people?
- Are you responsible?
- Are you willing to do extra hours if we needed you?
- What is your goal within this job?
2- You would need an IT title of some sort. And you would need to know how to manage well with computers.
- Do you know English?
- How good are you with computers?
- What could you provide for this company?
- Are you comfortable working with other people?
- Are you responsible?
- Are you willing to do extra hours if we needed you?
- What is your goal within this job?
- Do you know English?
- How good are you with computers?
- What could you provide for this company?
- Are you comfortable working with other people?
- Are you responsible?
- Are you willing to do extra hours if we needed you?
- What is your goal within this job?
2- You would need an IT title of some sort. And you would need to know how to manage well with computers.
- Do you know English?
- How good are you with computers?
- What could you provide for this company?
- Are you comfortable working with other people?
- Are you responsible?
- Are you willing to do extra hours if we needed you?
- What is your goal within this job?
3-
CONNOR
DOHERTY
Personal info:
Address: Passatge de Ca n’Elies, B2
17800
Olot
Phone: 631362986
E-mail: connor_a_d@outlook.com
Date of Birth: 16/2/1996
Academic Education:
2008-2012 ESO
IES Frederic Martí i Carreras
(Palafrugell)
2013-2015 CFGM IT
INS
Bosc de la Coma (Olot)
Languages:
Catalan : High
Spanish: High
English: Very High (Native language)
Monday, 19 May 2014
Summary of Apple's history
The company was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1976 in California. Their first product, Apple 1, was introduced in the same year they founded the company. In 1977 they released Apple 2 and it was a great success. Jobs left Apple in 1985 because of problems in the company, and in 1987 Wozniak left. In 1996 Apple bought the company Jobs built "Next" and brought Jobs back to the company. The Revival of the company was on 1998 when they release the iMac. And since then they have introduced new and different products, such as the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Macbooks etc.
In 2011 Jobs died and left Tim Cook in charge.
In 2011 Jobs died and left Tim Cook in charge.
Monday, 12 May 2014
School Subjects summary
MME: In MME we have studied about all the computers components, different type of computers and how to fix them. This subject is interesting sometimes, when we have to build or take apart the computers.
SOM: In SOM we have studied about how to use Computer operating systems ( Windows and Linux) and see how they work. SOM is the most difficult out of all the subjects because there is a lot of theory to learn.
XL: In XL we have learnt how Networks work, how to make one, the different types of connections and how to find a problem with the network.
AW: In AW we have learnt HTML and CSS language to make webpages. It is the most enjoyable subject this year for me because i like using web language and making my own pages.
AO: We have learnt how to use Word, Excel, Access, we are currently using image and video editing programs and power point. It is the second easiest subject and it is interesting as well.
FOL: We have studied risks in businesses and how to prevent them, we also have learnt about Social security and how it works and now we are learning way to get a job and tips to do it right.
SOM: In SOM we have studied about how to use Computer operating systems ( Windows and Linux) and see how they work. SOM is the most difficult out of all the subjects because there is a lot of theory to learn.
XL: In XL we have learnt how Networks work, how to make one, the different types of connections and how to find a problem with the network.
AW: In AW we have learnt HTML and CSS language to make webpages. It is the most enjoyable subject this year for me because i like using web language and making my own pages.
AO: We have learnt how to use Word, Excel, Access, we are currently using image and video editing programs and power point. It is the second easiest subject and it is interesting as well.
FOL: We have studied risks in businesses and how to prevent them, we also have learnt about Social security and how it works and now we are learning way to get a job and tips to do it right.
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
History of Apple
The Origins and History of Apple
This tech corporation has repeatedly been named one of the world’s most admired Companies ___________. Learn more about the origins and history of Apple. Early Days Apple Computers was __________founded___________ by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in Cupertino, California on April 1, 1976. Wozniak was the _________engineer ___________ behind the computers, while Jobs had the mind for ________business _____________. The pair struggled to keep the company afloat in early days; however they succeeded in funding the venture without ever giving up shares in the company. Apple I Apple’s first ______product___________ was 1976’s Apple I. Compared to its competition, this machine used few _________Components __________. This was mainly due to the company’s limited budget. Steve Wozniak: “When you work on low _________resources ______________ and you’re trying to do it yourself with very few parts, you’re trying to be clever you’re trying to think out the whole ________Solution___________ in the shortest number of steps.” This made the Apple I a feat of engineering, and it remained on the _______market _____________ until late 1977. The Invention of the Home Computer The upgraded Apple II was first _________sold ____________ in June of that year. Ready to go right out of the box, it was a huge ______success______________ commercially and is recognized for establishing the market for home computers by being accessible and affordable. The Apple II remained the company’s main source of revenue for many years, and by the end of 1980 over one hundred thousand had been sold. 1980’s Apple III was prone to overheating, and was a _________failure____________for the company. Apple Goes Public However, 1980 was also the year Apple went public. The company generated more millionaires than any other before it, and the popularity of its founders was _________increasing____________. Steve Wozniak: “We started Apple: by 1980, I was going to computer _____________shows________ and – you know – we’re kinda going public, we’ve made a lot of money, we’ve been in the press long before that, Steve and I. And people are always asking me for an autograph – huh? What do you mean? I was just an engineer, I just did an engineer’s job, I designed a good computer.” Apple LISA Meanwhile, Apple was __________Busy__________ at work designing the Apple LISA. Released in June 1983, it proved to be a ________pawerful____________ concept and not a market success. However, it pioneered such terminology as the mouse, icon, and desktop. It was also Apple’s first graphical user interface model, which meant consumers interacted with ________images ________ rather than text commands. 1984 Commercial Apple’s next triumph came during the Super Bowl in January 1984. Steve Wozniak: “The 1984 commercial kind of showed a free-running person overturning somebody who’s dictating 'this is the way it’s going to be. You have no free ________thought_________ of your own.' That was the theme of that commercial.” Launch of Macintosh This ad introduced the Apple Macintosh to the American public, and is now considered one of the prime examples of U.S. __________advertising_____________. It was just one part of Apple’s aggressive and __________expensive _______ advertising campaign for the launch of the Macintosh computer, which was released just a few days later. Stand-out in the Market The Mac was loved by some and hated by others. Because of its ________Radical___________ differences from the rest of the market, it initially suffered from a lack of software. It was even _________incompatible __________ with the popular Apple II. Steve Wozniak: “We lost software in those areas, the left brain areas: accounting, law and engineering. A lot of the software is geared towards PCs, that’s where it exists now.” Mac + Adobe Eventually an affiliation with Adobe helped the Mac brand become the _________standard ___________ for computer users in specific industries. Steve Wozniak: “We could handle such things as ___________________, with PhotoShop, and videography with programs like Adobe Premiere shortly after the Avid was out. So we could do video editing and photography work and ___________________ much earlier because we had enough memory to do it. […] So all the artists and the video people and the producers and the movie people all got into Macintoshes and one you’re into it you love it so much it’s very difficult to pry you away.” The Steves Leave Despite Apple’s success, problems within the company forced Steve Jobs to _________leave__________ in 1985. Steve Wozniak left in 1987, though he is still a paid employee. Apple for Home Users, Mac for Professionals Meanwhile, Apple continued to market its two __________brands__________ to different pieces of the population: the Apple II series was best for home users, while more experienced professionals tended towards the Macintosh. Increasing Popularity of Windows However by the 1990s, Apple was struggling. IBM was handily _________winning____________ the marketplace on the success of Windows. Steve Wozniak: “When _________IBM_____________ came out, they had sales forces in all the big businesses. The market for home computers really wasn’t going to fit the Apple too well. The market for small business computers was much huger, so we kind of _______________________ the business market.” Return of Jobs At the end of 1996, Apple _______Purchased____________ Steve Jobs’ new company, NeXT, and brought the founder back to the company. Jobs went on to become CEO, and in December 1997 he introduced the online Apple Store. That same year the company announced a partnership with ________rival ____________ Microsoft that saw Apple adopt Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer as part of its default programs. Apple's Revival began with the release of the iMac in 1998. The company _________emphasized ___________ aesthetic design as one of its major strengths. 2001 was the year Apple opened its first retail stores, introduced iTunes and released the first iPod to the public. It kicked off a decade that boasted a steady upswing for the company, with the release of a number of new products and ___________operating__________ systems. Steve Wozniak: “We were the first ones to build USB ports into our computers, we invented firewire, we were really the first to ever have a ________Popular _____________ mass-produced and sold wi-fi.” The iPhone 2007 was the year the company __________changed___________the cell phone landscape by introducing the iPhone. Steve Wozniak: The iPad The iPad went on sale in 2010, and was instantly __________succesfull________ in the tablet market. And in early 2011, Apple continued its trendsetting ways by introducing a new port to replace USB and similar connections. That same year, after resigning his role as CEO and replacing himself with Tim Cook, Steve Jobs passed away on October 5th following a long bout with pancreatic cancer. Torrents of tributes followed Jobs’ death, and proved his _______role______________ as a tech icon. With _______________hundred of millions_________________ of products sold worldwide, Apple is quickly losing its status as a counterculture icon and becoming a mainstay of the mainstream.
This tech corporation has repeatedly been named one of the world’s most admired Companies ___________. Learn more about the origins and history of Apple. Early Days Apple Computers was __________founded___________ by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in Cupertino, California on April 1, 1976. Wozniak was the _________engineer ___________ behind the computers, while Jobs had the mind for ________business _____________. The pair struggled to keep the company afloat in early days; however they succeeded in funding the venture without ever giving up shares in the company. Apple I Apple’s first ______product___________ was 1976’s Apple I. Compared to its competition, this machine used few _________Components __________. This was mainly due to the company’s limited budget. Steve Wozniak: “When you work on low _________resources ______________ and you’re trying to do it yourself with very few parts, you’re trying to be clever you’re trying to think out the whole ________Solution___________ in the shortest number of steps.” This made the Apple I a feat of engineering, and it remained on the _______market _____________ until late 1977. The Invention of the Home Computer The upgraded Apple II was first _________sold ____________ in June of that year. Ready to go right out of the box, it was a huge ______success______________ commercially and is recognized for establishing the market for home computers by being accessible and affordable. The Apple II remained the company’s main source of revenue for many years, and by the end of 1980 over one hundred thousand had been sold. 1980’s Apple III was prone to overheating, and was a _________failure____________for the company. Apple Goes Public However, 1980 was also the year Apple went public. The company generated more millionaires than any other before it, and the popularity of its founders was _________increasing____________. Steve Wozniak: “We started Apple: by 1980, I was going to computer _____________shows________ and – you know – we’re kinda going public, we’ve made a lot of money, we’ve been in the press long before that, Steve and I. And people are always asking me for an autograph – huh? What do you mean? I was just an engineer, I just did an engineer’s job, I designed a good computer.” Apple LISA Meanwhile, Apple was __________Busy__________ at work designing the Apple LISA. Released in June 1983, it proved to be a ________pawerful____________ concept and not a market success. However, it pioneered such terminology as the mouse, icon, and desktop. It was also Apple’s first graphical user interface model, which meant consumers interacted with ________images ________ rather than text commands. 1984 Commercial Apple’s next triumph came during the Super Bowl in January 1984. Steve Wozniak: “The 1984 commercial kind of showed a free-running person overturning somebody who’s dictating 'this is the way it’s going to be. You have no free ________thought_________ of your own.' That was the theme of that commercial.” Launch of Macintosh This ad introduced the Apple Macintosh to the American public, and is now considered one of the prime examples of U.S. __________advertising_____________. It was just one part of Apple’s aggressive and __________expensive _______ advertising campaign for the launch of the Macintosh computer, which was released just a few days later. Stand-out in the Market The Mac was loved by some and hated by others. Because of its ________Radical___________ differences from the rest of the market, it initially suffered from a lack of software. It was even _________incompatible __________ with the popular Apple II. Steve Wozniak: “We lost software in those areas, the left brain areas: accounting, law and engineering. A lot of the software is geared towards PCs, that’s where it exists now.” Mac + Adobe Eventually an affiliation with Adobe helped the Mac brand become the _________standard ___________ for computer users in specific industries. Steve Wozniak: “We could handle such things as ___________________, with PhotoShop, and videography with programs like Adobe Premiere shortly after the Avid was out. So we could do video editing and photography work and ___________________ much earlier because we had enough memory to do it. […] So all the artists and the video people and the producers and the movie people all got into Macintoshes and one you’re into it you love it so much it’s very difficult to pry you away.” The Steves Leave Despite Apple’s success, problems within the company forced Steve Jobs to _________leave__________ in 1985. Steve Wozniak left in 1987, though he is still a paid employee. Apple for Home Users, Mac for Professionals Meanwhile, Apple continued to market its two __________brands__________ to different pieces of the population: the Apple II series was best for home users, while more experienced professionals tended towards the Macintosh. Increasing Popularity of Windows However by the 1990s, Apple was struggling. IBM was handily _________winning____________ the marketplace on the success of Windows. Steve Wozniak: “When _________IBM_____________ came out, they had sales forces in all the big businesses. The market for home computers really wasn’t going to fit the Apple too well. The market for small business computers was much huger, so we kind of _______________________ the business market.” Return of Jobs At the end of 1996, Apple _______Purchased____________ Steve Jobs’ new company, NeXT, and brought the founder back to the company. Jobs went on to become CEO, and in December 1997 he introduced the online Apple Store. That same year the company announced a partnership with ________rival ____________ Microsoft that saw Apple adopt Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer as part of its default programs. Apple's Revival began with the release of the iMac in 1998. The company _________emphasized ___________ aesthetic design as one of its major strengths. 2001 was the year Apple opened its first retail stores, introduced iTunes and released the first iPod to the public. It kicked off a decade that boasted a steady upswing for the company, with the release of a number of new products and ___________operating__________ systems. Steve Wozniak: “We were the first ones to build USB ports into our computers, we invented firewire, we were really the first to ever have a ________Popular _____________ mass-produced and sold wi-fi.” The iPhone 2007 was the year the company __________changed___________the cell phone landscape by introducing the iPhone. Steve Wozniak: The iPad The iPad went on sale in 2010, and was instantly __________succesfull________ in the tablet market. And in early 2011, Apple continued its trendsetting ways by introducing a new port to replace USB and similar connections. That same year, after resigning his role as CEO and replacing himself with Tim Cook, Steve Jobs passed away on October 5th following a long bout with pancreatic cancer. Torrents of tributes followed Jobs’ death, and proved his _______role______________ as a tech icon. With _______________hundred of millions_________________ of products sold worldwide, Apple is quickly losing its status as a counterculture icon and becoming a mainstay of the mainstream.
Monday, 5 May 2014
COMPREHENSION
A-Are these statements true or false? Justify.
1-The writer went to a café on a sunny day. False, the writer went to a café on a rainy day. 5
2-Steve answered the writer's question immediately. False, He replied after a while.
3-The people in the café didn't care about what was going on between Steve and the writer. True.
B-Answer these questions.
1-Why didn't the writer apologise? Because she was ashamed.
2-What was Steve busy doing? Chatting online and playing a war game.
3-Why did Steve start shouting? Because the writer put her hand in front of the screen.
C-Complete these sentences.
1-The writer felt lonely in the café although there were people.
2-When the writer saw that Steve was too busy, he wanted wanted to know what he was doing.
3-The writer can't imagine a future where people Shared their lives with a machine.
D-What do the underlined words in the text refer to?
1-they: Souls.
2-machines: Computers.
E-Find in the text words that mean almost the same as:
1-surprised (paragraph 2): astonished.
2-computer screen (paragraph 3): Monitor.
Look at the pictures and answer these questions.
1-What do the pictures have in common?
There are kids in all of them.
2-What problem does each one refer to?
Eye problems.
3-How do children become addicted to the Internet?
Because their parents let them.
4-What are the negative effects of Internet addiction upon children?
They can become anti-social, and have eye problems.
5-What measures should be taken to protect children from Internet addiction?
Not let them on it so much.
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