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Getting connected Getting 3 2 1 © Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2008 Advanced ON NEWS LESSON / Getting connected / SPOT How do I stay safe? In your face Skim-read the article and write the headings above the sections a-f that they relate to. 8. 7. 6. 6. 4. 5. 2. 3. 1. Write the key words from the article next to the definitions below. key words from the article next to the definitions below. the Write c) Can you think of three social-networking sites? c) Can you think of a) What is a social-networking site? a) What is a social-networking sites? b) Who uses social-networking Test your knowledge of the Internet. your Test

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The big three Advanced ! MySpace 8 ! MySpace started in 2003 and now has more than 200 million profiles. MySpace includes pictures, a message board, personal profile and MySpace music – where you can add ! songs to your page or sell your own songs. Many people find MySpace complicated to use. 10 Facebook Bebo 9 In 2004 Mark Zuckerberg, a 19-year-old Harvard student, It’s the largest social-networking site in Britain, Ireland and started what is now Facebook. It was made for university New Zealand. It’s the third largest in the US. Bebo was students, but now anyone can use it. More than 43 million started in 2005. Now it has more than 34 million members. members use the site, and it’s still growing. It’s the largest A Bebo profile has a section about you, a section that shows website for photo sharing – with 8.5 million new photos your friends, photographs, a whiteboard for drawing pictures, added every day. Facebook connects you with friends, but a message board for comments and other extras – like also lets you join interest groups – where you can have quizzes, polls, blogs and videos. On Bebo people can also online discussions about everything from politics to your upload their music or writing for others to see and discuss. favourite stars. This is a great way to meet people who like the www.spoton.de same things you do – and of course, to practise your English! © Spot on, November 2007,

4 Find the information

1. What are the names of the three social networking websites in the article? 2. Which is the most popular in Ireland? 3. Which is said to be the most complicated to use? 4. Which was set up by a US university student? 5. Which started first? 6. What advice does the article give about online safety?

5 Teen talk Hanging out. Paragraph 1 tells us that teens around the world are hanging out on social networking sites. What about you? Complete the sentences.

a) At the weekend I hang out with ... (names of your friends)

b) In the summer holidays I hang out at/in ... (where)

c) After school we usually hang out until ... (time)

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6 A class survey

In pairs, prepare a class survey. Advanced

• Find out how many hours a week people in your class spend online. • Write and then ask questions to find out what they do online, which social networking websites they use, which games they play, how many emails they send a day, whether they have a blog, whether they use chat or forums, whether they watch films or download music, etc. • Put the results of your survey into charts, e.g.

How often do you play online games?

Every day 25% Every day Once a week 52% Once a week Occasionally 13% Occasionally Never 10% Never

7 Webquest Alone or in small groups, prepare a history of communication poster.

Find the answers to these questions. Then put the events in order on a time-line. Can you think of any other communication events that you could add to the timeline? Download photos or do your own drawings to illustrate your timeline poster.

1. When did the first postal service start in China? 2. When was the telephone invented? 3. When was the first TV signal sent? 4. When were computers first sold in shops? 5. When was the first email using the @ symbol sent? 6. When was the first digital camera sold? 7. When did the social-networking websites, Facebook, MySpace and Bebo, first go online?

The Spot on article and these websites will help you. http://www.myspace.com/ http://www.facebook.com/ http://www.bebo.com/ http://www.flickr.com/ http://www.google.com http://www.wikipedia.org/ http://www.about.com/

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