English – 2020

B1.1 Unit 1
Socialization
Critical Thinking

Student’s name: Grade (Group): __________

Situation: No doubt technology has benefited society in many forms, but it’s also known how
many negative situations happen on virtual environments because of malicious people
(hackers, abusers, homophobic, racists...)

Activity 1. Think of a person or group of people whose actions affect Internet users (social
networks, e-mails, personal bank accounts…) and propose better use of these skills or
knowledge in favor of society.

Follow the example:

1. If I were a racist, I would stop hurting people on Internet by respecting differences and
accepting that skin color, beliefs, social conditions and the like are what make us unique.
2. If I were a hacker, I would …

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Critical Thinking

Time to design and reflect!

Situation Have you ever thought about living a day as your parents and grandparents lived some
decades ago (without Internet access, cell phones, computers. . .)?

Activity 2:

a. Design an image or cartoon (or take a funny photo) that represents a day / week in your life without
access to any electronic device or gadget.
b. Imagine you have lived this experience and tell what you have done during these days.

Comics / drawing / photo Description

This is how I have lived this experience:

First I have had to change my daily routines. I have read the
newspaper (instead of watching the news online) and I have gone
to libraries to search for information for school. My family has met
to watch a TV program together and then my parents have shared
some family photos.
…

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Activity 3. Look around your house, select 4 or 5 devices that have been being updated along the
years and identify their new functions. Then think of how they can be improved based
on some negative aspects you, as user, believe to need.

Example: WhatsApp is a free messenger used to send messages, audios, videos or

images. Most people use it to chat, but the ongoing interaction through
this app has led people to fall into misspelling. It’s common to see
messages without any formal language, which has a negative effect on
people who do not practice correct ways to communicate: punctuation
marks, spelling, accent mark, among others. Given these circumstances, I
would improve this app by reinforcing the correct spelling. A good
strategy to reach it is forcing users to write correctly, otherwise, the
message would not be sent.

Situation:

Internet and new technologies are a great tool, in fact most of our daily activities are related to this
invention. However, some people who do not know what Cibercolegio UCN means and offers think this
study method does not meet the current generation’s expectations, since only negative aspects are
seen through the media.

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Socialization
Critical Thinking

Activity 4. Through an oral speech (audio, video) narrate all the positive and negative aspects of
new technologies (Internet, especially), but try to highlight the most relevant and
meaningful advantages of this invention in order for you to convince the reader of the
importance of using ICT properly.

Well, not everything is perfect on Internet, in fact fake news have become a
trend since everybody can upload information without any …… but spite this
phenomenon, Internet and new technologies are changing the way we live
because ….

Video or audio (link): Paste the link here

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Antioquia – Colombia
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