21st Century Verbs

The impact of  ICT (information and communication technologies) is generating new words and expressions. 

The following verbs (most of them relugar verbs) describe actions that didn't exist some decades ago:

to blog       to facebook          to message            to text          to email        to google       to scan

to print       to surf the net       to tag                    to tweet       to skype       to chat          to youtube 

to friend     to post                  to link                   to click        to cut and paste    

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Can you think of more verbs like these???

What is a blog?
Watch the following videos about blogging and identify the concepts we are learning in class:

"The big deal about  blogs is that they give people like you the power of the media"

Curious Words Origins

Desireé was reading about the origin of English words and wants to share her discoveries with all of us:

 

Do you know the origin of the word “kangaroo”?

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Do you know the origin of the word “OK”?

Answer

Read about the origin of other words here:

http://www.saberingles.com.ar/wordstory/index.html

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Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants. New Stereotypes?

Click on the image above to read the online article

What do all these cartoons have in common?

What do you think about the concepts "digital native" and "digital immigrant"?