Blog de tecnologia en català

Davant la incertesa causada pels responsables polítics en promoure l'aplicació del TIL, i els quatre autos dictats el dia 23/09/14 pel Tribunal Superior de Justícia de les Illes Balears, en els que s'estimen els recursos presentats en contra de l'aplicació del TIL, em sembla raonable crear un blog en català, a més del que ja vaig crear en anglès.

En aquest blog presentaré informació que espero sigui d'interès i ajuda per a les persones que segueixen el desenvolupament del curs de tecnologia de segon d'ESO.

Per accedir al blog en català, clicqueu damunt l'enllaç corresponent en l'apartat 'My Blog List'.

Reading - The instrument that changed the way we write

Ladislao Biro was the man who changed the way we write thanks to his famous invention: the ballpoint pen. Biro was born in Budapest but he moved to Argentina at the invitation of the president of the country at the time, Agustin Pedro Justo.

While Justo had been staying at a hotel abroad, he noticed Biro signing a document with a prototype of the ballpoint pen he had invented. The president's interest was sparked and he invited the inventor to develop his project in Argentina.

The story goes that Biro, a journalist by profession, was uncomfortable working with his fountain pen, which often got clogged up while he was writing. One day he was watching some children playing with balls in the street and he saw that when the balls rolled into a puddle, they left a trait of water when they rolled out on the other side. This is how he got the idea for his invention: adding a tiny sphere to the writing instrument. He patented it in Hungary in 1939, but the prototype was never I marketed.

That is how, in 1940, Ladislao Biro, along with his partner Jorge Meyne and his brother George Biro, founded a company in Argentina to launch the invention onto the market under the trade name Birome (a combination of the names Biro and Meyne).

Homework 5

Presenting your homework with delay, that is, not presenting it at the first deadline, will lower your work's grade.

Grups B/C and D:

Exercise 5 (Unit 1, pag. 9)

Write a report about a repaired bike's tire.

Describe the problem, where you searched information, make a work plan and avaluate the proces.

The homework has to be handed to the teacher.

Deadline is Tuesday 14/10/14

Vocabulary workshop

Vocabulary workshop from paulinoposada

Homework 4

Presenting your homework with delay, that is, not presenting it at the first deadline, will lower your work's grade.

Grups B/C and D:

Prepare a work plan to make a Tangram puzzel (see unit 1 exercise 7)


Deadline is Tuesday 14/10/14

Results exam 1

Grup B/C

• Average grade 4,8 – Percentage of passed exams 57%

 

Grup D

• Average grade 2,8 – Percentage of passed exams 22%

 Exam 1

Homework

Presenting your homework with delay, that is, not presenting it at the first deadline, will lower your work's grade.

Grup B/C:

Task 1
Translation from English to Catalan of the notes we took about the phases of the technological process.

First deadline was Friday 26/09/14 (9 students out of 30 didn't make their homework).

For those who didn't make it, next deadline is Tuesday 30/09/14.


Task 2

Make the work plan of the pencil case in Catalan in your exercise notebook.

 

First deadline is Tuesday 30/09/14.

For those who didn't make it, next deadline is Thursday 02/10/14.


Task 3

Exercise 4 page 7 (Unit 1)

Deadline is Thursday 30/09/12

Grup D

Task 1
Translation from English to Catalan of the notes we took about the phases of the technological process.

First deadline was Friday 26/09/14 (9 students out of 21 didn't make their homework).

For those who didn't make it, next deadline is today.

Task 2

Make the work plan of the pencil case in Catalan in your exercise notebook.

 

First deadline is today.

For those who didn't make it, next deadline is Thursday 02/10/14.


Task 3

Exercises 2, 3 i 4 (pages 6, 7 of Unit 1)

Deadline is Thursday 30/09/12

Vocabulary for the pencil case work plan

Notes in Catalan

If you should have any trouble understanding the notes or following the class in English, have a look at the apunts.

Exercise 3

Make a work plan to repair a bicycle's flat tire.

What tools do you need?

In wich order do you proceed?

Use the "Tools vocabulary" link to find the tool's english name.

Have a look at a step by step explanation of how to repair a bike's flat tire.





Watch Charlie Chaplin working in an assembly line.


The movie's name is "Modern times".

Vocabulary Unit 1 - The technological process

Exrecise 1

Please look up the following words and expressions in a dictionary:

consumer products

technological development

development to meet the needs

assembly line

resources

tools

to proceed in an organized manner

to proceed in an ordered sequence of steps to solve a problem



Exercise 2

Translate the following text into Catalan:

Phases of the technological process.

1. Describing or analysing the need or problem.

Identify the problem precisely and define the conditions that the solution must fulfill.

2. Searching for information.

Search for information that helps you solve the problem using books, cataloges, the internet or ask people with knowledge about the subject to help you.

3. Generating and selecting ideas.

Once informed, use your knowledge to find the best solution to the problem.
Prepare the way to solve the problem documenting the solution you have thought of. Make a work plan.


4. Executing the design

Execute your solution following the work plan you 've made.

5. Evaluating

After executing your work plan, check if the solution fits your needs. If it doesn't, modify it.
Explain your experience writing a report that helps others solve the problem.