This lesson introduces abbreviations for note-taking and research skills.

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LESSON 5
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1. Groups: predict what they will see on the DVD today (Remind SS of the prediction
tasks they did in L4 & the benefits.)
2. Notetaking Skills:
Using Abbreviations handout
3. View DVD: 21.31 – 41.48
4. Post-viewing: groups check each others notes for abbreviations
5. Research Planning Guide
6. Set up Study Groups (SGs): How will society be changed by …?
Ubiquitous Computing
Virtual Reality
Social Networking
Artificial Intelligence
7. SGs decide on essential tasks
option: ask SGs to produce a mind map of tasks & responsible persons
8. Article Search 1 (Research skills)
SGs work together to identify the articles which are most likely to be worth
looking at
9. Homework: research for SG

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USING ABBREVIATIONS IN NOTETAKING
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When you listen to a lecture or read an article, you do not have time to write
everything down. Short notes are best. You can use abbreviations and symbols to
help you.
and &, +
because
chapter ch.
compare cf.
correct
department dept.
equal to =
especially esp.
for example e.g.
government govt. Can you think of any more?
greater than >
important N.B. _____________________________________________
information info.
_____________________________________________
less than <
maximum max. _____________________________________________
minimum min.
_____________________________________________
not equal
number No. or #
_____________________________________________
page/pages p./ pp.
possibly poss. _____________________________________________
probably prob.
_____________________________________________
question Q
results from _____________________________________________
results in, leads to
same as above " _____________________________________________
similar to
_____________________________________________
that is to say, in other words i.e.
therefore ________________________________________
uncertain, not sure ?
very v.
with reference to re.
wrong X

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Research Planning
Guide
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1. Assignment topic: Complete the sentence with your topic.
In the next 50 years modern society is going to change significantly. Some of these
changes will be due to ______________________________ . Describe these
changes and discuss whether they are positive or negative.
1.1 What does the essay require you to do? What should you not do?
1.2 Which topic have you decided to write about?
(ubiquitous computing, virtual reality, artificial intelligence or social
networking?)
1.3 Why have you chosen this one? Make notes in the box below.

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2. Positive or negative?
As you do your research, make notes of the positive and negative effects of ______________________________.
You will use these notes to help you write your essay so it is important that you can find the original source again. For
information from an article, write the author’s name, the name of the article, the journal, and the issue it is in, the date. For
information from a book, write the author’s name, the date, the name of the book, the publisher and location, and page
numbers. For information from a website, include the title of the page and the URL.
Source Item Positive Negative
Examples
Cheng, X. (2000), ‘Asian students'
reticence revisited’, in System, 28 (2000),
435 – 446.
Bachman, L.F., and Palmer, A., (1996),
Language Testing in Practice: Designing
and Developing Useful Language Tests.
Oxford University Press: Oxford. p. 7
ACADEMIC LITERACY: A Statement of
Competencies Expected of Students
Entering California’s Public Colleges and
Universities, (2002) Available at URL:
http://www.academicsenate.cc.ca.us/icas.
html

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3. Choosing your essay content.
Think carefully about which points will be easiest to write about. Choose the points that you have the most evidence for. It
is better if you have more than one source for each point. Make brief notes below. Then decide on the order of the items:
which one you will write about first, second, and so on.
Item # + or - Details Source

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ARTICLE SEARCH – A:
UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING
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Note
This is an example of four Article Searches. There would be one worksheet for each
research area: ubiquitous computing, social networking, virtual reality and artificial
intelligence. Each worksheet would have approximately 20 articles titles.
Task: Students look at the list and narrow down which articles look promising for
their needs.
Initially, this exercise is done as a paper-based worksheet to prevent students from
being tempted to open and read the first few articles rather than making a selection
from the list; however, when students are more familiar with using article lists, the
task could be repeated later online.
This list is from the New Scientist website: http://www.newscientist.com. A search
was done using the key words ubiquitous computing. The list also contains links to
blog entries, ‘breaking news’ items, which are available on the website, and previews
of magazine articles. Students will need to distinguish the differences.
New Scientist
1. 'Pulp-based computing' makes normal paper smart
...Enlarge image 'Pulp-based computing' can give ordinary paper new...technology
dubbed 'Pulp-based' computing. Marcelo Coelho, now at...the International
Conference on Ubiquitous Computing in Innsbruck, Austria. Swedish...
Mason Inman, 19 September 2007 Breaking News
2. 'Smart homes' could track your electrical noise
...location. "The problem I see with a lot of ubiquitous computing research is that it
requires the creation of new...be presented at the International Conference on
Ubiquitous Computing in Innsbrook, Austria, next week, Abowd and...
Kurt Kleiner, 10 September 2007 Breaking News

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3. New Scientist Technology Blog
...keen to make is that, as computing becomes ubiquitous, the potential for
personal...tech channels, like Will ubiquitous computing really make things
that...Labels: privacy, security, ubiquitous computing Posted by Tom at 11...
4. Smart sheets let gadgets talk through their feet
...free users from having to plug gadgets into each other. "I hate cables," says Chris
Wren, a specialist in ubiquitous computing at the Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. "This allows devices resting on surfaces...
Paul Marks, 06 October 2007 From magazine issue 2624 Technology
5. Your body, the high speed data cable
...processes such as opening a door or downloading new email messages. And in a
paper on CarpetLAN presented at the 2005 Ubiquitous Computing conference in
Tokyo, Shinagawa stated his eventual aim: to embed transceivers in Japanese tatami
- straw mats...
David McNeill, Miguel A. Quintana, 17 November 2007 From magazine issue 2630
Features
6. Parasitic computing
...Tuesday, July 17, 2007 Parasitic computing News that the world's first heat...But
there's a more important and ubiquitous application. Today, anything that...similar
job - you could call it parasitic computing. I wonder how efficient a device like...
7. Posted by Justin, 17 July 2007 Blogs China special: Beyond the Great
Firewall
...there are different motivations at every level" of government. Everyone seems to
agree that the internet will soon be ubiquitous in China. Then what? Will there
continue to be two internets, effectively separated by language, culture and the
great...
Gregory T. Huang, 07 November 2007 From magazine issue 2629 Features