we quest stay hungry stay foolish-dinh,an,hoan
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EFL 537: Dinh Hoang, An Hoang, Hoan Nguyen
Students will be able to understand the
foundation and development of Microsoft and
Apple, two of the biggest technology companies
in the world under the leadership of Bill Gates
and Steven Jobs and their personal lives.
Students will be able to apply some technology
applications of the above suppliers in language
learning.
Students will be able to incorporate technology in
the research and presentation of information
about the topic.
Do you know Silicon Valley?
Have you ever heard about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs?
Do you know Apple or Microsoft?
Have you ever used any applications supplied by Apple and Microsoft?
Do you know the foundation and development of these two tech-Companies?
You will find out answers for the questions mentioned in this WebQuest
Research: Students will research information
about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs and their
Companies.
Presenting: Students will create and present a
summary to the class using Prezi, play/skit,
costumes from their time, videos…
Writing a blog entry
Students will work in 2 groups
to do research about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.
Group 1 will research about Bill Gates.
Group 2 will research about Steve Jobs.
Each individual group member will make acreative presentation using Prezi about what theyhave researched to share with the class. Theteacher will use a rubric to evaluate two Groups’presentation.
After presentation, students will be given a
chance to write and share their feelings about
two well known founders Bill Gates and Steve
Jobs and their products as well as trends of
technology development in general, teaching and
learning in particular.
In addition, each member of the group will have
to post their writings on the class blog. This blog
will be evaluated with the Rubric for Blog
Entries.
You will research Bill Gates about the
following areas:
Early life
Microsoft
How rich
Bill Gates is
Personal life
http://greatsuccessstory.weebly.com/success
-story-of-bill-gate.html
http://www.biography.com/people/bill-
gates-9307520
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-
fabulous-life-of-bill-gates-2014-6?op=1
http://greatleaders.freewebspace.com/inde
x_1.html
http://fundersandfounders.com/how-bill-
gates-started/
You will research Steve Jobs about the
following areas:
Early life
Apple
How rich
Steve Jobs is
Personal life
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs
http://allaboutstevejobs.com/
https://www.apple.com/stevejobs/
http://www.biography.com/people/steve-
jobs-9354805
http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/01/technolo
gy/steve-jobs-emails/
Students will write an entry blog. Make sure to answer the following questions:
1) What do you think about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs?
2) Which famous statements of them do you like most and why?
3) How have their technologies changed the world?
4) As a ESL learners, what will you do to increase the effectiveness of using technology in learning (Focusing on the applications of Microsoft and Apple in language learning)
A rubric for Blog Entry will be used for evaluation
You have known more about two famous
Billionaires in the field of technology
What would the world be like without
Microsoft or Apple?
Do you and your friends like applications of
Microsoft or Apple?
We do hope that you all have finished an
interesting quick tour around technology
world!
And…Now you know what Steve Jobs meant
when saying “Stay hungry, Stay foolish”