This document provides instructions and resources for a Year 7 digital technology assignment on understanding technology acronyms and internet slang. It includes learning objectives, a proficiency scale, tables defining common IT acronyms, and instructions to create a presentation identifying 10 examples of actual internet slang or text speak used in online interactions or text messages, with appropriate images. Useful reference links on popular text terms, common expressions, internet slang words, and trendy acronyms are also provided.

1. Year 7 DigitalTechnology: BellarineSecondary College
Language and Technology
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Learning Objectives
1. Studentcan explainkeytechnical acronyms
2. Studentscan explainkeyhumorousandsocial acronyms
ProficiencyScale
Score Learning
4.0 Studentcan explainthe meaningof commontechnical andsocial acronymsand
terms,and explainthreereasonstouse these abbreviations
3.0 Studentcan explainthe meaningof commontechnical andsocial acronymsand
terms.
2.0 Studentcan explainthe meaningof some commontechnical ORsocial acronyms.
1.0 Withsteadyassistance,studentcanexplainthe meaningof commontechnical and
social acronymsand terms.
0.0 BIBO

2. Year 7 DigitalTechnology: BellarineSecondary College
What do these acronyms stand for?
Thisresource shouldhelp.
know-the-common-
it-acronyms-4430-krv9it.pdf
Acronym What words doesit stand for?
IT
LAN
WAN
MB
GB
TB
ASCII
USB
URL
BIOS
CD
DVD
CPU
DRAM
FPS
GHz
HDD
IBM
Kbps
NAS
OEM
PC
PM
PPPoE
PDA
ROM
SCSI
SDRAM
VPN
WYSIWYG
XGA

3. Year 7 DigitalTechnology: BellarineSecondary College
Internet Lingo and Text Speak
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Create a presentationshowingtenexamplesof internetlingoortextspeakthatyouACTUALLY use
wheninteractingwithotherpeople onlineorbytextmessage.Yes,there are manyfunnyand
obscure ones,butjustinclude the onesthatyouhave writtenorhave receivedandunderstood.
You slidesshouldbe easytounderstandandincludeappropriate images.Youwillcomplete this
presentationtoday,souse yourtime well.
Useful Resources
 http://www.netlingo.com/top50/popular-text-terms.php
 http://www.netlingo.com/top50/common-expressions.php
 http://www.enhancemyvocabulary.com/internet-slang-words.html
 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/30-trendy-internet-acronyms-slang-need-know-fit/
 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_internet_slang
 http://slangit.com/terms/common