This document provides an overview of topics covered in a multimedia English class, including: - A review of the top 5 songs on the country music charts, favorite websites, and common acronyms. - Instructions to log into a class website and complete a review from the previous week. - A discussion of electronic dance music artists like Zara Larsson, DJ Snake, and Robin Schulz. - Tips on using symbols like -, *, and .. to improve Google searches.

1. CLASS 3
Multimedia English

2. Let’s Review:
Top 5 on the Country Music charts
Sites We Like
Acronyms
Online avatar makers

3. Let’s Review
Log into the website,
and then go to the
“What We’ve Learned” page.
Click on Week 2 Review to see what you remember
from last week.
Finished? Try some of the songs on the
Music We Like page
Click on a song to begin an activity.

4. Help the school with some research:
jadekite.com/research/AGJTTCA.html

5. Acronyms
AMA
TL;DR
IKR
ILYT
TIL
DAE
OP
IANAD
NSFW
NSFL

6. Acronyms
AMA - Ask me anything
TL;DR - Too long; didn’t read
IKR - I know, right?
ILYT - I love you too
TIL - Today I learned
DAE - Does anybody else
OP - Original poster
IANAD - I am not a doctor
NSFW - Not safe for work
NSFL - Not safe for life

7. Electronic Dance Music
Zara Larsson is from Sweden & MNEK is from England. This song has been out
since July of 2015 and is finally getting popular in America.

8. Electronic Dance Music
DJ Snake is a French DJ who has created and produced records with many
famous artists, including Lady Gaga.

9. Electronic Dance Music
In November 2015, "Lean On" was named by Spotify as the most streamed song
of all time, with 526 million streams globally.

10. Electronic Dance Music
Robin Schulz is a German DJ and producer who has become very successful
remixing other people’s work.

11. Electronic Dance Music
Remember these guys? things are going pretty well for them - this week they stay
on the top of the Electronic Dance Music chart with Roses.

12. Google autocomplete
You can get a good idea of what other people are
searching for on Google by watching autocomplete:

13. Try these
start typing these
questions into Google to
see what other people
are asking.
why does it hurt when I
why do girls
why do boys
what if I ate
don't you hate it when your
I am extremely terrified of
my teacher
what would happen if
why do my
how many times
why are Americans
Think of three more yourself!

14. Let’s Google

15. Better Searches
Make Better Results
Here are some symbols to (sometimes) make Google better.
info:
-
*
site:
..
Get site info
Exclude Words
Wildcard
Search in a site
Numeric Range
Note: Don’t use spaces with these

16. info:
Get information about a site
What it Does: tells you what Google knows about a website,
including links from other sites, sites like that one, older
versions of the site, etc.
What to Type: info:google.com
What You’ll Get: links, pages like google.com, webpages
from google.com, etc.

17. -
Exclude Words
What it Does: Removes results with words you don’t want
What to Type: Gates -Bill
What You’ll Get: Results for gates that aren’t about the
Microsoft guy.

18. *
Wildcard
What it Does: Use with quotation marks to find versions of a
phrase
What to Type: “kill a * to scare a *”
What You’ll Get: Results for the phrase
“Kill a chicken to scare a monkey”

19. site:
Search only inside a website
What it Does: Searches for results only inside a website.
What to Type: Obama site:cnn.com
What You’ll Get: Results only from CNN containing the word
“Obama”

20. ..
Numeric Range
What it Does: Searches for a range of numbers
What to Type: iPad $250..$400
What You’ll Get: Results for the iPad with prices between
$250 and $400.

21. You Try.
info:
-
*site: ..
On your own, try to:
1.Find different stories that mention Taiwan on
huffingtonpost.com.
2.See different versions of “The pen is mightier than the sword”
3.Find sites similar to this school’s website.
4.Create a search that returns information on the animal lion
5.Try to find a Harry Potter book from $5 to $10

22. You Try.
info:
-
*site: ..
1. Different stories that mention Taiwan on huffingtonpost.com.
Taiwan site:huffingtonpost.com
2. See different versions of “The pen is mightier than the sword”
“the * is mightier than the *”
3. Find sites similar to this school’s website. info:ncnu.edu.tw
4. Create a search that returns information on the animal lion
lion -football -os -travel
5. Try to find a Harry Potter book from $5 to $10
Harry Potter book $5..$10

23. Let’s join Twitter

24. What can you learn?
Twitter is all over the Internet and more and more
English learners are using Twitter to practice English.
Why use Twitter?
Twitter's 140 character limit lets you learn in small pieces
You can discover information about any topic, especially
pop culture.
Twitter is really easy to use.
You can use Twitter to ask questions and get advice
from your followers.

25. Homework:
Finish signing up for Twitter.
Upload your avatar
Follow at least 10 classmates and your
teacher (mergemacpherson)
Follow 5 famous people
Tweet 2 times in the next week.

26. What’s a Meme?

27. Meme of the Week
I don’t always drink beer, but when I do,
I drink Dos Equis.

28. Meme
This very successful ad has become a meme for people to
talk about stupid or great things that they do:

29. More

30. Help the school with some research:
jadekite.com/research/AGJTUCA.html