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Francesca's little space: aprile 2009
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Mercoledì 22 aprile 2009. Are two styles used (I suppose most in the US) for referencing, both for in-text citations and for the Works Cited List, i.e. the bibliography. As for the bilbliographic referencing, the two styles slightly differ in punctuation, capital letters and other minor elements. However, in both the essential information is: name of the author, publication year, title of the article, title of the journal, volume number, pages. Little (2006:167) identifies three reasons why. I can conclu...
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Blogging English: Understanding and Interpreting Music
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Understanding and Interpreting Music. I'm sure all of you are familiar with Coldplay. S famous song Viva la Vida. But do you know what it's about? There has been a lot of discussion about the meaning behind this song. Coldplay. Has yet to give their own explanation, but the YouTube comment function on the video. As well as various other forums have had a great debate about it. So.tasks always at hand. Have you ever thought that music could also teach you about grammar? I have never...
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Blogging English: trojan horse
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Also known as trojan. In the context of computing and software, describes a class of computer threats ( Malware. That appears to perform a desirable function but in fact performs undisclosed malicious functions that allow unauthorized access to the host machine, giving them the ability to save their files on the user's computer or even watch the user's screen and control the computer. Trojan Horses (not technically a virus) can be easily and unwittingly downloaded. Course Syllabu...
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Blogging English: Music & Pronunciation
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Ok, and what about pronunciation? A song can be much, much more difficult than understanding. The lyrics. Below is the famous first hit by Amy McDonald. Entitled This is the Life. Besides the fact that I love the music ;-) it's really hard to sing the refrain! So, try reading through and pronouncing the words. then watch the video and sing along (a bassa voce if you're too embarassed! Then let us know if you're up to the challenge :-). Oh the wind whistles down. Where you gonna go?
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Francesca's little space: Intellectual Property Rights: how to respect them.
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Domenica 19 aprile 2009. Intellectual Property Rights: how to respect them. On the other hand, I started viewing the problem from another perspective as I read this:. DailyBlogTips. Retrieved from http:/ www.dailyblogtips.com/blog-plagiarism-qa/. On April 19, 2009). I think then that respecting the so called Intellectual Property Rights guarantees the 'fair play' in the blogoshpere. As I whish to be a fair user I need to know the rules to avoid plagiarism. I know that referencing. I think the general rul...
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Blogging English: Online Identity Theft
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Monday, May 11, 2009. Online Identity Theft. A definition. We talk about online identity theft when somebody steal somebody else's personal bits of information, such as name, address, phone numbers and banking and credit card information, taking them from the Internet tools. Thieves can use the information they access (i.e. email addresses, bank accounts and log-in details) to commit fraud in the name of the victim. Internet criminals can obtain personal data in many ways, for example they can:. If a thi...
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Blogging English: Phishing
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Monday, May 11, 2009. Is an online fraud that, unfortunately, is becoming more and more common. It consists in the attempting to obtain personal details and sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords, credit card numbers or pins numbers and secret codes, in general. The technique of phishing is based on the. Mass sending of fake e-mails. Using phishing filters, don't clicking on suspicious links or attached files are some simple tricks to not fall victim to phishing. How to secure your computer.
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Blogging English: email spoofing
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Is a fraudulent email activity in which an email header is forged in order to make the message appear as originated from a source different from the actual one. It often affects the security of your site, and aims at getting sensitive information from the addresser, such as passwords. If you receive an email from a person you don't know, don't open it: it's probably a virus! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Make a good post. Add an image to your post. View my complete profile.
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Blogging English: hacker
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009. A hacker is someone who makes substantial changes to both the hardware and software of computers. More precisely, hackers usually create or change software and hardware in order to improve them, make them work faster, add new features, or even make them do something completely new. The word ‘hacker’. About the verb - To Hack. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Make a good post. Add an image to your post. Course Syllabus A.A. 2008-2009. View my complete profile.
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Francesca's little space: maggio 2009
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Martedì 19 maggio 2009. My Personal Learning Environment. We started this semester by looking for articles, books and blogs about the so called Personal Learning Environment. The vague idea I had of it then, now has a clearer 'shape': that of my own PLE mindmap. To develop my personal PLE, I started from a definition suggested by our teacher in her blog. KNOWING HOW TO LEARN, and knowing which strategies work best, are valuable skills that differentiate expert learners. Domenica 10 maggio 2009. After exp...
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