Work through the Vocabulary Bank and Skills Bank as a revision of previous study.
Each of the mini lectures from Lesson 1.4 can lead on to a great deal more work. Tell students to research one of the following. Explain that they must come back and report to the rest of the class in the next lesson/next week.
Lecture Research 1
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How well does different translation software work for translating the student’s language to other languages?
What is the modern ‘Mechanical Turk’ service and how does this work?
Look at different reasons for using the waterfall method in software development, rather than other methods.
Find some examples of software bugs which have caused major problems.
Find some examples of computer systems which perform different functions and compare their features.
U1_Extra You can also use the extra activity provided in the PDF.