Changes due to the Internet

Gone are the days

When students like me struggled to obtain details on countries, history, and so on for assignments

The Voici Paris assignment for my French high school class is an example

I needed details on the important places in Paris for the assignment

I had much difficulty finding the needed material

I did a lot to obtain what I needed - I went to library, asked my parents for assistance

My parents came through

I managed to prepare an adequate assignment

These days

There is the internet with websites such as the Google search website

A simple search such as 'Paris experience' provides lots of information for assignments such as Voici Paris

The user is connected with way more than needed

There is information on French hotels, flights to France, reviews by tourists, French culture and I could go on and on

It can be viewed as an information overload.

Did you see my previous post on the Voice Paris assignment? View it here: https://fahmeenaodetta.blogspot.com/2022/10/french-paris_18.html.

I recall that someone asked me for assistance with an information technology (IT) project on how technology changed (or is changing) the society five years ago.

French, Paris

One of my personal projects was to redo a project from my high school French class to prepare a summary of important places in France - called Voici Paris. I wanted to investigate the quantity of information available online for such a paper, including the pictures available for use. It was very difficult to obtain information on Paris when I needed to prepare my paper. I created a Flickr account (https://www.flickr.com/photos/moorefo1parisproject/ ) and a Twitter account (https://twitter.com/moorefparisproj ) for the information. 

I studied French for several years in high school. I still remember the songs. Actually, I remember some of the French because of the songs. One day, just out of the blue, (i.e. on a random day), I realized that the song ‘Chevalier de la table ronde’ is about the Knights of the Round Table from the King Arthur story.

Years later, I studied French at UGy. In that university-level class, I learned French in a different way. The class focused more on reading and writing. I still remember the Faux Friends list. Here is a Faux Friends list I found online:

https://www.vidalingua.com/blog/french-false-friends