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6. Which site is better, TD Insurance or Lemonade Insurance?
Why?
7. What does the presenter mean when he says “Be human”?
8. What is a great way to make your business closer to people
especially for a small business?
9. What is being human in copywriting?
After you watch
5. Make questions which you should answer when you are planning
a website. Share your ideas with your partner.
6. Write a brief evaluation of any website. Refer to the features you
mentioned in ex.1 and take into account the three rules from the
video.
20. SMART HOME
Before you watch
1. Discuss the following questions:
1. What is smart home for you?
2. Would you like to have such a home?
3. What possibilities of smart home attract you?
4. Which 7 points from the list are the most important and
interesting for you and why:
a) Automatic gate opening
b) Parking light control
c) Outdoor light control
d) Unlocking front door
e) Motion sensor lights
f) Evening mode (mood selection)
g) Lighting controls
h) Auto curtain opening
i) Staircase lights
j) TV/Home Theatre controls
k) Good night mode (Anti-theft system )
l) Security alarm
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While you watch
1. KEEMPLE SMART HOME.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYqjs8TKkOE
Watch the first video and discuss the clever gadgets:
1. What are the clever gadgets from the video used for?
2. How do they change the life of the owner?
2. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SMART HOME.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=909Nn9_hrlM
Watch the second video and compare it with the first one.
1. What is different?
2. Describe the day of the person in the video.
3. NEW SMART HOME TOUR.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc2663p7AHg
How does the item or a piece of furniture from the list below react
when the controls are switched on?
a) Wireless doorbell
b) Wine cooler fridge
c) Wi-Fi enabled touch screen oven
d) Induction hob with LED fire display
e) Motorized power socket unit
f) New turf lawn
g) Sound integrated wall speakers
h) Walk-in shower
i) LED designer mirrors
j) Waterproof TV
4. SMART HOUSE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaNU_Ps-
eRU
Watch a funny advertisement of REMA 1000, a multinational
grocery chain, about a smart home and answer the questions:
1. What smart features does the home from the video have?
2. Why does this clever system fail?
After you watch
5. Read the article and answer the questions:
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Smart Home
So, what is a smart home? A smart home is a home that is equipped
with technology to remotely control and automate household systems
like lighting, doors, thermostats, entertainment systems, security alarms,
surveillance cameras and other connected appliances. But it’s more than
just remote controls and fancy gadgets.
Smart home transcends the remote controls and programmable settings
that have been standard home features for the past several decades, to
create a unified home monitoring, control, energy conservation,
ecosystem.
The intelligence layer. Aside from features, the term smart home
implies intelligence. To match the description, it must possess sensing,
data processing, and wireless communication functions that are
secondary to their primary purpose. Those secondary functions should
feed input into a central hub to create something like a home’s brain.
With all those features in place, a smart home becomes capable of
learning the habits and routines of the occupants and automatically
adjusts the home control systems in ways that streamline the mundane
tasks that come with operating a modern household. A smart home is
built around the concept of making your home life better.
What are some features available for smart homes? It's important
to know you can customize home automation to meet virtually any need
you have. Key ways to create a smart home include the following:
Save on energy with a smart thermostat. Minimize energy
consumption with a programmable smart thermostat that you can
control from anywhere and adjust to fit your needs. A smart thermostat
minimizes the need for heating or cooling an empty home and saves you
money without extra effort.
Control door access. Control your doors with security systems.
Lock and unlock doors from any location, access door monitors so you
can see who is at the door, and utilize lighting control to illuminate
spaces for added protection. You can even use smart locks to create
custom passcodes to provide a guest or child their own door access.
Monitor your home through video. Smart homes include different
types of HD video cameras to help you monitor doorways and other
entrance points, or keep an eye on the kids, the dog, or the babysitter.
Surveillance cameras provide a clear window into what's happening in
and around your home at any time, whether you are in the basement, at
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work, or on vacation. Popular smart home video options include indoor
cameras, doorbell cameras, and outdoor cameras. These are easy to add
to your home and the video feeds can be accessed from your favorite
devices at any time.
Set the mood with smart lights. What is a smart home good for if it
doesn't simplify your life? Trying to remember if you turned off a
bedroom light can be frustrating. Using smart light bulbs and smart light
switches, you can control your lights from anywhere. You can even
enhance your lighting experience with smart bulbs that can be dimmed
to set the right mood in your home.
Control the garage door from anywhere. Did you forget to close
your garage door? Just log in to the smart home's system and find out.
Some smart home systems will even send you a mobile notification
when you leave the garage door open. With a quality mobile smart
home app, you can close or open the garage door whenever you want,
from wherever you are.
Manage your home from a smart hub. What is a smart home hub?
It's the central point from which you can control the various aspects of
your smart home. A control panel inside your house allows you to
interact with your smart home. But you can also control your home from
anywhere with a smart home app. This gives you freedom to manage
and control your home any time, and anywhere, from your favorite
devices.
Ensure Your Home Remains Safe. Security is more than just crime
preventions. With a smart home system, you can include fire, smoke,
and carbon monoxide detectors. You can also use motion detection,
glass break detectors, flood and freeze sensors, water sensors, small
appliance controls, and panic pendants. A smart home can do all of this
and much more. Best of all, you can rest easy, knowing at any point that
your home is secure and your family is safe.
https://www.vivint.com/resources/article/what-is-a-smart-home
1. What is a smart home?
2. What does the term “smart home” imply aside from features?
3. What must smart home possess?
4. What helps a smart home to become capable of learning the
habits and routines of the occupants?
5. What is the function of a thermostat?
6. How does a smart home control the door access?
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7. What are video options of a smart home?
8. What can be done in your house depending on your mood?
9. What will be done if you forget to close your garage?
10. What is a smart home hub?
11. How can you make your home safe?
6. Make a plan of the text and/or a 10-sentence summary.
7. Make a list of advantages and disadvantages of a smart home and
discuss it with your partner.
8. Do you have any smart systems at your home? Are you satisfied
with them? What else would you like to “improve”?
9. Imagine you want to sell your house with the smart gadgets to a
customer. Make up a dialogue.
21. CAREER in IT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCENfdu6P8w
Before you watch
1. Before watching the video discuss the following questions:
1. Why did you decide to become a programmer?
2. What are your expectations of being a computer programmer?
3. What is the most interesting part in programming for you?
4. What do the following people do:
- a developer
- a consultant
- a contractor
- a programmer
While you watch
2. Watch the video “Programmer-Reality vs Expectations
(Computer Programmer) Part 1 and answer the questions:
1. What kind of food for thought is the author going to give?
2. What was the first thing that he had realized about the job of a
programmer?
3. How long do the working hours last?
4. What health problems did the author meet?
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5. What problem did he have to struggle with? Why?
6. There is a big mistake young people can make choosing the job
of a programmer. What is it?
7. Is money the most important thing for a programmer? Prove it.
8. Do you need to know math to be a programmer? Why?
9. What is logic in programming? What does the author compares
it with?
10. What is expectation and what is reality?
11. What did the programmer say about the places where he
worked?
12. What did his working places resemble?
13. Why can a person be disconnected from the business?
14. What is the main and basic pattern in work?
3. Find the synonyms to the following expressions:
1. a sitting job
2. I think
3. to fight
4. earn money
5. succeed in
6. work out problems
After you watch
4. Discuss the following questions:
1. Does reality coincide with expectation?
2. What are the pluses of being a programmer?
3. What are the disadvantages?
4. Did you have the same expectations?
5. Write a short summary of the video.
6. a) Read an article about different IT jobs and answer the
questions:
Information technology (IT) professionals are responsible for helping
organizations maintain their digital infrastructure and providing
troubleshooting assistance to technology consumers. IT employees are
in demand to help others keep up with technological advances and
security procedures.
7. put on weight
8. one by one
9. imagine
10. a small enclosed area
11. be separated
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If you are interested in developing skills in programming and problemsolving, you may consider a career in IT. In this article, we provide
examples of IT jobs to help you find the right career path that suits your
interests, skills and goals.
Types of information technology jobs
Here are several different types of IT jobs—including their average
salaries, typical duties and requirements—to consider if you're
interested in working in this field:
1. Support specialist
National average salary: $30,540 per year
Primary duties: Support specialists are responsible for reviewing and
solving computer network and hardware problems for a business. They
can work in a variety of industries to provide general support to a
company's employees, or they can work at a technology or software as a
service (SaaS) company and provide technical support on user
experience issues that require technical assistance.
Requirements: Support specialists typically obtain a Bachelor's Degree
in Computer Science or Information Technology. Having a certificate or
an associate degree paired with relevant professional experience may
also be acceptable.
2. Computer programmer
National average salary: $58,343 per year
Primary duties: A computer programmer is someone who writes new
computer software using coding languages like HTML, JavaScript and
CSS. Video game software can be updated to improve online gameplay,
which is an opportunity for programmers to troubleshoot problems
experienced by gamers after the game is released to the general public.
Requirements: A programmer typically completes a Bachelor's Degree
in Computer Science and an internship to build their skills.
Certifications are also strongly encouraged, and there are many coding
academies to choose from.
3. Quality assurance tester
National average salary: $70,000 per year
Primary duties: Quality assurance testers are technicians or engineers
who check software products to see if they're up to industry standards
and free of any issues. This role is common for gaming systems, mobile
applications and other technology that needs further testing and
maintenance when recommended.
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Requirements: Many quality assurance testers have a Bachelor's Degree
in Software Design, Engineering or Computer Science. Testers can
work on different software for IT companies, which may influence what
degree or specialization they pursue. These professionals should also
have excellent time management and communication skills to help
document test cases.
4. Web developer
National average salary: $72,040 per year
Primary duties: Web developers design the appearance, navigation and
content organization of a website. They use coding languages such as
HTML, CSS and JavaScript to manage graphics, applications and
content that address a client's needs.
Requirements: Many web developers earn an Associate Degree in Web
Development or another relevant IT field. Some may pursue a
Bachelor's Degree in IT or another business field. Others may develop
their web design skills through certificate programs or self-paced
learning. To secure employment, previous experience and a portfolio of
work are often required.
5. IT technician
National average salary: $74,664 per year
Primary duties: An IT technician collaborates with support specialists to
analyze and diagnose computer issues. They also monitor processing
functions, install relevant software and perform tests on computer
equipment and applications when necessary. They may also train a
company's employees, clients and other users on a new program or
function as well.
Requirements: IT technicians must earn an Associate Degree in
Information Technology or a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or
Networking. Technicians render services for IT companies depending
on the industry they choose to work in and may need to learn more
about database programming to give themselves an advantage in an
entry-level role.
6. Systems analyst
National average salary: $78,587 per year
Primary duties: A systems analyst reviews design components and uses
their knowledge of information technology to solve business problems.
They identify ways that infrastructure needs to change to streamline
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business and IT operations. They can also assist technicians in training
staff to implement the changes they propose.
Requirements: A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related
field is often required. Coursework in business administration,
management and finance may help these professionals better apply their
IT knowledge to improving business practices.
7. User experience designer
National average salary: $89,250 per year
Primary duties: A user experience (UX) designer is involved with all
facets of product development regarding its purchasing, branding,
usability and functionality. They collect and review user feedback to
determine what a product needs to be efficient, functional and
successful. They apply this feedback to the design, organization and
usability. These professionals then monitor the process of testing and
revising products until they meet their consumers' high-quality
standards.
Requirements: UX designers may pursue an associate or bachelor's
degree program in an IT field and pursue additional coursework or
training in design, business, web development and programming. Others
may be self-taught in programming, design and development. Many
employers do seek previous experience, so an internship or portfolio
may help these professionals secure employment.
8. Database administrator
National average salary: $92,194 per year
Primary duties: Database administrators employ specialized software to
organize and keep track of data. The software can be associated with
software configuration, security and performance when applicable.
These professionals frequently diagnose and solve complex IT issues
related to the data infrastructure to ensure an organization's data is safe,
accessible and easy to navigate.
Requirements: Database administrators typically need to earn a
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Management Information
Systems. They often start as a database analyst or a developer before
moving into this role so they can get the experience in data collection
and working within a network's databases.
9. Software engineer
National average salary: $105,090 per year
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Primary duties: Software engineers apply their knowledge of
mathematics and computer science to create and improve new software.
They may work on enterprise applications, operating systems and
network control systems, which are all examples of software that can be
used to help businesses scale their IT infrastructure.
Requirements: Most computer scientists need both a bachelor's and a
master's degree to become experts in software development and
maintenance. They learn and practice skills in technical problemsolving, diagnosis, troubleshooting and programming languages.
10. IT security specialist
National average salary: $115,819 per year
Primary duties: IT security specialists work in various industries to build
and maintain digital protective measures on intellectual property and
data that belong to an organization. They help companies create
contingency plans in case information gets hacked from their networks
and servers. These professionals also create strategies to troubleshoot
problems as they arise.
Requirements: A bachelor's degree or professional certification is often
required. Courses may involve math, programming and operating
systems and certifications offered by the Information Systems Security
Certification Consortium (ISC2).
11. Data scientist
National average salary: $121,853 per year
Primary duties: A data scientist analyzes and organizes data to
determine trends that can influence business decisions. Their methods
and IT tools use statistics and machine learning to help collect and
process a company's data such as financial records, sales, prospects and
lead generation. Some duties vary for specific industries. For example,
data scientists in the healthcare industry keep electronic health records
(EHRs) intact for hospitals to have access to confidential medical
information. They may also use data to help healthcare organizations
make sound business decisions.
Requirements: Many of these professionals choose to pursue both a
Bachelor's and a Master's Degree in IT or other business fields. Some
pursue additional degrees, coursework and certifications that relate to
their specific industry, such as healthcare.
Other IT jobs
Here are other related positions to explore in the IT industry:
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