Friday, December 18th
Some light holiday season reading in both written and audio formats.

or download the EPUB and the MP3
Monday, December 14th

Friday, December 11th
Expressing advice is an integral part of your exam :
Top 10 Ways To Give Advice In English
Making Suggestions and Giving Advice in English
Getting started with your first computer: all the vocabulary you need to talk to a newbie!
Monday, December 7th
Friday, December 4th
A dictation in English: Airpods by Jony Ive, the exercise is here and if you need to view the video separately it is here.
Monday, November 30th
WIRED.com: When AI Sees a Man, It Thinks ‘Official.’ A Woman? ‘Smile’
Friday, November 27th
Monday, November 23rd
Mock Exam
Friday, November 13th
Today it’s about web design!
an interesting article : The Bauhaus Effect in Modern Web Design
some ressources about css layouts
more about css design in general
=> or even this very basic one to keep things simple
some interesting ressources about simple flat file CMS
=> among which I find PICO especially interesting.
The written exam will be like this : Sujet d’examen écrit au BTS SIO 2017 et proposition de corrigé)
Monday, November 9th
Yes, You Should Be Using Apple Pay or Google Pay — online version or PDF version
Trump Broke the Internet. Can Joe Biden Fix It? — online version or PDF version
send a report in FRENCH here
Friday, November 6th
Election Day in the United States of America is the Tuesday following the first Monday in November. It can fall on or between November 2 and November 8. It is the day when popular ballots are held to select public officials. These include national, state, and local government representatives at all levels up to the president.
Latest Daily Show episode with Trevor Noah.
Friday, October 16th
Write a short report in French about the video below and send it here.
Monday, October 12th
Write a one sentence presentation for each of the 9 gadgets from the video and send it here, (in English).
Write a short report in French about the video below and send it here.
Friday, October 9th
Coronavirus Data Blunder in the UK, write a short report in French (about 100 words) and send it here.
Watch this about Kodak’s history — from the Wall Street Journal.
Monday, October 5th
You are either a candidate (N°3) or an examiner (N°3), read carefully about your role for 15 minutes, then input the number in the link provided in the page here.
Friday, October 2nd
Some reading material, select 2 articles and tell me in what you find them interesting (don’t forget to give me the precise reference of the article, name of the magazine, page number and title)
Monday, September 28th
You are either a candidate (N°2) or an examiner (N°2), read carefully about your role for 15 minutes, then input the number in the link provided in the page here.
Friday, September 25th
les adjectifs composés et les noms composés
Monday, September 21st
- Watch the following video:
2. read the article from which the video was extracted and take notes about IoT.
Friday, September 18th
TROUBLESHOOTING
www.gcflearnfree.org/windowsbasics/troubleshooting-basic-problems/1/
www.computerhope.com/basic.htm
www.pcworld.com/article/2047667/how-to-solve-the-10-most-common-tech-support-problems-yourself.html
www.wikihow.com/Troubleshoot-a-Computer
Monday, September 14th
Sujet d’expression écrite anglais BTS SIO 2018
Vous êtes Janet Ward, technicienne informatique spécialisée ou Peter Ward, technicien informatique spécialisé dans les objects connectés.
S’aprétant à rédiger un article pour un hebdomadaire à grande diffusion, une journaliste sollicite votre expertise sur les questions que pose le développement des objects connectés.
Vous répondez à sa demande par un courriel rédigé en anglais.
200 mots +/- 10%. Vous indiquerez impérativement le nombre de mots utilisés.
=> send your work as an email to pierre@acobas.net
Monday, September 7th
This is task 1 of June 2018 exam session, do exercise 2 with your neighbour, imagine what could be the dialogue between the two of you.. Just do it.
Some online ideas to expand on some themes.
Friday, September 4th
Tips and Tricks => useful vocabulary and ideas to play your role during the exam => prepare a list of phrases to remember for the exam
10 Things to Look for When Buying a Laptop
The top 10 things to consider when buying a new laptop
How to Pick an Operating System
Which Operating System Should You Choose for Your Next PC
50+ Internet Security Tips & Tricks from Top Experts
Ways to Access Your Files From Anywhere