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Du vendredi 7 février à 8h au jeudi 6 mars à 8h : Devoir maison en Anglais

Keep up with the news > obligatoire

Résumé de texte is doomscrolling really rotting our brain? > obligatoire

Nouvel entraînement au sujet LVB > optionnel. Cf DM#4 dans le dossier DS/DM (documents à télécharger)

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Documents pour les DM

Keep up with the news

DM#3 pour le 3-03_Doom-scrolling_résumé_PT_TSI-2

DM#4_LVB_Critique traitement médiatique

VIDEOS OLIGARCHY / FASCISM

What is an oligarchy? By Robert Reich

The Economist's view: The US is not becoming a tech oligarchy

Is Trump a fascist? by Robert Reich

Unit #5 - Is the US becoming an oligarchy? - Is history repeating itself?

Here are videos to know more about the Gilded Age (a period of immense social and industrial change in US history) and "robber barons" (the all-powerful industrialists of that time) and how it echoes with 21st century America.

The Gilded Age: When America became a Superpower

Robber Barons or Captains of Industry?

From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself?

Why some experts believe we’re living in a second Gilded Age

Useful video links - Unit #3 UK Smartphone Bill

What is Ofcom?

Misogyny - a real issue

Will the Online Safety Act Hold Tech Giants Accountable? (15 minutes)

Online Safety Bill becomes law - Here are three ways it could harm you (4 minutes)

Sales of dumb phones are on the rise (1 minute)

The Rise Of Dumb Phones (CNBC - 17 minutes)

Colloscope

Le colloscope :

Colloscope 2024-2025

Emploi du temps

Planning DS

Expressions for a commentary on the monarchy

The monarchy is a thing of the past

Lien pour les inscriptions aux oraux de SI et TIPE SI

Le fichier pour vous inscrire aux oraux de SI ou au passage de TIPE avec un prof de SI est disponible via ce lien

Application "todaii"

Application todaii à télécharger

Exemple d'article analysé avec version audio et focus sur les mots à retenir :

US Company Develops Cement-making Method that Reduces Carbon

-> surveillance at work / big tech infringing on workers' privacy -> studied last year, still in the news.

Baromètre du sexisme : les stéréotypes de genre et les réflexes machistes empirent chez les jeunes

-> Sexism on the rise: a worrying societal trend (causes? consequences? solutions?) -> cf. Unit 1

Démographie : l'effondrement de la natalité touche de nombreux pays

-> Demography is a big topic for 2023-24 (8 billion humans - milestone reached in 2023 ; decline in fertility rates across the world - causes? consequences? solutions? Give it a thought! cf. synthesis on fertility

‘No one should have more than €10m’: the author of Limitarianism on why the super-rich need to level down radically

-> The ultra rich and the need to cap extreme wealth globally. Cf. unit 2 on consumerism and what we said about billionaires.

Bunkers-et-fermes-bio-comment-les-riches-preparent-l-avenir?

-> On billionaires and the future + collapsology. Cf. colle#1 (living forever) + read about preppers, survivalists, collapsologists...

Infographie. L’air des capitales mondiales est bien plus pollué qu’il ne le devrait

-> air pollution... It has been a topic for years - new highlights. Be aware; be informed.

Quand vous lisez un article en français, essayez de le passer, mentalement ou par écrit, en anglais.