Buzzwords

2009-12-28

Learning buzzwords is a fun way for students to keep up with what's happening around them. Here are some buzzwords that became popular during the past year.

• Car tone - ambient noise proposed for use with electric cars so that pedestrians can hear the cars coming.
• Chimerica - the intertwined economies of China and America, which together dominate the world economy.
• Green shoots - signs of an economic recovery.
• Netbook - an inexpensive portable computer intended mainly for use with the Internet.
• Social distancing - staying away from other people so as not to catch or spread the flu.
• Vook - a digital book that includes some video in its text.

Understanding buzzwords such as these promotes learning across the subject areas. You and your students can come up with many others.

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