HASS talk

Dad's Messages:
Then and Now

by Henry
Henry says: Hello everyone! I'm Henry. Today I'll show you how my Dad talked to his friends when he was a kid.

When Dad was in Year 2,

his best friend moved to England.

Henry says: When Dad was in Year 2, his best friend moved to England.

Dad wrote him a letter.

Henry holds up a letter
Henry says: Dad wrote him a letter. He wanted to know: are you happy?

How long did a letter take?

MONTHS!
MONTHS
Tap your guess!
Henry says: A letter took SO long to arrive. Guess how long? Months! His friend promised to play with him when he came back to Hong Kong.

1996

Email!

Dad sent one.
Would it work?

It worked!

Henry says: In 1996, email came. Dad was not sure it would work. It worked!

1998

Nokia phone

text messages

Hi! Hello!
Henry says: In 1998 Dad used a Nokia phone to send texts to his friends.

ICQ
+ MSN

chat and game tips

Hi! Want to play? Yes! Game tip:
Henry says: Dad chatted with school friends on ICQ and MSN and shared game tips.

Dad's forum:

1000+

people chatting!

1000+
Henry says: Dad even made a computer forum to learn about computers. Over 1000 people chatted!

Now:

a message takes

ONE second!

1 second
Henry says: Now a message arrives in ONE second.

Today,

ONE sentence

can make a simple online game!

Henry says: Dad says today you can make a simple online game with just ONE sentence!

Letter = months. Message = 1 second!

Henry says: Letters took months. Messages take one second!

Thank you!

? ?

Any questions?

Henry says: Thank you. Any questions?
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Henry's speaking script

  1. Slide 1 Hello everyone! I'm Henry. Today I'll show you how my Dad talked to his friends when he was a kid.
  2. Slide 2 When Dad was in Year 2, his best friend moved to England.
  3. Slide 3 Dad wrote him a letter. He wanted to know: are you happy?
  4. Slide 4 A letter took SO long to arrive. Guess how long? Months! His friend promised to play with him when he came back to Hong Kong.
  5. Slide 5 In 1996, email came. Dad was not sure it would work. It worked!
  6. Slide 6 In 1998 Dad used a Nokia phone to send texts to his friends.
  7. Slide 7 Dad chatted with school friends on ICQ and MSN and shared game tips.
  8. Slide 8 Dad even made a computer forum to learn about computers. Over 1000 people chatted!
  9. Slide 9 Now a message arrives in ONE second.
  10. Slide 10 Dad says today you can make a simple online game with just ONE sentence!
  11. Slide 11 Letters took months. Messages take one second!
  12. Slide 12 Thank you. Any questions?

Slide 3: hold up a letter.   Slide 4: let the class guess first!