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Isabelle
et les enfants surfeur Les mamans du quartier la surnomment "Madame Internet". Depuis mai 1999, Isabelle Autran, 32 ans, anime et dirige l'association CracBoumHue. Dans son local blotti dans une rue populaire du XXème arrondissement [1] de Paris, à deux pas des tours du quartier Saint-Blaise, Isabelle reçoit ses adhérents [2]: des enfants de 7 à 11 ans. L'objectif? Initier les petits aux nouvelles technologies. Sur les six ordinateurs connectés au Web, ils peuvent consulter des sites, découvrir les jeux en réseau ou participer à des chats. Des activités encore trop rarement accessibles aux enfants français, selon Isabelle. Contact avec un village de brousse [3] L'idée du projet lui est venue en observant sa petite fille inviter ses copines de l'école primaire "à venir jouer à l'ordinateur à la maison". La maman techno s'embarque alors dans ce qu'elle appelle "sa traversée de l'Atlantique" : en décembre 1998, elle plaque [4] son job d'administrateur réseau et fonde [5] l'association CracBoumHue. Pendant cinq mois, Isabelle cherche un local et finit par réaliser elle-même les travaux de rénovation. "Je préfère faire les choses, agir concrètement: rédiger 250 pages de projet pour trouver des fonds, ce n'est pas mon truc," [6] précise-t-elle. Parmi les réalisations dont Isabelle est vraiment fière, les contacts établis avec un village de brousse du Burkina Faso. Lors de la dernière fête de l'Internet, gamins [7] parisiens et africains ont pu échanger des messages sur le chat de CracBoumHue. Expérience qui devrait [8] se renouveler. Mais Isabelle a bien d'autres projets sous le coude: le développement, en partenariat avec Cryo, de classes virtuelles afin de satisfaire la curiosité de ses jeunes internautes mais aussi l'hébergement des sites des commerçants du quartier. CracBoumHue devrait également amorcer son expansion géographique: en octobre prochain, Isabelle ouvrira un nouvel espace dans le quartier de Belleville... par Eric Mugneret mis en ligne le 22 mai 2000 du site http://www.transfert.net/ Activity A Step 1. Read the main title and subtitle of this article. Based on this information, write three ideas you would expect to find in this reading. 1.2.3.Step 2. Share your ideas with 2 or 3 classmates. Did you come up with similar information? Did your classmates think of something you would like to add to your list? Step 3. Now quickly skim the two sections to determine whether or not the information you anticipated is present. Report back to the class what you did or did not find. Activity B Step 1. Since the two sections of this reading are rather long, it would be best to read it section by section. After reading each section fairly quickly, pause to collect your thougts by writing a sentence that captures the main idea of the section. Compare your sentences with those of a classmate. Do you agree on the main ideas? Step 2. Go back and reread both sections, paying more attention to the details. Using a colored pen or highlighter, identify key words or phrases that will help you remember what you have read. At the end of each section, look at what you have highlighted. Does it spark your memory? Compare the words and phrases you have highlighted with those of several classmates. Have you chosen different words? Step 3. Based on what you have read, check off the statements which are true. • Isabelle's neighbors call her "Madame Internet" because she spends all of her time surfing the web. • Isabelle's daughter often invited neighborhood friends over to play on the computer. • Isabelle founded CracBoumHue in December, 1998. • From the content of the article, it is obvious that Isabelle enjoys working with children. Step 4. Complete the following statements. 1. In December 1998, Isabelle... a. founded CracBoumHue.b. quit her job.c. bought a computer
for her home.2. Isabelle is particularly proud of... a. the contact
she established with people of a small African village.b. her own daughter's
ability to use the computer.c. having quit
her job.3. Isabelle's plans for the future include... a. finding a new
job.b. creating web
sites for shop-owners of her neighborhood.c. moving her
family to Belleville.Step 5. With 2 or 3 classmates, make a list of all the different activities these children engage in when using the internet. Then share your list with the rest of the class, adding to your list whatever activities you might have left out. Finally, as a class, indicate if each activity is purely for fun or educational as well. Step 6. The first paragraph states that Isabelle's objective in founding CracBoumHue was to introduce children to new technologies. As a class, identify the information in the article that supports the fact that she has indeed met this objective. [1] working class neighborhood [2] adhérents=participants [3] la brousse=the bush [4] plaquer=to walk out on (to quit/slang) [5] fonder=to found [6] un truc=a thing (slang) [7] un gamin=a child (a kid/slang) [8] devrait=le verbe 'devoir' (should) |
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