Wednesday, December 3, 2014

#15 IT 365 Tuesday

1.     From Safe Practices for Life Online: A Guide for Middle adn High School (2008) -D. Fodeman & M.Monroe
a.       Lookstoogoodtobetrue.com risk tests
b.      Chapter 2 Protecting Your Privacy Online
                                                               i.      Pop-ups and Banner Ads- Pop up ads are advertisements that show up in a new browser window.  Pop-up ads are just one form of internet advertising used by advertisers to get web users' attention.  A web banner or banner ad is a form of advertising on the World Wide Web delivered by an ad server. This form of online advertising entails embedding an advertisement into a web page. It is intended to attract traffic to a website by linking to the website of the advertiser. https://www.google.com/search?q=what+are+pop+ups+ads&oq=what+are+pop+ups+ads&aqs=chrome..69i57.4147j0j9&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=what+are+pop+ups+ads&oq=what+are+pop+ups+ads&aqs=chrome..69i57.4147j0j9&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#q=what+are+banner+ads
                                                             ii.      Spyware- software that enables a user to obtain covert information about another's computer activities by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive. https://www.google.com/search?q=what+are+pop+ups+ads&oq=what+are+pop+ups+ads&aqs=chrome..69i57.4147j0j9&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#q=what+is+spyware
                                                            iii.      Zombies and Botnets- A ’bot’, short for robot, is a type of software application or script that performs tasks on command like indexing a search engine, and they are really good at performing repetitive tasks.  Once these machines are infected they are called “zombies.”  Once a combined amount of these are infected, they are called a botnet. http://www.webroot.com/us/en/home/resources/tips/pc-security/security-what-are-bots-botnets-and-zombies
                                                           iv.      Cookies- A cookie is a mechanism that allows the server to store its own information about a user on the user's own computer. https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+a+cookie&oq=what+is+a+cookie&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.5144j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#q=what+is+a+cookie+in+technology
                                                             v.      Drive-by-downloads- A drive-by download refers to the unintentional download of a virus or malicious software (malware) onto your computer or mobile device. https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+a+cookie&oq=what+is+a+cookie&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.5144j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#q=what%20are%20drive%20by%20downloads
                                                           vi.      Cramming- Companies that engage in "cramming" bill you for services that were never ordered, authorized, received and/or used.  People are getting charged for internet-related services on their phone bills or credit-card statements. http://www.atg.wa.gov/InternetSafety/InternetCramming.aspx#.VH-H2THF9u4
                                                          vii.      Trojan horse- non-self-replicating type of malware program containing malicious code that, when executed, carries out actions determined by the nature of the Trojan, typically causing loss or theft of data, and possible system harm.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_horse_%28computing%29
2.     From Transforming Learning with New Technologies (2011) – R. Malloy, R.E. Verock-O’Loughlin, S.A. Edwards, & B.P. Woolf
a.       Take Pew Internet & American Life Project “What Kind of Tech User are You?” quiz.  You scored better than 81.8% of the public, below 9.9% and the same as 8.3%.
b.      Uniform Resource Locator (URL) aka Web Address – What is the purpose of the following URL designations?
                                                               i.      .com- derived from the word commercial, indicating its original intended purpose for domains registered by commercial organizations.
                                                             ii.      .org- truncated from organization. The domain extension was originally created for non-profits, but this designation no longer exists and today it is commonly used by schools, open-source projects, and communities as well as by for-profit entities.
                                                            iii.      .gov- derived from government, indicating its restricted use by government entities in the United States.
                                                           iv.      .net- derived from network, indicating it was originally intended for organizations involved in networking technologies, such as Internet service providers and other infrastructure companies. However, restrictions were never enforced and the domain is now a general purpose name space. It is still popular with network operators, and is often treated as an alternative to com.
                                                             v.      .edu- United States-affiliated institutions of higher education
                                                           vi.      .mil- the Domain Name System of the Internet for the United States Department of Defense and its subsidiary or affiliated organizations. The name is derived from military
1.       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name
c.       Specialized Search Resources for Teachers
1.       Criteria for Evaluating Web Resources
a.       Accuracy – reliability of the information on the site by providing a description of who authored the site and for what purposes
b.      Authority – credentials of the authors or author as well as the nature of the site itself – commercial or not for profit
c.       Objectivity – tests whether the information on the site is fair and non-biased, and free of advertising
d.      Currency – up-to-date with recent information and updates that are clearly indicated
e.      Coverage – information on the site that can be viewed easily without difficulties or commercial messages
                                                             ii.      Internet Public Library
                                                            iii.      Voice of the Shuttle
                                                           iv.      Technorati
                                                             v.      Webopedia
                                                           vi.      Artcyclopedia
                                                          vii.      Encyclopedia of Educational Technology
                                                        viii.      California Learning Resource Network
                                                           ix.      Library of Congress American Memory
                                                             x.      University of Texas at Austin Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
                                                           xi.      Newslink
                                                          xii.      Good Search
                                                        xiii.      Score (Schools of California Online Resources for Educators)
                                                        xiv.      Search Engines 2
                                                         xv.      Wayback Machine
                                                        xvi.      Open Library
                                                      xvii.      Viewzi.com
                                                     xviii.      VueToo.com
                                                        xix.      LibriVox
d.      Internet Search Tools for Students
                                                               i.      KidsClick!
                                                             ii.      Ask for Kids
                                                            iii.      Search 22
                                                           iv.      Clusty
                                                             v.      Yahoo!Kids
                                                           vi.      QUintura
                                                          vii.      FirstGov for Kids
                                                        viii.      NASA Kids Club
                                                           ix.      The Why Files: The Science behind the News
                                                             x.      U.S. Oatent and Trademark Office Kids’ Pages
                                                           xi.      Time for Kids
                                                          xii.      Smithsonian Education
e.      Questions
                                                               i.      What is the meaning of information literacy for teachers and students?  Teachers and students should be able to locate, evaluate, use and share information.  They should be able to navigate information resources, improve their quality of education, learn additional tools to reinforce course content, and enhance lifelong learning. http://www.csulb.edu/~lfarmer/infolitwebstyle.htm
                                                             ii.      What are search engines and how do they work?  a program that searches for and identifies items in a database that correspond to keywords or characters specified by the user, used especially for finding particular sites on the World Wide Web.  Through links, search engines’ automated robots, called “crawlers,” or “spiders” can reach the many billions of interconnected documents.  Once the engines find these pages, they next decipher the code from them and store selected pieces in massive hard drives, to be recalled later when needed for a search query. To accomplish the monumental task of holding billions of pages that can be accessed in a fraction of a second, the search engines have constructed datacenters all over the world.https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=what+are+search+engines+ http://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo/how-search-engines-operate
                                                            iii.      What pieces of information do students need to know about Internet searching?  Students should not believe everything they read on the internet; not every webpage is reliable,  Information found on the internet can be second hand information so not all viewpoints are accurate.
                                                           iv.      How can teachers and students thoughtfully evaluate online information resources, including the online encyclopedia Wikipedia?  If students and teachers find information though online resources, such as Wikipedia, it is a good idea to check those web pages’ sources.  They can lead you straight to the page where the information came from.  It might also be a good idea to look up the information found in a textbook or online database to check its’ accuracy.
                                                             v.      How can teachers respond to problems of plagiarism when students use online sources?  Teachers can talk to their students about plagiarism and why it is wrong before any assignment to ensure that they avoid it.  They should also teach students to in some way cite their information so they are giving credit to the original source.  Another way to avoid plagiarism altogether is to use Turnitin.com, which detects plagiarism in schoolwork.

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