1. From Safe Practices for Life Online: A Guide for Middle and High School (2008) - D. Foderman and M. Monroeb. Define:
-Pop-ups and Banner Ads- appearing suddenly and temporarily in a new window within or on top of an open window. (dictionary.com)
-Spyware- software that is installed surreptitiously and gathers information about an internet user's browsing habits, intercepts the user's personal date, etc., transmitting this information to a third party. (dictionary.com)
-Zombies and Botnets- (roBOT NETwork) Also called a "zombiearmy", a botnet is a large number of compromised computers that are used to generate spam, relay viruses or flood a network or Web server with excessive requests to cause it to fail. (google)
-Cookies- a message, or segment of data, containing information about a user, sent by a web server to a browser and sent back to the server each time the browser requests a web page. (dictionary.com)
-Drive-by-Downloads- means two things, each concerning the unintended download of computer software from the internet: Downloads which a person authorized but without understanding the consequences. (google)
-Cramming- Cache cramming is a method of tricking a computer into running Java code it would not ordinarily run. (searchsecurity.techtarget.com)
-Trojan Horse- One of the most insidious types of Trojan horse is a program that claims to rid your computer of viruses but instead introduces viruses onto your computer. A bug inserted into a program or system designed to be activated after a certain period of time or a certain number of operations. (dictionary.com and google)
2. From Transforming Learning with New Technologies (2011)- R. Malloy, R.E. Verock-O'Loughlin, S. A. Edwards, and B.P. Woolfa. Take Pew Internet and American Life Project "What Kind of Tech User are You?" quiz
-Results- 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?
-.com- use for companies or businesses (commercial use)
-.org- used for non profit organizations like pbs
. -.gov- used for government official websites
-.net- new URL that simply stands for network can be non profit or profit could be any site. (usg.edu)
-.edu-used for education websites like school districts or colleges.
-.mil- used for the military (various branches of the US Armed Forces) (usg.edu)
e. Questions
-What is the meaning of information literacy for teachers and students?
- the meaning of information literacy means the basic communication competencies of accessing, analyzing, evaluating and communicating information. Both students and teachers do these steps for information literacy: Planning research or posing a question, organizing a way to search for the answer, finding resources, evaluating the resources and thinking critically about them, expressing the information learned in meaningful ways. As students, this is a process that takes time and they will need to learn however for a teacher this is a process that is generally already ingrained in our heads and therefore our job is just to teach these steps for our students so they can be successful. (ldonline.org)
-What are search engines and how do they work?
-a computer program that searches documents, especially on the WorldWide Web, for a specified word or words and provides a list of documents in which they are found (dictionary.com)
-What pieces of information do students need to know about Internet searching?
-the correct steps for information literacy.
-to know the differences in .com, .edu, .net, and so on.
-refer to many sites and not just one for a correct answer.
-know the difference between opinion and fact.
-don't provide personal information on unknown websites.
-How can teachers and students thoughtfully evaluate online information resources, including the online encyclopedia Wikipedia?
-by asking these questions: who made the message and why? what is left out of the message? How might others view the message differently? (ldonline.org) Teachers and Students can also check other sources about the same information and see if the information lines up with one another. Another great thing is to simply check in a book like a textbook or an informational book.
-How can teachers respond to problems of plagiarism when students use online resources?
-clearly address what plagiarism is to the students and what can happen if they do plagiarize.
-explain that in order to get credit for their work, they need to rely on their own ability and not the ability of someone else
-explain that the teacher will know when they plagiarize.
-explain that sources can be used and how to properly use quotation marks and citations so that their work is not plagiarized.
-if plagiarism becomes a problem with a student, get the principle and parents involved to explain to the student what the issue is with plagiarizing.
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