Internet: A wireless connection connecting computer together. also allowing them to post and read stuff made by other people.
Modem: Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
Broadband: Term used for any kind of fast Internet access.
Dial up: Access to the Internet via a modem and telephone line.
Wireless: To connect some thing without to many wires.
SMS: Short Message Service.
MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service.
Cyberbullying: Bulling done on the web such as on facebook.
Phishing: Attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details.
Cyberstalking: A stalker online.
Masquerading: To assume the appearance of something one is not.
Spam: Abuse of electronic messaging systems.
Virus: A computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer.
E-safety: E-safety is electronic saftey for children.
Spyware: Computer software that obtains information from a user's computer without the user's knowledge.
Pop-up: Triggered to appear on a computer screen when an internet user accesses a particular web page.
A. Make a list of all the social networking websites you can.
Facebook.
Twitter.
Runescape.
Funorb.
My space.
Skype.
Blogger.
B. Do a survey of the class - who belongs to what social networking sites?Its on my poll.
C. Find a newspaper article or news video about the dangers of social networking. Insert the video if you can into your blog, and on your 'Internet' page add a link to your article / video.
Copy and answer the following questions about the article / video:
Do you have a My Space profile? Have you ever searched for items to buy on Craiglist? Do you share or view photos on sites like Flick? It is almost a certainty that you do one of the above or something close to it. Social networking is huge and growing bigger. It provides a number of benefits and advantages for users, but sexual predators and scam artists have also discovered that these social networks can be exploited to locate new victims. Read my article to learn more about the risks and some steps you can take to protect yourself and use these sites safely.
1. What newspaper was the article published in / news video shown on? YouTube.2. Who were the people affected in the story? two fifteen year old girls.
3. What happened to them? syber rape.
4. What did you learn from reading the article / watching the video? stay safe on the Internet.
D) Personal details that should never be given over the Internet or on a social networking site.
- Your Birth Date and Place
- Vacation Plans
- Home Address
- Confessionals
- Password Clues
Name.
Date of birth.
1 thing you like.
Favourite place.
Favourite food.
Personal details that are sometimes okay to give online / use in social networking sites. Middle name.
Pictures of pets.
Pictures of your self.
Your hobbies.
What job you do.
- bing
- ask
- yahoo
- Exalead
a. how many pages come up in the search? 156,000 results
b. How many of the pages in the search ACTUALLY have anything to do with you? 4
a. Choose an animal, and do a google search:
how many pages does google find for you? 146,000,000 results
b. Look at all of the first 20 web pages listed. For each one have a look at the web page, put the link into your answers, and say how good it was.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion - lots of Info.
- kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/lion/ - a bit of infomation
- http://www.lionnewzealand.com/lion_story.html - not that good it doesnt have infomation
- http://www.apple.com/macosx/lion/ - very bad its about a new apple laptop....
- http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/lion - fair amount of information
- http://www.honoluluzoo.org/lion.htm - about a zoo's lions but has a lot of information
- http://www.zionwildlifegardens.co.nz/information.php?info_id=38&zionSid=d4f8141c129b0311f99f3d309e248bd2 - another zoo website that tells you about it
- http://lion.chadwyck.co.uk/marketing/index.jsp - bad no information and have to log in to it
- http://www.lionfoundation.org.nz/ - no information at all
- http://www.explorenz.co.nz/SailNZ/SailNZ-lion-new-zealand.html - no information
- https://www.lion.co.nz/Default.aspx - no information
- http://lion-nathan.com.au/ - no information
- http://www.lionbioscience.com/ - nothing on page
- http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/lion/coloring.shtml - good got digrammes
- http://www.lionred.co.nz/splash.aspx - another no information website
- http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/2010/feb/mt-maunganui/all-aboard-lion-new-zealand-as-the-iconic-yacht-tours-nz - again no information
- http://www.agarman.dial.pipex.com/bco/lion.htm - nice amount of information
- http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/african-lion/ - a fair bit of information
- http://www.lionprotects.com/ - no information
- http://www.lionzone.co.nz/ - no information
What is Wikipedia?
Wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation.
Who launched the site, and when?
Rick Gates.
Search for Glenfield College in Wikipedia. Find the sentance that relates to YOU in iTec.... I just added this into Wikipedia last week! Copy it into your page in your blog.
Glenfield Yr9 Itec student work from a blog called http://y9itecgc.blogspot.com/
Why do you think that information on Wikipedia may not be reliable?
Because any one could edit it at any time and it could be fake information.
