- INTERNET: A global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite to serve billions of users worldwide.
- MODEM: A device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode digital information.
- BROADBAND: A telecommunications signal of greater bandwidth, in some sense, than another standard or usual signal.
- DIAL UP: Form of Internet access that uses the facilities of the public switched telephone network to establish a dialed connection to an Internet service provider via telephone lines.
- WIRELESS: Used to transfer information over short distances or long distances.
- SMS: Short Message Service (SMS) is the text communication service component of phone, web, or mobile communication systems.
- MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service, or MMS, is a standard way to send messages that include multimedia content to and from mobile phones.
- CYBERBULLYING: The use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others.
- PHISHINGA: A way of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.
- CYBERSTALKING: The use of the Internet or other electronic means to stalk or harass an individual, a group of individuals, or an organization.
- MASQUERADING: To assume the appearance of something one is not in the internet.
- SPAM: Spam is the use of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited bulk messages.
- VIRUS: A virus is a small infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of organisms.
- E-SAFTEY: Electronic safety is a joint initiative of the European Commission and many industrial and other stakeholders having an interest in road safety.
- SPYWARE: A type of malware that can be installed on computers, and which collects small pieces of information about users without their knowledge.
- POP-UP: A form of online advertising on the World Wide Web intended to attract web traffic or capture email addresses.
A. Make a list of all the social networking websites you can:
-MSN
-Myspace
-Bebo
-Hotmail
B. Do a survey of the class - who belongs to what social networking sites? Done!
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: Its on my blog.
Dangers of Social Networking
1. What newspaper was the article published in / news video shown on?
-Youtube
2. Who were the people affected in the story?
-2 fifteen year old girls.
3. What happened to them?
-Cyber rape
4. What did you learn from reading the article / watching the video?
-Stay safe on the internet
D. Make a list of the following things (you should be able to come up with AT LEAST 5 things)
- Personal details that should never be given over the internet or on a social networking site
photos
age
last name
about your self
personal info
- Personal details that are okay to give online / use in social networking sites name
day 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
1. List 5 different search engines you could use to search the internet
yahoo
bing
yebol
kosmix
2. Put your full name into google:
a. how many pages come up in the search?
19 pages
b. How many of the pages in the search ACTUALLY have anything to do with you?
one
4. Choose an animal, and do a google search:
a. how many web pages does google find for you?
81 pages
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/Snake -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_(video_game)
www.snakegame.net
www.miniclip.com/games/snake/en/ - United States
www.onemotion.com/flash/snake-game
neave.com/games/snake/
www.markfennell.com/flash/snake/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEZMctgaXNQ
www.briggs.net.nz/log/writing/snake-wrangling-for-kids/
www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/snakes.html
nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/reptilesamphibians/.../irelandsnakes.cfm
www.kidzone.ws/lw/snakes/index.htm
www.mindjolt.com/games/snake
www.johnjohn.co.uk/html/snake.html
www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex12/snake/index.htm
apps.facebook.com/mindjolt/games/snake
www.dailymotion.com › home › news & politics › videos
www.chinesezodiac.com/snake.php
www.thepcmanwebsite.com/media/snake/
www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/zodiac/Snake.html
i think the first 10 where good but the last 10 weren't as good as the first 10.
5. Wikipedia.
a. What is Wikipedia?
Wikipedia ( ) is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation.
b. Who launched the site, and when?
Rick Gates.
c. 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 year 9 iTec students work from a blog: http://y9itecgc.blogspot.com/
d. 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.
