internet

1
-WWW- world wide web

 - INTERNET- the Internet lets you connect to websites and socialise on the computer

- MODEM-the modem is the little box that is the main supply of the Internet

- BROADBAND-broadband is the amount of Internet that you have and can up grade to more Internet at any time
 - DIAL UP- dial up is when  you run out of Internet and your Internet still works just it is extremely slow
 - WIRELESS-wireless is  a little sub stick that normally plugs into laptops which supplies the Internet, but in order to have wireless you need to have a main modem on the same network for it to connect to
 - SMS-text message on a mobile phone to another phone

- MMS-sending photos on a mobile phone to another phone

 -CYBERBULLYING-cyberbullying is were a person is humiliated or teased via technology

- PHISHING- luring unsuspecting Internet users to a fake Web site by using authentic-looking email with the real organization's logo, in an attempt to steal passwords, financial or personal information,
 -CYBERSTALKING-cyberstalking is a crime in which a person harasses a victim using electronic communication

- MASQUERADING-using a false name and identy

- SPAM-Spam is the abuse of electronic messaging

- VIRUS-A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer

 - E-SAFETY-e-safety is electronic safety for kids and it can be ossociated with websites such as facebook,bebo,twitter,msn and any outher social networks

 - SPYWARE-Spyware is any technology that gathers information about a person or organization without their knowledge. and then posts it all over the web

 - POP-UP-pop-up is a type of window that opens without the user selecting it . Pop-up windows are often generated by websites that include pop-up advertisements

2a
-Make a list of all the social networking websites you can
-facebook
-beebo
-twitter
-MSN
-my space
-Gmail
-hotmail
-yahoo xtra
-vodafone
-skype
- linked in
-ning
-tagged
-classmates
-hi5
-myyearbook
-my life
-meet up
-friendster

2b
-Do a survey of the class - who belongs to what social networking sites?

-facebook

-bebo

-twitter

-my space

-other

2C. 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:

1. What newspaper was the article published in / news video shown on?
-YouTube/mobuzz.com

2. Who were the people affected in the story?
-two fifteen year old girls
-Helen hunter 21 years old
-13 year old Megan Mia

3. What happened to them?
-accused people of rape

4. What did you learn from reading the article / watching the video?
-that people aren't always who they say they are
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AtsNyXFg7Y

2D
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
-address
-how old you are
-what school you go too
-full name
-your number

Personal details that are okay to give online / use in social networking sites

-first name
-hobbies
-fav food
-fav music
-fav tv show

Personal details that are sometimes okay to give online / use in social networking sites
-last name
-family
-hobbies
-friends
-photos

4
1. List 5 different search engines you could use to search the internet
-bing
-google
-yahoo
-firefox

2. Put your full name into google:
     
 a. how many pages come up in the search?
-800,200,000
     
 b.  How many of the pages in the search ACTUALLY have anything to do with you?
-0
4. Choose an animal, and do a google search:
     
 a. how many web pages does google find for you?
62.900,00
     
 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.

1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant
yeah it was ok but to nerdy

2  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_(2003_film))
it wasnt to good

3) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363589/
terible

4) http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/elephant
IT WAS EXCELLENT

5) http://www.elephantnz.co.nz/
it was ok
      

c. For those websites listed above, say if you think they were a reliable source or not.

1-no

2-yes

3-yes

4-no

5-no

6-no

7-yes

8-no

9-yes

10-yes

11-yes

12-yes

13-nope

14-no

15-yes

16-yeah

17-no

18-no

19-no

20-yes

5. Wikipedia.
     
a. What is wikipedia?
-Wikipedia, is a  free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.

b. Who launched the site, and when?
- Wikipedia was formally launched on 15 January 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger
        
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
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         d. Why do you think that information on Wikipedia may not be reliable?