Practice Test Form using iGoogle

Extra Credit Tutorials - YouTube

Part 1:  YouTube is a fun site where you can find tutorials for a variety of subjects.  With anything, you have to be careful and use common sense.  If you come across something that is inappropriate, don't watch it and don't share it with others.  Here's an example of a video I found interesting.  It's about 3 minutes long.  You'll need a pencil and piece of paper.  Check it out and try your hand at drawing.  When you're finished - write your thoughts about your experience on my blog.  Have fun.
Bring your drawing to school for proof you completed the assignment.  Be sure to write your name and hour on the drawing. 

This Extra Credit is due no later then Monday, November 28, 2011.  This part is worth 10 extra credit daily points. 

Part 2 of Extra Credit:  Find a tutorial you're interested in - school appropriate.  Blog about your experience - 5 test points or you can create a podcast about your experience and post the podcast on your blog  for 10 test points. 

Note:  YouTube is only visible at home, not school.  This extra credit work is home work. 

A scammer's paradise

Read Article – Social media: A scammer’s paradise – see S Drive

Article assignment – see S drive

See email example of scam on S drive

See the Delicious post below this one. 

Links, Tags, and Descriptions to Delicious

In your Delicious Account add the following links with suggested tags and summary of what the site is about. 

1. http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/    Tags:  websearch, research, researchtips, add other tags you think of

Add the following in the comment section of Delicious:  Tips on how to research on the web. 

2. http://www.wolframalpha.com/ tags:  websearch, research, add other tags you think of

Add the following in the comment section of Delicious:  Answer based search engine dealing with fact on information gathered – such as population, unemployment rates, employment rates, etc. 

Example: "What is the fifty-second smallest country by GDP per capita?"

3. http://www.sweetsearch.com/ tags:  websearch, research, add other tags you think of

Add the following in the comment section of Delicious:  Reliable research results.  Every Web site in SweetSearch has been evaluated by our research experts.

4. http://www.findingdulcinea.com/  tags:  websearch, research, add other tags you think of

Add the following in the comment section of Delicious:  Librarian of the Internet.  Good place to start when working on a research paper. 

5. http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/searching/specialized.html tags:  websearch, research, add other tags you think of

Add the following in the comment section of Delicious:  specialized research information categories – magazine articles such as patents, movies, biographies

6. http://www.ipl.org/ tags:  websearch, research, add other tags you think of

Add the following in the comment section of Delicious:  online librarian

The following was created at Wordle.net
Make one of your own . . . have fun!

Boolean Operators

Vocabulary Terms and Concepts

1)            The last few weeks we have been discussing ID Theft, Copyright, Creative Commons, and other related topics.  Below is a list of vocabulary terms you need to know.   Some of these terms you already have in your notes, some you don't.  On your blog create two lists.  1- terms you already have in your notes and 2- terms you don’t have in your notes – give the meaning of terms not in your notes.

Vocabulary Terms to know: Creative Commons, intellectual property, copyright, public domain, freeware, shareware, open source, attribution, commercial use, derivative, share-alike, firewall, virus, hacking, piracy, malware, phishing, identity theft, data back-ups, cloud, cookies (as pertaining to computers and Internet search), and filesharing.

2)            Federal Trade Commission – what are the duties of FTC.  How does copyright and CC fall into this category? 

From this point and above is a post on your blog - due today (Wednesday).  Time permitting you may start #3 - test review on Google docs. 
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Be prepared for a MAJOR TEST NEXT Monday, October 31 over topics covered so far this term. 

File management - network drives, local drive, portable drives.  How to save to each, create folders and move files around.

Password security

iGoogle and features of iGoogle - cloud computing, file sharing, chat, personal desktop, calendar, to do list for organization, RSS feeds, etc.

Social Bookmarking - Delicious - purpose, advantages of using, how to search, tags, and importance of tags.

Blogs - how to post, how to embed html code, theme, gadgets/widgets, edit posts, follow other blogs, security code, dashboard and features of dashboard

Email - signature, send/receive, attach documents, spam, guard against viruses via email

Podcast - define, purpose of Podcast, how to search for Podcasts of interests, how to create own Podcast:  how to use Audacity (save, record, export as wav or MP3), how to upload to "Podbean", grab embed code and post on blog.

Online Safety, Netiquette, Anti-bullying, Copyright, Creative Commons, Photo Sharing and editing sites such as Flickr and Picnik.

60 Question tests worth 60 test points.

3) Using iGoogle docs Create a 20 question Review - Criticle thinking questions.  Save document as MidTerm Review.  Spell check and proofread - on Thursday we'll be sharing this with others.

Copy and Paste your questions on a new document - Save as "Your first and last name Mid Term Review Key".  Answer all your questions.

Share your document (not email) with me using  janice.lang@bedford.k12.mi.us .

Due by Friday.  October 26, 2011