1. From Safe Practices for Life Online: A Guide for Middle and High School (2008) -
D. Fodeman & M. Monroe
a. Lookstoogoodtobetrue.com risk tests
b. Chapter 2 Protecting Your Privacy
Online
i. Pop-ups
and Banner Ads – An online advertisement that is displayed in a new browser
(dictionary.com); Long, rectangular image, containing text, images, or
animations that can be placed anywhere on a webpage to advertise
(dictionary.com)
ii. Spyware –
Software that is installed surreptitiously and gathers information about an
Internet user’s browsing habits (dictionary.com)
iii. Zombies
and Botnets – A computer connected to the Internet that has been compromised by
a hacker (Wikipedia); a large number of compromised computers that are used to
generate span, relay viruses or flood a network or Web server with excessive
requests to cause it to fail (pcmag.com)
iv. Cookies –
A message given to a Web browser by a Web server which is stored in a text file
and sent back to a server each time the browser requests the server page
(webopedia.com)
v.
Drive-by-Downloads – A program that is automatically downloaded onto your
computer without your consent or knowledge (by accessing a website or opening a
html. email) and can contain spyware
vi. Cramming –
Any fraudulent charges made to the telephone account of the victim
(dictionary.com)
vii. Trojan
Horse – A destructive program that masquerades as a benign application
2. From Transforming Learning with New
Technologies (2011) – R. Malloy, R.E. Verock-O’Loughlin, S.A. Edwards, &
B.P. Woolf
a. Take Pew Internet & American Life
Project “What Kind of Tech User Are You?” quiz – I scored better than 90.2% of
the public (9 out of 12 questions correct)
b. Uniform Resource Locator (URL) aka Web
Address – What is the purpose of the following URL designations?
i.
.com – Is used to identify a company or commercial site
ii.
.org – Is used to identify a non-profit organization site
iii.
.gov – Is used to identify government sites
iv.
.net – Is used to identify Internet service providers or other types of networks
v.
.edu – Is used to identify educational sites, specifically four-year universities
(http://www.smccd.edu/accounts/csmlibrary/tutorials/url.html)
vi.
.mil – Is used for military sites only
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