Learning Journal Post #6

In learning module 6 I made a website using Google sites, I learned how to add an alt tag to an image on a website, and made an animoto slide show. The main purpose of this module was to prepare for making the final project on Google sites and learn a little more about other web 2.0 tools. The website I made was about Web Accessibility. The discussion had me look up a good and bad website. The website I found was and it is awful. There were 3 chances for extra credit and I tried the HTML one but I ended up butchering the site I made. I started with the index page and it ended up being a black page when I opened it. Also during this time a video game called Portal 2 came out and it just added to the massive headache I had. Now that I am familiar with Google sites I feel ready to start the final project without any worries.

5 definitions:
XHTML - extensible hyper text markup language that mirror's or extends versions of HTML
XML - extensible markup language, it is a set of rules for encoding documents that allow computer's to read them
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)- a set of guidelines to make website's accessible for everyone including people with disabilities
Dreamweaver - a program made by adobe that allows users to make website's and design them
<br/> - is a break in the page in HTML

Learning Journal Post #5

In learning module 5 I optimized images, created a slide show and made an avatar using voki.com. This modules also focused on file sharing and we learned about web 2.0 applications. I found out that web 2.0 applications are used for online collaboration and sharing among users and includes technologies such as podcasting, blogs, vlogs, RSS feeds, social bookmarking, social network sites like myspace, or facebook, Wiki's, Youtube, google earth, and photo sharing.  Pretty much every site that is used by people to create, collaborate and share by using online tools. I learned about illegal downloading (P2P), different image formats such as bit-map, jpeg, GIFs, Vector and PNG images. I found out that over the web JPEG images are the most common. I missed the initial discussion post and highly regret it but after reading my classmates posts they are discussing peer to peer downloading and illegal downloading.


5 Terms I learned
Tag cloud - a visual representation of the most popular tags
Mashups - web applications that combine data from multiple sources
Semantic Web - a web that is able to describe things in a way that computers can understand
Pixel - is a single point in a raster image in digital imaging
Peer to Peer File Sharing - is a form of file sharing using peer to peer networking

Web Lab 11

Slideshow - Ralph Meatyard

I enjoyed using Photobucket because it is fast and easy.

Learning Journal Post #4

I learned a lot about communicating and collaborating in learning module 4. The class had group projects on different social media tools such as blogging, micro-blogging, social networking and wikis. My group did "virtual worlds" and I learned a lot about them as I researched them for the project. I took a different approach to researching them, I made my own second life account and went to various locations and tours. I learned about the Sistine Chapel and that people spend Mardi Gras online in virtual worlds they create with videos and music playing as they virtually dance. My part of the group assignment was to research the education in virtual worlds and surprisingly the area that education is used in virtual worlds is massive! Children have virtual worlds and adults have virtual worlds designed specifically for education and many teachers/professors use them to recreate virtual classrooms. I also learned more about social bookmarking and I became more familiar with delicious.

Five Terms I learned
IMAP4 - Internet Messaging Access Protocol to receive email
List Serve/ Mailing List - A form of discussion taking place over email
Micro-Blogging - Combines blogging and instant messaging
Wikis - web pages that can be edited by authorized users (good for quick information)
 POP3 - Post Office Protocol used to receive email

A really good video on education in Second Life

Learning Journal Post #3

After completing learning module 3, I learned a lot more about searching the web for information. The most interesting part of learning module 3 was when we covered the “Invisible Web” that is a mass selection of web pages that are not found by search engines. The web pages have either no or few links to them and are hard to find. The invisible web is also known as the deep web. Also, I learned how search engines work and how they use “spider’s” or “Web Crawler’s” to gather web pages.
In the 21st century people should know skills such as Information Literacy, and Media Literacy. This means that they should know how to use technology and media to gain information, understand communication tools and use networks.



5 definitions:
IF (Information Fluency) - the ability to gather, evaluate, and use information in ethical and legal ways.

Digital Etiquette – basic set of rules when using the Internet. It is also called netiquette.

Digital Dirt – is searchable “dirt” or web history that can be searched on a person. People clean their digital dirt before applying for certain jobs.

Directory – a human-compiled hierarchical list of Web pages organized by category.

Boolean operator – a conjunction used in a logical expression. They use “AND. OR, NOT and quotations” to help search results in search queries.

Learning Journal Post #2

I learned a lot more about web technology during learning module 2. This time around the material was not based on Internet history. One thing that stuck out to me was the difference between IP addresses and domain names. I learned differences between popular Internet browsers and about a web browser called Flock that is primarily used as a social networking browser. In “Web Lab 3” I had to give tips when shopping online and I had to write about child safety on the web. I found that the Internet is a dark place both for shoppers and children if they do not use caution. For the first time ever I used Jing in “Web Lab 2” and I found that it was extremely easy to use. I also learned how to create a “Wordle” which is displayed in this journal.

I did not ace the tests this time around but I am putting a lot of effort into this class. I hope that I continue to do well and that I learn more and more about web technology. The only thing that I did not like this time around was the interactive quizzes. I did not learn anything new and they were cheesy I think.



5 New Terms I learned:

Malware - (Malicious Software) Software designed to access computer without users consent.

Hop – forwarding a packet to the next Internet router.
I got this wrong on the test.

DHCP Server- assigns IP addresses to a client when the client logs on to a TCP/IP network.

Phishing - criminals try to obtain sensitive information usually through email or instant messaging.

Proxy Server- Company network that allows company computers to connect. NCCC uses a proxy server.



A video designed for children about web safety.