Learning Journal 3

Learning Journal 3 taught me a lot about 21st Century Skills and Information Fluency.

This picture shows an easy way to understand how information fluency can be communicated. Information Fluency is the ability to locate, evaluate, and ethically use information.

I enjoyed watching this video about Information Fluency. It really gave you a good idea about how many people, college students in particular, knew very little about information fluency.

The camera crew asked the college students about what "IF" stands for, what information fluency means, and what reliable websites they use to find information. Almost every single person answered incorrectly. The only one they understood or had similar answers on was the reliable search question. They all felt Wikipedia and Google had the best results for finding information.

We also learned about 21st Century Skills. These skills include ways of thinking, like critical thinking, problem solving, decision making, and creativity. Another skill is ways of working through communication and collaboration.These skills also include having the ability to evaluate the quality of information presented.

Throughout Learning Module 3, I found out what the "deep web" is and why it was so important. This picture displays a very easy way to understand how the deep web works.

I learned about search strategies and how to find better results for the things that I research. When searching using search engines, often leave out words like "what, how, a, if, etc.". Information Literacy plays an important role when researching or using a search engine.

Throughout Learning Module 3, a very common topic that came up was "digital reputation". Your digital reputation is extremely important and plays a huge role in your life today during this technological era. You want to keep a very good digital reputation clean. For example, if you are going to apply for a job, they will be checking up on your social and personal life. They will most likely look up your facebook or twitter profile and see what you post. If you post inappropriate pictures or you doing illegal things, it's almost a guarantee you will not be hired. It is very important to keep those pictures or videos or posts off of profiles or accounts on websites that anyone can see.

Learning Journal 1

I learned a lot about how the internet developed in this lesson. The class power point project we did taught me about the Arpanet. The Arpanet was created in 1966. Without the Arpanet, we would not have the internet or world wide web today, since it was the very first form of internet. Arpanet wasn't for the public, though. It was used by the U.S. Government to be able to have fast and immediate contact, and allowed the ability to transfer files throughout the country. It was used during the Cold War, around the time that there was talk of nuclear warfare. Along with Arpanet, I also learned about the history of the internet. This video gives a very easy way to understand the internet's history. It discusses why the internet is what it is today, talks about the internet's usage of a "packet-system" and much more.
 

Internet - a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols for data exchange
Arpanet - The world's first 'network'.
NCP - Network Control protocol. It was later replaced by the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).
Packet - one unit of binary data capable of being routed through a computer network.

Learning Journal 2

Learning journal two taught me a lot about the internet and internet security, how to prevent threats to your computer, viruses, and malware. Through quizzes and power points, I learned about how to find out if something is Phished or Legitimate. Phished means that someone is trying to get a hold of your personal information such as usernames or passwords by tricking you. They can send you false e-mails pretending to be well known companies, such as PayPal or your bank account. They will ask you to reset your password or re-enter your personal information, such as credit card numbers or even your social security number. However, it can be very easy to avoid this. You can avoid this by not answering those e-mails, and either delete them or send them to spam@uce.gov. You can also avoid and tell if they are phished by looking at the website that sent the e-mail. If you hover your cursor over the window it will show you the site at the bottom of the window.

For example, the bottom of this window, notice instead of PAYPAL.COM it is PAYAPL.COM:

As I said before, we learned a lot about viruses and malware. We watched a TED Talk, that discussed why, how, and where the very first computer virus originated from. There are many, many viruses on the internet. Some include Trojan Horses, Worms, Spyware, and Malware. Trojan Horses pretend to be a "helpful" or "useful" software but instead badly damage on your computer. Worms almost have a mind of their own. They spread from computer to computer and are able to travel without any human interaction due to the ability to take over already installed computer files. Firewalls can help prevent getting any viruses. Not only firewalls, but if you download and install legitimate anti-virus software, you don't have to worry about being unsafe.
I also learned the way sending things over the internet works. In class, we watched "The Dawn of the Net". It explained how the internet can be compared to a very high speed highway. Information constantly passes through firewalls and routers, and all across the web, and then gets sent directly back to where it originated from at extreme speeds.
My Wordle:

Phish- The act of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details.
Legitimate- Conforming to the law or to rules
Malware- software that is intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems
Trojan Horse- a program designed to breach the security of a computer system while ostensibly performing some innocuous function.
Worm- a self-replicating program able to propagate itself across a network, typically having a detrimental affect.
URL- uniform resource locator. It is the standard address format for websites.
HTTP- Hyper Text Transfer Protocol, the standard protocol to display information via the web.
HTTPS- Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure
Terminal Emulation- Also known as the Telnet Protocol. Used for connecting to remote computers and is known as the Telnet protocol.