Transcript Guidelines for surfing the web - HPCCSS

Guidelines for
Surfing the Net
Clovis Unified School District
Updated: August 2005
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Surfing the Web
(Part I)
---Read through and learn
the important parts about
the Internet, and then...
Surfing the Web (Part II)
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...you'll be ready to take the
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written test.
Taking notes is a good idea.
The Internet is composed of:
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E-Mail
WWW (World Wide Web or W3)
Chat Rooms
Research/Information
Pictures, music, games,
streaming video
Etc.
The Internet
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Series of wires connected to computers
throughout the world
Made up of lots of wires and fiber optic
cables
Zig-zag of wires and cables
underground…even under the ocean
from continent to continent
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For the ongoing history of the Internet, go to:
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http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/
For an Internet Tutorial, see:
http://www.internet101.org
The Internet
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Series of wires connected throughout the world
The Internet
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Information found includes:
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Library collection searches
Books, newspaper, papers, and
magazine articles
Scientific information
Virtual museum tours
Advertisements
Pictures, video,
and audio recordings
Problems with the Internet
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Anyone can publish anything to a
worldwide audience in seconds
Some information are people’s
opinions, not facts
Some information is inaccurate,
untrue, or misleading
The Web doubles in size every 90
days
Keys to Using the Internet
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Learn how to find information
needed
Know the good information
from the bad
Using the Internet
is a lot like driving a car.
*Write down the similarities?
How is the Internet
like driving a car?
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Need a license to drive
Need to know the rules of the road
Need to know how to operate the
equipment
Using the Internet is a lot
like driving a car (part 2)
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Need to know where you are going
Must be responsible
Know penalties for breaking
the rules
On the Internet, follow these
3 important guide words
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1. Be ETHICAL
Be in GOOD places only!
3 Important Words!
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2. Be LEGAL
For educational use.
No threatening or
obscene messages.
Be in appropriate
places only!!
3 Important Words
3. Be EFFICIENT
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Be on task
Know how to find
the information
you need
What are the 3 Important Words
to guide your use of the Internet?
1. Ethical
• 2. Legal
• 3. Efficient
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How do you define
Appropriate and Inappropriate?
• Appropriate:
–Anything acceptable to
your parents and teachers
• Inappropriate:
–Anything not acceptable to
your parents or teachers.
Which items below would
be considered appropriate?
A. Finding information for a class project.
B. Finding or sending obscene material.
C. Finding or sending offensive messages or pictures.
D. Learning how the World Wide Web works.
E. Finding out about your favorite sports team.
Which items below would
be considered appropriate?
ANSWERS
A. Finding information for a class project.
D. Learning how the World Wide Web works.
E. Finding out about your favorite sports team.
What should you do if you observe
someone or hear about someone at
school accessing inappropriate areas
on the World Wide Web?
A. Report it to a teacher
B. Report it to a Library Media person
C. Report it to the principal, LD, or GIS
D. Any one of the above
What should you do if you observe
someone or hear about someone at
school accessing inappropriate areas
on the World Wide Web?
ANSWERS
D. Any one of the above
It is important that this is reported so that we all
continue to have the privilege of using the
World Wide Web for school related projects.
When finding information on
the Internet to use in a school project,
it is important to: (choose all correct answers)
A. Write and thank the author
B. Do nothing
C. Ask yourself if this information is accurate
D. Write down the source or web address, and put it in
your bibliography
E. None of the above.
When finding information on
the Internet to use in a school project,
it is important to: (choose all correct answers)
ANSWERS
C. Ask yourself if this information is accurate
D. Write down the source or web address, and put it in
your bibliography
Note: It is important to give credit to all sources used for anything
written or created for a school project.
Why do we need guidelines for
the Internet and our
school district network?
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Guidelines keep you safe on web
Guidelines keep our school and
district safe, so we can continue to
use the Internet as an important
source of information
Guidelines for Internet Use
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Only share your first name.
Do not give out addresses, phone
numbers, or other personal
information.
Do not send pictures of yourself to
people you don’t know!
Guidelines for Internet Use
(Part 2)
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Do not respond to any messages that
are inappropriate or make you feel
uncomfortable
Report inappropriate e-mails, chat
room conversations, or threaded
discussion items to a teacher or other
adult
Other Guidelines
- Copyright • “Copyright is a form of protection
provided by the laws of the United States
(title 17, U.S. Code) to the authors of
“original works of authorship,” including
literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and
certain other intellectual works.” (Copyright
Office Definition)
• http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
- Copyright (part 2)
• Basically, it is important to NOT:
o Make copies of software or music that is
copyrighted or purchased from a company Take
other people’s work and make it your own or
sell it for profit.
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o Cite other people’s work in school projects,
giving credit to the author.
**More info at the Federal Copyright Office in the Library of Congress **
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
Other Guidelines
- Plagiarism • Basic Definition: Using information from
someone else and making it your own.
• Important to do original work
• Important to cite [do a bibliography] for the
source of any information used in any school
work, whether an essay, a report, a web
page, a Power Point presentation, etc.
Learning Internet
Vocabulary
What do each of these words mean
in
e-mail or on the WWW?
Flaming:
A. shooting fire at someone
B. publicly putting down
another person
C. lighting the computer on fire.
What do each of these words mean
in e-mail or on the WWW?
Shouting:
A. using capital letters in an e-mail
note, chat room or threaded
discussion
B. loud banging on the keyboard
C. screaming loudly at the computer
Answers
Flaming:
B. publicly putting down another person via
email, in a chat room or threaded discussion
Shouting:
A. using capital letters in an e-mail, chat
room or threaded discussion
Important Internet terms to
know. What do these mean?
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E-Mail HTML –
Threaded Discussion –
WWW –
BLOG -
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• E-Mail – Electronic Mail
• HTML • Hyper Text Mark-up Language (the computer
language used for the World Wide Web (WWW)
• Threaded Discussion – a discussion where each person
writes their opinion on a topic. These comments stay
online until deleted by the instructor.
• WWW – World Wide Web – also referred to as W3 or
“tri w”.
• BLOG – Short for “Web Log”, an online journal
process
Xanga or MySpace or
Other Blogs
• Are personal property, but are public as well.
• Don’t use your real name or put your actual location in
the personal information area.
• Any negative mention of school events or students
or teachers or other school personnel can lead to
problems.
• Like other technologies, consider anything you write on
the web to be public and able to be read by anyone.
• If you write negative things about other people
and they find out, there could be legal problems.
It is important to remember that
on the district network:
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Every location you go on the web is logged
and can be tracked back to you.
Every e-mail you send is tracked as well.
Consider every email you send to be public
property and may be viewed by many others
in addition to the person you send it to.
Internet Policy
Violations
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What happens if you violate the
internet policy?
– Loss of Internet privileges
– Referral to Administrator
– Suspension or Expulsion
To Earn the
Internet Driver’s License
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1. Read and sign the AUP (Acceptable Use
Policy).
2. Complete this Training.
3. Pass the Internet Use test.
Resource Websites
• Clovis Info Lit – www.cusd.com/calonline/infolit
• Internet Safety
• From the American Library Association http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/safety.html
• http://www.safekids.com
• Internet History http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/
• Internet Tutorial
http://www.internet101.org
Links working as of January 2004. [email protected].
Become an Independent and
Responsible Web Surfer!!!