iSafe Grade 12
iSafe Video Links:
Webcast: Pornography on the Web
Think About It
- Should people under age 18 be restricted from pornographic material?
- In what ways could this material be harmful to minors?
- What are some ways we can balance the right of freedom of speech with the need to protect our youth from objectionable material?
- What is the impact that pornography might have on society?
Webcast: Cyber Harassment: Online Bullying and Stalking
Think About It
- When does your right to free speech interfere with other people’s right to privacy and a good reputation?
- If you could make the laws concerning harassment online, where would you draw the line?
- What can you do to prevent being bullied or stalked online?
- If you do become a victim, what steps can you take to ensure your own safety?
- What are the applicable laws in your state or how can you find more information on these laws?
- Why is it important to discuss issues like cyber bullying and harassment?
- How can knowing about the issues help? (prevention, helping friends, knowing what to do, etc.)
- Is it important to inform others on this issue? Who else might need to know about it? (other students, faculty, parents, etc.) How can you reach others with this important message?
History of Web 2.0 & Terminology
In 2004, Tim O’Reilly coined the term Web 2.0 to describe the Web’s “architecture of participation.” Web 2.0 is the social web that allows people to communicate with one another and create digital content to share on the Web. The social Web consists of Web applications, blogs, content hosting services, folksonomies, podcasts, social networks, and wikis. Popular Web 2.0 sites include Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Tumblr, Twitter, and Wikipedia.
- World Wide Web – a system on the Internet that links documents (i.e. web pages) using hypertext to connected to other documents, enabling the user to search for information in a web browser. Users can navigate to other pages by clicking on hypertext.
- Web 2.0 – the second stage of development of the Web that allows people to connect with each other and share digital content.
- HTML – hypertext markup language; the language used to link documents on the Web as well as graphics, audio and video files.
- Web applications – are software applications that download or run from a Web browser
Examples: e-mail, Google apps, Chrome apps, Firefox apps, browser-based games like slither.io - Blogs – A blog is short for web log. Blogs provide information, commentary, or opinions on a particular topic or event. Blogs can be about a person as an online journal or maintained by a small group of contributors. Visitors to the blog can post comments about the entry or dialogue with readers. Blogs can include images, audio, and video in addition to text. Vlogs are video logs that serve the same purpose of a blog.
Examples: Tumblr, Wordpress, Blogger - Content hosting services – Photo and video hosting sites allow users to upload and share the digital content that they have created for others to view. Viewers can create lists of their favorite content; follow individual profiles, rate and post comments or feedback for the creator.
Examples: YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, etc. - Folksonomies – a method of organizing information by applying tags to content in order to aid in finding the content again.
Examples: photo tags, hashtags, and bookmarks, etc. - Podcasts – a form of digital audio episodes that listeners download or subscribe to and stream online or through a mobile device. The term is a contraction of iPod and broadcast. A vodcast is a variation of this term that means “video broadcast.”
Examples: (will vary) iTunes Podcasts, Livestream, Mixlr, etc. - Social networks – Social networks allow people to create individual profiles and to connect with other people that have similar interests or common relationships. Profiles can be public or private. Users post thoughts, ideas, status updates, photos, and videos. Some social networks allow users to share links to websites and other profiles.
Examples: (will vary) Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. - Wikis – Wiki means “quick.” A wiki is a collaborative website that allows a community or network of people to contribute to or modify. Wikis enable easy to search for information and can cover a broad range of topics. Wikipedia is the most well-known wiki in the world.
Examples: (will vary) Wikipedia, Wikispaces, Google Sites, etc.
Think About It
- How does Web 2.0 compare to the first implementation of the Web?
- Can you think of some examples of Web 2.0 technologies?