Module 7 : Teaching and Learning with Productivity Tools
ARPA net - The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was an early packet switching network and the first network to implement the protocol suite TCP/IP. Both technologies became the technical foundation of the Internet.
Asynchronous - controlling the timing of operations by the use of pulses sent when the previous operation is completed rather than at regular intervals.
Avatar Spaces - is the graphical representation of the user or the user's alter ego or character.
Blog - a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style.
Bookmark file - a link to a website address saved electronically in a browser to facilitate quick access to the Web page. an electronic pointer created in a computer file to facilitate quick access to a specific part of the text.
Bulletin board - an Internet site where users can post comments about a particular issue or topic and reply to other users' postings.
Chatroom - an area on the Internet or other computer network where users can communicate, typically one dedicated to a particular topic.
Cookies - A message given to a Web browser by a Web server. The browser stores the message in a text file. The message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
Course management system - is a collection of software tools providing an online environment for course interactions. A CMS typically includes a variety of online tools and environments, such as: An area for faculty posting of class materials such as course syllabus and handouts.
Crackers - is someone who breaks into someone else's computer system, often on a network; bypasses passwords or licenses in computer programs; or in other ways intentionally breaches computer security.
Distance Learning - a method of studying in which lectures are broadcast or lessons are conducted by correspondence, without the student needing to attend a school or college.
Domain Designator - There are other top level designators, but none of them are in general use (for example, gopher, wais and ftp) The two slashes (//) are separators telling the Internet that what follows is the domain name.
Download - copy (data) from one computer system to another, typically over the Internet.
Electronic whiteboard - is an instructional tool that allows computer images to be displayed onto a board using a digital projector. The instructor can then manipulate the elements on the board by using his finger as a mouse, directly on the screen.
Emoticons - a representation of a facial expression such as a smile or frown, formed by various combinations of keyboard characters and used in electronic communications to convey the writer's feelings or intended tone.
Favorites file - Favorites are also used in other applications besides Web browsers. For example, media players often include a favourites list, which allows users to store references to favourite audio and video files in a single location. You can often identify a Favorites folder by a star or heart icon.
Filtering software - is a program that can screen an incoming Web page to determine whether some or all of it should not be displayed to the user. The filter checks the origin or content of a Web page against a set of rules provided by company or person who has installed the Web filter.
Firewall software - A firewall is a network security system, either hardware- or software-based, that controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on a set of rules.
Hackers - a person who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data.
Hits - Any time a piece of data matches criteria you set. For example, each of the matches from a Yahoo or any other search engine search is called a hit.
HyperText Transfer Protocol - is an application protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web. Hypertext is structured text that uses logical links (hyperlinks) between nodes containing text.
Instant Messaging - is the exchange of text messages through a software application in real-time.
Intensifiers - in an email message, words and punctuation marks used to help convey meaning, LOL stands for "laugh out loud" ; asterisks around a word indicate italics used for emphasis.
Intranet - a local or restricted communications network, especially a private network created using World Wide Web software.
Learning communities - is a group of people who share common academic goals and attitudes, who meet semi-regularly to collaborate on classwork.
Links/Hot shot - anything serving to connect one part or thing with another.
Listserv - an application that distributes messages to subscribers on an electronic mailing list.
Mosaic - one of the first browser programs designed to allow internet resources to be displayed graphically rather that just in text.
MUDs/MOOs - a computer-based text or virtual reality game which several players play at the same time, interacting with each other as well as with characters controlled by the computer.
Netiquette - the correct or acceptable way of using the Internet.
Spam - irrelevant or unsolicited messages sent over the Internet, typically to large numbers of users, for the purposes of advertising, phishing, spreading malware, etc.
Synchronous - form of distance communications in which messages are sent and received immediately; contrasts with asynchronous communications, in which information and messages are left for the receiver to read later.
Uniform Resource Locators - is a reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it.
Videoconferencing - a conference in which participants in different locations are able to communicate with each other in sound and vision.
Web Browser - is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web.
World Wide Web - an information system on the Internet which allows documents to be connected to other documents by hypertext links, enabling the user to search for information by moving from one document to another.
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