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Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 Q8.1 Answer Next Last A weblog is a virtual online space that supports the posting of personal commentary on the Web to be read by anyone who wishes. What is a weblog?

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Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 A bookmark or favorite is a function of the browser that allows you to store web site URLs that are of interest to you. When you decide to revisit a web site you have stored, you need only click on its name in your list and the browser will immediately connect you to that site. Q8.2 Answer Next Last What are bookmarks and how are they useful?

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Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 Q8.3 Answer Next Last A global learning community is whenever the web is used as a communication tool to link your classroom to others across the globe. The advantages of linking you student and their peers across the globe are increased cultural awareness and personal growth. What is the global learning community and how is membership beneficial to students?

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Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 A teacher must be sure to carefully guard a child’s privacy. It is best to first have the guardian’s permission before including any of the student’s information or work. Also, no specific details about the children should be divulged. Your district most likely will have an explicit policy governing class web sites and privacy issues. Q8.4 Answer Next Last What are some of a teacher’s privacy concerns related to building a class website?

Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 Question 8.5 Next Last Click for Answer! What is streaming audio and how might it be used in the classroom?

Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 Streaming audio technology allows you to listen to audio files as they are downloading. After a brief delay while files are buffering, audio will be continuous. This allows you to listen to web based radio and Internet discussions, speeches, and concerts. Q8.5 Answer Next Last What is streaming audio and how might it be used in the classroom?

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Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 Virtual reality provides a 3-D graphic environment that can be accessed on the web. The environments, called VR worlds, can let students move through and explore real or imaginary worlds such as distant museums, the surface of a planet, or the inside of a molecule. Q8.6 Answer Next Last What are some of the applications for virtual reality in the classroom?

Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 Question 8.7 Next Last Click for Answer! What is filtering and why is it important in the classroom?

Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 Q8.7 Answer Next Last Filtering Software scans content of a web page, and denies users access to web sites that are deemed inappropriate. Since the Internet is not controlled by any agency, many web sites contain information and images that are inappropriate for children. Schools must filter to prevent students for accessing salacious materials. What is filtering and why is it important in the classroom?

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Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 Q8.8 Answer Next Last Class web sites can be used by the teacher to enhance classroom communication, to link students to the world, and to build bridges to the parents and the community. What are the potential uses of a class web site?

Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 Question 8.9 Next Last Click for Answer! How might online publications help teachers?

Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 Online publications are journals and newsletters available via the Internet. Many have search engines to help busy teachers easily find the type of information they are looking for. Once found, articles can be reviewed and printed out. Online publications also often offer links to related sites. Q8.9 Answer Next Last How might online publications help teachers?

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Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 Q8.10 Answer Next Last A PDF file is a file created with Adobe Acrobat. To view it, you must have downloaded and installed the free Acrobat Reader from the Adobe website. A PDF file displays a document just as it would have appeared in hard copy. After viewing, you can also print out a hard copy using the Reader. What is a PDF file and how is it used?

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Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 Storyboarding is a good first step when planning and designing a website. Storyboarding is the process of sketching out each page of a website and identifying the components and their placement on each page. Q8.11 Answer Next Last What is the first step in designing a classroom website?

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Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 Site consistency; Keeping the medium from overwhelming the message; Staying free from bias; Including a site map, multimedia, date, contact information, copyright information; Staying friendly to disabled visitors; Keeping links current; providing up-to-date teacher and course information Q8.12 Answer Next Last What are some of the considerations when designing a class website?

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Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 Q8.13 Answer Next Last Both wizards and templates make it easier to create a website. A template is a predefined web page format while a wizard is an interactive tool that not only uses predefined forms but asks you questions so that you can customize them. What is the difference between a web wizard and a web template?

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Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 Many schools and districts will add your website to their web server which is accessible on the Web. Or, you can upload your website to a web hosting service via an FTP program. Web hosts make your site available on the Web and may provide you a unique domain name for a small fee. Q8.14 Answer Next Last Once you create a class website, how do you make it available on the Web?

Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 Question 8.15 START Last Click for Answer! What is the difference between a private hosting service and an academic web hosting service?

Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 A private host is one you pay for. This type of host is often a part of an ISP’s services. An academic hosting service is typically dedicated to hosting only academic sites and often does not include objectionable advertising that might appear on public hosts. Both may also offer minimal authoring programs. Q8.15 Answer START Last What is the difference between a private hosting service and an academic web hosting service?