Digital Commerce By: Ashley Barnett

Standards Model Digital Age Work and Learning Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. d. Model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate,and use information resources to support research and learning.

Standards 5. Digital Citizenship Educational Administrators model and facilitate understanding of social, ethical and legal issues and responsibilities related to an evolving digital culture. b. Promote, model and establish policies for safe,legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology c. Promote and model responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information

Focus Question: What do students need to know about researching and purchasing online?

Objective: Teachers will learn about the various ways items can be bought and sold on the internet.

Have you ever ordered anything online? What problems if any have you experienced with online shopping?

Statistics Statistic Verification Source: Marketingvox, Rand Youth Poll, Seventeen, Packaged Facts Research Date: Teenage Consumer Spending StatisticsData Total number of teens in the U.S.25.6 Million Total U.S. teen spending (Products bought by and for teens) $208.7 Billion Percent of teens who have placed an online order in the past three months 26 % Percent of girls who identified shopping as one of their "hobbies and activities" 80 %

Digital Commerce Digital commerce or electronic commerce (E-Commerce for short) has become the major way to shop for many people because of its convenience.

What is E-Commerce? The purchase of goods and services over electronic systems such as the internet.

E-commerce involves Businesses selling to customers Businesses selling to other businesses Businesses selling to other people directly through auction sites like eBay or Craiglist

What can you buy? Physical things like books, food, and clothes Digital goods like musical tracks and direct streaming of movies Services like paid web content such as scientific journals

What can you buy? Entertainment goods like concert tickets Holiday Travel Events such as Hotels and cars can be booked entirely online

The Pros of E-Commerce Shop anytime No travel time Shop from places that you wouldn’t normally have access to Easily compare prices

The Pros of E-Commerce No heavy bags to carry No crowds to deal with Special discounts on items for shopping online

The Cons of E-Commerce Need to be home to receive packages that require signatures The quality of merchandise can be questionable Paying for shipping

The Cons of E-Commerce The shop may send the wrong item Package arrivals late or not at all The price to return items can be expensive Items can get damaged during shipping

The Cons of E-Commerce Security concerns with personal and credit card information (identity theft fraud) Identity theft occurs when another person’s personal information is used to purchase goods, secure loans, and other services.

Security Measures

Security Measures Websites using encryption has an URL that begins with http s A small padlock icon on the bottom right of the browser

Methods of Payment Credit Card Debit Card Third party payment Paypal

Additional Tips for Online Shopping

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WebQuest Activity E-Commerce Web Quest designed for students to learn how to use the internet for researching commercial and legal information, and buying and selling goods and services Grade Level: 9-12 Author(s): Pene Yow

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