Vocabulary Word #17

Definition:
Gigabyte: is a unit of measure equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes, which is about one billion bytes.

Explanation:
"Giga" means "billion." Measuring the number of gigabytes tells you how big your hard drive is, by counting billions of bytes.

Sentence:
"The size of my new hard drive is 200 gigabytes

Assignment: Memo Format

Vocabulary Word #16

Definition:
HTML:is known as "the language of the Web," is the set of codes used to make Web pages.

Explanation:
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the coded instructions that tell a browser how and where to place information, graphics and links on a web page.

Sentence:
"I changed the HTML to put a link to NASA at the top of my web page."

Assignment:
Memo Format

Vocabulary Word #15

Definition:
Chat: is a way people in different places can "talk" to each other by typing their words into a computer.

Explanation:
People chat on the Internet and on commercial services. Many people can chat at once in a "chat room."

Sentence:
"I had a chat with Aunt Sue over the Internet."

Assignment:

1. Typing with Pandora
2. go over Quiz
3. Finish PowerPoint on Online consequences
4. Rice Vocabulary Game

Friday Quiz Day

1. Keyboarding

2. Quiz Today Vocab Words 9-14

-internet
-e-mail
-URL
-software
-download
-cursor

3. back to keyboarding til all quizzes are completed and saved

Vocabulary Word #14

STUDY FOR VOCAB QUIZ #2 TOMORROW!!!!
Definiton:
Cursor: A blinking line or shape on the screen that tells you where the next character will go.

Explanation:
In the example above, the I-beam is used to put the cursor in place. The definition of cursor is changing; I-beams and other pointers are often called cursors.

Sentence:
"Put the cursor before the letter N."

Assignment:
Online consequences assignment.
STUDY FOR VOCAB QUIZ #2 TOMORROW!!!!

Vocabulary Word #13

Definition:
Download: to download a file is to get it from someone else's computer, over a network, and save it on your own computer or floppy disk.

Explanation:
Download means "receive." You can download many kinds of files from the Internet, including images and software.

Sentence:
"Let's download the image of Lincoln."

Assignment:
Online Consequences Assignment

Vocabulary Word #12

Definition:
Software- is all programs that run on your computer

Explanation:
Software is made up of instructions that tell the computer what to do. It is stored on disks in bits and bytes. Kidpix and Word are examples of software.

Sentence:
"Please load the Kidpix Software on the computer."

Assignment:
Letter Format to friend

Vocabulary Word #11

Definition:
URL-is the address of a website on the World Wide Web

Explanation:
To visit a website, you type the URL into a browser. URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. Other Internet resources have URL's, too. but if teh URL starts with "http://" then you know its on the World Wide Web.

Sentence:
The URL for the NASA website is http://www.nasa.gov

Assignment:
Social Networking Assignment

Vocabulary Word #10

Definition:
e-mail- is a way of sending messages from one computer to another

Explanation:
E-mail stands for "electronic mail." You send a message to someone, with attachments such as photos or files, using a modem or network. The message waits in another computer until the person goes online to get it.

Sentence:
"I got e-mail from Aunt Sue in Hawaii."

Assignment:
Social Networking Video

Vocabulary Word #9

Definition:
Internet is millions of computers around the world connected to each other.

Explanation:
When you're on the Internet, your computer is connected to others by networks of telephone wire, cable and satellite. The Web, e-mail, chat, and newsgroups are things you can do on the Internet.

Sentence:
"Is this computer on the Internet?"

Assignment:
Terrible Texting Presentations

VOCAB QUIZ #1

Vocabulary Words 1-8
Quiz Today

Vocabulary Word #8

Definition:
hard drive- is a round, metal platter in the hard drive of the computer; it stores large amounts of information.

Explanation:
The hard drive has a magnetic coating. It is sealed into the hard drive and often installed inside the computer where you can't see it.

Sentence:
"Let's save our HyperStudio stack in the Student Folder on the hard drive."

Assignment:
cyberbullying Presentations
QUIZ FRIDAY

Vocabulary Word #7

Definition:
Pixel-is a tiny dot of light on the monitor.

Explanation:
"Pixel" stands for Picture Element. It is the smallest part of every image you see on the monitor. The color of a pixel is partly determined by how many bits (on/off units) are used to store the pixel.

Sentence:
"This icon is 32 pixels wide by 32 pixels tall. It contains a total of 1024 pixels."

Assignment:
Cyberbullying