Vocabulary Word #18

megabyte-is a unit of measure equal to 1,048,576 bytes, which is about a million bytes.

Vocabulary Word #17

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

Vocabulary Word #16

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

Vocabulary Word #15

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

Vocabulary Word #14

Cursor: A blinking line or shape on the screen that tells you where the next character will go.

Vocabulary Word #13

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

Vocabulary Word #12

Software- is all programs that run on your computer

Vocabulary Word #11

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

Vocabulary Word #10

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

Vocabulary Word #9

Internet-millions of computers around the world connected to each other.

Vocabulary Word #8

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

Vocabulary Word #7

WWW-World Wide Web-the web is the part of the Internet that consists of pages (documents) linked to each other around the world. These pages have pictures, sounds, and more

Vocabulary Word #6

Browser: a program that lets you explore the World Wide Web to find text, graphics, sound, movies, games, chats and more.

Vocabulary Word #5

Memory: temporary storage space on chips in your computer

Vocabulary Word #4

Network: is a number of computers connected together to share information and hardware

Vocabulary Word #3

Monitor- is the TV-like part of the computer that you look at to see information

Vocabulary Word #2

Pixel-is a tiny dot of light on the monitor----the more pixels=the better the image

Vocabulary Word #1

Computer: is an electronic machine that 1) takes in data and instructions (input) 2) works with the data (processing) 3) puts out information (output)

Vocabulary Word #37

e-mail= electronic mail---A system for sending and receiving messages electronically over a computer network, as between personal computers

Vocabulary Word #36

Toolbar---A row of icons on a computer screen that activate commands or functions when clicked---Example: In Microosft Word the new, open, save commands are on the toolbar.

Vocabulary Word #35

plagiarism---the act of using another person's words or ideas without giving credit to that person : the act of plagiarizing something ▪ The student has been accused of plagiarism.

Vocabulary Wod #34

Copyright--the exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute something, such as a literary, musical, or artistic work. ----His family still holds the copyright to his songs. ----The book is under copyright.

Vocabulary Word #33

programs- all software on your computer example: MS Word, PowerPoint, Kidpix are all programs

Vocabulary Word #32

IP Address---this is a code made up of numbers separated by three dots that identifies a particular computer on the Internet. Every computer, whether it be a Web server or the computer you're using right now, requires an IP address to connect to the Internet. IP addresses consist of four sets of numbers from 0 to 255, separated by three dots. For example "66.72.98.236" or "216.239.115.148".

Vocabulary Word #31

Hyperlink--- is a word, phrase, or image that you can click on to jump to a new document or a new section within the current document Hyperlinks are found in nearly all Web pages, allowing users to click their way from page to page.

Vocabulary Word #30

Cookie---is a small amount of data generated by a website and saved by your web browser. Its purpose is to remember information about you, similar to a preference file created by a software application. While cookies serve many functions, their most common purpose is to store login information for a specific site.

Vocabulary Word #29

desktop-- The background image of a display screen, on which windows, icons, and other graphical items appear

Vocabulary Word #28

Internet Safety--is the security of people and their information when using the internet

Vocabulary Word #27

Cyberbullying ---is when a child or teen is embarrassed, humiliated, harassed, tormented or otherwise targeted by another person using the Internet or other form of digital communication

Vocabulary Word #26

.org-a website for organizations, such as www.pbskids.org.

Vocabulary Word #25

.edu-a website address for educational sites, such as universities and other schools

Vocabulary Word #24

.com- an address for companies that are on the internet

Vocabulary Word #23

Search Engine--is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web. The search results are generally presented in a line of results often referred to as search engine results pages (SERPs).

Vocabulary Word #22

Output---Data generated by a computer is referred to as output, and devices that produce physical output from the computer.

Vocabulary Word #21

input- Whenever you enter data into your computer, it is referred to as input.

Vocabulary Word #20

Binary means "two," or "base two." The binary system is a way of counting using just the two numbers 0 and 1.

Vocabulary Word #19

virus- is a computer program that was written to purposely damage computer systems.

Vocabulary Word #18

megabyte-is a unit of measure equal to 1,048,576 bytes, which is about a million bytes.

Vocabulary Word #17

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

Vocabulary Word #16

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

Vocabulary "Word #15

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

Vocabulary Word #14

Cursor: A blinking line or shape on the screen that tells you where the next character will go.

Vocabulary Word #13

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

Vocabulary Word #12

Software- is all programs that run on your computer

Vocabulary Word #11

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

Vocabulary Word #10

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

Vocabulary Word #9

Internet-millions of computers around the world connected to each other.

Vocabulary Word #8

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

Vocabulary Word #7

WWW-World Wide Web-the web is the part of the Internet that consists of pages (documents) linked to each other around the world. These pages have pictures, sounds, and more

Vocabulary Word #6

Browser: a program that lets you explore the World Wide Web to find text, graphics, sound, movies, games, chats and more.

Vocabulary #5

Memory: temporary storage space on chips in your computer

Vocabulary #4

Network: is a number of computers connected together to share information and hardware.

Vocabulary Word #3

Definition: Monitor- is the TV-like part of the computer that you look at to see information. Explanation: Monitors are sometimes called displays or screens. "Screen" refers to the glass front only, while "monitor" refers to the screen, the case and everything inside the case. Information on a monitor is displayed in pixels. Sentence: "Look at the monitor to see my slide show on volcanoes." Assignment: Scavenger Hunt

Vocabulary Word #2

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: Scavenger Hunt

Vocabulary Word #1

Defintion: Computer: is an electronic machine that 1) takes in data and instructions (input) 2) works with the data (processing) 3) puts out information (output) Explanation: Computers are made of HARDWARE - input devices like the keyboard and mouse - the CPU and memory - storage devices like hard drives - output devices like printers and monitors and SOFTWARE - the instructions that tell the computer what to do) - system software - programs (application software) Assignment: Introduction

Welcome Back 6th and 7th Grade!!

Welcome Back!! I hope you all had an amazing summer. I am looking forward to a fantastic year this year.

Vocabulary Word #22

Definition: Output---Data generated by a computer is referred to as output, and devices that produce physical output from the computer. Explanation: Devices such as the monitor, printer and computer speakers are common output device Sentence: I input data in Microsoft Word, the computer processed it, and now using an output device..I am printing it.

Vocabulary Word #21

Definition: input- Whenever you enter data into your computer, it is referred to as input. Explanation: Devices such as the keyboard, mouse, scanner, and even a digital camera are considered input devices. This is because they allow the user to input data into the computer Sentence: Computer Users input data into a computer and the computer processes it, and gives an output. Assignment: continue paper

Vocabulary Word #20

Definition: Binary means "two," or "base two." The binary system is a way of counting using just the two numbers 0 and 1. Explanation: Computers use the binary system to work with data. All data in the computer is stored in binary code as 1's and 0's (bits). For example, the letter "A" is stored as 01000001. Sentence: "The decimal number 186 is the binary number 10111010." Assignment: ppt

Vocabulary Word 19

Definition: A virus is a computer program that was written to purposely damage computer systems. Explanation: Your computer can get a virus from another computer, through modems, networks or jump drives. You can protect your computer from viruses by using virus protection software, and by only downloading programs from sources you trust. Sentence: "My computer got a virus from the game I downloaded from the Internet." Assignment: PowerPoint

Vocabulary Word #18

Definition: megabyte-is a unit of measure equal to 1,048,576 bytes, which is about a million bytes. Explanation: "Mega" means "million." Measuring the number of megabytes tells you how big a file, a hard drive or your memory capacity is, by counting millions of bytes. Sentence: "The Home Page program is 1.6 megabytes." Assignment: research/ppt

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: PowerPoint Presentations

Vocab Quiz Words 10-16 email URL software download cursor chat HTML

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: Research

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:

Research

Vocabulary Word #14

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:
Research

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:
Famous Person Research

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:
Research

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:
Research

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:
Bio Research

Friday Work

Friday Work

1) keyboarding
2) internet safety class discussion
3) internet safety class websites

Have a great spring break!!!

Vocabulary Word #9

Definition:
Internet-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:
Internet Safety

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:
Internet Safety

Vocabulary Word #7

Definition:
WWW-World Wide Web-the web is the part of the Internet that consists of pages (documents) linked to each other around the world. These pages have pictures, sounds, and more.

Explanation:
A website can have many pages; the first is the Home Page. You use browser to point and click your way to other pages or to do research.

Sentence:
Do you have a site on the Web?

Assignment:
Internet Safety

Friday Quiz

Agenda for Friday

1. start your keyboarding
2. take Vocab Quiz 1
3. work catch-up time if you are done with work start your typing or start Junior High Website section.

Vocabulary Word #6

Definition:
Browser: a program that lets you explore the World Wide Web to find text, graphics, sound, movies, games, chats and more.

Explanation:
A browser helps you link to pages on websites around the world. To find a website, type in a URL (web address) or click a link or a button in the toolbar.

Sentence:
"What is your favorite browser, Firefox or Explorer?"

Assignment:
Internet Safety

Vocabulary Word #5

Definition:
Memory: temporary storage space on chips in your computer.

Explanation:
Memory holds programs and data temporarily while you use them. RAM is the most important kind of memory, and "memory" usually refers to RAM.

Sentence:
"I have so much memory I can run several programs at once."

Assignment: Internet Safety

Vocabulary Word #4

Definition:
Network: is a number of computers connected together to share information and hardware.

Explanation:
A Local Area Network (LAN) is small, perhaps a few computer together.
A Wide Area Network (WAN) is large, with many computers linked between towns or countries.

Sentence:
"Let's get on the network and send e-mail to Jane."

Assignment:
Internet search

Vocabulary Word #3

Definition:
Monitor- is the TV-like part of the computer that you look at to see information.

Explanation:
Monitors are sometimes called displays or screens. "Screen" refers to the glass front only, while "monitor" refers to the screen, the case and everything inside the case. Information on a monitor is displayed in pixels.

Sentence:
"Look at the monitor to see my slide show on volcanoes."

Assignment: Scavenger Hunt

Vocabulary Word #2

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:
Scavenger Hunt

Vocabulary Word #1

Defintion:
Computer: is an electronic machine that
1) takes in data and instructions (input)
2) works with the data (processing)
3) puts out information (output)

Explanation:
Computers are made of HARDWARE
- input devices like the keyboard and mouse
- the CPU and memory
- storage devices like hard drives
- output devices like printers and monitors

and SOFTWARE
- the instructions that tell the computer what to do)
- system software
- programs (application software)

Assignment:
Introduction

Vocabulary Word #23

Definition:
Scanner: a device that "takes a picture" of something and turns it into a computerized image.

Explanation:
When you scan a picture, the picture is digitized(turned into numbers in binary code) so the computer can show it on the monitor or print it out.

Sentence: "You'll need to use the scanner to get your photo into your presentation"

Assignment: powerpoint

Vocabulary Word #22

Definition:
Data generated by a computer is referred to as output, and devices that produce physical output from the computer.

Explanation:
Devices such as the monitor, printer and computer speakers are common output device

Sentence:
I input data in Microsoft Word, the computer processed it, and now using an output device..I am printing it.

Assignment: create biography powerpoint

Vocabulary Word #21

Definition:
input- Whenever you enter data into your computer, it is referred to as input.

Explanation:
Devices such as the keyboard, mouse, scanner, and even a digital camera are considered input devices. This is because they allow the user to input data into the computer

Sentence:
Computer Users input data into a computer and the computer processes it, and gives an output.

Assignment: continue paper

Vocabulary Word #20

Definition:
Binary means "two," or "base two." The binary system is a way of counting using just the two numbers 0 and 1.

Explanation:
Computers use the binary system to work with data. All data in the computer is stored in binary code as 1's and 0's (bits). For example, the letter "A" is stored as 01000001.

Sentence:
"The decimal number 186 is the binary number 10111010."

Assignment: ppt

Vocabulary Word #19

Definition:
A virus is a computer program that was written to purposely damage computer systems.

Explanation:
Your computer can get a virus from another computer, through modems, networks or jump drives. You can protect your computer from viruses by using virus protection software, and by only downloading programs from sources you trust.

Sentence:
"My computer got a virus from the game I downloaded from the Internet."

Assignment:

PowerPoint

Vocabulary Word #18

Definition:
megabyte-is a unit of measure equal to 1,048,576 bytes, which is about a million bytes.

Explanation:
"Mega" means "million." Measuring the number of megabytes tells you how big a file, a hard drive or your memory capacity is, by counting millions of bytes.

Sentence:
"The Home Page program is 1.6 megabytes."

Assignment: research/ppt

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

AssignmentResearch and Vocab Quiz tomorrow

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:
Research

Friday

Start your typing!

Continue research

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:

Research

Vocabulary Word #14

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:
Research

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:
Famous Person Research

Vocab Quiz Words 7-12

Vocabulary Quiz 2 Today on Words 7-12
*www
*hard drive
*Internet
*e-mail
*URL
*software

Good Luck!!
When you are done save in your folder and continue typing.

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:

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:
Internet Safety

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:
Internet Safety

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:
Internet Safety

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:
Internet Safety

Vocabulary Word #7

Definition:
WWW-World Wide Web-the web is the part of the Internet that consists of pages (documents) linked to each other around the world. These pages have pictures, sounds, and more.

Explanation:
A website can have many pages; the first is the Home Page. You use browser to point and click your way to other pages or to do research.

Sentence:
Do you have a site on the Web?

Assignment:
Internet Safety

Vocabulary Word #6

Definition:
Browser: a program that lets you explore the World Wide Web to find text, graphics, sound, movies, games, chats and more.

Explanation:
A browser helps you link to pages on websites around the world. To find a website, type in a URL (web address) or click a link or a button in the toolbar.

Sentence:
"What is your favorite browser, Firefox or Explorer?"

Assignment:
Internet Safety

Vocabulary Word #5

Definition:
Memory: Memory is temporary storage space on chips in your computer.

Explanation:
Memory holds programs and data temporarily while you use them. RAM is the most important kind of memory, and "memory" usually refers to RAM.

Sentence:
"I have so much memory I can run several programs at once."

Assignment: Internet Safety

Vocabulary Word #4

Definition:
Network: is a number of computers connected together to share information and hardware.

Explanation:
A Local Area Network (LAN) is small, perhaps a few computer together.
A Wide Area Network (WAN) is large, with many computers linked between towns or countries.

Sentence:
"Let's get on the network and send e-mail to Jane."

Assignment:
Internet Search_WEB