Robb

=**INTRODUCTION** =

I teach 7th and 8th grade computer skills. In addition to my teaching duties, I provide technology support for the middle school staff as the technology building facilitator. After the school day I serve as the head varsity coach of the boys' and girls' cross country teams. During the spring season I am the varsity girls' head track coach in the spring.

Here is a site entitled [|History of Computers] for class evaluation. 

MySpace vs Facebook

Well, I have avoided social networks for a little while. In my brief experience it seems that Facebook is better organized. I guess the big thing is what network your friends are using. 

Blogging in the classroom is a great idea for many students. It allows students the opportunity to express their thoughts to a larger audience, then just a teacher. Students may take the writing assignment more seriously, as anyone online may read it. It is easy for parents to view student work throughout a semester. Blogs are easily dated and or categorized to create a writing portfolio. Blogs contain many word processing tools that make writing easier for students, that have poor handwriting. This year we will be using Moodle as our course management software. This will allow students to have blogs and wikis in a self contained location in case schools are uncomfortable with other blog sites.

 =BILL OF RIGHTS =  All seem fine, but the guaranteed right of training is something I disagree. I am not sure I agree with the fact that everyone’s right includes training. Although I think everyone should be given the opportunity for training, the resources needed to provide adequate training for everyone may prove to be too costly.
 * 1) Do you agree with all of the items covered in this Bill of Rights? Why or why not?
 * 1) What do you disagree with?

I think all the guidelines make sense and are easy to abide by. I think the biggest thing, to remember is if someone post something online. The work is the individual’s intellectual property and proper credit should be assigned.
 * 1) Do you plan to abide by these guidelines? Why or why not?

The articles were dated 1993, and probably did not foresee web 2.0 content creation. Freedom of speech is something that is now limited. In addition, schools and businesses should be able to limit use/access on their machines and bandwidth. See above
 * 1) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Do you think they leave out anything important? Why or why not?
 * 1) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">What's not covered that should be?

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 * 1) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Do you agree with all of the items covered in this Bill of Rights? Why or why not?
 * 2) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">What do you disagree with?
 * 3) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Do you plan to abide by these guidelines? Why or why not?
 * 4) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Do you think they leave out anything important? Why or why not?
 * 5) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">What's not covered that should be?

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">VIRUS = <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">1. Worm:Win32/Conficker.B
<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">
 * Aliases**
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">CVE-2008-4250 (other)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">VU827267 (other)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Win32/Conficker.A (CA)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Mal/Conficker-A (Sophos)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Trojan.Win32.Agent.bccs (Kaspersky)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">W32.Downadup.B (Symantec)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Confickr (other)
 * Alert Level**:Severe
 * Worm:Win32/Conficker.B** is a worm that infects other computers across a network by exploiting a vulnerability in the Windows Server service (SVCHOST.EXE). If the vulnerability is successfully exploited, it could allow remote code execution when file sharing is enabled. It may also spread via removable drives and weak administrator passwords. It disables several important system services and security products.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">2. Trojan:JS/Agent.FA
<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Trojan:JS/Agent.FA is malicious Javascript embedded in a Web page. The Javascript is designed to circumvent popup blocking by security applications.
 * Aliases**
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">VBS/IstBar (AhnLab)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">JS/ForcePopup (Authentium (Command))
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Trojan.Clicker.CM (BitDefender)
 * Alert Level**: High

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">3. Worm:Win32/Conficker.C
<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Win32/Conficker.C is a worm that infects other computers across a network by exploiting a vulnerability in the Windows Server service (SVCHOST.EXE). If the vulnerability is successfully exploited, it could allow remote code execution when file sharing is enabled. It may also spread via removable drives and weak administrator passwords. It disables several important system services and security products.
 * Aliases**
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">CVE-2008-4250 (other)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">VU827267 (other)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Conficker B++ (other)
 * Alert Level: Severe**

= HOAXES =

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Blair Witch Hunt
** Claim: ** The movie //The Blair Witch Project// is based on footage shot by three student filmmakers who mysteriously disappeared while making a documentary about the legend of the Blair Witch.


 * Status: ** **// False. //**

In October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland while shooting a documentary.
 * Origins: ** It sounds like one of the spookiest movies ever. As the ads for the film //The Blair Witch Project// state:

A year later their footage was found <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> It is amazing how rumors can generate a great fortune for some aspiring filmmakers. It seems that reality "movies also capture an audience.

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">ETHICS SCENARIO = Lynn advertises her club fundraiser by sending out an e-mail to the club's listserv, which has about five-hundred members. At the bottom of her message, she tells recipients they should reply to the message if they want to be taken off the list. But when recipients e-mail her back, their responses also go to the other 500 people on the list. Many of those people then send replies, asking: “Why did you send me this message? **I** can't remove you from the list!” Of course, many of these “cease and desist” messages also go to all 500 members. This e-mailing continues back and forth until people's mailboxes start filling to capacity. New messages start bouncing back to the server, which eventually crashes.

Assuming this is done using the school email accounts. Lynn's account will be disabled for subscribing and or creating Listserv without explicit permission.

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">GOOGLE EARTH = = = <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Google earth is a powerful free application that offers endless possibilities for classroom lessons. Examples include finding places in your neighborhood, take a virtual field trip, or plan a vacation. Students could plan a weekend in a city and use a spreadsheet to budget the cost for meals and hotel stay. This exercise will help students learn Excel, and provide students the opportunity to see real costs. Many times students have no concept of actual cost, this provides some perspective.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> =<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">JING MOVIE =

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">media type="file" key="WORD_SEARCH_2009.swf" width="773" height="561" =

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">COMMERCIAL = 30 Second 7th Grade Advertisement media type="file" key="Commercial.mp3" width="240" height="20"

1 Minute 8th Grade Advertisement media type="file" key="commercial3.mp3" width="240" height="20"

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">EMBED VIDEO =

media type="youtube" key="LvKxJ3bQRKE" height="344" width="425"

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">DISCOVERY STREAMING WRITING PROMPT =

Go to the following link and enter the pass code: **WB71D-A62F**

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You can directly access the following assignment here.

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">MOVIE MAKER PROJECT = media type="file" key="Summer 09 web.WMV" width="300" height="300"

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">DISTANCE LEARNING = @http://www.magpi.net/

This organization is dedicated to finding cost effective distance learning initiatives for videoconferencing in schools. In Berks County we have a great resource and opportunites to learn and explore with various students and educators around the world.

A great distance learning experience I had was with SEA World. They provide great opportunities view the species up close, but also provide lively hosts and game show interaction for the students. It is extremely well done and captures the main purpose of using this technology which is to interact with resources outside the school walls. The biggest drawback is the cost. Schools will have to seek grants or ask their educational foundations for funds to pull off these special events. Individual classrooms may have to find things at lower end, but still accomplishes the point of using technology to interact outside of the normal school world.

With the improvement of web cams and software like Skype. Many schools could pull off video conferencing if they do not own the expensive Polycom video conference equipment.

An example of a video conference was students created a mystery and acted out the play to another class who had to solve the mystery. It was great fun.

= MY CLASSROOM WIKI = http://mmstechnologyliteracy.wikispaces.com/