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KEY VOCABULARY

Format: Format is a menu used to change the way a document looks and is organized, such as the font, font style (title, header, normal), font size, characteristics (bold, italics, underline), bullets, and line spacing.

Insert: Insert is a menu used to access special features such as images, drawings, tables, charts, and page numbers.

Tools: Tools is a menu with additional features that can be helpful such as spelling and grammar check, dictionary, translate, voice typing, and Explore.

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Viewer: A file-sharing permission you assign to a viewer with the link so they can only view the document, but cannot comment or edit
Commenter: A file-sharing permission you assign to a commenter with the link that can not only view the document but can also make add a comment to the document.
Editor: A file-sharing permission you assign to the editor with a link where they have full editing rights and can make changes to the file.

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Citation: Information that is needed to give credit to, or locate, work(s) published or created (a book, paper, article, web site, artwork, composition, music file) by others.

Download: When you want a copy (data) or file from another person, or a web page, you typically click on the file and request to download and save it to your own device. It is an act or instance of transferring something (such as data or files) from a usually large computer to the memory of another device.

.PDF file: PDF is short for "Portable Document Format" which is a file able to be opened by almost any computing device without having to purchase special software. A PDF file preserves the layout, formatting, fonts, and images of a document so that it looks the same on any computing device.

Upload: This is the action or process of transferring a file from your device to another computing device.

example: When a Google document you are working on is saved, it is stored (uploaded) to a Google Drive Computer Server and sometimes on your own computer (this the opposite of download). When you attach a file to an email or message you are sending to someone else, that is uploading it to the email server (or SMS) to send to them where they can download it to their own computing device.

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Digital footprint: On the Internet, a digital footprint is the word used to describe the trail, traces or footprints that people leave online. So that means anytime you do or write something online, there will remain a trace even if you delete it.

Media Usage: Media usage is the sum of information and entertainment on the Internet taken in by an individual or group.

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Digital citizen: A digital citizen is one who uses the internet regularly and effectively.

Podcast: A podcast is a digital audio file made available on the Internet for downloading to a computer or portable media player.

Screencast: A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture.

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I CAN STATEMENT

create a professional web presence
use a design process to decide what to put on my website

6. Apply the THINK acronym before you post, message or respond to others:

T - Is it TRUE?

H - Is it HURTFUL?

I - Is it ILLEGAL?

N - Is it NECESSARY?

K - Is it KIND?

- My Media Use: A Personal Challenge - My Media-Balance Strategy Student Handout

Digital Media: Digital media refers to electronic devices and media platforms such as computers, cell phones, digital video, social networking sites, the Internet, video games, and virtual worlds that allow users to create, communicate, and interact with one another or with the device or application itself.

Media Balance: Media balance is the use of media in a way that feels healthy and in balance with other life activities (family, friends, school, hobbies, etc.).

Habit: A habit is something we do automatically without thinking repeatedly.

Unplug: To unplug is engaging in activities that don't involve using devices, apps, or the internet.

Digital addiction: Digital addiction is a type of addiction characterized by a dependence on the use of digital technologies such as cell phones and computers.

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Netiquette: Netiquette is the rules about the proper and polite way to communicate with other people when you are using the Internet.

Cyberspace: Cyberspace is the online world of computer networks and the Internet.

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Digital Citizen: “Digital citizens are PK-12 learners who proactively approach their digital access, participation, and associated rights, accountability and opportunities with empathy, ethics, and a sense of individual, social and civic responsibility.” ISTE

VOCABULARY TO DISCUSS AND DEVELOP AS A CLASS

Internet pen pal:
Responsible digital citizen:
Instant Messaging:
Reputation:

VOCABULARY

Hacker: A hacker is a person who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data.

Spyware: Spyware is software that secretly lets someone else get information from your computing device without permission.

Settings: Settings are an option that enables users to set document properties such as privacy, sharing, and access.

Security Patch: A security patch is an update, generally to the operating system, that adds new or improved security measures.

Virus: A virus is a piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data

Password recommendation: A password recommendation is eight characters in combinations of letters, numbers, and symbols.

Pop-up ad: A pop-up ad is an advertisement that appears on the screen while a web page loads or after it has loaded.

Personal information: Personal information is information that can personally identify someone, such as their name, email address or billing information, or other data which can be reasonably linked to such information.

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Credit card fraud: Credit card fraud is the unauthorized use of a credit card.

Scam: A scam is an attempt to trick someone, usually with the intention of stealing money or private information.

Personal identity theft: Personal identity theft happens when someone steals your personal information to commit fraud.

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Personal identifiers: These identifiers are personal information about yourself that others can use without your consent or knowledge to steal your identity.

Dossier: A dossier is a collection of documents about a particular person, event, or subject

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Citation: A citation is a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work.

Lyric: A lyric is expressing the writer's emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms.

Stanza: A stanza is a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem.

Usage Rights: Usage rights is to obtain the use of copyrighted work.

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Piracy: Piracy is the unauthorized use or reproduction of another's work.

Creative Commons License: A Creative Commons license lets you dictate how others may use your work. The Creative Commons license allows you to keep your copyright but allows others to copy and distribute your work provided they give you credit and only on the conditions you specify.

Attribution: Attribution is giving credit to the person who creates the work.

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