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Requirement #1Online Safety for Kids
1. I will not give out personal information such as my address, telephone number, parents’ work address/telephone number, or the name and location of my school without my parents’ permission.
2. I will tell my parents right away if I come across any information that makes me feel uncomfortable.
3. I will understand Basic Rules of Social Networking Sites
• Facebook• MySpace• Ning• Flickr
• Don’t post personal information• Post positive pictures• Only invite people to join your page that you
know in person
4. I will never send a person my picture or anything else without first checking with my parents.
5. I will not respond to any messages that are mean or in any way make me feel uncomfortable. It is not my fault if I get a message like that. If I do I will tell my parents right away so that they can contact the service provider.
6. I will talk with my parents so that we can set up rules for going online. We will decide upon the time of day that I can be online, the length of time I can be online and appropriate areas for me to visit. I will not access other areas or break these rules without their permission.
7. I will not give out my Internet password to anyone (even my best friends) other than my parents.
8. I will check with my parents before downloading or installing software or doing anything that could possibly hurt our computer or jeopardize my family’s privacy
9. I will be a good online citizen and not do anything that hurts other people or is against the law.
10. I will help my parents understand how to have fun and learn things online and teach them things about the Internet, computers and other technology.
Online Safety For Kids
• Use Kid Oriented Search Engines– Yahooligans, – Kid Oriented Engines– Ask for Kids
• Use Lists of Sites for Kids put Together By Experts– Great Websites for Kids– Fact Monster
Requirement 2
• Explain how the Computer has Effected Society
• How has it Effected Science? Technology?• Give a Short History of the Computer
Science and Technology
• Speeds up Data Analysis• Allows for virtual experiments• Makes machines smaller• Makes things Smarter and
Faster
History of Computers
1960’s & 1970’s
• Main Frame– Remote Terminals
• Time Sharing– Universities
• Super Computers• Programmed with
Punch Cards
1969 – The First Internet
• 1971 – 1st Email message
• 1972 – Remote Computer control (Telnet)
• 1973 – File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Unix
• First Robust Widely adopted • Operating System• Still in Use today• Like LINUX• Many Varieties
IBM-PS1 & Microsoft
Microsoft
1981
Requirement 3. Computer Uses
• Grocery Scanner – To accurately record prices
• Teacher’s Grades – So you can get your report card quickly
• Car Engine Controller – To save Gas
• Cell Phone – To communicate
• Video Games • – For Entertainment
More Computer Uses
• Hand Calculator – to add/subtract numbers
• Check Book Software– To manage your money
• Digital Imagery– Pictures, X-rays, Medical Scans
• Internet– Research, News, Entertainment
Requirement 4
• Describe 3 Ways your family could use a Computer OTHER than Games and Recreation
Computer Uses
Requirement 4.
4a Explain to your Counselor the Major Parts of a Computer System
Requirement 4
• 4b – Explain the Major File extensions– Applications• .exe, .com
– Compressed• .zip, .rar
– Pictures• .jpg, .bmp, .png, .gif
– Movies• MPG, .AVI
– Sounds• .Wav, .mp3
Requirement 5
• 5a – Explain what a program is and how it’s developed– A Program is a set of instructions – SOURCE CODE– Executed in some kind of logical flow• Linear – If Then, Go TO• Modular – Object Oriented
– Anticipate what the User will do– Design, type in the code, compile –OBJECT CODE
Requirement 5
• 5b – Give examples of Programming languages and their uses:– BASIC• Easy starter Program
– COBOL• Common Business Oriented Language• Business applications and reports
– C++• Very common for Games, Applications, etc.
Requirement 5
• 5b Continued– Visual Basic• Object Oriented Programming• Very Popular in Windows
– .NET• Next Generation after VB• Very common Web Applications
– JAVA• Very useful WEB applications and programs
Requirement 5
• pHp – Used for MYSQL database Manipluation• Bulletin boards, blogs
• Fortran– Formula Translator (Not used much anymore)
• Pascal –– A more advanced Basic (Not used much)
• HTML/XML– Most common Web Page language
Requirement 5
• 5c. Name four software packages you or your family could use, and explain how you would use them.
• LAB TIME– Explore the Applications on your Computer • Describe how your family would use them
Requirement 5
• 5d. Discuss ways you can help protect a computer from viruses and how to keep secure information that has been saved on a computer
Requirement 5
• 5d– Virus Scan Software– ADWARE detector/Cleaner– FIreWall Software– Passwords– Windows File Security• Read, Write, Execute
Requirement 5
• 5e – Describe how computers are linked on the World Wide Web
Requirement 5
• 5e Continued Typical Home connection
Requirement 6
• Do Three of the Following– a spreadsheet program to develop a food budget
for a patrol weekend campout
Requirement 6
• Use a computer graphics program to design and draw a campsite plan for your troop, OR design a flyer for an upcoming troop event
Requirement 6
• Using an Internet search engine, find ideas about how to conduct a troop court of honor or campfire program. Print out a copy of the ideas from at least three different Web sites. Share what you found with your counselor, and explain how you used the search engine to find this information
Requirement 7
• We will be combining Requirement– c. Use a general purpose programming language
to write a simple program application of your choice, subject to approval by your counselor.
– d. Design a Web page for your troop, patrol, school, or place of worship. You need not post the page to a Web site. However, if you decide to do so, you will first need to get your parent's permission and your counselor's approval, as well as permission from the host site.
Troop Recruitment Page
• Choose a digital Picture from the Troop 141 Gallery Page– http://www.scouttroop141.org/gallery.html– Right Click, and Save Picture as:• Save to your network space
– Open Basepage.html in NOTEPAD– http://www.w3schools.com/Html/html_examples.
asp
HTML<html><body>
<h1>This is my first name’s troop 141 page</h1><img src=“ This is where you will link your picture></img><p> This is paragraph 1 – Describe why you joined the troop</p><p> This is Paragraph 2, it describes what you were doing in the picture. You will
need to say what is cool about this picture in a list: Here is how you make the list: and it contains my list
<ul><li> List item 1</li><li> List Item 2</li><li> List Item 3</li></li></p><p> I joined the troop in year </p></body></html>
Requirement 8
• For each of the following categories, discuss several related terms– Input and Output Devices
Requirement 8
• For each of the following categories, discuss several related terms– Storage Media
Requirement 8
• For each of the following categories, discuss several related terms– Memory
Requirement 8
• For each of the following categories, discuss several related terms– Processor
Requirement 8
• For each of the following categories, discuss several related terms– Modem or Network Card
Requirement 8
• For each of the following categories, discuss several related terms– Network
Requirement 8
• For each of the following categories, discuss several related terms– World Wide Web
Requirement 8
• For each of the following categories, discuss several related terms– Electronic Mail
Requirement 8
• For each of the following categories, discuss several related terms– WiFi
Requirement 9
• Explain Why:a) Why it is not permissible to accept a free copy of a
copyrighted computer game or program from a friend
Requirement 9
• Explain Why:b) The restrictions and limitations of
downloading music from the Internet
•Copyright laws•Cost for each song•Respect the Artists work•Do not distribute
Requirement 9
• Explain Why:c) Why copyright laws exist
Requirement 10
• Pick two career opportunities in the computer field that interest you. Find out what education, training, and experience those positions require. Report what you learn to your counselor.
• Opportunity:• What education is required
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