Chapter 1 Lesson 2 Activity
Chapter 1 Lesson 2 Activity
2. Cite five (5) safety practices to make sure you are safe online?
Make sure your devices are up to date.
Use strong passwords.
Don't open mail from strangers.
Don't click on strange-looking links.
Avoid using unsecured public Wi-Fi.
3. What are the things that you can do to protect your younger siblings from the worst
aspects of online safety?
Teach them to keep private info private, take advantage of your browser's parental
control and educate children on the risks of Social Media
4. What are the best banking practice stated by the rough guide to online safety?
Avoid saving your login information
Use strong passwords and change them often
Use two-factor authentication whenever possible.
Keep your computer updated
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ACTIVITY 2. What are the advices that you may give to students like you on how to act responsibly
when carrying out relationships over digital media? (5pts.)
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Additional information
TRIVIA
1. Aggregator is a website or Web application where headlines and other content are collected
for easy viewing. Aggregators such as Google News compile news articles and posts.
3. Blog, from the term “weblog”, is a type of website usually updated by an individual or a group
of bloggers. Some blogs provide news or opinions on a specific subject, while others are
more like online journals. Most blogs allow readers to leave comments on blog posts.
4. Flaming is the act of saying mean things online, usually in ALL CAPS, and often in a public
forum with the intention to humiliate. Flame wars can occur easily online, as it can be difficult
to figure out people’s intentions or emotions online.
5. Mash-up is a remix or blend of multiple songs, videos, or other media content into one
product. Fan fiction writing is one form of a mash-up, as writers take characters from a well-
known video game, movie, or book, and rewrite their actions or relationships.
6. Massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) is usually an online virtual world that multiple
players navigate and play in together. While in this virtual world, their avatars chat, cooperate,
and quest together, oftentimes towards a goal.
7. P2P, or Peer-to-Peer, network allows for sharing of mp3s, videos, and other digital files by
transferring information directly between two computers rather than by going through a central
server. P2P technology is also behind the popular Internet phone service Skype.
8. Phishing is the illegal act of sending emails or messages that appear to come from authentic
sources, but really come from spammers. Phishers often try to get people to send them their
personal information, everything from account numbers to passwords.
9. Podcast is a downloadable video or audio file. Podcasts can be verbal, based on a certain
topic, or can include music, video, and commentary. Most podcasts are updated regularly
through the addition of new episodes.
10. Short Message Service (SMS), or text message, is a short message of fewer than 160
characters sent from a cell phone. A Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) is a text message
that contains an attached multimedia file, such as a picture or song.
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Based on the trivia that you have read, do a survey to know how much members of your
household know about these media that are enabled by digital tools. Use the table below. (10 pts.)
What do you feel about it? Does this have to change? Why?
I don’t know what I feel, to be honest, No, because you do not even need to change it