Societal Topics Alyssa Glasow CSC101

Show rooming  Show rooming consists of going to the physical store and browsing for a product, without making a purchase, and then using an online source such as Amazon to purchase the product at a much lower price.  I personally have showroomed many times before and after reading up, I realize that it can actually stores bottom line

How I learn best  I learn best by visually seeing the example. I have found it a difficult to keep focus when a professor is just talking, and not using a powerpoint, or writing on the board. If I ever become confused by something, I will be able to relate back to the example to better understand the topic.

Digital Wildfire  A digital wildfire is either a rumor or an untrue and hurtful information that spreads through media  Most times it appears that the digital wildfire is untrue

Example of Digital Wildfire  In a political campaign, one of the two individuals creates a YouTube video making false accusations against the other opponent.

MOOC  A MOOC- is a massive open online course  A MOOC is usually a free class and does not require admission to a college  However, it does not transfer over as a normal credit

Intellectual Property  Intellectual Property: is a legal concept that ideas are owned by someone and have the rights that can not be infringed upon

Innovation  Innovation- The introduction of something new  A new idea, method or device

Week 4

Open Source Textbook  An open sourced textbook content to turn K-12 curriculum and textbook construction from a cost into a revenue generator for the State

Access  Microsoft Office Access, is a database management system from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet

Human Rights  This is the site for the United Nations and Human Rights. Here you will find related information and links to issues related to genocide, indigenous peoples

Jquery Mobile  jQuery mobile framework takes the "write less, do more" mantra to the next level: Instead of writing unique apps for each mobile device or OS

Internet Governance  Internet Governance is the development and application of shared principle, norms, and decision- making procedures

Google Application  Google Apps is a service Google providing independently customizable version of several Google products under a custom domain name.

Geolocation  Geolocation is the identification of the real-world geographic location of an object, such as a radar, mobile phone or an Internet-connected computer terminal.

Net Neutrality  Net Neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers and government should treat all the data on the Internet

Spam  “Spam is flooding the Internet with many copies of the same message, in an attempt to force the message on people who would not otherwise choose to open the item”(Google Web)

Office Life  “Microsoft Office Live is a discontinued web-based service providing document sharing and website creation tools for consumers and small businesses.”(Google Web)

Security  Internet security is a branch of computer security specifically related to the Internet, often involving browser security but also network security on a more general  rity rity

Standardization  “The condition in which a standard has been successfully established; standardization of nuts and bolts had saved industry millions...”(Google Web)

Zillow.com  Zillow.com is a free service that allows you to estimate home prices, and along with many other valuable as home services

Privacy  The quality or state of being apart from company or observation

iPhone 5s  The iPhone 5 is so thin and so light, yet it’s features a larger display, a faster chip, the latest wireless technology, an 8MP iSight camera, and more.

instagrok.com  instaGrok presents each topic as an interactive visual interface, allowing the user to quickly grasp important concepts, key facts and relationships.

Ushahidi  An open source project which allows users to crowdsource crisis information to be sent via mobile.

Essay-Grading Software  The software first analyzes 100 of a professor's already graded essays, then uses machine-learning techniques to grade future papers on its...