Frog & Dogs

LM4

This learning module was filled with information about social networking. With the exception of text messaging I really don't use any.  I just created a face book account because I will need it for the final project. I may need some assistance joining the group.  I probably still have an old account, but can't remember the email address I used. I'll blame that on aging.  I will also admit I am not a huge fan of facebook. In the short time I used my account I found it a bit irritating. It seemed like it was a big brag book, which is fine, but I know the people and felt it was quite fake.  There were things that I found interesting in this LM. I always enjoy the "how Stuff works" information.  Google docs seems to be a very useful tool. I wish I would have made it in to the Elluminate Live session.  Was not very happy with the husband that morning. I'm not real sure what part of  "I can't do ANYTHING between 11 and 12" he missed, but I did get to watch the recording, next time I will be more specific. I am on the fence about twitter, but after this LM I will create an account.
At the start of this LM I created a a word document to copy and paste url's or write in the new words, as I come across them.  I am going to continue that in the next one. It is great because that part of my journal is already done!

http://www.bloggeries.com/

http://portal.eatonweb.com/

http://www.iblogbusiness.com/

Bcc line – Blind Courtesy Copy a copy is sent to a recipient without their email address.

Lurking – subscribing to a mailing list but not contributing to its content.

Micro blogging – sending short messages like text messages - twitter

SMS – Short Message Service - text messaging

MMS – Multimedia service – multimedia messaging – pics, file sharing ect.

LM3

I'm not real sure where to start. This module didn't go very smooth.  However, I am glad I learned how to do advanced searches.  That will save a great deal of my time. How to use the Boolean operators-AND-OR_NOT is great tool for searching.  I shared that information with my brother, who is an avid surfer, and he loves it! If you have multiple keywords some search engines will let you use a + sign between them.  Another way
to  narrow your search is to use the advanced search.  You can limit your results to specific domain/site.  You can also search within that domain for a specific site.
   There was also a information about search engine privacy.  Many search engines keep the information gathered about you from your searches.  Some use the information to select specific ads to display in your browser. With all of the information we have learned about privacy and security,  it's like a "scared straight" program, a real eye opener.

Beadcrumb trail - shows the steps you took to get to the site your at. It goes from homepage to your current site. Helpful in adjusting your searches. Allows you to easily return to previous pages.
Spider, bot, or web crawlers - Search engines send out programs to gather new and update old information. Each search engine uses them to gather information to enter in their index. They visit sites and return the requested information.
Meta tag - Some sites contain keywords that are invisible to viewers but read by web crawlers.
Meta search - Search engines that search multiple search engines for your result. - I liked dogpile.
Boolean operators - When typed in all caps the conjunctions AND, OR, and NOT help narrow or broaden your results.
WEBSITES visited

www.dogpile.com

www.mscd.ed

www.gao.gov/careers

www.aeaweb.org

 www.erh.noaa.gov

LM4 - I will print whats on tap the day it's available.  That helps in keeping me on track.   LM3 I didn't print it until the end of the first week.