Computer Scavenger Hunt 2
Completing this computer hunt could make you more knowledgeable
about the computer than your teacher. Go for it!
Use the links to go to a site that has the answer. If a link is broken, use your online research skills to ascertain the answer.
Use your Go menu to return
to this page for the next question.
1. List the 4
NETS for better Internet searching.
1.
2.
3.
4.
2. List 3 synonyms for the Internet. A thesaurus is a good place to look.
3. Why is bandwidth important to Internet users?
4. Search engines maintain massive databases of the WWW.
What is a database?
5. Give three examples of common
paper databases.
6. What
is spyware?
What
does it do?
How does a computer user often get it in their computer?
7. A specialized search engine is a great asset when hunting
for a particular thing on the web.
Here
is a directory of some.
List two engines for finding images:
List one for finding info on states or counties.
Which would locate an online version of a book written
by Dickens or Franklin?
Which would be best for finding out who won the recent
election?
8. What
is a domain name?
Suppose you are making a website about your school or hobby. Write a domain name for it.
9. Suppose you are doing a research project about NFL
football. You harness a search engine.
You enter football and get tons
of hits about soccer.
How can you search
the WWW for info on football excluding sites/pages on soccer?
10. In a building, a firewall prevents the spread of fire
within the structure.
They often surround staircases with a firewall to protect the escape
route. Savvy computer users on networks also have firewalls.
What
is a computer firewall? (Look it up)
11. You want to connect to a site you have bookmarked.
But instead you get a 404 message.
Enter two reasons
for getting the message.
1.
2.
12. What
can you try, before leaving the site, to try to relocate your page?
13. FYI - Do you have a computer acronym you would like
to understand? Find it at The
Acronym Finder
What do the following acronyms mean?
FAQ -
LOL -
IM -
IMHO -
14. Look into this powerful idea:
You would not leave a faucet running constantly in the off chance you need to wash your hands.
You should not leave your computer running, either. Consider the costs of leaving a computer on all the time. The cost of electricity
How Much Juice Is Your Computer Using at Night? | Greening your computer usage
“PCs are not hurt by turning them on and off a few times a day,” said Jonathan Koomey, a project scientist
at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. “Economic obsolescence is much more dangerous to PCs than turning them on and off.”
What do you conclude should be done? Leave it on / turn it off
Estimate the number of computers your school has.
How much would your school save on electricity by turning them all off at night and on weekends?
Explore further
Consider the Power of Possibilities through Andreessen's eye
"Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months." Clifford Stoll
Extensions:
Boolean Searching Exercise | Keywords | Information Literacy
Thinking it through - writing a process
Small Pieces, Loosely Joined activity
Cyberinfrastructure - examines the convergence of three realities -- the spread of
the Internet, the shrinkage of computers, and the accumulation of databases
Food for thought - Did You Know 2.0? Are you 21st Century Literate?
Harness the TerraServer to find your school or home from space.
Check out The Computer Comes Home at the Computer
Museum
Explore GPS and then GIS
Listen to - a Technology
article at NPR
review From sand to hand: How a CPU is made
Fined $25,000 for Tweeting
Rich Tennant can put a smile to the greatest computer
frustrations. See
his funny cartoons .
Nanotechnology @ NGS - Never underestimate the little guy.
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2002 Cynthia J. O'Hora Educators may print a hunt, exactly as it appears, for
use in a classroom setting.
Posted 11/4/02 FAQ updated 1/2018
Save a tree - use a Digital Answer Format - Highlight the text. Copy it. Paste it in a word processing document. Save the document in your folder. Answer on the word processing document in a contrasting color (not yellow) or font (avoid Symbol, , or other ornate artistic fonts). Save frequently as you work. Enter your name and the date in a header. Submit the assignment via a class electronic dropbox or an email attachment. Bad things happen. Save a copy of your document in your computer. Proof your responses. It is funny how speling errors and typeos sneak in to the bets work.
Make your own printer paper answer sheet
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