The first thing that I learned in this chapter was about URL's. I had, of course, heard the term but did not know what it stood for. In the chapter it explains that URL.s are the Internet addresses and it stands for uniform resource locators. The other thing that it explained is that the last three letters in the address tells you what kind of content you would find at the site and it is called the domain designator. Another really cool thing that I learned about was the website del.icio.us. By using this website you can save your bookmarks to it, and then you can access them from any computer, which I think could be a very useful tool. The other thing that I learned about that I had not thought about before was the sales pitches aimed at children. Online adds are very interesting, and all they have to do is click on something and end up committing to something that they cannot pay for.
Something really basic that they talked about in this chapter was basic troubleshooting. I think that it would be a very good idea to implement these into your classroom by telling your students about all of these at the beginning of the year, and that way they could trouble shoot on their own and it would save the teacher time. One thing that I would use in my classroom, is teaching my students netiquette. This would be very important as a way to make your students aware of how to act appropriately.
One thing that I was curious about was the chat room uses in the classroom. it seems like they they would be more of a problem than a solution.
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