Mid Term Flashcards
True or False:
A social bookmarking tool is a Web-based means of storing and organizing URLs.
True
True or False:
A “tag” is a description of the URL information and content, in the form of an organizational code.
True
True or False:
Once a user saves a resource, they can see the popularity of the resource by seeing who else has saved the same link.
True
True or False:
One problem social bookmarking solves is helping organizationally challenged users keep content grouped together according to popular themes.
True
True or False:
Another benefit of social bookmarking is that it becomes a research tool for adding to your collection of sources and literature.
True
True or False:
The main concern of those who use social bookmarking, is that their habits and quirks will be made public if they do not remember to set their resources to private.
True
True or False:
Virtual storage tools allow you to upload files to a secure server that some else hosts.
True
True or False:
Uploading a large file to a virtual storage tool, and allowing a colleague to access and download it, is a common example of this tool’s use.
True
True or False:
Trinity Baptist College’s version of virtual storage is called SkyNet.
False
True or False:
The best virtual storage tools require an Internet connection and a Web browser.
True
True or False:
According to the International Network for Small and Medium Enterprises, technology is defined as: “Human innovation in action that involves the generation of knowledge and processes to develop systems that solve problems and extend human capabilities”.
True
True or False:
The first faculty to interact with the Internet were leading scientists of the 60s and 70s, using list servers and email protocols to send and receive information.
True
True or False:
Really Simple Syndication (RSS), allows a user to follow information through subscription to the site; every time the content is updated, a notice is delivered to the user; the content could be a blog, a post, a podcast, or an announcement.
True
True or False:
A very good example of Really Simple Syndication use would be the web site Facebook.
True
True or False:
Clashes over privacy, shared authorship, intellectual property rights, and ownership of content, are not some of the challenges faced by instructors using web tools to teach.
False
True or False:
Instructional technology dates back only as far as the 1960s
False