Technology in Action Chapter 1 – Flashcards
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Affective computing
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A type of computing that relates to emotion or that deliberately tries to influence emotion
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Augmented Reality
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A combination of our normal sense of the objects around us with an overlay of information displayed
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Cognitive Surplus
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The combination of leisure time and the tools needed to be creative
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Collaborative Consumption
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Joining together as a group to use a specific product more efficiently
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Computer Forensics
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The application of computer systems and techniques to gather potential legal evidence; a law enforcement specialty used to fight high-tech crime.
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Computer Literate
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Being familiar enough with computers that a user knows how to use them and understands their capabilities and limitations
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Crisis-mapping tool
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A tool that collects information from emails, text messages, blog posts, and twitter tweets and maps them, making the information instantly publicly available
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Crowdfunding
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Asking for small donations from a large number of people, often using the internet; a style of generating capital to start a business through social media
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Crowdsourcing
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The phenomenon of consumers checking in with the voice of the crowd before making purchases.
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Data Mining
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the process by which great amounts of data are analyzed and investigated. The objective is to spot significant patterns or trends within the data that would otherwise not be obvious
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Digital Divide
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The discrepancy between those who have access to the opportunities and knowledge that computers and the internet offer and those who do not
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Information Technology (IT)
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the set of techniques used in processing and retrieving information
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QR (Quick Response) Codes
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Technology that lets any piece of print in the real world host a live link to online information and video content
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Social Networking
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A means by which people use the internet to communicate and share information among their immediate friends and to meet and connect with others through common interests, experiences, and friends
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Software
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The set of computer programs or instructions that tells the computer what to do and that enables it to preform different tasks
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Spam
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Unwanted or junk email
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Web 2.0
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Tools and web-based services that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users
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Business-to-business (B2B)
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A portion of e-commerce that consists of businesses buying and selling goods and services to other businesses
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Business-to-consumer (B2C)
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A portion of e-commerce where exchanges take place between businesses and consumers-such as the purchases that consumers make at online stores
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Consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
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A portion of e-commerce that consists of consumers selling to each other through online auction and exchanges sites
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E-commerce (or electronic commerce)
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Process of conducting business online, such as through advertising and selling products
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Social commerce
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A subset of e-commerce that uses social networks to assist in marketing and purchasing products
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Secure Online Shopping
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1) The beginning of the URL changes from Http to https 2) The site displays a seal from a reputable third-party web security company 3) A small icon of a closed padlock appears on the toolbar 4) Use your common sense and shop at well-known, reputable sites.
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Bluetooth
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a type of wireless communication
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Halo Infant protection system
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Allows hospitals to monitor the location of every newborn instantly
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Hardware
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Computer printers and other devices
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South Korea
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The most wired country in the world, where 80% of households have high-speed internet connections.
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RFID Radio Frequency Identification Tags
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Ranchers use to manage and minimize disease outbreaks among cattle; RFID tags emit a wireless signal at all times across a network, which can communicate with other devices.
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Next Einstein Initiative NEI
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Focuses technological resources on talented young Africans
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Social Networking*
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the gathering together of groups of people using online tools to connect and exchange ideas
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Crisis Mapping Tool*
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collects info from e-mails, texts, blogs, tweets, and maps them making the info instantly publicly available. (example) Ushahidi
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Ushahidi
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example of crisis mapping tool. Developed In Kenya when a Okolloh was overwhelmed with messages about the violence. Later SwiftRiver was developed which rates the submissions and quality of info for accurateness.
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Witness Project
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uses cameras and video to "See it. Film It. Change It."
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Digital Divide*
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difference in ease of access to technology. prevents us from using all of the minds on the planet to solve the planet's problems.
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AIMS
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teaching young minds in Africa so we can use their smarts. African Institute for Mathematical Sciences. Trying to close the digital divide
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High Low Tech
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Use inexpensive low tech parts to imitate the utility of expensive high tech tools
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Creative Surplus*
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the ability of the world's populace to volunteer and collaborate on large projects.
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What three things pushes people to apply their free time to projects, for no money?
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Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose
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Autonomy*
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freedom to work without constant direction and control
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Mastery*
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feeling of confidence and excitement from seeing your own skills progress
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Purpose*
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the understanding that you are working for something larger than yourself
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People form into groups based on what?
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Not age or income, but common interests.
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Who uses social networking the most?
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Women, so marketers will be increasingly driven by female perspective and by a more complex model of what groups are attracted to. No more cliches
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How do we connect in the technology age?
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through music, there are new ways with Google Street View (apply music with pictures to evoke emotional memories) and now we report the news (DYTHR)
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QR Codes (Quick Response Codes)*
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any piece of print in the real world can host a live link to online info and video content. They can be on fliers, advertisements, signs etc. Use app on smartphone to scan the code
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Crowdsourcing*
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checking in with the voice of the crowd. Example) MobileVoice to see people's verdict on quality of an item. Some companies are using them to improve their business and be proactive.
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Swap.com
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usees power of peer to peer connections to find best set of matches for people to trade things.
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Collaborative Consumption*
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joining together as a group to use a specific product more efficiently. redistribute things we have purchased, share our lives, share services a product provides instead of owning it outright
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Computer Literate*
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being familiar enough with computers that you understand their capabilities and limitations and know how to use them efficiently
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How to be computer savvy
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avoid hackers protect privacy understand real risks use web wisely avoid online annoyances (spam)be able to maintain, upgrade, and troubleshoot computer
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Spam*
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electronic junk mail
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software*
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instructions that tell your computer what to do. install the right ones to avoid online annoyances
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Information Technology*
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field of study focused on managing and processing info and the automatic retrieval of info. includes computers, telecommunications, and software deployment
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Data Mining*
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process of searching huge amounts of data with the hope of finding a pattern. For inventory control and to be able to respond to consumer buying patterns
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How are arts and computers related?
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need to know how to manage a website for selling your art. new experiences for audiences such as dance movements that are computer generated. Mastery software suchas Adobe Illustrator and photoshop is essential for creating digital art
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Video Games
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they are best developed for a local market by people native to that market so it won't be offshored
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Offshored*
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sent to other countries. many types of programming jobs have suffered this, but not video game development
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Education and Technology
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students and teachers must have working knowledge of computers now.
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Teachers can show students simulations online and use instructional software programs on the web
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Museums and Technology now have virtual tours on websites also used to enhance visitors experiences at museums suchas New York's Museum of Art which has podcasts and multimedia tours to supplement experience while there.
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Khan Accademy
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nonprofit website that has videos to teach students. Also has automated testing following each video series so students can try similar problems until show mastery. teacher can follow what is happening in the classroom too so knows how exactly to help students
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Technology in Law Enforcement
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facial recognition from skull search databases computer based trainingcomputer forensics
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Micro-expressions
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training tool software system can train users to recognize emotions
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computer forensics*
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analyzes computer systems with specific techniques to gather potential legal evidence. When have a suspect can search computer history and searches etc
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Technology and Medicine
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biomedical chip implants could give sight to the blind VeriMed is a personal ID chip size of rice and implanted under skin; contains name address and medical conditions of person whom the chip was implanted in Mu-chip as well Science and Technology Tornado forecasting more accurate can study ruins without being onsite
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Psychology and Technology
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working to develop computers that can respond to human emotional expression and to have computers have emotional and social skills affective computing
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Affective Computing
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computing that relates to emotion or deliberately tries to influence emotion. the wide gap in computers' ability to do calculations versus their emotional abilities is the target of research
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Emotional - Social prosthesis (ESP) device
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targeted at helping people who have autism.
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Augmented Reality
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a combination of our normal sense of the objects around us with an overlay of info displayed
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SixthSense
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wearable device hanging around your neck that has a camera a projector and a mirror that communicates with the internet over bluetooth through the cell phone in your pocket. It AUGMENTS REALITY by giving you info as you need it.
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Which technologies have been used during times of crisis?
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Ushahidi, SwiftRiver, Email, NOT QR codes
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artists interface with technology often but cannot yet
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use software to suggest plot endings
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people who dont read emotion easily in others hope for new progress in the field of
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affective computing
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studies reveal that human motivation is fostered by
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increasing levels of mastery, ability to self direct, and directing your work toward a higher goal than just your own needs
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collaborative consumption is
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when people get together to increase the use of a single product by sharing access to it
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social networking tools played a part in what?
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revolutions in 2011
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computer forensics uses computer systems and technology to
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gather potential legal evidence
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IT is the abbreviation for
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Information Technology
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what allows retailers to respond to consumer buying patterns?
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data mining
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The crisis of growing digital divide is being addressed by what?
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the Next Einstein project
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Researchers believe that microchips may one day
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be able to restore sight to the blind
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what can forecast tornadoes within minutes?
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supercomputers
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if criminal investigators using computer forensics find evidence
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the evidence CAN be used in court
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A field of study focused on managing and processing information and the automatic retrieval of information is
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Information Technology
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The gathering together of groups of people using online tools to connect and exchange ideas is
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social networking
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What provides a level of instant connection and instant distribution of information that is reshaping the world
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social networking tools
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The digital divide contributes to
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the cycle of poverty
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Social Networking
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A means by which people use the Internet to communicate and share information among their immediate friends, and meet and connect with others through common interests, experiences, and friends.
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Crisis Mapping Tool
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A tool that collects information from e-mails, text messages, blog posts, and Twitter tweets and maps them, making the information instantly publicly available.
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Digital Divide
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The gap between the levels of Internet access and the availability of technical tools in different regions of the world.
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Autonomy
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working without continual direction and control
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QR Codes
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A technology that lets any piece of print in the real world host a live link to online information and video content.
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Crowdsourcing
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solicits online input from consumers
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Collaborative Consumption
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Sharing products rather than owning them individually
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Computer Literate
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Being familiar enough with computers that you understand their capabilities and limitations and you know how to use them.
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Spam
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Unwanted junk e-mail.
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Augmented Reality
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A combination of our normal sense of the objects around us with an overlay of information displayed.
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Affective Computing
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A type of computing that relates to emotion or deliberately tries to influence emotion.
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binary digit (bit)
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A digit that corresponds to the on and off states of a computer's switches. A bit contains a value of either 0 or 1.
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binary
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The language computers use to process data into information, consisting of only the values 0 and 1.
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data mining
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The process by which great amounts of data are analyzed and investigated. The objective is to spot significant patterns or trends within the data that would otherwise not be obvious.
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Information technology (IT)
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field of study focused on handling and automatic retrieval of information.
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purpose
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The understanding that you are working for something larger than yourself.
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Autonomy
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1st factor that leads to greater motivation
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Cognitive Surplus
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results when leisure time and tools allow us to engage in creative acts
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Mastery
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feeling confident and excited about learning new skills
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crowdfunding
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Using the Internet to get small donations from many people to start a business is called
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Quick Response
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What does QR stand for?
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Skype
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A popular Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service
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Software
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refers to the commands that instruct a computer what to do
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Computer Forensics
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Analyzing computer systems to gather potential legal evidence
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Ushahidi
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Crisis Mapping Tool
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Witness Protection
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hopes to stop human rights abuses throughout the world
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Next Einstein Initiative
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rallying the support of the world to identify mathematical genius
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Purpose
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2nd factor that leads to greater motivation
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Mastery
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3rd factor that leads to greater motivation
