Being Computer Literate Includes Being Able To

Question: What is true about crisis mapping software?

Answer: Ushahidi was created in a few days and distributed globally for free.

Question: Web 2.0 has led to a shift from just consuming content toward

Answer: producing content

Question: Examples of crowdfunding and crowdsourcing include

Answer: KickStarter and Mobile Voice

Question: QR codes can be linked to

Answer: a video, a Facebook page, and a website.

Question: True or false: The Virtual Choir showed that people have the means to collaborate easily internationally

Answer: TRUE

Question: true or false: Modern motivation theory says people work hardest when offered the highest pay.

Answer: FALSE

Question: Being computer literate means being able to:

Answer: avoid spam, adware, and spyware; use the web effectively; diagnose and fix hardware and software problems.

Question: Simulation software that can be used in education includes

Answer: the interactive body

Question: Digestible Microchips

Answer: have embedded sensors to transmit information to physicians.

Question: Computer Forensics

Answer: analyzes computer systems to gather potential legal evidence.

Question: The Khan acadamy is...

Answer: a free technology tool used for education.

Question: true or false: Being computer literate is an advantage in almost every type of career.

Answer: TRUE

Question: true or false: Being computer literate means you know how to solve any computer problem.

Answer: FALSE

Question: Affective computing

Answer: A type of computing that relates to emotion or that deliberately tries to influence emotion

Question: Augmented reality

Answer: A combination of our normal sense of the objects around us with an overlay of information displayed.

Question: Cognitive surplus

Answer: The combination of leisure time and the tools needed to be creative

Question: Collaborative consumption

Answer: Joining together as a group to use a specific product more efficiently

Question: Computer Forensics

Answer: The application of computer systems and techniques to gather potential legal evidence; a law enforcement specialty used to fight high tech crime

Question: Computer literate

Answer: Being familiar enough with computers that a user knows how to use them and understands their capabilities and limitations

Question: Crisis mapping tool

Answer: A tool that collects information from e-mails, text messages, blog posts, and twitter tweets and maps them, making the information instantly publicly available.

Question: Crowd funding

Answer: 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.

Question: Crowdsourcing

Answer: The phenomenon of consumers checking in with the voice of the crowd before making purchases

Question: Data mining

Answer: 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

Question: Digital Divide

Answer: The discrepancy between those who have access to the opportunities and knowledge that computers and the internet offer and those who do not.

Question: Information Techonology

Answer: The set of techniques used in processing and retrieving information

Question: QR codes

Answer: Technology that lets any piece of print in the real world host a live lil to online information and video consent.

Question: Social Networking

Answer: 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.

Question: software

Answer: The set of computer programs or instructions that tells the computer what to do and that enables it to perform different tasks

Question: Spam

Answer: unwanted or junk email

Question: Web.2.0

Answer: Tools and web based services that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users