Internet Safety

     I know that internet safety should be applied to email, Facebook  chat sites, and all other internet sources you use. It is easy for someone to hack you or trick you into believing they are someone they're not. Staying cautious is something that should always be considered while on the internet. 

My Questions: 
1. How do I keep people from hacking my Facebook? 
2. What are some good programs for internet safety? 
3. What are some interesting internet safety facts? 

http://safeandsavvy.f-secure.com/2010/12/28/protect-your-facebook/ 
This link gives tips on how to keep people from hacking your Facebook. Some of the tips are: to use a long password and not let the browser remember it, to be careful the links you click because they could lead to sites with viruses, to update your internet security, and to always log out. From this website I also found good links that led to programs for internet safety: 
http://www.f-secure.com/en/web/home_global/free-tools  
This "health check" website scans your computer to see if your anti-virus, anti-spyware, and software is up to date. It also makes sure your documents and photographs are backed up and notifies you of security updates. There is also an online scanner that notifies you and gets rid of the viruses, and a mobile phone app that protects your phone if it gets stolen. 

• Internet stalkers can use a small amount of information from you and then contact your friends and family to learn more. (creepy) 
• 27% of children have met a stranger on the internet, and 7% of that have met a stranger from online in real life.  
• 47% of teens don't care about people using their personal information.   
• 69% of teens receive personal messages from people they don't know and don't tell an adult about it. 
• In the population of teens on social networking sites, 61% post the name of their city or town, 49% post their school's name, 29% post their email, and 29% post their last name. 
• Females are more likely to post personal information (such as photos and videos) online than males. 

     This topic connects to my life because I go on Facebook and Gmail and other websites everyday, and I need to make sure I stay safe. I will use the Facebook tips from now on to protect my account, because I know many people who have gotten hacked. I will also look into the "health check" to protect my computer further. 

1 question I still have about internet safety is: of the people who meet online strangers in real life, how many of those strangers are dangerous?    

College Exploration in Naviance Link

2 colleges that interest me right now: University of Tennessee and William and Mary
2 colleges I will now consider: University of Florida and University of Georgia

	UT	William and Mary	UF	UGA
English department	have a bachelors, masters, and doctorate degree for English	have a bachelors and masters degree for English	have a masters degree for English	offers certificate, bachelors, and masters degree for English
cost	$25,238	$35,409	$26,873	$26,601
scholarships	offer scholarships	scholar- ships are offered	offer scholarships but not huge ones	scholarships are offered
good location	in a "great college town"	in a "great college town"	in a "great college town"	in a "great college town"
size	30,300 students	8,000 students	49,827 students	34,677 students
Room and Board cost	$8,480	$8,772	$8,800	$8,708
Extracurricular Activities	it has organizations I want	it has all organizations I want	don't have organizations I want	has all organizations I want

My GPA is a 3.5.
GPA's needed to get into...
UT: not provided
UF: not provided
William and Mary: 3.17
UGA: not provided

I've learned that there are many colleges available for my needs and that I should keep my options open. I also need to keep my GPA up, and continue working hard throughout my whole high school year if I want to achieve a scholarship to any of these schools. I need to be competitive and strive for the best if I want to achieve being an honors applicant to these schools. I also need to pick an extracurricular activity and stick with it because that looks good on college applications.

Google 20% Day #4

I was not here that class, and I was excused.

Google 20% Day 3

Goals: (Today I only have one goal because I want to apply what I learned last class to a new creation.) 
1. To create a more advanced and professional-type building than the ones I've been making. I will build this using the new skills I learned last class.  
     I have completed my building and pool, and it looks much better than the other buildings I have been trying to make. The inside of my house is carpeted and painted. The windows are see-through, the outside is stone, and the roof is red metal. The (underground) pool is surrounded by a wooden fence and the inside is water. This has been my most successful architectural attempt while using Google Sketchup. 

 

     Above are pictures of the structures I made. The pool is underneath the house for reasons unknown, so I call it the "underground pool." The skills I learned last class certainly helped during the process of modeling this class. I understand Sketchup much better now. 

     Next Google Day I would like to look at structures other people have made through the Sketchup website, and hopefully get some tips from looking at these structures. Looking at other people's works can help me brainstorm for what I want to create next.