AY Honors/Blogs/Answer Key

1. Have the Internet honor.

For tips and instruction see Internet.

4. Explain the following terms:

a. Domain

Domain names are used to identify one or multiple IP addresses. Domain names are used in URLs to identify particular Web pages. For example, in the URL http://www.investitureachievement.org/wiki/index.php/Adventist_Youth_Honors_Answer_Book, the domain name is investitureachievement.org

Because the Internet is based on IP addresses, not domain names, every Web server requires a Domain Name System (DNS) server to translate domain names into IP addresses.

b. Difference between .org, .com, .net, .edu, .gov, .info, or the initials of the country .pe, .ar, .cl, .br, .bo, .uy, .py

Every domain name has a suffix that indicates which top level domain (TLD) it belongs to. There are now thousands of top level domains, but only a few that you will encounter regularly. For example:

• .gov - Government agencies
• .edu - Educational institutions
• .org - Organizations (nonprofit)
• .mil - Military
• .com - commercial business
• .net - Network organizations
• .ca - Canada
• .th - Thailand

A complete list of top level domains

e. Embed

This is to incorporate something hosted elsewhere into your blog. Common embeds include YouTube or Vimeo videos. You don't actually copy the video into your server, you just add some code often with a click of a button in the blogging platform, or code found in under the menus in YouTube. The complete embed code includes the URL or distinctive part of the URL specific to the target video. Some videos on YouTube are not embeddable at the discretion of the owner.

f. Server

A central computer used to store information, as opposed to your desktop/laptop/handheld computer you usually work on. Servers can be central to the business/school or iut on the cloud run by a company like Google or Amazon.

g. Upload

Sending data (photos, video, documents) from your device (computer, camera etc) to a server.

h. Download

Getting data from a server or out on the web to your local device (generally a computer)

5. Create a blog (it can be a unit, club, church, or personal blog with reports about Pathfinders and the SDA church) and update it at least 2 times a week for at least 3 months. An instructor should review the posts to certify that they conform to the philosophy of the SDA church.

The practical part of this honor. The three month timeline is because blogs are meant to be interactive and updated regularly to build readership. Dead blogs, with no activities, are no fun.

6. Demonstrate in a blog the ways to upload images and documents, incorporate videos, and add links to 3 websites with important material for Pathfinders or of the SDA church.

There are a variety of blogging platforms, but in all of them these functions are pretty intuitive. Deturmine the spot you want to add the item, click a button and paste in a link. If you are struggling with how to do something on the specific platform you are using, search for instructions online.

7. What caution (regarding copyright and untrustworthy website) should be taken when copying information from the Internet to a blog?

Copyright

Just because something is on the internet does NOT mean you can republish it. Taking and republishing anything online (text, videos, images) without specific consent is illegal and immoral. It can have real world legal consequences.

What you can publish:

1. . Material released under a compatible Creative Commons license. (Wikipedia and this answer key are such sources)
2. . Material not subject to copyright for various reasons
3. . Material you get specific permission to use - perhaps by writing the author and asking nicely
4. . Short selections of artistic works for the purpose of critique and commentary
5. . Short, properly attributed quotes.

Wikipedia article Copyright infringement has good coverage of this issue.

Verifiability

One of the great things about blogging is you can publish anything you want with little to no cost and no control by others. This is also one of the worst things about blogging, because anyone else can publish anything without any control by anyone else. People can and do publish all kinds of untrue things on the internet. Don't join the liars by repeating untrue or inappropriate things.

Bloggers need to understand the idea of Reliable Sources (RS). Reliable Sources include media that has editorial oversight. For example if you read something on the BBC or Washington Post websites you can be pretty sure the information is accurate and has been checked.

Official websites for individual and organizations are usually Reliable Sources for information about that individual or organization (unless there are independant RS that indicate the organization is not reliable). If the Adventist Church publishes something about the Adventist Church you can cite that the Adventist Church made the claim. However, watch out for government controlled press that may put out disinformation for political purposes, and watch out for individuals and organizations that publish lies and omissions to try and protect their reputation.

Review this Wikipedia article Identifying reliable sources because the guidance applies to blogging as well.

Christian standards

You are responsible for the material you publish. Always filter what you publish against Christian values and truthfulness. Is it verifiable? Whould you be embarrassed if your mother or pastor saw what you publish? Restricting what you publish to quality material will also prevent problems later. Anyone that runs for office or applies for a job is facing increasing scrutiny of what they wrote or said online in the past. Even off color jokes can come back to haunt you later.