Author Archives: amandagrace14

This week we finished a lot of stuff up. This is our last blog and we had to turn our Wikipedia assignment in. In Wikipedia, my topic was Saxon Math and English. I was homeschooled second through sixth grade and had used this curriculum. I actually updated the Saxon Math Wiki post. I found severalContinue reading “Finishing Up!”

This week I learned about piggybacking. Piggybacking is when a neighbor or someone links to another persons internet. This is very unsafe. Piggybacking can cause theft of personal identification and can cause something as severe as stalking your social media and stalking you. This is a horrible thing that can happen. In MindTap this week,Continue reading “Piggybacking”

This week I learned about a lot of new technology and news. This week I researched into new types of operating systems. I researched Mac, Linux, Chrome, and Windows. All of these systems have strengths and weaknesses to make them great and growing systems. As I researched, I liked Mac the best. Even though MacContinue reading “Latest Systems!”

This is week 3 of social isolation. People are getting used to being online more. They are having to do things such as shopping, school work, and jobs online. Social media is the main way to socialize during this hard time. While students and parents are working from home they need more storage on theirContinue reading “Storage Media during Covid-19”

This week I learned about input and output devices. Some input devices can include a keyboard, mouse or camera. An input device is a piece of computer hardware equipment used to provide data and send signals to a computer. An output device is any piece of computer hardware equipment which converts information into human-readable form. OutputContinue reading “Input and output devices”

This week was basically a catch up week. I started working on peer reviews this week. A peer review is when you review one of your fellow students work and critique it. I always try my best to tell this student what is good and what is wrong with their work. While critiquing your peers,Continue reading “Peer Reviews”

This week in I learned about neutrality in Wikipedia and found new, current sources for my article. Neutrality in Wikipedia means you don’t take sides on an article. It also means you don’t have an opinion about it or show any bias. A researcher of a product would not want to get his or herContinue reading “Neutrality and Current Sources”

This week I learned about viruses and how to protect your computer from them. I also learned how to write in my sandbox on Wikipedia. A computer can catch a virus like humans can. When we see people with the flu or a cold we wouldn’t just go eat or drink after them. We doContinue reading “Viruses and Sandbox”

This week in Wikipedia, we reviewed citations. I already have experience with citations using MLA style formatting. Citations are very important to use in writing papers. Citations recognize the work or ideas of another person if you have used their work. Using citations properly will prevent plagiarism. If you don’t know whether to cite somethingContinue reading “Cheaters”

Hello! This week I learned about content gaps and how to select a article on Wikipedia. Content gaps exist when an article has missing or outdated information on Wikipedia. It is an actual gap in the content. Content gaps are not desirable when you are searching for information but, might be something to look forContinue reading “Wiki Content Gap and Article Selection”