{"id":132,"date":"2025-03-13T20:07:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/chapter\/glossary-teachers-version\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T14:48:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T14:48:28","slug":"glossary-teachers-version","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/chapter\/glossary-teachers-version\/","title":{"raw":"Glossary (Teacher's Version)","rendered":"Glossary (Teacher’s Version)"},"content":{"raw":"[pb_glossary id=\"213\"]Apps[\/pb_glossary]\r\nPrograms on a phone or tablet. Some examples of apps are games and social networks.\r\n\r\n[pb_glossary id=\"212\"]Avatar[\/pb_glossary]\r\nA virtual \u201cyou\u201d that you control in a game or a virtual world.\r\n\r\n[pb_glossary id=\"214\"]Cookies[\/pb_glossary]\r\nFiles that are saved to your computer by websites. They let the website remember things about you and about what you did on the website.\r\n\r\n[pb_glossary id=\"215\"]Cyberbullying[\/pb_glossary]\r\nBeing mean or cruel to someone else using a digital device.\r\n\r\n[pb_glossary id=\"216\"]Download[\/pb_glossary]\r\nCopying a file or app from the internet to your device.\r\n\r\n[pb_glossary id=\"217\"]Empathy[\/pb_glossary]\r\nWhen you think about how someone else is feeling or how they might feel if something happens.\r\n\r\n[pb_glossary id=\"218\"]Hashtag[\/pb_glossary]\r\nA word or phrase with a number sign (#) before it. People use hashtags to make what they post easier to find.\r\n\r\n[pb_glossary id=\"219\"]Internet[\/pb_glossary]\r\n(Define \u201cnetwork\u201d first.) A network of computers around the world that most digital devices connect to. When you play an online game, watch a video online, or use a social network, you are connecting to the internet.\r\n\r\n[pb_glossary id=\"220\"]Malware[\/pb_glossary]\r\nPrograms that make your device do things you don\u2019t want it to. They can make it run more slowly or not work at all, steal your data, or give other people access to your device.\r\n\r\n[pb_glossary id=\"221\"]Network[\/pb_glossary]\r\nA group of digital devices that are linked by two-way connections. The internet is a network that most digital devices are connected to.\r\n\r\n[pb_glossary id=\"226\"]Personal information[\/pb_glossary]\r\nThings you post online, or that are collected by apps and websites you use that can identify you, including your name, address, date of birth, and photograph.\r\n\r\n[pb_glossary id=\"222\"]Phishing[\/pb_glossary]\r\nWhen scammers try to trick you to get you to give them information about yourself or get access to your accounts or devices.\r\n\r\n[pb_glossary id=\"223\"]Privacy policy[\/pb_glossary]\r\nAn app or website\u2019s privacy policies says what it will do with the information it collects from and about you.\r\n\r\n[pb_glossary id=\"224\"]Privacy settings[\/pb_glossary]\r\n(Define \u201csettings\u201d first.) Your choices about who will see the things you post on a website, social network or game. Changing your privacy settings changes the default. You can always choose to have a particular thing seen by more or fewer people.\r\n\r\n[pb_glossary id=\"227\"]Profile[\/pb_glossary]\r\nYour account on a social network. It usually includes things like your name and things you\u2019ve posted.\r\n\r\n[pb_glossary id=\"228\"]Social network[\/pb_glossary]\r\nAn app or a website that lets you share posts, photos, and videos with other people.\r\n\r\n[pb_glossary id=\"229\"]Smart device[\/pb_glossary]\r\nWhen something that isn\u2019t usually a digital device, like a toy or a TV, is connected to the internet we call it a \u201csmart\u201d device. That means that the people who made it can see and hear everything you do with it.\r\n\r\n[pb_glossary id=\"230\"]Track[\/pb_glossary]\r\nSome websites and apps can get information about you even after you use them. Some of them track you across the internet to learn more about you.\r\n\r\n[pb_glossary id=\"231\"]Website[\/pb_glossary]\r\nA place on the internet that you visit with a browser like Chrome, Safari or Firefox. A lot of social networks can be used either as apps or by visiting their website.","rendered":"

Apps<\/a>
\nPrograms on a phone or tablet. Some examples of apps are games and social networks.<\/p>\n

Avatar<\/a>
\nA virtual \u201cyou\u201d that you control in a game or a virtual world.<\/p>\n

Cookies<\/a>
\nFiles that are saved to your computer by websites. They let the website remember things about you and about what you did on the website.<\/p>\n

Cyberbullying<\/a>
\nBeing mean or cruel to someone else using a digital device.<\/p>\n

Download<\/a>
\nCopying a file or app from the internet to your device.<\/p>\n

Empathy<\/a>
\nWhen you think about how someone else is feeling or how they might feel if something happens.<\/p>\n

Hashtag<\/a>
\nA word or phrase with a number sign (#) before it. People use hashtags to make what they post easier to find.<\/p>\n

Internet<\/a>
\n(Define \u201cnetwork\u201d first.) A network of computers around the world that most digital devices connect to. When you play an online game, watch a video online, or use a social network, you are connecting to the internet.<\/p>\n

Malware<\/a>
\nPrograms that make your device do things you don\u2019t want it to. They can make it run more slowly or not work at all, steal your data, or give other people access to your device.<\/p>\n

Network<\/a>
\nA group of digital devices that are linked by two-way connections. The internet is a network that most digital devices are connected to.<\/p>\n

Personal information<\/a>
\nThings you post online, or that are collected by apps and websites you use that can identify you, including your name, address, date of birth, and photograph.<\/p>\n

Phishing<\/a>
\nWhen scammers try to trick you to get you to give them information about yourself or get access to your accounts or devices.<\/p>\n

Privacy policy<\/a>
\nAn app or website\u2019s privacy policies says what it will do with the information it collects from and about you.<\/p>\n

Privacy settings<\/a>
\n(Define \u201csettings\u201d first.) Your choices about who will see the things you post on a website, social network or game. Changing your privacy settings changes the default. You can always choose to have a particular thing seen by more or fewer people.<\/p>\n

Profile<\/a>
\nYour account on a social network. It usually includes things like your name and things you\u2019ve posted.<\/p>\n

Social network<\/a>
\nAn app or a website that lets you share posts, photos, and videos with other people.<\/p>\n

Smart device<\/a>
\nWhen something that isn\u2019t usually a digital device, like a toy or a TV, is connected to the internet we call it a \u201csmart\u201d device. That means that the people who made it can see and hear everything you do with it.<\/p>\n

Track<\/a>
\nSome websites and apps can get information about you even after you use them. Some of them track you across the internet to learn more about you.<\/p>\n

Website<\/a>
\nA place on the internet that you visit with a browser like Chrome, Safari or Firefox. A lot of social networks can be used either as apps or by visiting their website.<\/p>\n

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