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Weblinks, SBThe links below refer to in the Business Technology Today Student Text. Page references are to the Student Text.
Page 13 Wikia provides a collection of existing wiki communities that are grouped in categories. You can edit entries at existing wiki sites, or you can create your own wiki. Wikipedia is an online international free-content encyclopedia that allows visitors to edit its content. All of the content is created collaboratively by volunteers. Page 18 The Canadian Standards Association develops workplace standards and certifies organizations. Click the link to Standards, and then choose the link for Occupational Health and Safety.
The Education Safety Organization is a non-profit association is concerned with workplace safety in the educational sector. Check out the section on ergonomics.
The Association of Canadian Ergonomists has a great deal of information about ergonomics and the ergonomist profession. Check out the Ergonomics FAQ and find the answers to common questions about ergonomics to the workplace. Page 25 Check out the environmental policies of Apple, IBM, MDG Computers, and Dell, and the impact of these policies on product design, manufacturing, energy efficiency, and recycling. Use these energy calculators provided by the Essex Power Corporation and Hydro One Networks to calculate the cost of running a computer daily.
CBC Marketplace provides information on the computer disposal policies of major Canadian cities.
Page 26 Review the websites of the different school boards listed below, and check out their policies regarding computer and Internet use in schools.
Page 34 Intel Education provides a lesson on the four components of a computer: input, storage, processing, and output. Page 37 For more information on the megahertz myth, visit this website. Page 39 MediaMax is an online media centre that provides up to 25 GBs of free online storage for videos, photos, movies, music, and files. Page 40 Read the article "Understanding Recordable and Rewritable DVD." Page 51 Read these articles on open-source movement and open-source software. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to furthering the open-source movement. The Free Software Foundation is dedicated to the development and use of free software. Page 53 Check out this comprehensive list of operating systems, categorized into different groupings. Page 60 Find out how to set up and secure a home wireless network on this website. Chapter 3: The Internet-More Than Just the WWW
Page 67 Find out more about the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and the work it does with some of the world's most powerful supercomputers.
Page 69 Canarie Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to accelerating Canada 's advanced Internet development and its use. It has developed CA*Net 4, Canada 's national research and innovation network. Learn more about the Canarie projects that are advancing the Internet in Canada today. Page 72 Check out this website for links to historical information about the Internet and expand your understanding of the history of the Internet, the World Wide Web, and the purpose of the World Wide Web Consortium.
Page 79 "The Animated Internet: How the Web Works," provides an explanation and animation to help you understand the Domain Name System (DNS) used on the Internet. Page 80 This website has maps and graphics that represent what the Internet might look like. Page 81 Discover how information travels from one computer to another on the Internet. Page 85 Check out the information Industry Canada provides to consumers to help them choose an Internet Service Provider (ISP). Page 93 Find out how modems and cable modems work. Page 98 Explore the Industry Canada website to find out how broadband or high-capacity Internet is being used to bring people in different regions closer together. You can also find out more about demonstration projects for Smart Communities across Canada. Chapter 4: Applying ICT To Electronic Research
Page 107 Meta-search engines submit your query to numerous search engines at the same time. The results are presented altogether on one screen and indicate the search engine that found that particular information. Meta-search engines include Search.com, Dogpile, and Clusty (which organizes results into clusters). Page 109 Three of the most commonly used directories are Yahoo!, LookSmart, and DMOZ: Open Directory Project. These directories group websites into different categories to help users find information quickly.
Page 111 For more information on how to become a certified Human Resources professional, visit the Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario or the Human Resources Institute of Alberta. Page 114 The Lexxe Search Engine is an example of a search engine that uses natural-language queries. Page 123 Search InterNic's database to find out who launched a particular site and the name of the host server. Page 125 The Media Awareness Network provides information about online hate, which laws deal with hate, and ways to safeguard children and teens against hate materials on the Internet. Page 129 Check out the online Modern Languages Association (MLA) citation guide. You can also review the American Psychological Association citation guide online. Chapter 5: Killer Applications-Using Your Operating System and Word Processor
Page 165 Visit this website for an extensive list of proofreader's and editor's symbols. Chapter 6: Getting Your Point Across
Page 174 The Canada Post Postal Standards contains very detailed information on how to address business letters and envelopes for mailing in Canada and the United States. Page 192 There are many valuable sources of information for students on the Web that will help in preparing and updating resumés or CVs. Sample resumé formats for you to follow are usually included. Visit the Employment Ontario and Queen's University websites for resumé writing tips.
Chapter 7: You Can Read Me Anywhere!-Using Electronic Communication Tools
Page 203 Visit this website for a list of smileys and emoticons.
To get more information about netiquette and cross-cultural communications in business, visit the Business Netiquette International website, the read the following articles:
Chapter 9: Applications That Get You Noticed-Graphic Design, Desktop Publishing, Multimedia Presentations
Page 246 To find out more about the open-source movement and to download open-source software, including graphic editors and productivity software, visit the following websites: Page 257 Read this article about the rules of good design. Page 268 For more information on everything you need to prepare for a presentation, visit this website. Chapter 10: Applications That Get You Noticed-Web Design Page 286 Take the HTML and the XHTML tutorials to learn more about the differences between HTML and XHTML.
Page 287 Learn how to use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to control the style and layout of web pages using the CSS tutorial. You can set everything from fonts and colours to line spacing and alignment.
Try out all kinds of HTML tags, including those for creating tables, at this website.
Page 291 Whenever you add new pages to your website, it is important to perform tests to ensure that all of your links are still working. There are free online applications you can use, like the W3C Link Checker. Chapter 11: Protecting Yourself In Cyberspace
Page 304 In Canada, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, Bill C-6, lays out guidelines for the collection and use of personal information. The purpose of Bill C-6 is to make the Internet a secure environment to communicate and do business. More information about privacy and electronic commerce can be found at the Department of Justice and Industry Canada. Page 310 Web-based services, such as CryptoMail and HushMail, or software that you install on your own computer, such as Quicksilver, allow you to send e-mail without divulging your identity in a forwarding or replying address.
Anonymous web-surfing programs prevent your online movements from being traced by hiding your IP address so that hackers and ad networks cannot identify you. Two such programs can be found at Radialpoint Security Services and Anonymizer. Page 314 Phishing is an Internet scam that involves fraudulent websites and e-mails requesting personal information. To learn more about phishing, visit the Anti-Phishing Working Group and the RCMP websites. Page 315 You can search CBC's online archive for clips that deal with ICT. Just click on the link to Science and Technology. Page 318 Services are available to look up who registered a website, and when and where the domain was registered. By keying in part of the URL (e.g., nelson.com) into a WHOIS search, you can get information about the registrant. For an example of this kind of service, visit this website. Chapter 12: Doing the Right Thing in Cyberspace Page 328 Find out more about careers in ethics at the Ethics Practitioners Association of Canada, the Canadian Bioethics Society, and the Institute for Global Ethics. Page 337 For more information on copyrights, patents, and trademarks, visit the website of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office. Page 339 The Canadian Internet Law Resource Page provides a complete look at Internet Law in Canada.
Lists of Search Engines AllSearchEngines.com is an online resource centre based in Chicago. Search Engine Showdown is a website with search engine listings, search tips, and comparisons of many major engines. Search Engine Watch provides tips and information about searching the Internet and analysis of the search engine industry. Single-Search Engines Alta Vista offers compact or detailed searches. The company claims to have the world's largest Web index, searching through 30 million Web pages. Google is a search engine with over 1 billion web pages in its index. It uses links to pages and what other people have to say about the page to rank searches. The HotBot website has an Advanced Search page that walks users through what to include and what not include in the search. Users can select custom filters. Lycos provides a very comprehensive catalogue of the Internet. It finds text, graphics, sounds, and videos. Meta-Search Engines Search.com sends your search queries to several search engines at once and integrates the results into one list. It searches over 700 search engines, web directories, auctions, storefronts, news sources, discussion groups, reference sites and more. Dogpile searches popular search engines and combines their results. Clusty combines the results of several top search engines and generates an ordered list based on comparative ranking. Instead of delivering millions of search results in one long list, Clusty groups similar results together into clusters, helping you to see your search results by topic so you can hone in on exactly what you are looking for or discover unexpected relationship between items.
BLM 4-5C: Directory Comparison Access two of the following Internet directories:
BLM 12-4A: Using the Internet to Locate Legal Information Statistics Canada provides good information on social trends, census information, and opinions. Canadian Legal FAQs provides good information in plain language on issues of Canadian law. The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) is a not-for-profit organization that makes primary sources of Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet. The Consumer Information Gateway is a Canadian federal government website that provides a great deal of information on current issues affecting consumers (including recent Internet scams). Consumer Law Page contains excellent articles, although this is an American site. Canadian Internet Law Resource Page (CILRP) provides information on Internet law in Canada and is maintained by Professor Michael Geist of the University of Ottawa Law School.
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