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This is the starting point or front page of a Web site. This page usually has some sort of table of contents on it and often describes the purpose of the site. For example, http://www.apple.com/index.html is the home page of Apple.com. When you type in a basic URL, such as “http://www.espn.com,” you are typically directed to the home page of the Web site. Many people have a “personal home page,” which is another way the term “home page” can be used.

A cookie is a small amount of data generated by a website and saved by your web browser. Its purpose is to remember information about you, similar to a preference file created by a software application.  Source:  techterms.com

A user interface, also called a “UI” or simply an “interface,” is the means in which a person controls a software application or hardware device. A good user interface provides a “user-friendly” experience, allowing the user to interact with the software or hardware in a natural and intuitive way. (source:  techterms.com)

Software –  a general terms that describes computer programs.  Software can be difficult to describe because it is “virtual,” or not physical like computer hardware. Instead, software consists of lines of code written by computer programmers that have been compiled into a computer program. (Source:  techterms.com)

A wiki is a Web site that allows users to add and update content on the site using their own Web browser. This is made possible by Wiki software that runs on the Web server. Wikis end up being created mainly by a collaborative effort of the site visitors. (www.techterms.com)

To make your own wiki, try wikispaces.com

This is the process in which data is sent to your computer from another computer.

Whenever you receive information from the Internet, you are downloading it to your computer. For example, you might have to download an upgrade for your computer’s operating system in order to play a new game (especially if you’re using Windows). Or you might download a file from an email attachment.

The opposite of this process, sending information to another computer, is called uploading.

Source:  http://www.techterms.com/

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A file extension (or simply “extension”) is the suffix at the end of a filename that indicates what type of file it is. For example, in the filename “myreport.txt,” the.TXT is the file extension. It indicates the file is a text document.

While most file extensions are three characters in length, they can be as short as one character or longer than twenty characters.  The extension determines which program is used to open the file as well as what icon should be displayed for the file. It also helps you see what kind of file a certain document is by just looking at the filename.

Both Windows and Mac OS X allow you to manually change file extensions, which may also change the program the computer uses to open the file. While this might work for some files, it may also cause the file to not open at all.

Source:  http://www.techterms.com/

A sprite is a bitmap graphic that is designed to be part of a larger scene. It can either be a static image or an animated graphic. Examples of sprites include objects in 2D video games, icons that are part of an application user interface, and small images published on websites.

Check these links for some Scratch game examples from the Scratch.mit.edu website.  These were not made by Disney students, but they are good examples to try to recreate and/or get ideas from.

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/TM_/2362001

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/richjones69/2364384

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/nmrunde/2379516

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Birchland/2379537

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/logo12/2379545

Also check out the “top loved” section of the Scratch website:   http://scratch.mit.edu/latest/toploved

In programming, debugging means finding and fixing mistakes.

The attached document has 5 debugging problems…can you figure them out?  What is the mistake, and how can you fix the code?

debugging

Bookmarking (also called adding to favorites) is a method for Internet users to organize, store, manage and search for bookmarks of resources online, so that the actual web address of the resource does not need to remembered or typed.

Social bookmarking is different from ordinary bookmarking in that bookmarks are shared via social bookmarking websites such as Delicious, Diigo, and Symbaloo.  They can be accessed by a user from anywhere they connect to the Internet, and are typically organized by tagging rather than the traditional folders of regular bookmarks.

PROGRAMMING:  the process of defining, writing, testing, debugging and maintaining the code of computer programs. The purpose of programming is to create a set of instructions that computers use to perform specific operations or to exhibit desired behaviors.

We are using SCRATCH to learn PROGRAMMING.

Learn more at scratch.mit.edu