Vocabulary Study Sheet Online Collaboration

Wiki

A website that is easy to modify and allows for multiple editors/creators of content.

Online Conferencing

The live exchange of information among people in different locations linked by online tools, such as Skype

Blog

An online journal

Collaboration

The art of working together on a project and/or goal

Online Etiquette

An unwritten code that governs the expectations of online social behavior for the purpose of facilitating positive communication

Avatar

The visual "handle" or display appearance you use to represent yourself.

Cyberspace

As the interconnection of human beings through computers and telecommunication, without regard to physical geography.

Listserv

A very common program used to run a mailing list.

Cyberbullying

The use of e-mail, instant messaging, chat rooms, pagers, cell phones, or other forms of information technology to deliberately harass, threaten, or intimidate someone.

Newsgroup

Internet discussion groups whose topics are about as diverse as you can imagine

RSS

An XML-based vocabulary for distributing Web content in opt-in feeds. Feeds allow the user to have new content delivered to a computer or mobile device as soon as it is published.

Internet Predator

Individual online using the Internet to exploit others