The layout I will most likely be using is the partial network structure type. By using this layout, users will be able to navigate to where they want to go in my essay, and not necessarily follow chronological order. This particular layout is also beneficial because i can link the organizations that i mention in my essay into my website, so that users can access these sites, if desired.
As far as the section titles, I don't have a concrete title names just yet, but I wanted to go with a little something like this:
On the main page, I would like to do a brief introduction on the purpose of my essay. I'll keep it to a short paragraph, as the tutorial says, "Keep it simple"! It will talk about the influence of the internet on child abduction. I hope to cover and what my goal is for making this site.
The different sections I am thinking about doing is:
Section #1- The content on this page will address the potential threats posed to children on the internet. There are news articles, where I will draw some of my information from, and these articles will be linked on that page.
Section #2-
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
Wikipedia Entry
My Wikipedia username is Maracot. Unfortunately, I have been away for Spring Break and was not able to post and monitor my entry before coming back, but i have posted it, and so far, its still there :)
It can be found here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abduction
and the my contribution was the portion title Child abduction and the Internet. What i wrote is as follows:
Child abduction and the Internet
The internet has become both a danger and an aid in the subject of child abduction. It is a place where online predators can communicate with potential victims. 1 in 25 youth receive sexual solicitations that included attempts to contact the youth offline.[2]
Because of the threat these predators pose, there have also been efforts to use the internet as a resource to prevenchild abduction or to help the families of those who have been abducted.
Organizations have set up websites where uers can go to gain knowledge or contribute help to stopping child abduction. Among these are the organizations Enough is Enough and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which have partnered with the online community Myspace to help keep the internet a safe place for children. In addtion to donating new database technology to Sentinel Tech[3] that enables websites to locate, remove and block convicted sex offenders, Myspace is also a sponsor of Enough Is Enough 's Internet Safety 101:Empowering Parents Program.
Myspace also features pages and groups dedicated to helping find missing children.
In external links, I also added the links for Enough is enough and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Hopefully my addition stays up there, but if it doesn't I have learned from this experience that the information that we put on the internet is very important because it is viewable by anyone. Which is why wikipedia takes entries so seriously, and has strict guidelines for what can be posted.
It can be found here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abduction
and the my contribution was the portion title Child abduction and the Internet. What i wrote is as follows:
Child abduction and the Internet
The internet has become both a danger and an aid in the subject of child abduction. It is a place where online predators can communicate with potential victims. 1 in 25 youth receive sexual solicitations that included attempts to contact the youth offline.[2]
Because of the threat these predators pose, there have also been efforts to use the internet as a resource to prevenchild abduction or to help the families of those who have been abducted.
Organizations have set up websites where uers can go to gain knowledge or contribute help to stopping child abduction. Among these are the organizations Enough is Enough and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which have partnered with the online community Myspace to help keep the internet a safe place for children. In addtion to donating new database technology to Sentinel Tech[3] that enables websites to locate, remove and block convicted sex offenders, Myspace is also a sponsor of Enough Is Enough 's Internet Safety 101:Empowering Parents Program.
Myspace also features pages and groups dedicated to helping find missing children.
In external links, I also added the links for Enough is enough and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Hopefully my addition stays up there, but if it doesn't I have learned from this experience that the information that we put on the internet is very important because it is viewable by anyone. Which is why wikipedia takes entries so seriously, and has strict guidelines for what can be posted.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Wikipedia Assignment
Since the focus of my research project is how the internet has changed child abduction and how the internet helps find missing children, I thought that focusing on a popular networking website, like Myspace might be beneficial.
Currently on Wikipedia, Myspace is comprised of about 17 headings explaining thoroughly what the website is about. I plan to add a heading to the entry, particularly under Child Safety. I am not quite sure what I'm going to title the heading yet. Probably something along the lines of Myspace and Missing Children. The sources I will use for my entry will be news articles found on the internet explaining partnerships and what Myspace has done to help make the networking websites, like itself, or the internet in general,be a safer place for children.
For example, Myspace and Sentinel Tech donated new database technology to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to help with their online safet investigations. The article is available on the website for The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. I have included the link:http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=3045
Myspace has also formed a partnership with a non profit organization called Enough is Enough, whose main priority is to make the internet safer for children. They deal with child pornography, child stalking, and sexual predation on the internet. The article is available on the organization's website:http://www.enough.org/inside.php?id=13BGG1DG8
I am still getting the hang of the posting process on Wikipedia though, but I'm sure I'll get it! :)
Currently on Wikipedia, Myspace is comprised of about 17 headings explaining thoroughly what the website is about. I plan to add a heading to the entry, particularly under Child Safety. I am not quite sure what I'm going to title the heading yet. Probably something along the lines of Myspace and Missing Children. The sources I will use for my entry will be news articles found on the internet explaining partnerships and what Myspace has done to help make the networking websites, like itself, or the internet in general,be a safer place for children.
For example, Myspace and Sentinel Tech donated new database technology to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to help with their online safet investigations. The article is available on the website for The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. I have included the link:http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=3045
Myspace has also formed a partnership with a non profit organization called Enough is Enough, whose main priority is to make the internet safer for children. They deal with child pornography, child stalking, and sexual predation on the internet. The article is available on the organization's website:http://www.enough.org/inside.php?id=13BGG1DG8
I am still getting the hang of the posting process on Wikipedia though, but I'm sure I'll get it! :)
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