Digital and information literacy

Readers will learn how to create their own videos and YouTube channels, along with information on how to use social media to promote their channel and build a solid audience base.

This succinct title breaks down the complex mechanisms behind audio and video streaming and explains them in terms a middle-school-aged audience can understand. This volume introduces the concept of streaming and then explains how it works and what its uses are. Along the way, important digital terminology and concepts are introduced, such as bandwidth, codecs, plugins, and protocol. A discussion of Internet safety and how to produce and share streaming content wraps up this enlightening text.

Text and color illustrations explore how to start a video blog, as well as tips for connecting with cyber communities, sharing them on social media platforms, and how to engage comments left on your channel.

Explains the basic workings of internet connections, IP addresses, and bandwidth throttling and discusses the debate concerning information control by governments and internet providers in both the United States and internationally.

Text and color illustrations explore strategies for raising money from large groups of people online.

Text and color illustrations explore the concept of a "hackathon," and how these all-night study sessions builds a sense of community in the workplace.

"Shows how to create videos and YouTube channels, with tips on how to use social media to promote their channel."--Provided by publisher.

A guide to understanding how to back up digital files.

Explores the phenomenon of crowdfunding, and how it is used as an alternative source of financing for a variety of projects and purposes.

Digital technology is advancing all the time, and how we pay for things is getting high tech, too. Instead of paper money and coins, or even credit and debit cards, this book introduces Bitcoins, a currency made up of bits and bytes. Readers will learn the essentials about Bitcoins, the sometimes-turbulent history of this open source currency, as well as examples of how it is used and when it has the most practical value. This intriguing resource reviews some of Bitcoins' pros and cons and discusses the future of this fascinating financial tool.