In this assignment, you will use the Internet to look up information concerning this topic.
1. Do an ego search on your name. Use a search engine and type in your first and last name (use "quotation marks" around your name) and search to see what it finds. Did the search engine find any information on the Internet about you? Did it find information about other people with the same name as you? Did you find out anything interesting about yourself or someone with your name? Share your reactions about any data that was available about you.
2. There are several information databases available on the Internet.
http://www.switchboard.com (U.S. telephone book)http://www.mapquest.com (find a map to any address)
http://www.anybirthday.com (birthdays of those over 21 yrs)
http://www.anywho.com/rl.html (reverse look-up of telephone numbers)
http://www.privacy.net Tells you information about the computer you are using.
View each of these website and look up information. You will write a report of these findings in step #4.
3. Finally, it is a good idea to have a 'dummy' email account. Create a dummy account by going to YAHOO or HOTMAIL and using a name like 'tonyasjunkmail@yahoo.com or tcanadastuff@hotmail.com (your name, of course) . The purpose of this account is that it gives you an email address to use when you are required to supply an address on a website or form and you suspect that doing so might generate lots of junk mail or advertisements. I even use my junk email address when I am sending electronic greeting cards. I would suggest that you check this junk email account periodically, but having a separate email for the junk mail will help to keep your other more commonly used email accounts cleaner. (I rarely EVER give out my personal email address to anyone besides family or friends.)
4. Write a report of the activities in this lab assignment.