Things to knowJohn Bandler’s Things to Know on Law, Cyberlaw, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Important Amendments, and More

by John Bandler

My "Things to Know" pages have multiple short questions and answers. They are study aids for students and learners and a place for me to draw quiz and assignment questions from.

This page is a jump off to all of my other "Things to Know" pages, see the links at the bottom.

The goal is for students to learn important concepts, especially foundational concepts that provide footholds for learning more complex concepts. This is the learning concept of "scaffolding", where you start low, learn basic things so you can build knowledge and get to more complex concepts eventually.

I used to emphasize these only in class, quizzes, and assignments, but then I realized it would help students study more and learn more if I created these webpages. I realized that at the end of the semester, too many students still had not learned essential concepts or facts.

I created these study pages and now link to it, giving students easy opportunities to study whenever they can, which means more learning and "internalizing" of important facts and concepts long after the course is over.

Lately I have been focusing on the lower scaffold levels, because I realized some students are not even getting to Level 1, and because this is the easiest to test for and verify. Imagine if a person does not know about the three branches of government: they cannot possibly understand the complexities of cyberlaw, criminal law, or current events. Levels 1 and 2 are easiest to assess in a quick in-class quiz.

These are all short Q&As and cannot be expected to capture all nuances of terms and concepts, nor substitute for full college or graduate level learning. They are a starting place, not a final destination. See my article on scaffolding, layering, and learning and companion video (link below). Every person and student should strive to reach higher levels of learning and meet their potential, that means striving to understand beyond these initial levels.

Layers of answers

Sometimes, I offer multiple answers for the same question. The first might be very simple, then the next might add a few more words to add context which might be helpful for some learners. You'll see what I mean when you start looking through the questions.

I know this is not perfect...

Yes, I know everyone learns differently. And some don't like quizzes, sometimes their minds go blank during a quiz (or when called on).

No method of assessment is perfect, no method of learning is perfect, this is just one way and serves a purpose.

This is life and learning, and we need to get to know ourselves and find a way to learn and understand things, and to be able to communicate what we know. That means being able to read, understand, retain, and then communicate what is in our brain. Sometimes even under stress. Repetition helps with that.

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Posted 6/1/2023 based on years of assignments and quizzes. Updated 01/28/2026