ppt the internet for beginners 1997

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The Internet for Beginners

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The Itinerary

• Introduction to the Internet • Segments of the Internet

• Introduction to the browser • How to speak "URL"

• Curriculum tie-ins

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What is the Internet?

• Computers connected together are called a network.

• Networks let computers share programs and information.

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Segments of the Internet

• World Wide Web

• Gopher

• Telnet

• E-mail

• FTP

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World Wide Web (WWW)

• Includes text and pictures

• Hypertext and non-linear

• Sound and video can be accessed

• Point-and-click

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Gopher

• Text-based

• Menu-driven and linear

• Precursor to World Wide Web

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Telnet

• A way of using distant computers as if

you were right there in person

• Used to access large databases, like

libraries

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Electronic Mail (E-mail)

• Electronic mail allows you to send and

receive electronic messages

• Fast and convenient

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File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

• FTP is a way to share files and programs

• Download files from large archives to

your own computer

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Newsgroups

• Bulletin-board discussion groups based on various topics

• Thousands exist

• A good place to get information about an area of interest

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Web Browsers

• A computer program that lets you access the WWW and “browse” the Internet for

information

• Common browsers :

Netscape Navigator Internet Explorer

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Web Sites

• A single group of many pages dealing with the same topic and written by the same

person is called a Web site.

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Hypertext Links

• Underlined words on a Web page that allow you to jump to another place or Web page

• They look like this : the survey included • Hidden codes are attached to these words • This coding is called Hypertext Markup

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Different Protocols on the

Net

http:// hypertext transfer protocol (WWW) ftp:// file transfer protocol

gopher:// gopher site news: newsgroup telnet:// telnet

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Different Domains on the

Net

.com commercial .net network

.edu educational .org organization .net network

.mil military

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Speaking “URL”

http://www.capecod.net/~kschrock/index.htm

h-t-t-p colon slash slash

w-w-w dot capecod dot net slash tilde kschrock

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Curriculum Tie-Ins

• E-mail projects

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E-Mail Projects

•Person-to-person exchanges •Information collections

•Problem-solving projects

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Person-to-Person

Exchanges

• Keypals : e-mail penpals

• Global classrooms : 2 or more classrooms studying the same topic

• Electronic appearances by special guests • Electronic mentoring by subject experts

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Information Collections

• Information exchanges : jokes, slang, etc. • Electronic publishing : collaborative

• TeleField Trips : sharing real field trips electronically with others

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Problem-Solving Projects

• Information searches : collaborative hunts • Electronic process writing : peer edits

• Sequential creation of a poem, story, etc. • Parallel problem-solving : answers to a

posed question shared electronically • Simulations in "real" time

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Locating Online Projects

•E-mail Classroom Exchange

http://www.iglou.com/xchange/ece/index.html

•Newsgroups

http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/comatt/nwsgrps.html

•Listservs http://k12.cnidr.org:90/lists.html

•Web sites for educators

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Internet Resources for

Teachers

•Lesson plans

•Curriculum support materials

•Professional development activities •Grant searching

•Communication with others

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Internet Curriculum

Integration

•Use of the Internet to supplement existing curriculum

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Samples of Activities

Taken from :

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Spirographs and Math!

http://juniper.tc.cornell.edu:8000/spiro/spiro.html

•Site with a program to generate Spirograph designs on the computer

•Help students enter integers at the site for the radii of the fixed and rotating circles

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•Students can travel with Columbus on a virtual field trip

•Have students create a Hyperstudio

presentation using information from this site •Have students change the situations and

therefore the outcomes

1492 Columbus

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Food Guide Pyramid

•Site provides information about the food pyramid and an illustration

•Have students create a survey for their classmates to find out how healthy their eating habits are and enter the results in a database or spreadsheet

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International Games

•This site contains information about

popular games in other parts of the world •Discuss the differences between games played in the US and the world

•Have students mark a world map with names and locations of the sports

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The Great Penny Toss

•This site allows students to collect data and participate in a worldwide,

data-collection project

•Incorporate this site into a unit on statistics •E-mail the results to the project

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WebQuest

An inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that

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Critical Attributes of a

WebQuest

• Introduction

• Interesting task

• A set of information sources both print and Internet

• Process description

• Guidance in organizing information

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Further WebQuest

Information

http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/

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Directories vs. Search

Engines

Directories

• Lists of Web sites added by a human

• May be general or subject-specific

• Yahoo : general

• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators : subject-specific

Search engines

• An index built by a

computer program that goes out and collects data

• More inclusive than a directory

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Successful Searching

•Combining terms is called Boolean logic •Combine terms to both expand and limit

your search

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Boolean Logic : AND

Limits your search

Women & History

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Boolean Logic : OR

Broadens your search

Women or History

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Boolean Logic : NOT

Limits your search

Women not History

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Sites to Refer To

•Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators