The Internet for Beginners

1. The Internet for Beginners presented by Kathy Schrock

2. Introduction to the Internet Segments of the Internet Introduction to the browser How to speak "URL" Curriculum tie-ins How to find what you want The Itinerary

3. What is the Internet? • Computers connected together are called a network. • Networks let computers share programs and information. • The Internet is a network of many smaller networks made up of millions of personal computers connected to thousands of host servers.

4. Everyone’s computer connected!

5. Segments of the Internet • World Wide Web • Gopher • Telnet • E-mail • FTP • Newsgroups

6. World Wide Web (WWW) • Includes text and pictures • Hypertext and non-linear • Sound and video can be accessed • Point-and-click • Use a Web browser to access

7. Example of a WWW Page

8. Gopher • Text-based • Menu-driven and linear • Precursor to World Wide Web • Accessible through a Web browser

9. Example of a Gopher page

10. Telnet • A way of using distant computers as if you were right there in person • Used to access large databases, like libraries • Need a special Telnet program to use

11. Example of a Telnet session

12. Electronic Mail (E-mail) • Electronic mail allows you to send and receive electronic messages • Fast and convenient • Can also include attachments like files and pictures with e-mail messages

13. Example of Netscape Mail

14. File Transfer Protocol (FTP) • FTP is a way to share files and programs • Download files from large archives to your own computer • Done via the browser or a special piece of FTP software

15. Example of FTP Archive

16. Newsgroups • Bulletin-board discussion groups based on various topics • Thousands exist • A good place to get information about an area of interest • Remember that the responses come from all types of people

17. Example of Newsgroup Reader

18. Using The World Wide Web

19. Web Browsers • A computer program that lets you access the WWW and “browse” the Internet for information • Common browsers : Netscape Navigator Internet Explorer Mosaic

20. Web Sites • A single group of many pages dealing with the same topic and written by the same person is called a Web site. • A Web site is like a magazine with many articles. A home page is like a front cover that tells what is inside.

21. 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 Language (HTML)

22. More on Links • The links might be in the form of pictures such as • Links might lead to text, video, or sounds • When you move your cursor over a link, it turns into a pointing finger

23. The Browser Toolbar : Netscape To go to the home page To move backward one page To find a word on that page To stop a page from loading To print that page To go forward one page To open a dialog box to type a URL

24. The Browser Toolbar : Internet Explorer Read Newsgroups Open Send Refresh Open Favorites To move backward one page Change Font Size Edit Source Stop Search the Net Add to Favorites To move forward one page Start Page

25. Uniform Resource Locators • A URL is the unique address assigned to each page on the Internet • Your browser uses the URL to find information located on another computer and to retrieve the corresponding page situated on that server

26. Anatomy of a URL Hypertext Transfer Protocol Directory on the server Address of ISP http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/eval.htm File name (HTML format) Networkdomain

27. Different Protocols on the Net http:// hypertext transfer protocol (WWW) ftp:// file transfer protocol gopher:// gopher site news: newsgroup telnet:// telnet mailto: e-mail address

28. Different Domains on the Net .com commercial .net network .edu educational .org organization .net network .mil military .gov government

29. 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 slash index dot htm

30. Curriculum Tie-Ins

31. Curriculum Tie-Ins • E-mail projects • Internet resources for teachers • Internet curriculum integration • WebQuests

32. E-Mail Projects

33. E-Mail Projects • Person-to-person exchanges • Information collections • Problem-solving projects • Harris, Judy. Way of the Ferret. ISTE, 1994

34. 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 • Impersonations : participants communicate with each other in character

35. Information Collections • Information exchanges : jokes, slang, etc. • Electronic publishing : collaborative • TeleField Trips : sharing real field trips electronically with others • Pooled data analysis : data collected at various sites and combined in a database

36. 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 • Social action projects : action-oriented

37. 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 • http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/ed.htm

38. Internet Resources for Teachers

39. Internet Resources for Teachers • Lesson plans • Curriculum support materials • Professional development activities • Grant searching • Communication with others • Collaboration locally and globally

40. Internet Curriculum Integration

41. Internet Curriculum Integration • Use of the Internet to supplement existing curriculum • Unique tools available on the Internet • Students actively involved in learning • Students construct their own knowledge

42. Samples of Activities Taken from : Offutt, Dr. Elizabeth Rhodes and Charles R. Offutt. Internet without fear. NJ : Good Apple, 1996.

43. 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 • Challenge your students to re-create the design with a real Spirograph

44. 1492 Columbus http://www.millersv.edu/~columbus/ • 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

45. Food Guide Pyramid http://www.servtech.com/public/cecarlin/maypotm/food.htm • 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

46. International Games http://www.usa1.com/gands/ • 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

47. The Great Penny Toss http://ralphbunche.rbs.edu/RBS_Forms/RBS.html • 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

48. WebQuest An inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet

49. Introduction Interesting task A set of information sources both print and Internet Process description Guidance in organizing information Conclusion Critical Attributes of a WebQuest

50. Further WebQuest Information http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/ webquest/webquest.htm