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Using Information Technology

Using Information Technology. Chapter 2- Page 66 - 83 The Internet & the World Wide Web. The Internet & the World Wide Web Exploring Cyberspace. Last week. 2.1 Choosing Your Internet Access Device & Physical Connection: The Quest for Broadband

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Using Information Technology

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  1. Using Information Technology Chapter 2- Page 66 - 83 The Internet & the World Wide Web

  2. The Internet & the World Wide WebExploring Cyberspace Last week • 2.1 Choosing Your Internet Access Device & Physical Connection: The Quest for Broadband • 2.2 Choosing Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) • 2.3 Sending & Receiving E-Mail • 2.4 The World Wide Web • 2.5 The Online Gold Mine: More Internet Resources, Your Personal Cyberspace, E-Commerce, & the E-conomy

  3. Multimedia on the Web • Plug-in - a program that adds a specific feature to a browser, allowing it to play or view certain files • Developing multimedia • Applets written in Java • ActiveX • JavaScript

  4. Multimedia on the Web • Text and images • Animation • Video • Download and view • Streaming video • Audio • Download and listen • Streaming audio

  5. Push Technology & Webcasting • Push technology - software that automatically downloads information to your computer • Webcasting - customized text, video, and audio sent to you automatically on a regular basis

  6. The Internet Telephone & Videophone • Internet telephony - using the Net to make phone calls, either one-to-one or for audioconferencing

  7. 2.5 The Online Gold Mine: More Internet Resources, Your Personal Cyberspace, E-Commerce, & the E-conomy • Other Internet resources: • FTP (File Transfer Protocol)--for copying all the free files you want • Telnet--to connect to remote computers

  8. Other Internet Resources • Newsgroups--for online typed discussions on specific topics • Real-time chat--typed discussions among online participants

  9. Your Personal Cyberspace • Relationships--online matchmaking • Education--the rise of distance learning • Health--patient self-education • Entertainment--amusing yourself

  10. E-Commerce • E-tailing--retail commerce online • Auctions--linking individual buyers and sellers • Online finance--trading, banking, and e-money • Online job hunting • B2B commerce

  11. Concept Check • What is the term for using the Net to make phone calls, either one-to-one or for audioconferencing? • Internet telephony

  12. Concept Check • Which language consists of tags, and is used to create web pages? • Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

  13. Concept Check • What are the four components of a URL? • The web protocol • The name of the web server • The directory on that server • The file within that directory

  14. Concept Check • What is the name given to online education programs? • Distance learning

  15. Concept Check • What is the term for writing an online message that uses derogatory, obscene, or inappropriate language? • Flaming

  16. Concept Check • What is the term for keyboard-produced pictorial representations of expressions? • Emoticons

  17. Summary • Multimedia – text, voice, video and graphics • E-commerce – place an order through the Internet • Personal cyber space: your web site

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