Tapping into the POWER of the INTERNET

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Tapping into the POWER of the INTERNET

• Wanda Thomas
• TheInternetTeacher.com

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• INTERNET
• Buzzword of the Century
• RAPID SPREAD OF TECHNONOGY
• INTERNET
• An Enabler

• INTERNET
• A Basic Skill
• A Modern-Day Literacy

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• INTERNET LITERACY
• Using Search Engines
• Creating Web Pages
• Developing an Online Resume
• Job Searches

jobs.com
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• WHAT IS THE INTERNET?
• A Worldwide Connection
• 10 million computers
• 45,000 networks
• Communication Power
• Any user can communicate with
  any other user on the Internet

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• WHOS ON THE INTERNET?

Researchers
Politicians
Doctors
Entertainers

• Children

Stockbrokers
Government Workers
Business Professionals
Teachers
Hackers
Students
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16,000,000
8,000,000

• Its GROWING!

4,000,000
2,000,000
JAN MAY
SEPT JAN
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• What do people do on the INTERNET?
• E-mail (electronic mail)
• Listserv
• Chat
• File Transfer
• Surf the World Wide Web

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• E-MAIL
• Most used Internet Service
• Every registered Internet user has one
• Great way to communicate
• Avoids delays, such as telephone tag

• Read and respond at your convenience

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• Thousands on the Internet
• You receive a copy of all emails sent
• Everyone on list gets your email
• Simple way for groups to communicate

• LISTSERV (List Servers)
• Like electronic mailing list
• Sends email messages to people on the list
• You join a Listserv by subscribing
  to it

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• INTERNET ADDRESS
• Every computer has an IP Address
• IPInternet Protocol
• IP Address has 4 numbers
• Example 15.899.45.8
• White House 198.137.241.30
• Not very user friendly

198.137.241.30
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• DNS System (Domain Name System)
• Uses alphabetic characters
• Easier to remember
• Example www.whitehouse.gov

www. whitehouse.gov
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• INTERNET IS CHANGING THE WORLD
• How? Convergence
• All our traditional ways of communicating
  are converging into a networked
  supermedium the
  INTERNET

• No Discrimination on the Net
• Cannot see racial differences, age,
  sex, or physical handicaps

• Exception
• Discrimination against the unconnected

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• TEACHING AND LEARNING
• Computer-Based Learning
• Benefits well documented
• Findings indicate learning time is reduced
  significantly (by 80)
• Achievement levels more than a standard deviation
  higher

Professor James Kulik, University of Michigan
(1985,1986, 1981, 1994)
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• THE INTERNET - The Enabler
• Enables educators to make use of computer-based
  learning strategies Online
• Links Universities, colleges, schools, and homes
  into a WW Network
• Enables students of all ages
  to collaborate on WW projects.

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• SURFING THE NET
• Surfing Browsing
• Going from place to place in search of something
• Similar to Channel Surfing

• WWW most popular for searching
• WWW a worldwide hypertext system
• Interconnects millions of documents
• Connections made through links
• Links hot spots (word, phrase, or graphic)
• Browsing progressively clicking through
  the Web by clicking on links

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• BROWSERS
• Most popular browsers
• Netscape Navigator
• Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE)
• Can be purchased or free if downloaded
  from the Net
• Start Web Browser and surf!

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• URLS
• URL Uniform Resource Locator
• Web Address
• Examples
• http//www.udel.edu
• www.udel.edu
• udel.edu
• Often confused with Email addresses
• wthomas_at_netscape.net

maps.com
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• WEBSITES
• Every Website has a URL
• Example
• www.sony.com
• www.cnn.com
• WWW.______.com

• WEBPAGES
• Document on the Web
• Scrolling

Scroll Bar
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• SURFING TECHNIQUES
• Browsing by clicking on links (hyperlinks)
• Entering the URL
• More defined/specific
• Must know the URL
• May guess/try a URL
• Guessing URLs
• www.weather.com
• www.lessonplans.com

Entering the URL
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ENTERNING THE URL
Location Box Enter URLs here (or Web
Address) http//netscape.com
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• MANIPULATING URLs
• You go tohttp//www.snet.com/Content/Features/ti
  ps
• Looking further
• Strip off subfolder names of the path
  and enter
• Examplehttp//www.snet.com/Content/Features/htt
  p//www.snet.com/Content/http//www.snet.com/
  

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• REMAIN FOCUSED
• Dont forget your purpose
• Loaded with distractions
• Can become a habit
• Wastes time
• Avoid Distractions
• Advertisements
• Ticklers/Banners

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• MANAGING YOUR CACHE
• Browser keeps copies of your sites when you surf
• Cache place where addresses of visited sites
  are stored
• Advantages of cache
• Disadvantages
• Purging your cache
• Erasing your History
• (Handout)

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• NETIQUETTE
• Internet Etiquette
• Rules for the Internet
• Avoids Free-for-Alls on the Net
• Tons of Unwanted Messages
• Junk Mail
• Spam
• Lurking
• Good Network Citizens - Netizens

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• ENCRYPTING YOU EMAIL
• Privacy Concerns
• Runs message through an encoder
• Garbles or alters the characters of the
  message
• ExampleHello World Igomq zptoe
• Email receiver must have the Encryption Key to
  decode it
• More Netscape Security Icon

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• COMMUNICATING REAL TIME
• Historically
• Face to Face Conversation
• Telephone Conversation
• Real Time over the Internet
• Chat Rooms
• Videoconferencing
• ICQ
• Instant Messenger
• Web Cam

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So glad to see that youre Online today.

• ONLINE CHAT
• Chat Rooms
• Places to talk with other Internet users real
  time
• Can see whats being typed
• Other users/chatters see what you type, as well
• Private Message
• NetMeeting (multiconferencing)
• More at www.udel.edu/interlit

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• The Internet
• a global computer network
• allows communication with millions of
  computer users
• access to resources from around the world
• limitless wealth of resources is available for
  everyday use

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• Internet Uses
• teachers and students gain access to the world's
  largest archives
• NASA Space Center
• satellite weather stations
• thousands educational and research sources.
• The Global Schoolhouse

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• More Internet Uses
• opportunities for inquiry-based learning
• networking opportunities for teachers
• student collaboration around the world
• sharing of teaching strategies and lesson plans,
  such as
• Economics Lesson Online Music

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• The Information Superhighway
• transports teachers and students beyond the walls
  of their classrooms, and even you.to wherever
  youd like to go..virtually.