UNIT 2 - Exploring the Internet / Hyperlinks
Students will investigate and search the Internet as they study the background, organization and capabilities of the Internet.
- Brief History
- US military beginnings
- Expansion into US universities
- Opened to world
- Browser navigation
- Netscape
- Internet Explorer
- Searching
- URLs, directories, files
- Search engines
- Indexes
- Network structure
- Servers and clients
- LANs and WANs
- Internet protocols
- Internet Society and W3 Consortium
- Downloading
- Text
- Images
- HTML source code
- Computer Ethics
- Freedom of speech
- Copyrights
Hyperlinks
- <a href = "http://..url ">Description of Link</a>
- <a href = "mailto: your e-mail address">Description</a>
- Attributes: <hr> <h1> to <h6> <body bgcolor = color> <font size=? color=?>
Activities:
- Bookmark list of sites which explain the above concepts
- Accelerated learning music (ALM) lesson– links for the mind
- Add links to partner’s biography
- Web page describing your favorite sites with links.
- Films on Internet
- Scavenger hunt
- Get an e-mail account and mail address to Mrs. North at knorth@cs.rice.edu
Assessment:
- Journal with daily log including number of sites bookmarked and why sites were interesting or useful. Also include a description of new learning.
- Participation in ALM Lesson
- Softcopy individual presentation of Web Essay and List
- Printed web pages with all corrections
- Test on films