Children and the Web 99% of Canadian youth have used the Internet 80% have Internet access in the home 65% prefer the Web over television 50% use the Internet one hour or more a week These are OLD statistics but clearly the Web is part of children’s environment

Goals for the Course Apply what we know about cognitive development to understand how children of different ages use the Web Apply what we know about emotional and social development to understand how children of different ages use the Web Develop critical appraisal skills Improve oral and written communication skills

Organization Monday and Wednesday o Lecture and discussion o Readings Friday o Web assignments, opportunities to search and evaluate Web resources

Learning Outcomes In-class Web assignments o Develop critical appraisal skills Quiz o Review important concepts of development Evaluation project o Begin to apply what you know about development to how children use the Web o Share with the class Project o Capstone project o Develop and rationalize a resource

Grades Percentage system: 92%+9 86%-91%8 80%-85%7 76%-79%6 70%-75%5 65%-69%4

Connie’s Personal Goals Learn more about children’s use of the Web Consider important issues related to child development and the Web Help you develop critical appraisal skills Help you develop better oral and written communication skills Explore different instructional methods

Your experience When did you start using computers? 6-9 years of age years of age years of age 17 or older What did you use a computer for? Word processing Entertainment Research (statistics, graphics)

Your experience When did you start using the Web? 6-9 years of age years of age years of age 17 or older What did you use the Web for? Communications Entertainment Research (information access)

Your experience What do you use computers for now? Word processing Entertainment Research How many hours a week? What do you use the Web for now? Communications Entertainment Research How many hours a week?

Getting to Know the Web as an Adult Structure, function, and history of the Internet History, structure, function of the Web

Structure of the Internet Your computer ISP NBP ISP NBP computer

WorldCom North American Backbone

Function of the Internet Communication o Packet switching Hardware connections o Physical communication links o Routers Software for communication o Protocols o Applications

History of the Internet Need to share information o ARPA formed in 1950s as response to Russian Sputnik o Packet-switching paper provides the concept in 1961 o Global connectivity completes the concept in 1962 o PhD programs in computer science develop in 1960s ARPA funding develops concept o Time-sharing computers 1965 MIT - CA o ARPANET connects UCLA, SRI, UCSB, Univ. of Utah, 1969

History of the Internet Growth and expansion in the 1970s o Protocols developed o Connections added (overseas in 1973) o Applications developed (Telnet, Usenet) Refinement in the 1980s o Name server, DNS early 1980s o NSFNet provides university backbone system o Internet worm shuts down much on Internet in 1988 The World Wide Web in the 1990s o Gopher released in 1991 o CERN introduces the WWW in 1991

History of the World Wide Web Atlantic Monthly article in 1945 on “memex” allowing photoelectronic links between microfiche pages Various theoretical articles and demonstrations using computers s Hypertext system, WorldWideWeb, developed in 1990 using NeXT computers Various browsers developed in early 1990s

Structure of the Web Loosely organized, widely distributed, interconnected set of resources o Hypertext (hypermedia) o Graphical interface with Internet HyperText Transfer Protocol o Standards for transmitting media across the Internet Uniform Resource Locator o Standards for locating the media

Accessing the Web Computer Internet connection o Modem o Communication system Internet Service Provider Browser Browser assistants

Structure

Function of the Web Information dissemination Entertainment Communication Education Research Advertisement