Forcier and Descy The Computer as an Educational Tool (Fifth Edition) Copyright © 2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. Columbus, Ohio All rights reserved The Computer as an Educational Tool Chapter 11: Learning with Internet Tools
Forcier and Descy The Computer as an Educational Tool (Fifth Edition) Copyright © 2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. Columbus, Ohio All rights reserved Internet A network of computer networks Packet switching Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) World Wide Web –Graphic user interface (GUI)
Forcier and Descy The Computer as an Educational Tool (Fifth Edition) Copyright © 2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. Columbus, Ohio All rights reserved Internet Resources and Applications Electronic Mail ( ) Discussion Groups (LISTSERVs™) Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Instant Messaging (IM) Weblogs (Blogs)
Forcier and Descy The Computer as an Educational Tool (Fifth Edition) Copyright © 2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. Columbus, Ohio All rights reserved World Wide Web Global hypertext system Pages constructed in HTML –HyperText Markup Language HyperText Transfer Protocol Web server software –Apache, IIS, Sun Java System, Zeus Web browser software –Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Firefox, Opera, Apple Safari, Mosaic Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
Forcier and Descy The Computer as an Educational Tool (Fifth Edition) Copyright © 2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. Columbus, Ohio All rights reserved Searching the Web Search Engines Directories The Invisible Web Filtered Search Engines Citations
Forcier and Descy The Computer as an Educational Tool (Fifth Edition) Copyright © 2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. Columbus, Ohio All rights reserved Evaluating Web Information Author Producer Site Publication Purpose Date of Publication Arrangement Intended Audience Coverage Writing Style/Reasoning References
Forcier and Descy The Computer as an Educational Tool (Fifth Edition) Copyright © 2008 by Pearson Education, Inc. Columbus, Ohio All rights reserved Web Page Construction HTML (HyperText Markup Language) –A series of tags that tell the browser how to display the page HTML Editors –Software designed to automatically add HTML code Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft Word, Netscape Composer