1. Introduction to Research: The Internet
Ms. Jane Doe’s 6th Grade Class
28 October 2014

2. Today you will learn: What is the Internet?
How does the Internet work?
How do you navigate the Internet?
What dangers lie on the Internet?
How should you behave on the Internet?

3. Digital Native: That’s you!
Someone born during or after the common use of digital technologies (1989), such as the Internet, mobile devices, apps, etc. It is assumed that such individuals have a strong grasp of digital technology because it was a regular part of their lives.

4. What is the Internet?
Network: Two or more computers that are connected so users can share files and devices (for example, printers, servers, and storage devices).

5. What is the Internet?
Internet: An international network first used to connect education and research networks … The Internet now provides communication and application services to an international base of businesses, consumers, educational institutions, governments, and research organizations.
Cyberspace: The nebulous "place" where humans interact over computer networks

6. How does the Internet work?
Router: A router is a specialized computer that connects local area networks to wide area networks.
Browser: A browser is also called a Web browser, because it is used to browse the content of the World Wide Web

7. How does the Internet work?
Search Engine: A Web site that enables users to search for Web pages by entering keywords.

10. HTML: the programming language used to create documents for display on the World Wide Web.
Link: the result of HTML markup signifying to a browser that data within a document will automatically connect with either nested data or an outside source. Used in the design of hypertext.

12. Homepage: The main page of a web site
Homepage: The main page of a web site. Typically, the home page serves as an index or table of contents to other documents stored at the site.

13. Navigation: Finding your way from page to page on the World Wide Web.

15. URL: (Uniform Resource Locator) the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web.

16. Dissecting a URL http://www.horseshoecrab.org/nh/hist.html
Top-level Domain
Hostname
Domain
name
Protocol
Filename

17. Dissecting a URL http://www.horseshoecrab.org/nh/hist.html
Top-level Domain
Hostname
HTTP: (HyperText Transfer Protocol) The set of rules and standards that govern how information is transmitted on the World Wide Web
Domain
name
Protocol
Filename
The protocol is the method that will be used to retrieve the page. is the default protocol, and your browser will insert it automatically.

18. Dissecting a URL http://www.horseshoecrab.org/nh/hist.html
World Wide Web: A graphical hypertext-based internet tool that provides access to homepages created by individuals, businesses, and other organizations.
Top-level Domain
Hostname
Domain
name
Protocol
Computers that serve Web pages and other Internet content usually have a host name, which is easier for humans to remember than the computer's numeric address.
Filename

19. Dissecting a URL http://www.horseshoecrab.org/nh/hist.html
Top-level Domain
Hostname
Domain
name
Protocol
Filename
The domain name is the name officially registered to a company or organization by the InterNIC, the organization in charge of assigning Internet names.

20. Dissecting a URL http://www.horseshoecrab.org/nh/hist.html
Top-level Domain
Hostname
The top-level domain indicates the type of organization that owns the domain name. org = non-profit organizations. com = profit-making businesses. edu = universities, mil = military, gov = government, and net = Internet-related organizations. *In other countries, the top-level domain represents the country (.uk and .de)
Domain
name
Protocol
Filename

21. Dissecting a URL http://www.horseshoecrab.org/nh/hist.html
Top-level Domain
Hostname
Domain
name
Protocol
Filename
This is the filename of the actual page returned by your browser. It is a plain text file residing on our Web server. If you don't include a filename, the Web server will return the default page, which is probably named default.html or index.html.

22. Be Careful
Virus: A destructive type of computer program that attempts to disrupt the normal operation of a computer, rewrite or delete information from storage devices, and in some cases, cause physical damage to the computer.

23. Netiquette
Online manners; the rules of conduct for online or internet users.
Always identify yourself
Avoid sarcasm
Respect privacy

24. Introduction to Research: Online Resources
Let’s apply how to use the internet to what it provides