internet literacy
DESCRIPTION
Internet Literacy. The Internet. Created by DARPA , 1969 Packet switching technology Uses Internet Protocol. Internet Services. E-mail Listserv USENET Newsgroups Chatting FTP Telnet Gopher World Wide Web. Internet Services. Client-Server computing Domains and Sub-domains - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Internet Services
• E-mail• Listserv• USENET Newsgroups• Chatting• FTP• Telnet• Gopher• World Wide Web
Internet Services
• Client-Server computing
• Domains and Sub-domains– www.bridgewater.edu– hostname.subdomain.top-level-domain– 147.138.10.40 is a computer at BC
Changing The World
• Mergers and Alliances
• Telecommuting
• Business, Advertising, and Online Shopping
• Government, Politics and Defense
• Electronic Publishing
• Teaching and Learning
• Interconnected Scholarship
Internet Service Providers
• American Online
• AT&T Worldnet
• CompuServe
• Microsoft Network
• Prodigy Internet
• Regional providers
• Educational institutions
Netiquette
• Rules and conventions to govern behavior on the Net
• RFC 1855 - “Responsible Use of the Network”
• “Bill of Rights”
• “Ten Commandments of Internet Use”
Ten Commandments
– The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics
• by the Computer Ethics Institute • Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people.
• Thou shalt not interfere with other people's computer work.
• Thou shalt not snoop around in other people's computer files.
• Thou shalt not use a computer to steal.
• Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false witness.
Ten Commandments• Thou shalt not copy or use proprietary software for which you
have not paid.
• Thou shalt not use other people's computer resources without authorization or proper compensation.
• Thou shalt not appropriate other people's intellectual output.
• Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you are writing or the system you are designing.
• Thou shalt always use a computer in ways that insure consideration and respect for your fellow humans.
Good Things to Know
• Smileys and Emoticons– :)
• Three Letter Acronyms (TLAs)– imo = in my opinion– ttfn = ta-ta for now
• Jargon– FAQ, beta, snail mail– see table 5-1, pg 65
LISTSERV
• Send e-mail to a distribution list
• List includes those who want to discuss a topic
• You subscribe to a list– Any e-mail sent to list comes to you– If you send e-mail, it goes to all on list
• LISTSERV Search tools, table 7-2, pg 89
• Receive listserv e-mails just like any other
LISTSERV
• Respond to a listserv e-mail
• Send a new msg to listserv to start discussion
• Any listserv has two address– listserv for commands, list for msgs
• Pause delivery if necessary
• Find out who else is on the address list
• Un-subscribe when you want
• Listserv commands - table 7-4, pg 94
HTML Editors
• Written using Hypertext Markup Language
• Consists of text and special TAGS– Tags direct how text will appear
• Type document directly
• Lots of control, but technical and tedious– WebEdit– HotMetal
WYSIWYG Editors
• What You See Is What You Get
• Type text onto page as you want to appear
• Editor translates into HTML
• Less technical, but less control– Netscape Composer– Microsoft Frontpage– Adobe PageMill– Claris Home Page
HTML Converters
• Turn existing document into HTML
• “Save as HTML”– WordPerfect Internet Publisher– Internet Assistant for MS Word– Internet Assistant for MS Excel– Internet Assistant for MS Access– Internet Assistant for MS PowerPoint
Active Tools
• “Bring Web pages to life”
• Animated GIFs– multiple images that loop– GIF Construction Site from Interlit
• JAVA– object-oriented programming language– from SUN– machine independent
Internet File Types
• Text– plain text = .txt– hypertext = .htm– word processors = .doc or .wpd
• Images– Graphics Interchange Format = .gif– Joint Photographic Experts Group = .jpg– Portable Network Graphics = .png
Internet File Types
• Waveform Audio– waveform = .wav– .au and .snd– audio streaming = .ra and .ram
• MIDI Synthesizer format = .mid– Musical Instrument Digital Interface
Internet File Types
• Video Formats– MS Video for Windows = .avi– Apple Quicktime = .mov and .qt– Motion Picture Experts Group = .mpg– Video Stream = .rm
• Portable Document Format = .pdf
• Virtual Reality Format = .vrml
Citing Internet Resources
• APA - American Psychological Association
• MLA - Modern Language Association
• CMS - Chicago Manual of Style
– in-text citations, not footnotes– several examples at InterLit site
Individual Works found on Net
• APA– Pritzker, T.J. (No date). An early fragment from central Nepal [Online]. Available:
http://www.ingress.com/~astanart/pritzker/pritxke.html [1995, June 8].
• MLA– Pritzker, Thomas J. An early fragment from central Nepal. N.D. Online. Ingress
Communications. Available: http://www.ingress.com/~astanart/pritzker/pritxke.html. 8 June 1995.
• CMS– Pritzker, T.J., An early fragment from central Nepal. Available from
http://www.ingress.com/~astanart/pritzker/pritxke.html [cited 8 June 1995].
Journal Articles
• APA– Inada, K. (1995). A Buddhist response to the nature of human rights. Journal of
Buddhist Ethics [Online], 2, 9 paragraphs. Available: http://www.cac.psu.edu/jbe/twocont.html [1995, June 21].
• MLA– Inada, Kenneth. “A Buddhist Response to the Nature of Human Rights.” Journal of
Buddhist Ethics 2 (1995): 9 pars. Online.. Available: http://www.cac.psu.edu/jbe/twocont.html. 21 June 1995.
• CMS– Inada, K., “A Buddhist Response to the Nature of Human Rights,” Journal of Buddhist
Ethics [journal online], vol. 2, 9 paragraphs. Available from http://www.cac.psu.edu/jbe/twocont.html [cited 21 June 1995].
Fair Use Guidelines
• Consortium of College and University Media Centers– 1000 words of text– not more than 5 images– not more than 30 seconds of music– mot more than 3 minutes of video– 2500 fields or cells from a database
• This applies to students only!
Societal Issues
• Equity and Universal Access– Net Day– Technological underclass?
• Privacy– Sniffing– Cookies– Certification
Emerging Technologies
• Changing the Infrastructure– HTTP 1.1– Multicast Backbone– Internet II– Wireless Communications
• Real-time Communications– Internet Telephone Services
Emerging Technologies
• Artificial Intelligence– Voice Recognition– Image Recognition– Knowbots
• Digital TV– HDTV– MPEG Digital Video– WebTV