Web I - The Web

Learning Activities

Preview the four learning objectives above so your brain knows what it should focus on.

View the movie: Warriors of the Net - Choose your favorite IP action hero!
If you are using dial-up try viewing the movie from the Web or on campus. It can be a very long download otherwise.

Go to the page listing all the movies and double click on the link for the English version. This should cause MediaPlayer or QuickTime to start playing the movie.

To download: Use a right-mouse click and select "save file as"

Use the Self-Quiz: WWW as a learning tool. You can take this quiz as many times as you like. The same material will be used for the grade quiz. Keep in mind though that the self-quizzes close on Thursdays and the graded quiz doesn't open until Friday. (This helps you assess your actual knowledge as opposed to your short-term memory.)

Work through on-line tutorials:
1. About the Internet
2. What is Client/Server?
3. How the WWW Works

Here is a board talk video I shot to show you how all the pieces of the Web work together.

Create a mindmap showing how the Web works based on the tutorials and the movie. Create this piece as if you are explaining to a business person how the Web works. You should include all eight items outlined in the tutorial "How the WWW Works" in the previous activity.

You can use the graphic tools in Microsoft Word or any graphic program such as InkScape (see Tip Of the Week below), PhotoShop, Fireworks, or Paint (In Windows: start/programs/accessories/paint). Please make certain your file is either a gif or a jpg so it can be viewed in a browser.

You can also draw the mindmap on paper and either scan it or take a digital photo of it.
-- It should be at least 480 x 640 pixels in size.
-- Name the file: prjMindMap (using the appropriate extension) - upper/lower case matter.
-- Make certain the image is either a .gif, jpg, or .png type file so it can be viewed in a browser. Word files are not acceptable.
-- Show the client/server relationship between the browser and the server including the request path and the response path.

The mindmap will be included as one of the Assessment Activities below. Later in the course you will be able to use it when you meet with your business partner to show them how the Web works. For this reason, make your mind map as professional looking as you can.

Why do this? Being able to draw out an idea or concept is an important communication tool. You don't have to be an artist to get an important idea across. Also, when you draw something it utilizes several parts of your brain. Your motor center coordinating your hand and eye movement and your cortex analyzing the best way to show what you mean. Look at the preview pages of The Back of A Napkin to see how valuable this skill is. (Use the "Surprise Me" button to see some internal pages with illustrations.)

Use Google to find out information about Tim Berners-Lee or Vannevar Bush Some example questions you might look for could are included in the Tim Berners-Lee handout. (Just choose one or find out something about TBL that isn't even on this list.)

The main purpose of this activity is to get everyone using the Web as a search/research tool as well as to post what you find so everyone else can learn by reading through the discussions. (A great way to learn!)

Post what you found about Tim Berners-Lee or Vannavar Bush in the Discussion group. Post your message under topic: "Tim Berners-Lee". Please, no duplicates!
For each item, please include the URL as a reference that others can use.

Respond to other people's postings.

Tip: When the page is being displayed, highlight it by clicking on the URL, use CTRL-C to copy it, and CTRL-V to paste the link in your discusssion message.

Optional: How vulnerable is the Internet? Read about the Sea Cable Vulnerability