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Internet Literacy
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The Internet Created by DARPA, 1969 Packet switching technology Uses Internet Protocol
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Internet Services E-mail Listserv USENET Newsgroups Chatting FTP Telnet Gopher World Wide Web
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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
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Changing The World Mergers and Alliances Telecommuting Business, Advertising, and Online Shopping Government, Politics and Defense Electronic Publishing Teaching and Learning Interconnected Scholarship
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Connecting 1. Internet Service Provider 2. Communications medium 3. Software using IP
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Internet Service Providers American Online AT&T Worldnet CompuServe Microsoft Network Prodigy Internet Regional providers Educational institutions
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Transport Medium POTS ETHERNET Token Ring ISDN Cable modems
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Software TCP/IP connections –PPP Point-to-Point Protocol –Broadband –ISDN
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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”
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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.
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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.
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Unethical Uses SPAM Lurking Flames –Firefighters Shouting
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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
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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
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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
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Creating Web Pages 1. HTML Editor 2. WYSIWYG Editor 3. Converter
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Active Tools –JAVA applets –JavaScript –ActiveX –Shockwave
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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
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Internet File Types Waveform Audio –waveform =.wav –.au and.snd –audio streaming =.ra and.ram MIDI Synthesizer format =.mid –Musical Instrument Digital Interface
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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
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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
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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].
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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].
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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!
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Societal Issues Equity and Universal Access –Net Day –Technological underclass? Privacy –Sniffing –Cookies –Certification
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Societal Issues Stalking Security –Passwords –Encryption –Firewalls
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Emerging Technologies Changing the Infrastructure –HTTP 1.1 –Multicast Backbone –Internet II –Wireless Communications Real-time Communications –Internet Telephone Services
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Emerging Technologies Artificial Intelligence –Voice Recognition –Image Recognition –Knowbots Digital TV –HDTV –MPEG Digital Video –WebTV
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Emerging Technologies Push Technologies –Pointcasting
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How To Keep Up Listservs Catalogs Periodicals and Web Sites Books
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