1. Welcome to the Internet prepared by Nancy Hunt, Ed.D. CSU, Fresno Accessing People and Information Around the Globe

2. Presentation Overview u What is the Internet? u What is the WWW? u What resources are available? u When do I get to play with it?

3. What is the Internet? A collection of computer networks linked together to share resources via high-speed telephone lines Can you say “nanosecond” ?

4. What does it offer me? u Global electronic mail u Knowledge navigation u File exchange u Discussion groups u Live conferencing

5. Sample Internet Software u Telnet - Allows users to connect to remote sites u FTP (File Transfer Protocol ) - Allows users to send and receive files from other Internet machines u Gopher - A point-and-click menu system for locating information on the Internet u CU-SeeMe -- Allows low-cost video conferencing u Netscape -- Provides a graphical user interface (GUI) to the Internet’s World Wide Web

6. What is the World Wide Web? A body of information -- hypertext documents -- accessible over the Internet. These documents may include text, graphics, photographic images, motion video, or sound.

7. What is Hypertext? The Great Wall of China was built during the Qin dynasty. It was formed by linking earlier walls built by feudal lords to protect their lands. Hypertext documents have “hot spots” which..... link the reader to other related text or media. Qin dynasty -- (221 - 206 BC) the first to unify the Chinese empire.

8. Who’s on the Web? Governments Schools Museums Communities Public Service Agencies Businesses People Like You and Me

9. Governments-- World Wide Web Image Depicting Information Access

10. Schools-- World Wide Web Image - CSU, Fresno Home Page

11. Museums-- World Wide Web Image - The Louvre

12. Communities-- World Wide Web Image - Atlanta Web Page

13. Public Service Agencies-- World Wide Web Image - 1996 Olympics

14. Businesses-- World Wide Web Image - Music Store

15. People Like You and Me (?)-- World Wide Web Image - Mike Mize Homepage