1. By: Jordan Hale, McKenzie Kratts, Victoria Lee, and Lakin Burnett

2. WHAT IS COMMUNICATIONS?  Sometimes called telecommunications  Describes a process in which two or more computers or devices transfer data, instructions, and information.  Communicating technology allows us relay information more efficiently

3. COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM  Consists of three components: 1. Transmitter 2. Channel 3. Receiver

4. NETWORKING IN SCHOOLS  Used for three reasons: To share hardware and software resources Enable communications among schools and other organizations Connect students and teachers to the internet

5. HOW DOES THE INTERNET WORK?  Data is divided into small pieces called packets.  Packets travel over the internet via routers.  At the destination, the packets are reassembled into the original message.

6. WORLD WIDE WEB  Worldwide collection of electronic documents that have built-in hyperlinks to other related documents. These links allow users to quickly jump from one page to another. ○ A web page is an electronic document viewed on the web.

7. HOW A WEB PAGE WORKS  Web pages contain text, graphics, video, and sound. Hypertext Hypermedia  Three types of hyperlinks: 1. Target 2. Relative 3. Absolute

8. WEB BROWSER SOFTWARE  Web browser- a program that interprets HTML and displays Web pages and enables you to link to other Web pages and Web sites.

9. WEB SEARCH TOOLS  Search tools- enable users to locate information found at Web sites all over the world. Search engine Subject directory

10. MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB  Multimedia- the combination of graphics, annimation, audio, video, and virtual reality. Brings Web page to life Makes internet more entertaining place to explore

11. INTERNET SERVICES  Email  Newsgroups  Chat rooms  Instant messaging

12. EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS  Information  Entertainment  Business

13. CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET  Dial up  Cable modem  DSL  Satellite modem