HA270 : Welcome : Internet : Description : On-Line Lesson

LESSON OUTLINE

I. WHAT IS THE INTERNET?

A. History of the Internet

B. Usage and Growth

C. Who uses the Net?

D. A New Culture

E. How do I connect to the Internet?

II. INTERNET RESOURCES

A.Communication Resources

1. E-mail

2. Mailing Lists

3. Internet Relay Chat Join ICQ and chat with Galen

4. Usenet

5. Telnet

B. Information Retrieval and Search Services

1. File Transfer Protocol

2. Search Tools (example of a search tool:Gopher)

C. Multimedia Resources

1. The History and Development of the World Wide Web

a. browsers

b. home pages

c. HTML

d. VRML see Galen's 3D Office (scroll down to end of page)

e. URL

Yahoo Web Directory

f. Web directories (example of a Web directory:Yahoo)

g. E-mail (example of Internet address finder:WhoWhere)

h. Web search engines (see Intelligent Agents)

Hotbot Search Engine

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When you have completed this lesson, go to the next assignment.

Send E-mail to Galen Collins
or call (928) 523-7333

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