COMPUTER CLASSES

THE INTERNET – January 12th, 1998

blue.gif (827 bytes) MAIN TOPIC
darkblue.gif (827 bytes) LECTURE SUBJECT
green.gif (827 bytes) HANDS ON TRAINING

SESSION ONE

I. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE INTERNET
       A. What is the Internet
       B. Earliest Mentions of Internet Technologies

       C. Internet
       D. Growth of the Internet
II. EMAIL
      A. What is it
       
B. You've Got Mail! The Email Essentials

SESSION TWO

III. THE WORLD WIDE WEB
      A. HTTP (HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL) DEFINITION AND EXPLANATION
       B. Browsers
       C. Address Fields, Browsing and Precision

SESSION THREE

IV. THE WORLD WIDE WEB CONTINUED
        A. Links
        B. Menu Items
        C. File Transfer Protocol
        D. Downloading

        E. Uploading

SESSION FOUR

V. SEARCH
       A. The Importance of Search
      
B. Search Engines
       C. Key Words
       D.
Multiple search applications

       E. Copying, Pasting and Printing the Results
       F. Common Errors
VI. THE BELLS AND WHISTLES
      A. Web Site Development and Understanding Page Construction
     
B. Messaging Systems and Applications
      C. News Groups

SESSION FIVE

VII. CLASS REVIEW
      A. The World Wide Web
      B. Email
      C. File Transfer Protocol
      D. The Browser
      E. Downloading and Uploading Files

      F. The Bells and Whistles
      G. Surfing Techniques
      H. Searching