CPSC 104
Mary Washington College
The Internet: Technology, Information, and Issues
Textbook: Learning to Use the Internet and World Wide Web with Revitalized URLs (ISBN 1-59028-035-0) by Ernest Ackermann and Karen Hartman, and published by Franklin, Beedle and Associates, Incorporated, Wilsonville, OR.
Student Blogs | Student Internet Favorites | Student Portfolio Pages | Critique Schedule
| August | September | October | November | December |
| August 30 - Read Chapter 1; Course intro; blog intro |
Sept 1 - set up Atom/RSS feed and news aggregator. For next time read Chapter 2. Sept 6 - Assignment 1 due; discuss readings, blog entries;Set up Atom/RSS feed and news aggregator; HW assigned. Sept 8 -Revisit network policy. Copyright issues, blog settings. Read chapter 3 for next class. Sept 13 - Writing Style. Discussion of topics in Chapter 3. Read Chapter 4 for next class. Sept 15 - Discussion of topics in Chapter 3 and 4. Jami Bryan, Reference and Sciences Librarian, talks about searching Sept 20 - Discussion of material in Chapter 4. Jami Bryan, Reference and Sciences Librarian, talks about searching Sept 22 - Continued discussion of material in Chapter 4. Sept 27 -citation formats. Appendix B; Chapter 9 introduction Sept 29 - Writing a Web page - Chapter 9;test information |
Oct 4 - citation formats. Appendix B; Chapter 9 introduction Oct 6 - - First test, in class TEST Oct 11 - Writing a Web page - Chapter 9; portfolio page; have a picture of yourself in digital format available. Chapter 9; Search tools Web page Oct 13 - More about writng Web pages Oct 18 - No class, Fall Break Oct 20 - Take home test 1 handed out. Tables in Web pages. Oct 25 - Topics from Chapter 9 Oct 27 - Take Home Test 1 due.
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Nov 1 - Project Proposal Due. Topics from Chapter 10. Nov 3 - Project prototype. Take home test 2 handed out. About FTP. Web site features Nov 8 - email, discussion groups, Usenet Nov 10 - Take home test 2 due; About FTP. Web site features; email Nov 15 - email Nov 17 - social networks Nov 22 - social networks Nov 24 - No class: Thanksgiving break. Nov 29 -The trail you leave behind. |
Dec 1 - presentations Dec 6 - presentations Dec 8 - presentations. Last day of class; about the final. Dec 13 - Final Exam, 8:30-11 |
Links to topics
| Email Pointers | FYIs from the text and other sources |
| Glossaries | Internet Bookmarks - a collection of resources for a course about the Internet |
| Legal and Ethical Issues, Privacy, and Security | Meeting the Challenge of Critically Evaluating Information on the Internet and the Web |
| Notes on Web Design | Notes on writing a Web page |
| NsLookup - Find the IP address of a network or node on the Internet. nslookup utility |
Overview of Searching and Search Tools |
| Saving Bookmarks to Disk | Evaluating Information on the Web |
| Citing Web and Internet Resources |
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| Other sites | Webliminal.com | Searching and Researching on the Internet and the World Wide Web |
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Ernest Ackermann
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