PSU Northern Tier

 

Su09 Tavani EDTEC 448

Welcome to EDTEC 448

 

Link for Google Gadgets:

http://www.google.com/ig/directory?synd=open

 

A Brief History of the Internet

 

Internet Usage Around the World

 

http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm

 

Assignment #1

Use the Internet to find the answers to each of the following questions.  Please enter the questions and your answers in a Microsoft Word document.  Put an appropriate header on your document.  When you are finished, save your work and email your document to me.

 

1.  What event triggered the United States' interest in developing a computer network (hint:  It involved the USSR)?

2.  What was the name of the government agency that was formed in response to the event from question #1?

3.  What was the primary reason for the United States developing a network of computers?

4.  What was the name of the first version of the Internet?  When was it operational?  What locations were connected?

5.  What protocol did the first version of the Internet use?  Briefly explain this protocol.

6.  When did email first appear?

7.  Explain TCP/IP.

8.  When did the term "Internet" first appear?

9.  What is ethernet?

10.  What is DNS?  When did it first appear?  Who developed it?  Why is it important?

 

 

Number of Internet Hosts

 

Year # of Hosts
1969 4
1972 23
1976 100
1985 200
1988 56,000
1990 313,000
1992 1,000,000
2002 2,000,000
2009 625,000,000

 

 

Google Groups

 

http://groups.google.com/group/edtec448tavanisummer09?hl=en 

 

Blogs

 

Setting Up a Blog

http://www.blogger.com

http://www.wordpress.com

Your school district's website

 

Google Docs

 

 

Group Project Information

With a class of 7, I would like to have 3 groups- 1 group of 3 and 2 groups of 2 for the group project section of our course.  With your partner/group, research an emerging topic dealing with the Internet.  Relate your findings to the educational world.  Each group will be expected to have a presentation of around 15 minutes.  Powerpoint is not required, but can be very useful.  Video found on the Internet helping to explain your topic as part of your presentation is acceptable.

 

Potential topics include but are not limited to:

Twitter

Facebook/MySpace

Google applications not covered in our course

Online grading systems 

 

Podcasting in Plain English

 

Links for Educational Podcasts

http://epnweb.org/

 

http://edtechtalk.com/

 

http://freevlog.org

 

Creating a Podcast

 

Wikis in Plain English

 

 

Internet Safety

 

 

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