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


Topics discussed in class

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.

 

 

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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