Link to Your Blog Post for September 21

Please add a link to your article review for this week. Follow the format explained in the previous collection post.

Reading for General Web Literacy (Due September 14)

I'm posting some reading assignments to complete before our next class; each article is fairly short (1 or 2 pages, as indicated). These articles appear on public sites targeting a fairly general audience, so the writing tends to be very informal.

Don't let the writing style (or layout presentation) fool you into missing the great details and simple definitions of terms related to the Internet and the World Wide Web that you'll find. Look for terms that you don't understand and research them with a search engine, if you can't get what you need from context.

Try to take good notes on what you find. Even if you already know the general ideas behind these articles, be sure that you can articulate your knowledge simply and clearly.



Begin with this article:

How did the Internet start? (Read first 2 pages)
By Jonathan Strickland
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/internet-start.htm


Next continue with:

How does the Internet work? (Read first 2 pages)
By Jonathan Strickland
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/internet.htm

What's the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web? (Read first 2 pages)
By Jessika Toothman
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/internet-versus-world-wide-web.htm


Then move on to this article, from another site:

Understanding the World Wide Web (1 page)
http://www.internettutorials.net/www.asp


Finally, take these two very short online quizzes. Some of the questions on these are really silly, while some are difficult and obscure. I don't care how you score (I made a couple of mistakes!), but I want you to make note of the right answers. It's a quick way to learn some interesting facts about Internet and Web history.

Fact or Fiction: the Internet
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/fact-or-fiction-internet-quiz.htm

Tech Talk: Internet Quiz
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/internet-quiz.htm


Please email me if you have any questions about the reading.

Link to Your Blog Post for September 14

Please add a comment to this blog post with a direct link to your first article review. Please include these three elements:

1. your first name
2. the title of the article that you reviewed
3. a direct link to your review

For example, if I added a comment for the sample review that I created it would look like this:

1. Justin
2. "The Dirty Little Secrets of Search"
3. http://webarchitecture-fa11.blogspot.com/p/sampe-blog-post-searching-for-trouble.html

Second Class Meeting: Creating Your Blogs

The second half of our class today will be dedicated to creating your blogs. You'll create individual Blogger accounts to use during the semester.

Your syllabus indicates that a blog title and blog url are due for this session; these will be due by the end of class. Your first article review (blog entry) will be due at the beginning of our next class.

I've posted several links on this site to provide you with information about how to create blog posts (see the "Pages" module in the right-hand column). Please review these carefully as you undertake your first post.

Here's a link to the Blogger site:

Blogger
http://www.blogger.com