1. The Internet
a. Report (in groups on the whiteboard): The 6Ws for the four books reviewed by Roy Rosenzweig in “Wizards, Bureaucrats, Warriors and Hackers: Writing the History of the Internet.” (And for Rosenzweig himself).
b. Watch: Andrew Blum. “Discover the physical side of the Internet.” (TED Talk) https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_blum_what_is_the_internet_really
2. The World-Wide-Web
a. Watch: Stuff of Genius: The World Wide Web
b. Define (in groups): What is the web? How does it work? What is
- a browser
- a search engine
- a server
- a protocol
- a path
- an IP address
- the cloud
- hyperlink(ing)
- net neutrality
- Web 1.0: Static, hyperlinked pages such as Internet Shakespeare Editions
- Web 2.0: Interactive pages, such as Wikipedia, Facebook, Amazon.com
- In the works: Web 3.0: Categorized web that "learns" about itself and its users (see Semantic Web in the next discussion).
d. Explain (in groups): The Types of Web:
- The Surface Web
- The Deep Web/ Invisible Web/ Hidden Web
- The Dark Web
- The Semantic Web
- The Internet of Things
For next class
1. Read/Watch:
- Damon Brown. “How to choose your news.” (Ted Ed video). http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-choose-your-news-damon-brown
- Harvard Library Research Guides takeaway on fake news
- The CRAAP Test (handout)
- “Does the site measure up?” Cornell University Digital Literacy Resource. http://digitalliteracy.cornell.edu/privacy/dpl5200.html
- Pew Research Center. “Trust Levels of News Sources by Ideological Group.” http://www.journalism.org/2014/10/21/political-polarization-media-habits/pj_14-10-21_mediapolarization-01/
- Eli Pariser. “Beware online ‘filter bubbles.’” (Ted Talk) https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles
- Terrence McCoy. “For the ‘new yellow journalists,’ opportunity comes in clicks and bucks.” The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/for-the-new-yellow-journalists-opportunity-comes-in-clicks-and-bucks/2016/11/20/d58d036c-adbf-11e6-8b45-f8e493f06fcd_story.html?utm_term=.331cfd8747bb
2. Complete Journal #2. Instructions HERE.
