10/4: How the World Wide Web Has Changed

Class

Review:  https://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/internet-versus-world-wide-web1.htm or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web#Function

1. Report on the ACLU
2. Define (in groups): What is the web? How does it work?

Example:

TCP/IP:  Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP) are two distinct computer network agreed-upon set of rules that are commonly used together. When two computers follow the same protocols, they can understand each other and exchange data.

• Transmission Control Protocol divides a message or file into packets that are transmitted over the internet and then reassembled when they reach their destination. 
• Internet Protocol is responsible for the address of each packet so it is sent to the correct destination.

Your Turn: What is.....?

• a browser
• a search engine
• a server
• a protocol
• a path
• an IP address
• the cloud
• hyperlink(ing)

4. Comprehend: The Types of Web:

• The Surface Web
• The Deep Web/ Invisible Web/ Hidden Web
• The Dark Web (see Tor on Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)
• The Internet of Things

5. Comprehend: The Development of the Web

• 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 (also called Semantic Web)

6. Overview: The Uses and Values of the Internet/World Wide Web as Designed by Their Creators

7. Complete the Exit Questions: https://goo.gl/forms/cgcyno5ErSrpvlWb2

For next class
Preparing for Assignment 3

• Read: "Thesis Statements" and "Introductory Paragraphs" (writing package) and submit your tentative thesis for Assignment 3 HERE. Responses HERE
• Start reading George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four (reading packet, pp. 47-61)

10/2: History of the Internet and the World Wide Web

Essential question:

• How does the online world work and how has it changed since its inception?

Class
1. Introducing Assignment 2: The Useful Introduction

The Internet
2. Report on Rosenzweig: The 7Ws.
3. What are summaries for?

• As reading notes for self and others. See my summary for the Grad Center Students:   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zW2siJBl0pKaQAUSNyofNkTNrVRxxHDdXNaYZ7_hgfE/edit?usp=sharing
• As a means to introduce your own topic and thesis. See summary in action in this blog post:   https://witnesstointernment.wordpress.com/home/origin-stories/

4. Write an introductory sentence in this form:   https://goo.gl/forms/6kVVcSKH8MCjbR5x2
--Responses here:   https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PWI3GSi0KWKhg3wgJTbKY0wuLD0YrgSZZ75SUNRghxs/edit?usp=sharing


The World Wide Web
5. Watch: Stuff of Genius: The World Wide Web


For next class
Read

1. “How the Web Works-In One Easy Lesson.” http://mkcohen.com/how-the-web-works-in-one-easy-lesson
2. Lamo and Kumar, “The Deep and Dark Webs”
3. Web 2.0  & Web 3.0 definitions
4. ACLU. “Net Neutrality”
5. Watch: Burger King/Whooper Neutrality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltzy5vRmN8Q 

Using the 7Ws, write Journal 4 on ACLU, “Net Neutrality”