Welcome to the Internet

• Identify questions you have about how the Internet works

• Use the Internet Simulator to communicate information with a partner

• We're transitioning from representing information in a variety of ways to actually transmitting it, though the Internet

• There are many different motivations and consequences of how digital information is shared

• When you enter a web address in a browser and hit enter, what happens?

  • At some point you see the web page, but what happens in between?

CSP Welcome to the Internet - Activity

CSP Welcome to the Internet - Activity

Do This: Head to Level 4 on Code.org and connect with someone in the class

Partner #1 -
(Dani)

Partner #2 -
(Hannah)

CSP Welcome to the Internet - Activity

Do This:

Explore the Internet Simulator. How does it work? What can I do with it?

• Different sections of the widget

  • Received Message Log

  • Sent Message Log

  • Send a Message

• You can turn on/off the layers of abstraction (binary, decimal, ASCII)

• The graphic shows a direct line between you and your partner

• Similarities

  • Can send information to another person

  • Comes back to binary (zeros and ones)

• Differences

  • Can only send text

  • Takes a couple seconds to send a text instead of instantly

CSP Welcome to the Internet - Activity

• "You can't escape from contact with the Internet. So why not get to know it?" - Vint Cerf

• Some of the largest issues facing society hinge on an understanding of how the Internet functions

  • Related to people taking advantage of the open protocols that make the Internet function

• Two major issues:

  • Net Neutrality- legal debate that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source AND without favoring or blocking particular products or websites

  • Internet Censorship- attempt to control or suppress what can be accessed, published, or viewed on the Internet by certain people

    • Used both to protect people from harmful information but can also be used to limit free speech

• Interact in lots of ways both at home and at school

  • Phones

  • Tablets

  • Computers

• Use in lots of ways too

  • Message friends and family

  • Work on homework

  • Research information

• Internet has a HUGE impact on our lives