1. Welcome everyone

Introduce yourself, and briefly describe your background.

2. Ask how this class was announced:

(e.g. training trainers, training teachers, or training others)

3. Ask who is participating in today's class

(e.g. trainers, teachers, administrators...)

(Keep in mind the various types of participants, so that you can gear examples and discussions to their needs.)

4. Discuss what the series will cover:

Module 1: Introduction to World Wide Web

Module 2: Accessing Educational Content

Module 3: On-Line Communication & Collaboration

Module 4: Creating a Web Page

Module 5: Managing the On-Line Student...Internet Safety

Module 6: Integrating the Internet into the Classroom

5.Discuss what class training will cover:

The title of today's module is, "Introduction to the World Wide Web". Today we will:

introduce you to the World Wide Web (Internet),

discuss what the WWW (Internet) is,

show how the WWW (Internet) can help you,

introduce you to webTeacher, and

demonstrate how webTeacher works.

6. Describe Expected Outcomes

By the end of this class you will:

understand the basic nature of the WWW (Internet),

know how to navigate on the WWW (Internet) to various web sites,

know how to save favorite web sites, and

know a resource on the WWW (Internet)--and be able to get there--which will provide you with an interactive, self-guided, self-paced tutorial that will expand your abilities to use the WWW (Internet).

7. Review class times:

Mention - when the class will start Mention - break-times, if any

Mention - when the class will end

Mention - that participants should ask questions whenever they need to, no matter how simple they may feel it is

Getting Started

<talk> As Senator Glenn mentioned in his introduction, the World Wide Web (Internet) is a tremendous repository of information. You will soon learn how to tap into this repository. One reason why the World Wide Web (Internet) attracts so many people is its ability to provide you with specific information. After mastering some basic concepts, you will be able to identify--and get--information that is important to you. Another reason why the World Wide Web (Internet) attracts so many people is its interactive capabilities. Not only can you find information on almost anything imaginable; but, you can engage actively in discussions with colleagues, mentors, students, and parents.

<demonstrate> For example, let's say you want to get some current news. All you need to do is to enter an address; for example, http://www.cnn.com/ (or, use one of your favorite news web sites) and hit the return--or enter--key.

<talk>Voila! Or, let's say that you are interested in finding information about the weather in Europe. All you need to do is to enter the address, http://www.euroweather.net/ (or, use one of your favorite web sites) and hit the return--or enter--key.

Voila!

It's this simple to find information on the web. I will also show you how to get to information on the WWW (Internet), even when you do not know the address.

So, let us begin to learn these skills now.

<video> Show the Introduction to Module 1 of the webTeacher Video

<class> Have everyone click on Netscape (Preferred) or Internet Explorer.

<talk> Netscape and Internet Explorer are both examples of browsers. Browsers are software programs that allow you to view documents on the World Wide Web (Internet). Netscape and Internet Explorer are the two most commonly used browsers.

As you open up your browsers there are a few important terms that I want to define:

<define> a. World Wide Web (Internet)

First, you've heard the terms World Wide Web and the Internet. What exactly do these terms mean?

<ask> Ask class to offer some definitions.

(Help them define their definitions, if incomplete; otherwise acknowledge appropriate answers.)

(If no one knows the definition, then offer the following: The World Wide Web and the Internet are used interchangeably. They refer to an international computer network, made up of thousands of smaller networks, linked together.)

<define> b. Protocol

Because the WWW (Internet) links computers from around the world, it is important for these computers to be able to talk with one another. Therefore, protocols are created. Protocols are mutually agreed-upon rules that govern how information is transferred between the computers on the Internet. The IP, or Internet protocol, allows different computers and different networks from around the world to communicate with each other.

<define> c. Web Site

A web site is an WWW (Internet) destination which can be viewed by a browser. Usually, there are several web pages associated with a web site--think of these as different screens all part of one web site. (In the real-world, many pages are bound to form a book. In the cyber-world, many web pages comprise a web site.) Most often, information from pages on a web page/site can be retrieved.

All the web sites in the world, linked together, make up the World Wide Web (Internet). Later in the series, I will show you how you can create a web page--and perhaps even a web site--of your own.

<talk> Let's go to a web site.

Look at the LOCATOR FIELD. This shows the "address" of a web page/site.

In Netscape: If the Locator Field is not visible, go to View; Show; select Locator toolbar.

(In Internet Explorer: the same function is called the "ADDRESS BAR" button: if the Address Bar is not visible, go to View, Tool Bars, Address Bar.)

In the Location field (box), type in:

"http://www.webteacher.org" and press the return--or enter--key.

(Wait for everyone to get to the webTeacher site.)

<talk> d. URL

The URL is the Uniform Resource Locator. This is the address we use to get to a web page. The URL is a unique address on the web site.

Highlight the URL for webTeacher.org.

<define> e. HTTP

HTTP, or Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol is the protocol used to signify that an Internet site is a World Wide Web site. You will see most WWW (Internet) addresses begin with "http://" In fact this is so common, that many people--when giving WWW (Internet) addresses--just begin with "www", e.g. "www.webteacher.org".

<demonstrate> Highlight the "http" part of "http://www.webTeacher.org".

<define> f. HTML

HTML or Hypertext Mark-up Language refers to a language of web browsers and of web pages. HTML is not a programming language; rather it is merely a system to have regular text appear--and act--in different ways on the computer screen. Hypertext, as the name implies, is more than just text on a screen. The most important feature of hypertext is the concept of a hypertext link. (See below.)

<demonstrate> Use the view page source at "http://www.webTeacher.org" and show the class the HTML for webTeacher's home page.

Point out <HEAD>, <TITLE>, etc.

<optional> You may wish to have the class view page source.

<define> g. Hypertext

Hypertext is a feature of HTML that allows documents on the WWW (Internet) to act in a certain pre-defined way. For example, in a hypertext document certain words or pictures can be marked in ways that when the user selects a word or picture -- i.e. clicks on it -- the user will be taken to a different section of the same document, or to a different location on the WWW (Internet).

<demonstrate> Use the view source page at "http://www.webTeacher.org" and show the class the HTML for webTeacher's home page.

Point out <LINK>

<define> h. Hypertext Links

Hypertext Links (also called hyperlinks and hotlinks) are the URLs--or addresses--that are imbedded within an HTML document. webTeacher's site is a collection of hypertext documents that are connected to one another by hypertext links.

<demonstrate> Close the view source page at "http://www.webTeacher.org". You should be at webTeacher's home page.

Point out hypertext links.Click on one.

Links are usually colored and/or underlined.

<demonstrate> If you use the mouse to place the cursor over a link, the corresponding address for the link usually appears somewhere on the screen (generally at the bottom, but exactly where depends on the browser you are using).

Hold your mouse over a link without clicking, and see what happens. (Note that the cursor changes when the cursor is held over it.)

Clicking once on these links will take you to the corresponding document.

<class> (Close the view page source window at http://www.webTeacher.org, if it is opened.) You should be at webTeacher's home page.

Have everyone click on one of the hypertext links. (It doesn't matter which one.)

Allow class to view the new page.

Have everyone click the "back" button.

Everyone should be back at webTeacher's home page.

Note that the link changes to yet a third color when the link has been visited. (This is usually the case, though not always; depending upon the HTML coding.)

<define> i. Bookmarks

Bookmarks are convenient ways of storing web addresses (the URLs of web sites).

<demonstrate>

<go to> Menu Bar

<select> Bookmarks

<select> "Add a Bookmark"

<class> make sure everyone is at the webTeacher home page

<go to> Menu Bar

<select> Bookmarks

<select> Bookmarks

<demonstrate> Show class that webTeacher home page has been added to the bookmark list! (e.g., got to Menu Bar; select Bookmarks, find webTeacher listed.)

<class> Have class Navigate to webTeacher's sponsors' sites (National Cable Television Association, and TECH CORPS)

<select> Bookmark these sites,

<select> Return to webTeacher in different ways:

<click> Click on NCTA logo

go to NCTA site

Bookmark NCTA page

<class> Have class return to webTeacher by using the Bookmarks

<go to> From Bookmarks file; select webTeacher

------- use the "Back" & "Forward" buttons

<class> Everyone should be at the webTeacher home page. Allow class to use the "Back" button, returns user to NCTA home page; and the "Forward" to return to the webTeacher home page.

<optional> Show class how to set webTeacher and "Home" page in preferences.

<define> j. Domain Name System

Domain Name System (DNS) is naming stardard in which each field in a numeric address corresponds to a single domain. The rules for representing these numbers in words are what make up the Domain Name System, or DNS.

<define> k. Domain Type

There are now 13 domain types, but the most commonly used types are:

".com" (commercial)

".edu" (educational)

".gov" (government)

".org" (organization)

".mil" (military)

<demonstrate> at webTeacher's home page, point out ".org" at URL.

<talk> In some cases, you will see two letters at the end of a URL> These two letters after the Domain Type indicate a country code (e.g. "uk" for United Kingdom).

<demonstrate>

<go to> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/index.shtml

----- point out "uk"

<talk> I want us, now, to look more closely at webTeacher's web site. In particular, I want to point out various tutorials that are available to you at this site for your further reference. Think of webTeacher as a teaching tool which will get you up and running on the WWW (Internet), at your own pace! webTeacher is available 7 days/week, 24 hours/day.

<demonstrate> From webTeacher's home page

<select> Click on any of the topics under Web Primer in RF

<note> You will see that whenever you work in the Web Primer seciton of webTeacher, the background of each page -- in the left frame -- is yellow

This holds true for all ten sections of the Web Primer:

Getting Started

Web Browsers

Addresses

Navigation

Electronic Mail

Telnet

FTP

Finding Things

Newsgroups

Mail Lists

<select> Click on any of the Web Tutorial buttons in the right frame (e.g. "Browser Basics" under the "Web Browser" heading)

<talk> Ask class if anyone can see a difference (hint at the background color)

<note> (If class has not noticed the difference in the background color, then) point out that whenever you are working in the Web Tutorial section of webTeacher, the background of each page -- in the left frame -- is white.

You can always tell -- by noticing the background color of a page -- whether you are in the Web Primer, or Web Tutorial section of Web Teacher.

<scroll> Chapter list in Right Frame [RF]

<talk> Read off each of 19 chapter topics

<demonstrate>

<select> Click on "Going Further" under "#8, Finding Things"

<talk> You are now at the "Going Further" page

<note> At the end of each chapter, there are links to additional on-line resources. Here -- at the "Going Further" page -- you are provided with additional links

Resource Compilations

Yahoo

Resources for Education

Web Directories

Lists of Resource Compilations

Compilation of Information, Services, and Reference Works on the Web

Search Engines

Links to Various Search Engines

More Links to Search Engines

Other More Specialized Tools

Who is Gateway

Finger Gateway

PH and Phonebook Directories

<talk> And while we are talking about additional resources, I want to show you a very useful section on webTeacher's site.

<go to> webTeacher home page; select "Resource" button from upper right frame, and select the "Cable-provided Educational Resources" link which is one of the selections appearing in the left frame.

(You are taken to the "Cable-provided Educational Resources" page.)

<note> Explain to class: Do not be surprised to see the navigational field -- i.e. the right frame -- disappear; you have not broken anything, nor have you done anything wrong.

Here is a good example of some of htemany links to additional resources available at webTeacher.

<talk> Ask class to identify links of special interest.

<class> Make sure everyone is at the "Cable-provided Educational Resources" page

<talk> Let's bookmark this page

<got to> Menu Bar

<select> Bookmarks

<select> "Add a Bookmark"

<demonstrate>

<select> From the "Cable-Provided Educational Resources" page, select a link. (For example under the "Cable in the Classroom Programming" heading, select "Discovery Communications, Inc." and scroll.)

<select> Click on "Back" button to return to webTeacher's home page.

<pause> Are there any questions at this time? (Answer questions if raised.)

<talk> Let's look at some different ways of navigating through webTeacher.

<scroll> Scroll down right frame to "#4, Navigation".

<select> Click on "URL Address".

<note> Point out "Next" button at top left frame (and at bottom of left frame).

<select> Click on "Next" button and go to "URL Details" page.

<select> Click "Back" button on left frame.

<talk> As you can see, we can move throughout the various pages of webTeacher by clicking on the "Next" and "Back" buttons in the left frame.

We can also navigate by using the back and forward buttons from our Browser.

<note> If Navigational Toolbar is opened then point to the "Back" and "Forward" buttons on it. (If Navigational Toolbar is closed, then go to "View" in menu, then move the cursor to "Show" and then to Navigational Toolbar.)

<talk> There is yet another way to move backwards and forwards. This is by using the browser's menu.

<select> Select "Go" on Menu bar, and select back and forward.

<optional> You can also navigate by using your keyboard. On a Mac, hold down the Command key (the key with the o on it) and the "]" key to go forward; and then hold down the Command key and the"]" key to go backwards.

<talk> Let's no shift gears to soemthing else which is very important. We've seen at the beginning of this class that it is very simple to get to a location on the WWW (Internet) by typing in its address. However, what if we don't know its address?

Fortunately there are many "Search Engines" on theWWW (Internet) which will allow us to get to the right site!

<scroll> Scroll down right frame to "#8, Finding Things".

<click> Click "SEARCH ENGINE" button.

<click> Click "Alta Vista" link.

<type> Type in "webTeacher" (small "w", capital "T")

<note> Search brings up webTeacher.org and related files, such as TECH CORPS and NCTA sites.

<type> Type in "webteacher" (all small letters)

<note> Search brings up webteacher.com, webTeacher.org, and numerous sites unrelated to webTeacher.org

Point out URLs of various finds

<define> Boolean logic: A way to combine terms using "AND", "OR", "AND NOT" and sometimes "NEAR".

"AND" requires all terms appear in a record.

"OR" retrieves records with either term.

"AND NOT" excludes terms.

Parentheses or Quotes group terms.

<note> CASE RULES: Searches are usually case sensitive. To get more results, use lower case only. To return fewer results use upper case.

<select> Select Netscape SEARCH BUTTON from Menu Bar

<type> Search examples.

<class> Have everyone return to webTeacher's home page.

<select> Click on Search button (upper right frame).

<note> webTeacher's "search" function searches the webTeacher site only (not other websites), and searches only on text (not URLs).

<start> From webTeacher home page (right frame top)

<select> Click on "Resource" button

<select> Click "Other Interesting Links to Educational Information" (in left frame) from the "Additional Resources" heading.

<note> You will arrive at the "Interesting and Useful Information" page.

<select> Click on "Compiliations" link.

<scroll> Scroll down to "Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators".

<select> Click on "Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators" link.

<note> You will arrive at the "Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators" web page.

<select> Bookmarks (from Menu) this page.

<back> Use Back button (on Navigational Toolbar) to return to "Compilations" page in webTeacher.

<optional> Show class that they can go back to "Compilations" page in webTeacher by either using hte "Go" menu item, or by clicking the "Back" button from the navigational toolbar.

<start> From "Compilations"

<enter> Click on "Awesome Library" link; scroll quickly; use "Back Arrow" to return to "Compilations".

<start> From "Compilations" page, click "Back" button once more.

<start> From "Interesting and Useful Information" page.

<enter> Click "Searches" link.

<note> Point out list of different search engines.

<enter> Click "webCrawler" link; scroll to view.

<note> Mention how similar this is to the "Alta Vista" search engine.

<select> Click the "Back" button.

<note> You should be back at the "Search Engines" page of webTeacher.

<enter> Click "Dogpile" link.

<enter> Type in "webTeacher", and hit search.

<note> Show the class that Dogpile returns the results from various searche engines.

<talk> Let's review some of the places we've visited today. (Make sure webTeacher is bookmarked on their computers.)

webTeacher ("http://www.webTeacher.org")

<note> Make it your permanent reference library; links are added and updated constantly.

TECH CORPS (www.techcorps.org)

<note> New sites added and updated continuously. Subscribe to one of the on-line education journals listed in the Resources section.

Discovery Channel ("http://www.discovery.com/")

<note> One of many cable resources, chock full of interactive lessons & activities. Find links through webTeacher's Resources section, or from the Natinoal Cable Television Association's home page.

Kathy Schrock's Guide ("http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/")

<note> an educated educator's vision of what other educators need to know.

<talk> SESSION WRAP-UP: Leave time to answer questions. If someone has a very specific question that is not of general relevance, rell them you'll answer that "off-line" (one-to-one) after the session is over.

<optional> Ask people what thye think they have learned today. Reinforce that they are leaving with:

Knowledge: "How To" knowledge of Internet basics.

Resources: A free, self-paced tutorial to complete on their own time, pace and place ("http://www.webTeacher.org")

Tools: For lifelong teaching and learning.

Strategies: For maximizing value from their on-line experiences.

Sites: All of the sites visited today are among the best resources available to the education community.

 

If disks have been provided, they can download this list of bookmarks they visited today. No disk? No problem! All of the sites they visited today can be easily retraced through webTeacher!

<optional> Leave some time (15 minutes, if possible) for people who want to stay and use the computer on-line to do so.