Connecting the Web with Teaching and Learning

Anatomy of a URL

http://www.google.com/educators/index.html

http = initiates the hyper text transfer protocol

CLIENT

SERVER

http://www.googleguide.com/searchEngines/google/searchLeader.html

http Transfer protocal

www.googleguide.com Website or host name

Googleguide Second-level domain name

Com Top-level domain name

searchEngines Directory name (major category)

Google Sub-directory name (sub-category)

searchLeader File name (a file w/in the directory)

Html File format

Your turn

Spend a few minutes searching Find a URL that holds

› Document› PDF file

VIDEO CONFERENCING

http://video-chat-im-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

Virtual Reality / Simulations

Three categories› Live: http://www.e-missions.net› Virtual

Second Life Simulated Training Modules

Teacher-simulated training

› Constructive War gaming

http://www.go2web20.net/

WebBlogs

http://www.bloglines.com/

Wiki

What is a wiki? Who was first? Examples

› As a webquest› As a resource› For a meeting› For your college Portfolio› As a central Exchange location› For your students› Social Studies Classroom