Monday, December 5th

December 4, 2016 6:03 PM

Today you will be working on Criterion D - Project Design and Criterion C - Project Schedule
I will come by to answer any questions you have and to see how your design is progressing.
Check out the Web Style Guide - free on-line book, a great resource for your design stage.

Homework

Read pages 116-121 in Gray
Key terms—animation, bit-map versus vector graphics, object-oriented, clip art, CAD, hypermedia,
hypertext, pixel, resolution, MP3, MIDI, morph

Continue working on Criterion D - Project Design and Criterion C - Project Schedule
Check out the Web Style Guide - free on-line book, a great resource for your design stage.

What

3.4 Internet - page 29
Introduction
The internet and World Wide Web are omnipresent in contemporary society. This topic introduces ITGS
students to the technology that enables access to the internet. The tools and applications that contribute
to the creation of web-based resources and websites are addressed under topic 3.6, “Multimedia/digital
media”.

The use of the internet for activities such as e-commerce, academic research and social networking can
raise ethical issues and have positive or negative social impacts. These may include exposure to undesirable
materials, cyber-bullying, e-fraud, improved communication between individuals and groups, intellectual
property theft, plagiarism, spamming and the global dissemination of ideas. Students are expected to
discuss, where appropriate, possible solutions to a specified problem and evaluate their effectiveness.
Possible scenario
A school is considering using the internet to enhance the learning opportunities of its students. Before
making a final decision it intends to obtain an outline of the different facilities available. It must also consider
the potential problems of opening this “window on the world”. Where appropriate, the ITGS student
should investigate different environments to experience the range of available learning opportunities.
This may include research using different collaborative websites, educational websites or online sources of
information.
IT concepts to address in this topic
Fundamentals
• WWW (World Wide Web), URL (uniform resource locator), internet, intranet, extranet
• Internet protocols: for example, HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol), HTTPS (hypertext transfer protocol
secure), FTP (file transfer protocol), TCP/IP (transmission control protocol/internet protocol)
• IP address
• Modem, browser, internet service provider (ISP), bandwidth, download, upload, streaming audio/
video, compression, decompression, cache
• Domain names, domain name system (DNS)
• Features of a website: for example, hyperlinks, navigation, metatags, tags, forms
• Features of a browser: for example, bookmarks, visited links, tabs
• Web-based languages: for example, hypertext markup language (HTML), JavaScript
• Adding functionality to a browser (for example, plug-ins)
• Data-driven websites: for example, active server page extended (ASPX), personal home page (PHP)
• Site management: for example, web hosting, uploading
• Other site use: for example, bounce rate, click-through rate (CTR), avatar, profile
Tools
• Search engines, web crawler/spider, search directories, search techniques, filtering, keyword density,
keyword prominence, ranking of sites
• Social networking: for example, newsgroups, message boards, chat rooms, forums, instant messaging
• Email, email server, list server
• Web 2.0, Web 3.0 and beyond, collaborative online tools: for example, wikis, blogs, micro-blogs, RDF
(resource description framework) site summary feeds, RSS (really simple syndication) feeds, mashups,
forums, social bookmarking, online collaborative applications, podcasts, photocasts, vidcasts, social
networking sites, templates, tagging, viral marketing, webcasts, widgets, virtual worlds and learning
environments
• Web databases, encyclopedias
Services
• Online advertising and marketing technologies: for example, banners, pop-ups, cookies
• Push–pull technologies: for example, email newsletters
• Content management systems: for example, Moodle, Blackboard
• E-commerce technology: for example, business-to-business (B2B), business-to-consumer (B2C),
consumer-to-consumer (C2C), payment services, secure transactions
• The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Internet threats and security
• Internet security: for example, firewall, proxy server, SSL (secure sockets layer), encryption, public and
private keys, digital signatures
• Internet threats: for example, global viruses, hackers, spam, phishing, pharming, spyware, adware
Practical techniques
• Collaborative online tools: for example, wikis, blogs, RSS feeds, mashups, forums, social bookmarking,
online collaborative applications, podcasts, photocasts, vidcasts, social networking sites, templates,
virtual worlds and virtual learning environments

Why

The WWW has become ubiquidous in our society and an understanding of how it works and how it affects us has real implications in our lives.

How

By completing the reading and web site buidling activities.