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Children and the Web
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99% of Canadian youth have used the Internet
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80% have Internet access in the home
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65% prefer the Web over television
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50% use the Internet one hour or more a week
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These are OLD statistics but clearly the Web is part
of children’s environment
Goals for the Course
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Apply what we know about cognitive development to
understand how children of different ages use the
Web
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Apply what we know about emotional and social
development to understand how children of different
ages use the Web
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Develop critical appraisal skills
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Improve oral and written communication skills
Organization
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Monday and Wednesday
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Lecture and discussion
Readings
Friday
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Web assignments, opportunities to search and evaluate
Web resources
Learning Outcomes
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In-class Web assignments
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Quiz
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Review important concepts of development
Evaluation project
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Develop critical appraisal skills
Begin to apply what you know about development to
how children use the Web
Share with the class
Project
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Capstone project
Develop and rationalize a resource
Grades
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Percentage system:
92%+
9
86%-91%
8
80%-85%
7
76%-79%
6
70%-75%
5
65%-69%
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Connie’s Personal Goals
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Learn more about children’s use of the Web
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Consider important issues related to child
development and the Web
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Help you develop critical appraisal skills
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Help you develop better oral and written
communication skills
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Explore different instructional methods
Your experience
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When did you start using computers?
6-9 years of age
10-12 years of age
13-16 years of age
17 or older
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What did you use a computer for?
Word processing
Entertainment
Research (statistics, graphics)
Your experience
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When did you start using the Web?
6-9 years of age
10-12 years of age
13-16 years of age
17 or older
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What did you use the Web for?
Communications
Entertainment
Research (information access)
Your experience
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What do you use computers
for now?
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Communications
Entertainment
Research
Word processing
Entertainment
Research
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How many hours a week?
What do you use the Web for
now?
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How many hours a week?
Getting to Know the Web as an Adult
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Structure, function, and history of the Internet
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History, structure, function of the Web
Structure of the Internet
ISP
Your
computer
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computer
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ISP
computer
computer
computer
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ISP
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WorldCom North American Backbone
Function of the Internet
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Communication
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Hardware connections
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Packet switching
Physical communication links
Routers
Software for communication
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Protocols
Applications
History of the Internet
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Need to share information
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ARPA formed in 1950s as response to Russian Sputnik
Packet-switching paper provides the concept in 1961
Global connectivity completes the concept in 1962
PhD programs in computer science develop in 1960s
ARPA funding develops concept
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Time-sharing computers 1965 MIT - CA
ARPANET connects UCLA, SRI, UCSB, Univ. of Utah,
1969
History of the Internet
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Growth and expansion in the 1970s
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Refinement in the 1980s
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Protocols developed
Connections added (overseas in 1973)
Applications developed (Telnet, Usenet)
Name server, DNS early 1980s
NSFNet provides university backbone system
Internet worm shuts down much on Internet in 1988
The World Wide Web in the 1990s
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Gopher released in 1991
CERN introduces the WWW in 1991
History of the World Wide Web
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Atlantic Monthly article in 1945 on “memex” allowing
photoelectronic links between microfiche pages
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Various theoretical articles and demonstrations using
computers 1960-1980s
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Hypertext system, WorldWideWeb, developed in
1990 using NeXT computers
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Various browsers developed in early 1990s
Structure of the Web
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Loosely organized, widely distributed, interconnected
set of resources
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HyperText Transfer Protocol
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Hypertext (hypermedia)
Graphical interface with Internet
Standards for transmitting media across the Internet
Uniform Resource Locator
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Standards for locating the media
Accessing the Web
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Computer
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Internet connection
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Modem
Communication system
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Internet Service Provider
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Browser
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Browser assistants
Structure
Function of the Web
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Information dissemination
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Entertainment
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Communication
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Education
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Research
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