Transcript “Happy Talk”

“Happy Talk”
A Beginner’s Guide to the Internet, E-mail, Chat, and Messaging
Day 1: Introduce Yourself
What is the Internet?
• Short answer: it’s magic!
• Long answer: a global network of
computer networks (like the telephone
network) which allows connected
machines to talk to each other.
• Internet = INTERconnected NETwork
• The Internet is asynchronous
What is the Web?
• Web = World-Wide Web = WWW
• The Web is a part of the Internet (one
application among many, like one
particular type of telephone call)
• It’s all about hypertext (crossreferences)
Work the Web
• How to spot a hyperlink
• Single click
• The “World-Wide Wait”
• Filling out forms
Get Hooked Up (Part 1)
• Option 1: Buy a computer with a modem
and Internet software
• Option 2: Join a club (like Little House!)
or visit your local library
• ISP = Internet Service Provider
• AOL, CompuServe, WorldNet, etc.
• WebTV
What is E-mail?
• E-mail = electronic mail
• If it looks like a typewriter, works like a
typewriter, and quacks like a
typewriter…
• Addresses: “[email protected]”
Why use E-mail?
• FAST - electricity runs faster than your
postman can
• FREE - no need to buy stamps,
envelopes, paper, ink, or blotters
• EASY - just type and send!
Get Hooked Up (Part 2)
• Option 1: ISP package deals (AOL,
WorldNet, WebTV, etc.)
• Option 2: Free E-mail on the Web
(Yahoo, Excite, Juno, etc.)
• Let’s do it!
Now What?
• Directory services: 411, etc.
• [email protected]
• [email protected]
CAVEATS
• You can’t recall sent E-mail, so always
check your addresses!
• Netiquette = Network etiquette
• Think before you speak: would you want
to read this message?
• Check spelling and grammar
• DON’T USE ALL CAPS
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Next week: E-mail ’til You Drop