Session

Date(s)

Topics

Week 1

1/28 & 1/31

Intro to course, History of Internet. How the Internet works. IP-Addresses

Week 2

2/5 & 2/7

The World Wide Web: Browsing, Web Addresses, Navigating, Searching.

Week 3

2/12 & 2/14

Types of Web Sites.

Week 4

2/19 (no class) &
2/21 (no class)

  *** President's Day & Instructor Absence ***

Week 5

2/26 & 2/28

Evaluating a Web site. Multimedia on the Web

Week 6

3/4 & 3/6

Discussion Boards, Chat Rooms, Web Publishing, E-Commerce, Email, FTP, Newsgroups, Mailings Lists

Week 7

3/11 & 3/13

Instant Messaging, Internet Telephony, Netiquette, Midterm Exam (3/13)

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3/18 (no class) &
3/20 (no class)

 *** Spring Break ***

Week 8

3/25 & 3/27

Blog Project (Due 4/1)

Week 9

4/1 & 4/3

Internet Security, Ethics, and Privacy

Week 10

4/8 & 4/10

Internet Security, Ethics, and Privacy (cont'd)

Week 11

4/15 & 4/17

Begin Web Publishing Project

Week 12

4/22 & 4/24

Complete Web Publishing Project (Due 4/24)

Week 13

4/29 & 5/1

Communications

Week 14

5/6 & 5/8

Networks, wrap-up, blog awards

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