Internet

WWW stands for World Wide Web. The world wide web is a group of electronic documents connected together like a web(the last w in www). These documents are stored on servers throughout the world. The web has grown to a means for publishing electronic documents and conduct electronic commerce, such as selling and purchasing goods and services.

In order to teach my students I would explain that the Internet is also called the world wide web. And all around the world people can put new information on the Internet, and people all over the world can look at the information that people put up. I would then ask them, "Do you know any of the things that you can do on the Internet?" I would expect answers such as email, shop, watch movies, get information to write reports etc. I might also explain that while the Internet is good and can help us do a lot of good things, that there are also bad things and it is important to have someone help you when you are using the Internet. I think that it would be neat to show how to e-mail and I would e-mail it to one of my other e-mail addresses so that I could show how fast that it can send to someone anywhere in the world.

URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. When you enter t he URL of a page it sends a request to the server.

Some common error messages that appear when using the Internet are:

• Error message 404- not found. Either web page doesn't exist or it can't be found. If this appears check the address carefully searching for any mistakes. If the site has a search engine search for what you are looking for.
• Error message 503- Service unavailable. Your Internet service provider is down or you may have lost the connection. If this happens you just have to wait it out.
• Bad File Request. The browser you are using may not be able to decipher the form, or there may be a technical error in the form.

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. A set of special codes that tell the web browser how to display text in a document.

Http stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol. Http is the method used to transfer hypertext files through the Internet.

I think that the Internet is a very useful resource for students writing papers or working on projects, but most young students don't understand that not everything on the Internet is credible. I think that it is important to explain this to the students and teach them ways to tell whether the source is credible.