History of the Internet
In order for us to fully appreciate how web pages are designed, we first need to understand the history of the Internet that revolutionized the world and impacted the way in which we communicate and share ideas.
The internet is obviously an amazing resource that has developed into a commercial and informational warehouse. The history of the internet is interesting and can give you an appreciation of the fact that nobody owns it or really even regulates it.
The internet is obviously an amazing resource that has developed into a commercial and informational warehouse. The history of the internet is interesting and can give you an appreciation of the fact that nobody owns it or really even regulates it.
Video To Check Out
The video follows the Internet's creation from 1957 (the first year programmers were able to work remotely with supercomputers) to Feb. 28, 1990 (the day various computer networks were connected and the Internet was born), and all of the acronym-heavy, military and university projects in between.
The video stops at the year 1990, right when things on the Internet started to get interesting. What about chatrooms? Instant messaging? Whatever happened to America Online's "You've got mail!" guy? And most importantly, when did the Internet evolve from something used largely by universities and the military into a portal for information, porn, games, and social networking?
The video stops at the year 1990, right when things on the Internet started to get interesting. What about chatrooms? Instant messaging? Whatever happened to America Online's "You've got mail!" guy? And most importantly, when did the Internet evolve from something used largely by universities and the military into a portal for information, porn, games, and social networking?
History Channel - The Internet
Assignment Overview
Time to do some research to get a brief history of the Internet, including important dates, people, projects, sites, and other information. By the end of the project, you should have at least a partial picture of what this thing we call the Internet really is, where it came from, and the "Shoulders of Giants" on which it was built. Possible research sites are listed below.
Once you have learned a lot about the history of the Internet, create a timeline that covers many of the key topics from the 1950s to the present. Make sure to include many of the events (minimum of 10) covered in the questions below as well as any others you find through research online. Your timeline can be in the form of a website, powerpoint, online timeline, or anything you find to be creative and an effective way of displaying your findings. (Be sure to cite the sources that you use)
Here are some of the events / technologies / people you might want to consider. Be sure to discuss why each event or person was so important.
Once you have learned a lot about the history of the Internet, create a timeline that covers many of the key topics from the 1950s to the present. Make sure to include many of the events (minimum of 10) covered in the questions below as well as any others you find through research online. Your timeline can be in the form of a website, powerpoint, online timeline, or anything you find to be creative and an effective way of displaying your findings. (Be sure to cite the sources that you use)
Here are some of the events / technologies / people you might want to consider. Be sure to discuss why each event or person was so important.
- Vannevar Bush and Memex
- Marshall McLuhan Foresees The Global Village
- Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE)
- J.C.R. Licklider And The Universal Network
- Ted Nelson and "Hypertext"
- Why was Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) formed in 1957?
- Why did the government want a decentralized network in 1962?
- What is ARPANET and what is Paul Baran’s (RAND) contribution? About what year was this? - What is packet switching? (You might need to understand what a packet is)
- What year did ARPANET finally span the entire US?
- IMP -- Interface Message Processor
- NCP -- Network Control Program
- Ray Tomlinson and e-mail (1972)
- Who developed the first TCP and in what year?
- What does TCP/IP stand for?
- What year was TCP/IP established marking the official start of the Internet (when was the term "Internet" coined or first used)
- Who first used the term "Internet"?
- What does Ethernet allow to happen?
- What is USENET?
- Who created its own network in 1981 which was not connected to ARPANET?
- What is DNS and when was it developed? (Paul Mockapetris). What happens when a packet is directed to a domain name (what does the server database do)? What was the purpose of creating domain names?
- What is TCP/IP and how is it important to every user on the internet?
- NSFNET -- National Science Foundation Network and CSNET -- Computer Science Network
- Why did Tim Berners-Lee implement a hypertext system in 1990?
- In what year did CERN release the World Wide Web?
- When did traditional dial-up systems (CompuServe, AOL, Prodigy) begin to provide Internet access.
- In what year was the first graphical user interface (browser) created for the World Wide Web?
- Who offered pizza ordering on their Web page, and who was the first virtual bank, in 1994?
- What is W3C and when was it created? Why?
- How can the internet work if nobody owns it? (Explain in a short paragraph)
- ICANN
- Describe 4 ways that people are using the internet today
- What is a killer app? In your opinion, what is / was the Internet's killer app?
- When did some of the big Social Media sites hit the waves?
- There is a well known principle that inspired the Internet's original design which is called "The End to End Principle". Find out more about the end to end principle in systems design and how it applies to the Internet.
Useful Links / Sources
- http://www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/
- http://sixrevisions.com/resources/the-history-of-the-internet-in-a-nutshell/
- http://www.internetsociety.org/internet/what-internet/history-internet/brief-history-internet
- http://www.internethalloffame.org/internet-history/timeline
- http://www.internethalloffame.org/brief-history-internet
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet
- http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html
- http://www.pbs.org/opb/nerds2.0.1/ (Be sure to check out the Glossary and the Timeline)
- http://www.davesite.com/webstation/net-history.shtml
- http://www.netvalley.com/cgi-bin/intval/net_history.pl?sdf=1
- http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii.htm
- http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/index.html
- http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/early90s/internethistory.xhtml
- Vanity Fair How the Web Was Won: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/07/internet200807
- http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/believe-it-or-not-email-is-still-the-killer-app/
Further Reading of Interest
- http://www.internetsociety.org/internet/how-it%E2%80%99s-evolving/future-scenarios - What will the Internet Look Like in 10 Years?
- http://www.w3.org/2004/Talks/Styles/w3c10/images/timeline.pdf
Online Timeline Creators to Check Out
http://www.tiki-toki.com/
http://www.softschools.com/teacher_resources/timeline_maker/
http://www.timetoast.com/
http://www.dipity.com/
http://timeline.knightlab.com/
Survey of several (Some sites in the list might already be listed above)
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/08/8-excellent-free-timeline-creation.html
http://elearningindustry.com/top-10-free-timeline-creation-tools-for-teachers
http://www.softschools.com/teacher_resources/timeline_maker/
http://www.timetoast.com/
http://www.dipity.com/
- Dipity is a free digital timeline website. Our mission is to organize the web's content by date and time. Users can create, share, embed and collaborate on interactive, visually engaging timelines that integrate video, audio, images, text, links, social media, location and timestamps.
http://timeline.knightlab.com/
Survey of several (Some sites in the list might already be listed above)
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/08/8-excellent-free-timeline-creation.html
http://elearningindustry.com/top-10-free-timeline-creation-tools-for-teachers
How to Submit Your Assignment (By Thurs Feb. 13 at 9pm)
- Go to weebly.com and create a basic site. If you do not already have your own weebly account you may need to join weebly first. Do not use an account access another teacher gave to you. Alternative to weebly is to use wix or webs
- Create an "Assignment" Tab with a "History of the Internet" tab listed below as a subgroup or subtab
- On the "History of the Internet" page, use title, text, image, column elements, etc to create a page that has the following parts:
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- Publish your site and email the link to [email protected]