Table of Contents
Introduction 1.1 Lesson 1 - Introduction to Computers 1.2 Lesson 2 - The internet 1.3 Lesson 3 - Using the Email 1.4 Lesson 4 - Present yourself with Slides 1.5 Lesson 5 - How to plan an event 1.6 Lesson 6 - How to plan with Calendar 1.7 Lesson 7 - Using Google Sheets 1.8 Lesson 8 - Curriculum Vitae 1.9 Lesson 9 - World Wide Web 1.10 Lesson 10 - IP protocol 1.11
1 Introduction
Welcome to the Social Hacker's Computer Literacy Course
In this document you will find a guide to getting a person with little or no computing knowledge surrounding common tasks that a person will often face.
This is an applied computer literacy course meaning that it favors student interaction over lectures, activities over articles and a collaboration first learning approach.
In the past, one the biggest issue that we have found with Computer Literacy courses is that the students do not understand the real world application of the skills that they are learning and so do not understand the reason why they are learning the material that they are.
In this curriculum we will cover the following topics:
Computer words and terminology Interacting with a computer Double clicking Moving windows around Using hotkeys Copy, paste, cut etc Using the internet Using email Searching effectively Basic computer management Creating files Moving files Deleting files
In terms of software skills this curriculum will be arranging in such a way that students will be tasked with completing a certain activity and then will be taught the tools they need to complete that task.
An example of the tasks that students will be given are:
Arrange an event Using Word, Google Calendar and Email Make a guide to your city Using Excel and Google Maps
2 Introduction
This course will be written using Google Docs in mind but any office software solution can be used.
Computer Word Dictionary
Throughout this guide we want to have the students build up a dictionary of words that they can refer to at a later date. We will highlight words that should be added to a students dictionary by setting them as bold and italic like this. It is important that you remind the students to add the words to their dictionaries.
Course Goals
By the end of this course, our students should be more confident in using a computer and posses the knowledge to continue learning on their own.
The most lesson that we want to instill on our students is that using a computer is not scary and to experiment with a computer, to be inquisitive and to leverage technology to help them in their lives.
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Lesson 1
Lesson Outline
In this lesson we cover the following areas:
Computer terminology
This includes the different parts of a computer, language around interacting with a computer and information on screen. Getting on to the internet
Using a browser, searching on Youtube and logging in to email Email
Sending and recieving emails Basic Keyboard Commands
Copy, cut and paste
Introductions
Introduce yourself to the class and have them introduce themselves. Ask them to outline how much experience they have with computers which will help you to work out the speed that you will be able to teach at.
Computer Terminology Dictionary
At the start of the lesson you should give the students pens and paper each to write down the computer terminology that they learn throughout this lesson. You should encourage them to write down new words as they learn them in this format
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Word in Word in Native Picture of the word English Language
e.g. ﮐﺎﻣﭙﯿﻮﺗﺮ .e.g Computer
By doing the activity three times it helps to cement the word in their mind and gives them a glossary of all of the words they have learnt so far.
You can start the lesson by running through these words and pointing at the parts of the computer as you go through them.
Screen Keyboard Mouse Power Button Ctrl Button Shift Button Alt Button Space Bar
Turning on the Computer
Have each student turn on the computer and log in to windows.
When each student has reached the Desktop you should talk though the basic parts of the screen such as the Task Bar, Start Button and desktop Shortcuts. When the students have become accustomed to moving the mouse around the scree you should have them
5 Lesson 1 - Introduction to Computers open a web browser (Google Chrome) and click in the URL bar to type in the URL 'www.youtube.com'.
Once each student has made it to Youtube, ask them to search for a video that they would like to share with the class. We always like it when students share something about themselves in the videos that they choose.
Depending on the skill level of the students you may have to explain how to scroll on the screen and how to click or double click.
It will be important to show them how to navigate using the Back Button so that they can choose a video they like.
Give the students some time to experience navigating around a website and finding a video that they like. When they have all found a video that they like you should move on to the next step.
Using Email
Next, you should minimize the Youtube screen taking time to explain the difference between minimize and close. They should understand that minimizing a windows means you can go back to it later.
If the user has email, they should log in to it. If they do not have a email address having them set one up is a good step to take.
When they have all logged in to their email accounts, they should make a new email. In this email they should copy and paste the URL of the video that they code in to the email. When they have done this they should hit send.
Watch Youtube Videos
One by one, show short clips of This is an ice breaker activity and a nice way to have the students more properly introduce themselves.
Conclusion
To complete the lesson you should cover all of the new words that the students have learnt during the lesson. You should make sure that each students remembers their email password for the next
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lesson.
7 Lesson 2 - The internet
Lesson 2
Lesson Outline
Internet allows you to connect with people, information and resources that in the past were very difficult to get access. In this lesson you'll understand what the internet, browse Web pages are, and to navigate through Web Sites, use search engines such as google Chrome and to communicate with friends around the world.
In this lesson we cover the following areas:
What is internet. How does it work. Internet services.
The internet
1.1. Explain to students the importance of communication for human being, which has been as important to us as reliance on air, on water, on fire.
Nowadays we are more connected than ever in our history, people's ideas can be transmitted instantly, no matter which country we are, creating new products and services specifically designed to take advantage of the network capabilities is one of the main aims in internet.
Some of the main benefits of this technology are presented below:
National borders Geographic distances Physical limitations
.. are not a limitation anymore.
Internet Services
Ask students to identify services that internet allows to access to.
Then ask students to think about a world without internet, without social networks, emails, youtube etc. How different would our lives be without all of this?
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What are internet Services?
Utilities of internet
Set students into a circle and explain how internet works using as much analogies as possible:
General idea:
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"As easy as people are capable of talking and get information from each other, in the same way internet links information between millions of computers around the world".
Definition:
Internet is a collection of networks that are connected between each other to exchange information.
Main tasks and services
Some of the tasks internet can accomplish are:
Find information using search engines. Communicate with people worldwide using social networks: Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo etc. Education: Thousands of online courses are been deployed, some of them from important universities such as Cambridge, Harvard, Oxford and more through Massive Open Online Courses such as EDX and COURSERA. Watch multimedia files through youtube, Cuevana, Pelispedia and to access to many more pre-paid Services for entertainment. Find work and conduct business. Playing games. Reading the latest news. Buying and selling products.
Which browser to use
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Ask students what do they think is a browser. Shown them how to download them, given the case there's a mackbook shown them how to navigate on all of them. Some of the main are the next:
1. Search for reliable information on the Web. (Note: examples from Bing.com) 2. Explain how to perform transactions over the Web.
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Lesson 3
Lesson Outline
In this lesson you will learn what the email is, why is it important nowadays and how to seize its benefits up as much as possible and to use it productively on your daily life.
We will cover the following areas:
Explain how does the e-mail works. Write and send e-mail messages. Identify correct e-mail etiquette. How to create an email address.
What is Post or Mail?
Analogies: Electronic email and email are very similar to postal mail in which the individual must write to whom it must be forwarded and its personal data. This system is similar to the Postcards system, which the student could be more familiar with.
Postcards: Consists of small letters with a message which is forwarded by a public or
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private postal operator.
What is Email ?
Email: Method for the interchange of messages between people using their own electronic devices: Laptops, cellphones, tablets etc.
With email you can do all of this digitally, using a software program to write messages and then a network server that will deliver your message in very few seconds.
What can you send through Email?
Some of the content they can sent through gmail are:
Text. Music. podcasts. Video clips. Links, URLs and much more
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Email structure
Show them which must be made of a email, as shown in the image above, there are mainly 3 of them:
The Header: Contains the email ([email protected]) The subjet Line: Contains a summary of what the email is going to talk about The Message: Content of the message
Create an Email Account
Open your favorite browser, we are going to use google Chrome for this. Enter the URL www.gmail.com and on the top right click on "Creat an account", help students to fill the information below:
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Homework
Check out everyone has created successfully their gmail account and ask them to write an email to you with what they think are the advantages of using gmail. Teach students to upload images, documents and songs.
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Lesson 4
Lesson Outline
From the point of view of cultural understanding, communication skills have a very strong impact in our daily life, since human beings, as social animals, need to socialize, listen and be heard. So when you are working with other people, different perspectives and ideas have an intrinsic value and provide with social and economic benefits. This is the main reason why the students must learn how to present themselves; In this lesson Slides google tool will be presented to create your own presentation.
In this lesson we cover the following areas:
What is Slides of Google Create your own presentation
What can you do with Slides?
1. Create and present project presentations
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2. Design training modules.
With Google Slides you can build any kind of presentations directly on your browser, all changes are saved instantly and as Google Docs you can check simuntanously other people's changes on the shared presentations.
How to create a presentation with Slides?
Ask students to Google "Google Slides", they must login in order to get into the page shown above. Make sure everyone reaches this page.
At this point they can select the template they want:
1. Book report 2. Field trip. 3. Flash cards 4. Science project 5. Photo Album 6. Blank
Ask students to chose the "Blank" template.
Add content to your presentation
In this exercise every student will present themselves and the country they come from.
Ask them to write the following information:
1. Country they're coming from. 2. Their name 3. What they like to do
In the same way teach them to import images and add texts over this images.
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Personalize your presentation
Teach them to add their own themes, images about the next topics:
1. Typical food 2. Traditional music 3. Traditional clothes 4. Touristic places in their countries 5. Languages spoken
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Homework
Finally in order to introduce themselves into the classroom, each student will present his presentation.
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Lesson 5
Lesson Outline
In this lesson we will work through the basics of the main Google Tools, mainly gmail and google Docs. This will be of special interest for students in order to clarify the importance of writing and forwarding emails. The aim will be to show them that through the right usage of these tools they will communicate more effectively with each other. Under this lesson some exercises will be executed in order to enrich the students experience.
We will cover the following areas:
How to use Google Drive.
Within the main tools, the student will learn how to access to Google Docs How to use Google Docs to make a poster
This includes how to edit, share a document and print it. How to communicate through Gmail
How to Email your Team, give feedback.
Introduction
Make sure all the students have turned on their laptops correctly and have Internet connection. Ask them to sign in into their email accounts on www.gmail.com, once here ask them to click on the dotted icon on the upper right side of the browser and then on the "Drive" icon. Otherwise since their gmail account is already opened, write drive on google and click on google.com/drive.
What is Google Drive
Explain there are several ways to get into google Drive, using the URL, through google or the way they just did. Once the students have entered to the Drive Main Page, explain to them what is it, why is it important and what are the benefits does google cloud storage offers.
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The file Storage and the Synchronization service of Google allow the users to share and save their personal information on Google Cloud and this to use it also between their devices. This service encompasses also google Docs, SpreadSheets, presentation, between others.
Through specific Google Tools such as social media, particularly GooglePlus, people can follow their favorite channels as well as the people or topics they are interested in and they can communicate with each other.
More examples of clouds:
What is Google Docs
Google docs is an editor sofware-based that allows to edit information online as a service offered by Drive.
What can you do with Docs? It allows you to write reports, create joint project proposals, meeting notes and even add comments to any part of a shared-document. Explain that the main difference between Word and Docs is that one is online and can be used simultaneously by several people, meanwhile Word doesn't.
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Once everybody is in their main Drive page, ask them to click on the upper-left corner icon "new", a new window will display with several options, chose google docs and then click on "Create and share" and make sure every student also does it.
At this point everyone must be facing the Google Docs editor, explain they also access to many other tools in the same way they just did, for example to: Google Sheets, Google MyMaps, Google Slides, Google Forms, Google Drawings, Google Sites
So far the name of the document is "Untitled Document"; change the title's content and ask the students to do the same thing with theirs. Everyone is free to choose the subject they want.
Edit and format
Now, tell students they are free to write whatever they want, let them to explore as much as they want for the next 10 minutes.
After show the editor's tools and show them how to use them:
1. Add and edit text. i. This is what we have already done, explain that every change they make will be saved, just they must be sure they have internet connection.
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2. Add Colors and Styles. i. Customize your document: if you click on File and then on Page Setup you will find more information about the orientation, the size and page color. ii. Teach them how to use the undo and redo arrows, Zoom, changing heading Styles, font and sizes, insert a link, insert a comment, chose a text alignment etc. 3. Add Pictures, Links, Tables. i. Ask them to download an image to their desktops or any folder they want into their laptops. Also remind them save evrything in Google Drive and insert this file into the document. ii. In the same way add a Link from youtube. iii. Add a Drawing, could be an sphere, a diagram. iv. Add a Bookmark: Wherever you find convenient.
1. Create page Columns: An academic article or a similar formal document requires to have 2 columns, go to files and then select the columns option and chose 2 or three, given the case.
Share your document and Collaborate
In order to get feedback from your classmates, ask them separate in couples and ask each- other's email, then click on the share button and their email. At this point everyone will be able to make changes at the same time and everyone can see in real time what the changes are.
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Add new comments and ask them to reply between each other in order to practice. If the pluggins are already installed, they even will be able to talk with each other through Docs direct Chat.
Finally download your document and ask everyone to do the same. Go to File and then to download. There will be many possible formats, choose pdf.
Print your document
Look for the print icon or just go to file and then print. You will make sure by yourself if the printer is working.
Homework
As a homework ask every student to create to the next class a document and to share it with you. They can write about whatever they want and there's not limit for how much they must write, the minimum requirement is at least 1 page.
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Conclusion
Remind students they can also personalize the templates they want to design. Invite them to study this thoroughly leaning on what they have learnt with this lesson and to try to apply it to their daily life and as professional workers.
25 Lesson 6 - How to plan with Calendar
Lesson 6
Lesson Outline
In this lesson the aim will be to set meetings and program reminders, which will synchronize with those devices you had logged in. Calendar will remind you not only meetings, but also upcoming voyages, birthday's dates, as any service you access with your gmail account will have access to your personal data and if you allow it, to remind you of bookings, flights, appointments, conferences, etc. We will cover the following areas:
Schedule events Share calendars Customize your calendars. Google Hangouts
Create your own event
As done on the previous lessons, ask the students to log into their gmail accounts. Once here ask them to go to the URL: "calendar.google.com" or to click on the top-dotted icon on the right side of the page and select the Calendar option. Otherwise, as a second option, for those who accessed to with the link, click on the "Red Plus icon", in the bottom side of the page.
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At this point you'll find yourself with some spaces you're free to fill, as shown below:
As you can see, you can add a title, set a date, select how often to get a reminder and write all the event's details.
Show you can also create an event just by clicking on any date and add simple information.
A particularly easy way to share a video conference is through the "Add
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conferencing" scroll button shown above. Click on it and a link will be released, share with anyone you want to be in the video-conference and when they click on it they'll have access to it.
Invite more people
You can share the event, meeting or appointment with more people, search for the Guest tab on the left upper side and write their email, to the extent that you write its email you can hover over the name of the person too. You can also configure the privacy settings to allow them or deny specific actions to those who you shared with your event.
How to use hangouts
In order to communicate with all your students, Gmail allows you to communicate with everyone very easily through google hangouts. Explain to the students that Google Hangouts offers the same services as Whatsapp or messenger or Skype, although the main difference is it uses less pluggins and therefore might work even faster than the previous. Its streamlined design allow your contacts to contact with you easily, as well as attend to conferences through video-conferences and also allows to get a shareable link which you can give to other gmail-contacts who might attend your video conference.
At this point, you'll find the main profile page which is as shown below:
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There after show them that clicking on each person's they will be able to communicate with their classmates and friends. Hangouts also has the possibility to make video calls and Phone Calls.
1. Video Conferences. i. Click on start a new Meeting and wait until the platform be ready. After click on "Start meeting"
At the moment you click on the Video Call button, "Meeting page" will open, accept the permissions required to access to your camera and microphone so that other participants can see and hear you. Meet will ask you to confirm this decision on each browser and computer that you use.
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Then you will find yourself with a link, click on "Copy Joining Info" and you'll have the link which allows to access this video conference. Thus, anyone who you share with this link will get into your meeting.
Homework: Ask every student to create an event called "My first event" and attach to it the link for a video conference on December 2020.
2. Phone Call: In the same way as you did before on the video-conference, chose one student to make a phone call and click on the "Phone call" item. A page with all your contact's numbers will appear and you will have the option of calling online but also to their phone number, remember the contact number always asks for extra charges.
1. Share your screen: Click on "present now" and on the first option you will be sharing your screen with everyone and in the second you can select the window you want to share.
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Lesson 7
Lesson Outline
In this lesson the aim will be to learn how to use Sheets: Handle task lists, create project plans, analyze data with charts and filters, and much more, As well as with google docs, you can work online and simultaneously with many people ad every single change will be saved automatically. We will cover the following areas:
Create or import Add comments Share and Collaborate Sheets Print and Download
What are SpreadSheets
In the past they used to be called "Data Tables" and were invented to organize arrays of big amounts of data. This tool help us to sort and categorize any information we want and helps us to make a mathematical treatment if we need it.
You are free to create charts, tables and change colors, find statistical constants and much more.
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Create or import
Login into your gmail account and and then go to the top right dotted icon and select
"Sheets" option
On "Start New SpreadSheet", click on the "Plus Image" as shown above:
And now you'll find yourself with an empty spreadsheet as this:
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Useful terminology
In order to get closer to the terminology, explain students with examples the elements they will use on Sheets:
Cell: A single data element
Column: A vertical set of cells.
Row: A horizontal set of cells.
Range: A selection of cells of rows, columns, or both.
Function : A operation used to calculate cell, row, column, or range values, manipulate data, and more.
Formula: The combination of functions.
Spreadsheet: The document you're editing
Enter and Edit your data
Ask students to do the following tasks:
1. Change the name of your SpreadSheet. 2. Ask them to go to this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Depp
Look for this table, each one on their own computer:
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Then select the whole table and copy it (ctrl + c) and past it on the Sheet, the result will be this:
There are several ways to organize this "dataset", one of them would be for example, inserting a chart. For this select the whole table and then go to "insert" and then to chart. A big white block will appear. As a result you will get something like this:
With the chart editor you can customize your chart, with colors, chart Style, add legends, Series, Vertical Axis, Gridlines and may more.
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Homework
Ask students to import an Image, a link and a comment. For the previous lessons, the students already know how to share documents, so ask them to do the same exercise.
Add built-in formulas
There are many ways for which google sheets can help you with, more specially with a big number of statistical and data manipulation tasks. You'll find 5 main formulas on the figure below:
Here there's a description of this formulas:
SUM: adds up a range cells
AVERAGE: finds the average of a range of cells
COUNT: counts the values in a range of cells
MAX: finds the highest value in a range of cells MIN: finds the lowest value in a range of cells Basic Arithmetic: You can also perform functions like addition, subtraction, and multiplication directly in a cell without calling a formula
Make an exercise with the students, write a table with random numbers or use a the dataset you like on internet and perform examples using these formulas.
Share your file
You can always work simultaneously with with your students in order for them to have a reference of what you've done today.
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Lesson 8
Lesson Outline
In this lesson the aim will be to learn how to create a CV from scratck. We will cover the following areas:
What is a CV
How to make a CV
What information to add on a CV
Tips to keep in mind
What is a CV
It's a marketing document which contains each person's history in a professional context, specifically focused on a job requirements and is used to make applications.
Explain students on it they need to sell:
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It's the worldwide way to get a job, although there are several enterprises and recruiters who might select people according to their own application forms.
What information should I include on my CV?
There are a few things to keep in mind when creating a CV. Some enterprices will requiere specific information, but generally should contain the following:
Personal details. Personal Statements. work experience Achievements. Education. Clear Objective. Hobbies and Interests
Their skills & Abilities
Any pro-active description will help enormously. Recruiters will seek for the benefits they can get from you, if you demonstrate you are a person with own initiative and new functional ideas, you'll have a bigger chance to be recruited even if the experience isn't big, though the more you have the better chance will be.
Keywords to include on the CV
It is very important to include the appropriate words that may help you to describe the skills and experience. Ask students which values might be appropriate for
Accurate. Confident Hard-working. Innovative. Responsible Pro-active Adaptable
More tips to Keep in mind:
Try to use experience as a way to describe yourself, don't use adjectives since
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experiences will always speak by itself. Be positive.
Lay out the importance of avoiding long passive phrases. Basically try to make your CV in present tense, concrete and as much action words as possible.
Always be realistic about the information you are providing, don't exaggerate because everything sooner or later will be discovered, on the interview or in the job itself.
Don't use neither very technical words, since fussy might be confusing for people. Try to write as clear as possible, because this will allow other people to read easily and faster its content.
Be concise
Be Positive
Be honest
Parts of CV
1. Personal details: Name, Address, date of birth, Phone Number, email, picture. The photograph might change according to the enterprise and the country.
2. Education and qualifications: Include your University Degree, High school etc.
3. Work experience: From big to small experiences will be appreciated. Focus your experience with the kind of work you want to develop. Involve topics that relate your problem solving skills, analytical and negotiation skills
4. Interests and achievements: Avoid to use passive activities or hobbies, focus on topics such as leadership, team working, organizing, planning
5. Skills: Languages (Good, regular, basic)
6. References: The references from the directors, bosses, people who you worked for.
Homework
Let students to create their own CV for a Enterprise they are free to chose. They must seek on the Enterprise Official page the main requirements and adequate their CV accordingly.
Make sure students use a adequate font-size, explain they are free to add information chronologically, Skills-based ad personalize it as they want.
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Ask them to create LinkedIn as a very good way of exposing themselves to the real world electronically
Conclusion
Highlight to students the next aspects to keep in mind for each CV they create for a work.
Read as much as possible about the place you want to work in, since this will allow you to get an idea of what they want and therefore you will personalize the CV as they could be expecting it to be.
Every work is different, that's the main aim about tailoring your CV accordingly. Try to focus on the next aspects: The very specific tasks the enterprise might need, relevant achievements, The experience you have, your understanding over the job requirements.
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Lesson 9
Lesson Outline
In this lesson the aim is to understand what is the World Wide Web and the IP protocol. We will cover the following areas:
What is the World Wide Web (WWW)
What is google Cloud and cloud services
The World Wide Web
Describe the components of the Web: Explain the below web keyword's meanings and discuss with the students possible doubts about the basic client-Server communications.
Client: Clients are computers or end-devices with software installed which allowed them to request information from the Servers. Server: Servers are computers capable of saving information, provide it and share it to end-devices, such us computers, cellphones etc. Each server can manage a specific service, although each one of these computers can support many different kind of services.
Cloud Services
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Cloud services allows users to store data or run programs on remote machines and access that data through any computer.
Teach students to upload images to google drive In the same way, teach how to upload files, music and other kind of data.
Examples of File Hosting Services
Dropbox Google Drive Onedrive
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Lesson 10
Lesson Outline
In this lesson the aim is to understand what is the IP protocol and basic internet topologies. We will cover the following areas:
What do you need to have internet connection?
What is the IP protocol
What is the utility of your IP address
How to determine the IP address from your computer.
What do you need for an Internet connection ?
Ask students to set groups of Three and to label the number 1, 2, 3 for each person. One will be the computer, the second will be the moden, the third will be the ISP (the network provider) and the teacher will be the Internet:
Explain that students 1 will be the user, which could be a teacher, a student, anyone basically.
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Explain that Students 2 will be the modem, which is a device which converts the information coming from the provider and transform it to the right signal toward the final users (Students 1) through coaxial cable, Optical Fiber, STP cable. Also the modem is in charge of distributing the information according to the data's traffic. Explain that Students 3 are the ISP, the internet provider which is a enterprise who interconnects the internet with many modems and provides services to more systems, including houses, offices and more. Finally the teacher will be the Internet itself, which contains all information and data. In this analogy only you'll have a library at your disposal, anyone else but you can take books from it. So the Student 1 will make a request for a specific topic (Mathematics, science, politics), he will write it on a paper and pass it to Student 2, who will give it to Student 3 and Only student 3 will give the request to you. You look for the book and send it back in the inverse order.
All of this process happens very fast and the transference happens with analogical and digital signal, since the exchanged data isn't physical the information is spreads at speeds close to the speed of light (300,000 km/s).
What is the IP address?
Explain IP meaning:
Each computer or device has a unique IP address, which is an identifier used in internet to label each computer (Cellphone, laptop, tablet etc). Check out more information about it and explain it in basic terms.
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Basic topology:
Ip Addresses are used to label websites, so the servers and users can be recognized over the internet. Explain the image above to the students. Use analogies and examples to make clear the idea of how IP address works.
What is the IP address from my device?
Teach them several ways to access to the IP address:
1. Write IP over the google search engine.
1. Use a public web page specialized for it:
2. https://www.iplocation.net
3. https://www.whatismyip.com
4. https://bearsmyip.com
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3. cmd of windows
5. Type on the search bar of you computer "Command prompt", a black window will appear as shown below:
6. Make sure everyone has done it, afterwards write "ipconfig" and explain where they can find the IP address. further information shown on this window will be explained on future courses.
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What is a URL
URL: Uniform Resource Locator. This is basically an address with an specific structure that internet uses to identify websites.
URLs address to web pages, this places are created with specific programming languages which the student will have the opportunity to see on a different course. Explain briefly what the next three programming languages do:
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