Yr+9+WWW+123

=The World Wide Web, 1, 2, and 3=

In this unit you will explore the internet in ways you may not have done before. You will learn about this history of the internet and will evaluate "Web2" tools which will benefit other students. In this unit you will publish all your finding in different ways on the internet. (Wikis, blogs, posterous, glogs, prezis etc)

The title of this unit is WWW 1 2 3. There is a reason for this and to learn about we will have to start in 1957, and dive into the history of the internet. Watch this video: media type="youtube" key="9hIQjrMHTv4" height="385" width="640"

Now complete this online worksheet: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ The aim of the online activity is for you to end up with a short written piece about the evolution of the internet. Please copy your answers in an email, give it a title and a conclusion and email it to: post@posterous.com. Just to see what happens.

After that you are required to make an online multimedia display about the evolution of the Internet. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet) You can use any online content generator you know or like, but here are some ideas:
 * A wiki
 * A blog
 * A prezi
 * A glogster
 * More cool stuff: http://www.go2web20.net/#tag:presentation

http://todaysmeet.com/year9it http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/web-20-a-piece-of-jargon/3552

WWW 123
The aim of this unit is to explore the internet in ways you may not have done before. You will publish many things and will create online content in new ways.

Your aim is to complete a 7 items out of the 9 below, you can work at your own pace, but these items need to be completed before the 9th of June, that means that you will have to work on it out of class too.

Everybody needs to do option 1 and 2 + five other items of your choice.

Note: You need to discuss the topic of your online multimedia presentation with me BEFORE YOU START. You can only choose appropriate, valid topics like "the history of fashion", "best tennis players in history", "Venice (or any other spot on earth)", "Lady Gaga's rise to fame", "

Web 2.0 tools assignment grid:
Here are some of the things you can use for your multimedia presentations: @http://www.wix.com (interesting website creator, but they do send you spam unless you untick the box) @http://www.glogster.com/ (love it) @http://animoto.com/ (Only 30 seconds are free) [|http://prezi.com] Sign up as a student: [] [] Create an online timeline [|www.vuvox.com] Interactive scrollable content, add hotspots. Very cool. http://voicethread.com/ You need to sign up first, then click create. Only use this if the microphone on your computer works. @http://posterous.com/ So simple, just email stuff to post@posterous.com

Other links you will need: @http://wordpress.com/ @http://docs.google.com/ @http://www.go2web20.net/ http://maps.google.com/ @http://u.nu/

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