Download Did Al Gore invent the Internet?

PROJECT I
Part I
HISTORY OF
THE INTERNET
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNET:
A TIMELINE
1969
.
Advanced Research Projects
Agency (ARPA)
goes online. Although it was designed for the
purposes of research and education, it was also
seen as a way to communicate in case a military
attack knocked out traditional communication
systems.
Who was the first to use the Internet?Charley Kline at UCLA
sent the first packets on ARPANet as he tried to connect to
Stanford Research Institute on Oct 29, 1969. The system crashed
as he reached the G in LOGIN!
http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.htm
1972
Electronic mail is introduced.
1976 First political candidates uses email to plan events (Carter.
Mondale); first head of state sends email (England’s Queen
Elizabeth).
Did Al Gore invent the Internet?
According to a CNN transcript of an interview with Wolf Blitzer, Al Gore
said,"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in
creating the Internet." Al Gore was not yet in Congress in 1969 when ARPANET
started or in 1974 when the term Internet first came into use. Gore was
elected to Congress in 1976. In fairness, Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf acknowledge
in a paper titled Al Gore and the Internet that Gore has probably done more
than any other elected official to support the growth and development of the
Internet from the 1970's to the present .
http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html
1982
First time use of the word “internet”.
1984 .com, .org., and .edu are added to network addresses.
.
When Senator Ted Kennedy heard in 1968 that the pioneering
Massachusetts company BBN had won the ARPA contract for an
"interface message processor (IMP)," he sent a congratulatory
telegram to BBN for their ecumenical spirit in winning the "interfaith
message processor" contract.
http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html
1985
Quantum Computer Services, now known as American Online,
begins offering service.
1989 Tim Berners-Lee develops
the World Wide Web.
.
1991 The University of Minnesota creates point and click navigation.
It is named Gopher after the school mascot.
Ethernet, a protocol for many local networks, appeared in 1974, an
outgrowth of Harvard student Bob Metcalfe's dissertation on "Packet
Networks." The dissertation was initially rejected by the University for
not being analytical enough. It later won acceptance when he added
some more equations to it.
http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html
1994
Mass marketing by email is termed “spam”.
.
The early days of the web was a confused period as many developers tried to put
their personal stamp on ways the web should develop. The web was threatened
with becoming a mass of unrelated protocols that would require different
software for different applications. The visionary Michael Dertouzos of MIT's
Laboratory for Computer Sciences persuaded Tim Berners-Lee and others to
form the World Wide Web Consortium in 1994 to promote and develop standards
for the Web. Proprietary plug-ins still abound for the web, but the Consortium
has ensured that there are common standards present in every browser
http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html
1996
Forty-three million americans (44% of the population) own a
computer; 14 million have internet connections.
.
1997
The NASA website broadcasting pictures taken by Pathfinder
on Mars breaks internet traffic records with 46 million hits in
one day.
1998
Microsoft markets Windows 98.
1999
2000
2001
Napster is invented by college student Shawn Fanning.
The number of Americans using the internet has grown to
over 75 million.
.
The internet bubble bursts; the Nasdaq stock index plunges;
many dotcoms close their doors.
A judge rules that Napster is violating copyright laws and
orders it to stop offering music for free.
2002
One hundred sixty-four million Americans (58.5% of the
population) use the internet; there are 544 million users
worldwide; 9.8 billion emails are sent daily.
2003
Spam makes up half of all. emails. President Bush signs
the Controlling the Assault of Non-solicited Pronography
and Marketing Act of 2003.
Wireless has grown rapidly in the past few years, and travellers
search for the wi-fi "hot spots" where they can connect while they
are away from the home or office. Many airports, coffee bars, hotels
and motels now routinely provide these services, some for a fee and
some for free.
http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.htm
2006 and Beyond
.
A trend that is beginning to affect web designers is the growth of
smaller devices to connect to the Internet. Small tablets, pocket PCs,
smart phones, game machines, and even GPS devices are now capable
of tapping into the web on the go, and many web pages are not designed
to work on that scale.
The next big growth area is the surge towards universal wireless
access, where almost everywhere is a "hot spot". Municipal wi-fi or
city-wide access, wiMAX offering broader ranges than wi-fi, and
Verizon's EV-DO are competing for control of the market.
http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.htm
Sources
Internet Timeline
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0193167.html
.
A Brief History of the Internet
http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.htm
Hobbes’ Internet Timeline v8.1
http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/
Brief History of the Internet
http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/cerf.shtml
The Internet: A ShortHistory of Getting Connected
http://www.fcc.gov/omd/history/internet/
PART II Listserv
Foreign Language Teachers
http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/
This is a listserv site for foreign language
teachers. It includes teaching strategies,
suggestions for projects, advice for handling
problems, tips for traveling with students, and
answers to questions.
This listserv site will be useful for:
• learning new ideas for activities and projects
• finding ways to revive stale areas of my curriculum
• sharing my bright ideas with others
• getting hints for traveling with students
• receiving support during those rough times of the year
PART IV
Blog
Profesora de espanol
(Spanish Teacher)
http://profesoradeespanol.blogspot.com/
This blog is written by a first year
Spanish teacher. She writes about her
experiences with her students, her colleagues,
and about teaching in general.
This teacher’s blog:
• reports the highs and lows of teaching
• focuses on specific issues common to Spanish
teachers
• reminds me of lessons learned that I had
forgotten
PART V
Power Library
The Student Research
Center Site offers students
the opportunity to either
search by topic or by Find.
They can also choose
specific media in which to
search, such as
newspapers,
encyclopedias, or even
radio and TV transcripts.
EXAMPLE OF USE:
I searched for the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo which honors the
spirit of the soldiers at the Battle of Puebla. Under Reference Works, I
found an article in an encyclopedia giving its history. In Photos, Maps
and Flags there was the Mexican flag and a map locating the city of
Puebla. I found special Cinco de Mayo recipes in a magazine. In
TV/Radio transcripts I found a discussion about whether beer companies
started the celebration of this holiday in the United States. And under
primary sources, I found President’s Bush’s 2006 speech
commemorating Cinco de Mayo.
PART III Newsgroup
Teacher Chat Room
http://groups.google.com/group/k12.chat.teacher?lnk=lr
This newsgroup is for teachers teaching
grades K-12. There are a variety of threads
one can follow based on your interests.
This chat room is useful to read about other teachers’
problems and solutions. It is also a place to ask questions
and receive answers, to vent and receive support.