Lesson 3:HTML

HTML

• HyperText Markup Language
• Used for creating websites
• The newest version is HTML5, is also a programming language
• Uses tags in angle brackets (<,>)
• Tags usually open and close
• To view a site's HTML code,right click and click inspect page element
• HTML uses CSS to help create websites as well.
• HTML can be used to create a wide range of websites
• Can be written in text editors
• A good programming language to learn

Lesson 2:Web 2.0

Web 2.0

 Instead of merely 'reading', a user is invited to 'write' as well, or contribute to the content available to everyone in a user friendly way.

Example of sites are the google docs and facebook

User Participation- site users add content for others to see

Mass Participation

User as a Contributor- information flows two ways between site owner and site user by means of evaluation, review, and commenting

Lesson 1:the internet and the world wide web

Types of Websites

• Portal(website offering services)
• News(news website)
• Informational(contains factual info)
• Business/marketing(promoting products or services)
• Educational(teaching)
• Entertainment(offers interractive and fun services)
• Advocacy(supportive of a motto)
• Blog(this website)
• Personal(for an individual)

History of the internet

• Networking project by the US
• To allow scientists from different locations to share infomation
• Became functional in September 1969