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Learning Web

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Let's review some terminology and basic information you should know before you get started:
 

Terms you  should know	What it means...
HTML	"Hypertext Markup Language" -- the "underlying instructions" that web pages are created with. Bascially commands that are "turned on" and "off."
Hypertext Link	"Clickable text" that loads another page or resource into your browser window.
.gif	Image file format used for "clip art" type images
.jpg	Image file format used for "photograph" type images
Tables	"Grids" used to organize web page information (this information is in a table)
Headings	Preset "styles" in web page editing. There are 6 levels from largest to smallest  -- text is bold, and an extra "paragraph return" is beneath the text.
Targets,  Anchors	Web page "navigation" tools to help users move through your information

What is http?
http is the protocol used by WWW. It is the method by which a WWW client interacts with a WWW server, regardless of make, model or operating system.

What is a WWW Server?
A web server is a computer running special software which is able to respond to requests from Web clients. At a basic level, the server performs a very simple task - it simply sends the requested file across the Internet to the user who has requested it.

What is a WWW Client?
The web client (also known as a "browser" or "viewer") is the software tool with which the user interacts with the WWW. We use Netscape as our browser. The client:

1. Displays web "pages" on the users screen, and in the processes interprets the embedded markup language to determine how the page should be presented.
2. Processes the user's requests for particular pages and negotiates with the server for delivery of those pages.
3. Provides the user with access to other software tools which may be available on the client machine (e.g. image viewers, audio software, wordprocessors etc.)

What is Hypertext?
A system that allows you to follow a "link" (usually represented by a highlighted word, text passage, or picture), on the page of text you are viewing, which will retrieve an information resource (text passage, picture, sound item, video, etc.).

In the case of WWW, the information resource your link leads to may be in the same document, another document on the system, or a document in a different system on the other side of the world. The possibility exists of linking together all WWW sites - once connected to one, the user may jump to any other.

The embedded link from one source to another is in the form of a Uniform Resource Locator, or URL for short.

What is a URL?
The Uniform Resource Locator is what it says - a universally accepted way of locating a resource available via the Internet. The URL for the Stevenson High School "home page" is:

The URL may not necessarily describe a WWW resource. It can be used, within the WWW, to link to other kinds of Internet-accessible resources. For example, the Telnet address of our school library's catalog:

What is a Web page?
In Web terminology, each individual information resource on the Web comes in the form of a Page, which may contain links within its text and graphics to other information sources. Links may be embedded in paragraphs of text, or presented in a menu style.

What is a Home Page?
The Stevenson High School Home Page, to which you connect when you first use WWW, may be viewed as the top level of a hierarchical menu system. It provides a link to the WWW (and some other) resources available on the campus into one logical hypertext structure. You may think of the home page as the "main menu" for a particular area of web space. Many teachers create their own "home" page as a starting point for their students.

Important Dos and Don'ts:

What else should we be concerned about?

Important issues involved in creating web pages!

• Copyright Issues

Although numerous "freeware" software programs are available on the Internet, many resources are copyrighted. If your or your students copy materials from one Web site and place them on our school Web site, this may not be considered within the "Fair Use portion of the Copyright Law" which provides special provision for the use of copyrighted materials in the classroom. Visit "Important links to copyright issues" for additional resources.
 
• Privacy Protection

Students privacy should be protected. Students should be cautioned against providing full names, addresses or phone numbers on the Web. Pictures of students can also be an issue. Be sure to receive written permission from the students' parents.
 
• Censorship

It is important to monitor and check all links on student-created web pages to be sure students are complying with the terms of our Acceptable Use Policy.