The Computer and the Internet

The following assignment is due on Wednesday October 1st for 5th-8th periods, and Thursday October 2nd for 1st-4th .

Assignment: You have been hired to work with the Golden Oaks Retirement Home in training their residents on how to use the Internet and what it is. These folks grew up way before computers and they really have no idea how they work or how to use them to find information. It is your job to make a presentation to them to show them 1) What is it that the net can do for them (what can they do on the net)? What is the Internet? What is an Intranet?
2) What will it take to get them connected to the Internet - what equipment will they need? What should they consider when buying a computer to access the Internet ( RAM, hard disk capacity, CPU speed) and what will they need to connect to the Internet (hardware & software)? Who will they need to contact? Consider that they are one of several retirement homes that might want to connect together; for this discuss What is the Internet? What is an Intranet? What is a WAN and a LAN?
3) How can they create their own website with their own name.com. What is HTML? Source Code? What would they need to do to publish their own website? What is a URL?

Directions
1. Get into groups of three. You assign each group member a role. One person is the recorder, one person is the researcher, and one person creates the presentation.
2. Use PowerPoint to create your final project. You can be creative, but remember that you need to keep your audience in mind. In other words, keep it simple. Also, think of who you are and why you are talking to these people - are you a salesman, do you work for the nursing home?
3. The following topics must be researched and included in your presentation:


Use vocabulary related to Web Mastering and delineate between the Internet and an Intranet (indicate the exact line between them; when you are doing something, are you using the Internet or Intranet).
4. Grading for this project will be based on the attached rubric.


Research Sources:
http://www.internet101.org/internet101.html
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/animate/animate.htm
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Education/Internet/Help_and_Tutorials/Internet_Beginners_Guides/