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Annotated Links: Introduction to the Internet

Help us grow this resource! These pages contain links to web resources that many find useful in bringing 21st Century Information Fluency skills into the classroom. If you have suggestions for additional sites (or if any of these sites are not working) please write us: help@21cif.com

Barker, Joe. Glossary of Internet & Web Jargon [Website]. U.C. Berkeley: 27 September 2002 [cited 12 January 2003]. Available from the Internet: LINK

Professional vocabulary, jargon, 'nerd-speak' call it what you like, the Internet has its own vocabulary. Understanding that vocabulary can be challenging. Here's a solid basic glossary of terms for your ready reference.

National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students. An Introduction to the Internet, [Article]. U.S. Dept. of Education. 1995 [cited 21 October 2015]. Available from the Internet: LINK

This archived article was written before most of today's students were born. It makes an interesting benchmark in how the Internet worked and what it was a generation ago.

Internet 101, [Website]. GCF Learn Free. 2015 [cited 21 October 2015]. Available from the Internet: LINK

Free slide-based lessons on Internet basics: What is it? How is it used? Connecting to the Internet, Browser Basics, Search Engines and Strategies and a Quiz.

Vandervelde, Joan. Teaching Writing with the 6-Traits, [Online Course]. 2015 [cited 21 October 2015]. Available from the Internet: LINK

Joan Vandervelde is the director of the Online Professional Development at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Joan has written a fine overview of hypertext reading. This course explains how you should approach reading tasks in online environments.

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