Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this module you should

  1. Understand the difference between the World Wide Web and the Internet
  2. Have a critical perspective on the broad outlines of early web and internet history
  3. Understand, at a very basic level, the architecture and protocols that make the web run
  4. Be able to write basic web pages in HTML
  5. Be able to style basic web pages with CSS

Dates and Activities

Monday, March 4

Before class

In class

  • We’ll discuss Broad Band and 🏄 the web.

Class work: In your folder for 3-4, share your journal file for the day with notes about how the internet and web evolved. What did you already know about this evolution? What did you learn for the first time? Was there anything you thought you knew that turned out to be wrong? Did you have to modify any knowledge or beliefs in light of what you learned?

Wednesday, March 6

Before class

In class

  • We’ll discuss Broad Band and play with HTML and CSS.

Class work: In your folder for 3-6, share your journal file for the day with notes on HTML and CSS.

Friday, March 8

  • Group 2 meeting

Class work: In your folder for 3-8, share your journal file for the day with notes on HTML and CSS.

🌱🌱 Spring Break 🌱🌱

Monday, March 18

Before class

  • Read the rest of the pages in this module.

In class

  • We’ll discuss design justice and review what we’ve learned about HTML and CSS.

Class work: In your folder for 3-18, share your journal file for the day with notes about well-designed and poorly designed websites you’ve looked at. Include links to the sites properly formatted in Markdown. Which of the poorly designed websites, if any, raised issues of design justice?

Wednesday, March 20

Before class

  • Read The Book, 111-196.

In class

  • We’ll discuss The Book and catch up as needed.

Class work: In your folder for 3-20, share your journal file for the day with reflections on how reading The Book has changed how you look at books.

Friday, March 22

  • Group 3 meeting.

Class work: In your folder for 3-22, share your journal file for the day with notes and reflections on anything you like.