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Integrating the Internet into the Foreign Language Curriculum |
Introduction
What is the Internet?
FL Sites
Searching the Web
Evaluating sites
Publishing to the Web
Audio sites
Resources
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Introduction
to the Internet: WWW terms
Site: a collection of related pages which are linked together. Home page: normally the entry point to the site. Page: a single file or document. Frame: some pages are organized into frames, each with a scroll bar; For example, a table of contents frame on the left side of the screen with a "contents' frame in the center two-thirds. (Hypertext) link, hyperlink: allow you to move from one page to another, from one part of the page to another, from one frame to another by clicking on highlighted text or icons (hot links). Web server: computer which stores and manages Web documents. For example these pages are stored on the ccat server at the University of Pennsylvania Browser (or Web client): allows you to access the Web documents. The common ones are Netscape Navigator (or Netscape Communicator) and Microsoft Internet Explorer. ISP (Internet servic provider). Educational institution or company which allows you to connect to the internet via your modem. HTML: Hypertext Markup Language. Computer code used in creating web documents which enables them to be read by different browsers. Plug-in. Software program which allows you to enhance the capability of your browser, eg. to play audio or vido. Frenquently available for free download. AdobePageMill, Claris Home Works, Netscape Communicator Composer . Applications which allow you to create Web pages without having to use any HTML code. URL (Uniform Resource Locator). The address which allows you to get to a specific page.
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