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Pathfinder for How Do Computers Work for Grades 9-12

This information is excerpted from ‘How Do Computers Work?’ by Carol Marshall. (NetConnect, Winter 2003, p.34)

Web Sites

Title

A Brief History of the Internet

URL

http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml

Description

This is site isn't actually 'brief' but the detailed information provided by Internet's creators like Vinton Cerf, Leonard Kleinrock and Larry Roberts, is very enjoyable.

Title

How Stuff Works

URL

http://www.howstuffworks.com/category.htm?cat=Comp

Description

Check out this site to learn the inner workings of your computer and its operating systems.

Title

A Little History of the World Wide Web

URL

http://www.w3.org/History.html

Description

The WWW Consortium provides this brief timeline history of the creation of linked graphical pages we know as the 'web.'

Title

Criteria for Evaluating Web Sources

URL

http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webcrit.html

Description

This read-friendly one-page site clrearly states five vital criteria on how to tell a reliable web site from an unreliable one.

Title

History of Computer Languages

URL

http://www.levenez.com/lang/

Description

Here is where you can learn about languages such as ABC, Basic, C++, Cobol, Perl and Snobol.

Title

Webmonkey for Kids

URL

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/kids/

Description

This is a four-part instructional site crated to teach web building -- HTML, tags, Gif animations and more!

Title

The Core Rules of Netiquette

URL

http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html

Description

These 10 rules offer no-nonsense advice in a tone that teens will find acceptable. These are excerpted from Virginia Shea's book 'Netiquette.'

	Title	A Brief History of the Internet
	URL	http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml
	Description	This is site isn't actually 'brief' but the detailed information provided by Internet's creators like Vinton Cerf, Leonard Kleinrock and Larry Roberts, is very enjoyable.

	Title	How Stuff Works
	URL	http://www.howstuffworks.com/category.htm?cat=Comp
	Description	Check out this site to learn the inner workings of your computer and its operating systems.

	Title	A Little History of the World Wide Web
	URL	http://www.w3.org/History.html
	Description	The WWW Consortium provides this brief timeline history of the creation of linked graphical pages we know as the 'web.'

	Title	Criteria for Evaluating Web Sources
	URL	http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webcrit.html
	Description	This read-friendly one-page site clrearly states five vital criteria on how to tell a reliable web site from an unreliable one.

	Title	History of Computer Languages
	URL	http://www.levenez.com/lang/
	Description	Here is where you can learn about languages such as ABC, Basic, C++, Cobol, Perl and Snobol.

	Title	Webmonkey for Kids
	URL	http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/kids/
	Description	This is a four-part instructional site crated to teach web building -- HTML, tags, Gif animations and more!

	Title	The Core Rules of Netiquette
	URL	http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
	Description	These 10 rules offer no-nonsense advice in a tone that teens will find acceptable. These are excerpted from Virginia Shea's book 'Netiquette.'