Network Communication
Participant Learning Outcomes
Participant Learning Outcomes
- Explain how the Internet works.
- Distinguish the world wide web from the Internet.
- Understand that information is broken down into smaller pieces, transmitted as packets through multiple devices over networks and the Internet, and reassembled at the destination. (Packet Switching)
- Introduce efficiency, reliability, scalability, and security as core design principles to the Internet.
- Understand that protocols are the rules governing how data is transmitted across networks and the Internet. (Protocols/Seven layer OSI model)
- Identify impacts of widespread access to the Internet. (e.g., net neutrality)
Launch Session
Launch Session
- Internet Simulator from Code.org
- Network Protocols lesson from CS Unplugged
- Internet Unplugged lesson from Code.org
- How the Internet Works unplugged lesson from cse4k12.org
California K-12 Standards Progression
California K-12 Standards Progression