NED11 STARTS!!! Week 1 - Module 1

Week 1. Module 1: History of Web Design

1.1. Theory 

• 1.1.1. Reading: The Internet: A Brief Summarized History 

See A Brief History of the Internet : http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml The Living Internet: http://livinginternet.com/ And Tim Berners-Lee's answers to “Frequently Asked Questions of the Press” http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/FAQ.html The future of the Internet: A next-generation research network called http://www.internet2.edu/has been launched in the USA for research-only purposes. The Australian Academic Research Network (AARNET) at http://www.aarnet.edu.au/is now connected to this network and rolling it out to Australian universities through AARNET3.

• 1.1.2. Reading & Exercise: Tim Berners-Lee's answers to Frequently Asked Questions by the Press

 Read Tim Berners-Lee's answers to Frequently Asked Questions by the Press: http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/FAQ.html

Answer the following questions 1 - 7 and list answers on Blackboard

• 1.1.3. Reading & Exercise: Internet Timeline

 Read Read Hobbes' Internet Timeline: http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/

After reading through Hobbes’ Internet Timeline, find 5 milestones most relevant to the World Wide Web, screen design, and multimedia design issues – along with the time they happened. List your findings on the Flecs-Blackboard discussion board.

1.2. Practice

• 1.2.1. Ensure you have all materials needed to complete this unit.

Ensure you have all materials needed to complete this unit: Crimson Editor: http://www.crimsoneditor.com/ FileZilla: http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/ Programmer's File Editor: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/steveb/cpaap/pfe/default.htm Adobe Photoshop or Creative Suite: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/main.html The required text for this unit. See your Unit Outline for more information. Mozilla Firefox: http://www.mozilla.org/

• 1.2.2 Reading: Freeman & Freeman Intro: How To Use This Book

 Read Intro: How To Use This Book of Freeman & Freeman's Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML (pp. xxv-xxxv).
 Intro: 
Who is this book for?
We know what your brain is thinking
Metacognition
Bend your brain into submission
Technical reviewers
Acknowledgements...

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