1. The instructor will review the class objectives, the major assignments for the students, and present the purpose of the course in making the student cognizant of what is available on the Internet in Christian Resources.
2. The instructor will demonstrate logging on and off the internet and basic use of internet search resources and discuss the importance of the Internet as a method for the church's outreach and teaching in the world. This would bring together the basic knowledge of how the web works and will be a start on how the church and minister can use the World Wide Web. The student will start to formulate a concept of a type of ministry for his/her class project and e-mail the proposal to the instructor for consideration.
II. Lecture Outline
Internet = Net = Web = World Wide Web = WWW
Intranet
WWW = World Wide Web
FTP = File Transfer Protocol
Telnet
News
Usenet = Newsgroups = discussion groups, over 30,000
Audio and Video sites
E-mail
URL
Web Sites
Limited Web Sites Hosting
Web Hosting Accounts
Browsers
Netscape 3.00 = Netscape 3.00 Gold with Java
Netscape 4.00 = built in Audio and Video
Netscape 4.50 = Communicator with Messenger, Composer and Navigator
At this moment in time, this is the best browser for searching the web?
Microsoft Explorer 3.0
Microsoft Explorer 4.0 Audio and Video
Microsoft Explorer 5.0 coming out Fall, 1999
AOL 5.0
Spiders
Data Bases for Searching
Why use different search engines?
Why are some sites not accessible by search engines?
E-mail
Attachments
Problems with reading attachments
What is available on the Internet in Christian Resources?
Logging on and off the internet
Basic use of internet search resources
Discuss the importance of the Internet as a method for the church's outreach
Discuss the importance of the Internet as a methold for teaching in the world.
Discuss the importance of E-mail lists as a methold for teaching in the world.
This would bring together the basic knowledge of how the web works
Discuss how the church and minister can use the World Wide Web.
Start to formulate a concept of a type of ministry for a project.
III. Need to Know
Vocabulary
How to determine a good web site?
What is good about about the web site?
What is not so good about the web site?
What is the purpose or mission of the web sites?
How fast do the web pages load?
Why do you use the Internet? What sites do you visit?
Begin developing a philosophy of the World Wide Web.
IV. Vocabulary
Browers
Internet
Intranet
Data Bases
WWW = World Wide Web
FTP = File Transfer Protocol
Telnet
News
Usenet = Newsgroups = discussion groups, over 60,000
Chat
HTTP
HTML
Address
E-mail
Attachments
File Names
Extensions
.txt
.htm
.html
.pdf
.gif
.jpeg
.avi
V. URLs of Interest
VI. Required Assignments
Download Netscape Communicator 4.5
Start to formulate a concept of a type of ministry for a project. (Nothing to be mailed in yet