Wonder of Technology
Assignment
Module: Name: Networks Information Management Eleanor Cuddihy
Intranets in a school environment
Introduction This technical report aims to investigate the use of Internet technology in a way that empowers teachers, by helping them overcome some of the constraints concerning student access to the Internet. The report suggests that the Internet can be brought into the school and used effectively through a school 'Intranet '. My essay aims to show how this can be achieved - by setting up a local area network (LAN) in your school, which could already exist; adding TCP/IP and having the appropriate software setup. Once all of these are in place, it is essential to be fully trained in HTML. Additionally, issues like training, management and security of the intranet need consideration. I have decided to research this essay as my school is, at the moment, considering the installation of a LAN. What better than to go one step further, and install an intranet for the new millennium. The Internet Millions of people browse the World Wide Web. The Web (Vandome, 1999) is a networked information system (a massive collection of millions of pages or files that contain anything from news, sport, games, bulletin boards etc) based on hypertext, which allows you to navigate through networked resources at the click of a button. Beneath the system of hypertext documents and the wonderful graphical interface that makes it all work is a complex network – the Internet. The Internet is a global network of millions of computers, modems, telephone lines and servers that are connected to provide the veins through which the information on the system passes. Many different technologies are used on the Internet to find, send and retrieve information eg: • • • • • • E-mail is used to send electronic mail Search Engines - Gopher, Google - can be used to find information FTP is used to send and retrieve files Telnet is used to log in to remote hosts TCP/IP protocols The Web is
Module: Name: Networks Information Management Eleanor Cuddihy
Intranets in a school environment
Introduction This technical report aims to investigate the use of Internet technology in a way that empowers teachers, by helping them overcome some of the constraints concerning student access to the Internet. The report suggests that the Internet can be brought into the school and used effectively through a school 'Intranet '. My essay aims to show how this can be achieved - by setting up a local area network (LAN) in your school, which could already exist; adding TCP/IP and having the appropriate software setup. Once all of these are in place, it is essential to be fully trained in HTML. Additionally, issues like training, management and security of the intranet need consideration. I have decided to research this essay as my school is, at the moment, considering the installation of a LAN. What better than to go one step further, and install an intranet for the new millennium. The Internet Millions of people browse the World Wide Web. The Web (Vandome, 1999) is a networked information system (a massive collection of millions of pages or files that contain anything from news, sport, games, bulletin boards etc) based on hypertext, which allows you to navigate through networked resources at the click of a button. Beneath the system of hypertext documents and the wonderful graphical interface that makes it all work is a complex network – the Internet. The Internet is a global network of millions of computers, modems, telephone lines and servers that are connected to provide the veins through which the information on the system passes. Many different technologies are used on the Internet to find, send and retrieve information eg: • • • • • • E-mail is used to send electronic mail Search Engines - Gopher, Google - can be used to find information FTP is used to send and retrieve files Telnet is used to log in to remote hosts TCP/IP protocols The Web is
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