[wplug] Intro to Web

[J Aaron Farr]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wplug-bounces+farra=apache.org at wplug.org [mailto:wplug-
> bounces+farra=apache.org at wplug.org] On Behalf Of Weber, Larry A
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 9:56 AM
> To: 'wplug at wplug.org'
> Subject: [wplug] Intro to Web
>
> Does anyone know of a good intro book or website to understand the
> structure of the Internet / WWW?  I am looking for something for
middle/high
> school aged kids that would explain how a message is routed from their
> computer to a website and how data is sent back.  It should not be too
> technical although a brief intro to http, tcp/ip formats would be good.  A
> good glossary of terms would also help.

Not sure if this will help, but here's a flash presentation and PDF
handout I use for a "Intro to Internet" class I teach at local libraries:

http://www.jadetower.org/docs/internet-tour.html

jaaron