The Internet - Servers, Protocols, Languages

Week 5 Lesson Plan:

This week we'll start by explaining the concept of the Internet and explain how it works.

Skills:
We'll explain Client/Server relationships and how a website works from a network point of view.

Concepts:
We will introduce the concept of protocols and explain some of the basic ones such as HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and FTP (File Transfer Protocol).

Exercise:
We'll run through a rough description of several web languages and their uses. We will cover HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, ASP and MySQL.

Wrap-up:
We'll remind you of the resources available and briefly go through the ones posted. As well, there will be time for students to ask questions and play around in the software.