Try to avoid doing the homework in the last minute but rather do them in time and email them to bluelight.training@gmx.com. Please do not use the bluelight@auroville.org.in address.
This gives us time to look into what you did and give you some feedback. It is a requirement to do the homework to be able to follow the classes.
You find all lessons and homework here
You might want to take the time and go once more through the lesson to recall what you learned.
You can copy and paste the questions into an email and answer them. In case you don't know the answer you could try to paste the question into google.co.in or the wiki
- Download and install Firefox
- Go to the following webpages and bookmark them in Firefox
- Read the information about the Mozilla Foundation below.
- What is the connection between the Mozilla Foundation and Firefox?
- Why could the intention stated below in the blue box be important for you?
Information about the Mozilla Foundation
What is the Mozilla Foundation?
Mozilla Foundation is a public benefit, not-for-profit organization devoted to enriching people's lives by preserving choice and innovation on the Internet (as opposed to being motivated by profits, shareholder value, usage of proprietary technology, etc.)
Mozilla is a global, grassroots effort - Mozilla's products are a result of a collaboration between employees, volunteers, universities, foundations and corporate partners. Firefox was created by an international movement of hundreds of thousands of people from wildly different backgrounds, all seeking to develop the world's best browser.
Open source means a better browser for the 120 million regular Firefox users. The process is open to anyone and everyone in order to encourage the innovation and development of exciting new technologies that will keep pushing the web forward and making it a better place for all.
- What is the difference between the Bookmarks Toolbar and the Bookmarks Menu?
- What is the default browser on a computer system?
- The appearance of an internet link can be deceptive. Where is the place to check what you really get when you click on it?
- What is the difference between the Location Bar and the Integrated Web Search?
- Firefox is a cross platform software. What does that means? What is the advantage for you?
- Why is it important that your browser is safe? What can be the consequences of insecure software on your computer system?
- Repeat the exercise Organising bookmarks above on your computer.
What is Integrated Web Search?
Let's explore the Integrated Web Search Bar in Firefox.
Use the Integrated Web Search Bar with Google with the keywords open source auroville
Use the Integrated Web Search Bar with Wikipedia with the keyword URL
Use the Integrated Web Search Bar with Yahoo with the keyword auroville
Use the Integrated Web Search Bar with Wikipedia with the keyword auroville
Why the Internet?
As we approached a new millennium, the Internet is revolutionizing our society, our economy and our technological systems. No one knows for certain how far, or in what direction, the Internet will evolve. But no one should underestimate its importance.
Over the past century and a half, important technological developments have created a global environment that is drawing the people of the world closer and closer together. During the industrial revolution, we learned to put motors to work to magnify human and animal muscle power. In the new Information Age, we are learning to magnify brainpower by putting the power of computation wherever we need it, and to provide information services on a global basis. Computer resources are infinitely flexible tools; networked together, they allow us to generate, exchange, share and manipulate information in an uncountable number of ways. The Internet, as an integrating force, has melded the technology of communications and computing to provide instant connectivity and global information services to all its users at very low cost.
(Robert E. Kahn and Vinton G. Cerf)
In the next couple of years the Internet will become the one indispensable source for information, news, training and communication. Not being able to use this source will be of the same level of disadvantage than being illiterate. The browser will be THE tool to access it and the better you know your browser the faster, safer and precise you can retrieve what you are looking for. Not being comfortable with the Internet means to be an easy target for manipulation by malicious people.
What was the beginning of the Internet?
In 1962 U.S. Air Force commissioned a study on how to maintain its command and control over its missiles and bombers, after a nuclear attack from any point in the US.
In 1968 4 computers in 4 universities were connected.
Only around 1990 the Internet started to evolve into the present form and became available to the broader public.
What services does the Internet provide?
- The World Wide Web - Retrieve web sites for information , shopping, training, education, entertainment
- E-mail
- Instant Messaging (IM, chat!)
- File sharing - software, books, music or documents either from servers or private people (peer-to-peer)
- Streaming media - radio, video, TV
- Voice telephony (VoIP) - Internet telephony
- Collaboration - Wikipedia, video and telephone conferencing, On-line document editing ...
- Remote access - access any computer in the world from any place
Here an example which route a web page takes from the server to your computer:
Open a terminal (Go to Applications/Accessories/Terminal), maximise it and type in the following command:
tracepath www.auroville.org.in
Press enter and watch what happens...
Try other web pages!
tracepath www.google.com
tracepath www.google.co.in
tracepath india.gov.in
tracepath www.mos.ru
Open these pages in the browser and see what they are.
Internetfrog
tracepath www.mos.ru
www.mos.ru (212.11.146.116), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 www.aurovillenetwork.in (192.168.3.1) 10.495 ms 16.095 ms 20.943 ms
2 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 33.172 ms 39.660 ms 58.341 ms
3 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254) 105.706 ms 107.736 ms 111.233 ms
4 ABTS-TN-Static-001.0.165.122.airtelbroadband.in (122.165.0.1) 172.202 ms 197.481 ms 200.682 ms
5 ras-Chn-165.227.95.61.airtelbroadband.in (61.95.227.165) 201.535 ms 205.697 ms 207.820 ms
6 61.95.240.129 (61.95.240.129) 239.809 ms 223.344 ms 138.781 ms
7 125.21.167.70 (125.21.167.70) 142.882 ms 145.084 ms 149.534 ms
8 so-4-0-2.edge1.LosAngeles1.Level3.net (4.78.196.25) 384.127 ms 388.404 ms 390.965 ms
9 vlan79.csw2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net (4.68.20.126) 392.652 ms vlan99.csw4.LosAngeles1.Level3.net (4.68.20.254) 522.003 ms vlan89.csw3.LosAngeles1.Level3.net (4.68.20.190) 513.665 ms
10 ae-63-63.ebr3.LosAngeles1.Level3.net (4.69.137.33) 527.158 ms 530.681 ms 534.000 ms
11 ae-4.ebr4.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.132.82) 557.305 ms 560.647 ms 563.001 ms
12 ae-94-94.csw4.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.134.190) 467.368 ms 469.527 ms ae-84-84.csw3.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.134.186) 505.832 ms
13 ae-72-72.ebr2.Washington1.Level3.net (4.69.134.149) 494.661 ms 499.054 ms 501.271 ms
14 ae-42.ebr2.Paris1.Level3.net (4.69.137.53) 535.028 ms ae-41.ebr2.Paris1.Level3.net (4.69.137.49) 522.100 ms 431.750 ms
15 ae-2.ebr1.Frankfurt1.Level3.net (4.69.132.142) 447.955 ms 455.897 ms 456.672 ms
16 ae-1-100.ebr2.Frankfurt1.Level3.net (4.69.132.126) 458.294 ms 477.506 ms 480.210 ms
17 ae-2.ebr1.Dusseldorf1.Level3.net (4.69.132.137) 447.301 ms 460.165 ms 462.162 ms
18 ae-1-100.ebr2.Dusseldorf1.Level3.net (4.69.132.130) 516.364 ms 539.134 ms 539.267 ms
19 ae-1-5.bar1.Stockholm1.Level3.net (4.69.140.197) 483.250 ms 547.088 ms 549.882 ms
20 rt741-001.stk.retn.net (213.242.110.18) 601.561 ms 605.539 ms 609.062 ms
21 ae1-5.RT.V10.MSK.RU.retn.net (87.245.233.29) 645.303 ms 682.689 ms 685.340 ms
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Who is the Internet?
- Internet Service Providers (example BSNL, Airtel etc.)
- Universities
- Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
- Governments
- Commercial Enterprises
- and YOU!
How many people have Internet access?
Presently around the world 1.5 billion people have Internet access, 21.9 % of the total population.
In the USA 251 million people have Internet access which represents 75 % of the population.
In Europe 384 million people have Internet access which represents 48 % of the population.
In China 253 million people have Internet access which represents 19 % of the population.
In India 81 million people have Internet access which represents 7.1% of the population.
If you live presently in India and you have access to the Internet you are in a privileged position!
Source and further information: Internet stats
Try to avoid doing the homework in the last minute but rather do them in time and email them to bluelight.training@gmx.com. Please do not use the bluelight@auroville.org.in address.
This gives us time to look into what you did and give you some feedback. It is a requirement to do the homework to be able to follow the classes.
You find all lessons and homework here
You might want to take the time and go once more through the lesson to recall what you learned.
You can copy and paste the questions into an email and answer them. In case you don't know the answer you could try to paste the question into google.co.in or the wiki
- What is the advantage of the Integrated Web Search bar in Firefox?
- What is a key word in the search engine context?
- Why will the Internet be important in the near future?
- What is an URL?
- Create a folder with the name Wiki on your Bookmarks Toolbar.
Then bookmark the following links:- http://en.wikipedia.org
- http://en.wiktionary.org
- http://en.wikibooks.org
- http://en.wikiquote.org
- http://en.wikisource.org
- http://en.wikiversity.org
- http://commons.wikimedia.org
- http://en.wikinews.org
Have a look at these pages and enjoy the Internet!
- Use the Google Integrated Web Search bar and find out
- what is the local time in Germany ?
- how many Indian Rupees are 254 Euros ?
- How much is (45 + 78) / 4 ?
- 3.2 meters are how many inches?
- Name your 3 mostly used Internet services?
- What is the Wikipedia?