Ed Tech Presentation Topics
EDUC 421/621: Internet Technologies
Printed below are some of the major topics covered in your Internet technologies course modules. During the course, the presentation assignment requires you to prepare and present in class one of the items listed here (or one of your choice if approved by the instructor). If you are taking the course online, you have the option of presenting remotely via the classroom videoconferencing stream, or you can come physically to class on the evening when you present.
Internet Infrastructure
- TCP/IP Protocol Suite
- Domain Name System (DNS)
- Bomb-proof Design of Packets and Routing Protocols
- OSI Reference Model
- Internet Services (email, listserv, newsgroups, texting, streaming media)
- Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
Societal Issues
- Equity
- Privacy
- Censorship
- Fake News
- Cyber Bullying
- Net Neutrality
- Digital Divide
- Copyright & Fair Use
- Open Access & Creative Commons
Web Development Tools
Web Design
- HTML
- Image maps
- Tables
- Forms
- JavaScript
- Cookies
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- Document Object Model (DOM)
- Developer tools built into browsers
Multimedia Tools
Accessibility
- W3C Introduction to Web Accessibility
- WAI-ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications)
- Usability.gov
- Section 508
- WAVE
Networking
- Network Topologies
- Network Operating Systems
- Networking Protocols
- IPv4 versus IPv6
Cybersecurity
- Types of Vulnerabilities
- Intranet versus Extranet
- Virtual Private Networks
- Public Key Infrastructure
- Packet Sniffing
- Pen Testing
Labs
At the end of each chapter in your Computational Thinking on the Internet textbook, there are suggested lab exercises. As part of the course requirements, you must complete three of these labs. If you get excited about sharing the approach you took on one of these labs, you may choose to make it be your presentation topic. The labs are listed as follows:
