Overview

In this Practice Performance Task students research and prepare a flash talk about the controversial issues around either Net Neutrality or Internet Censorship. The talk and artifacts produced should exhibit students' knowledge of the Internet.

Vocab

• DNS - short for Domain Name System, this system translates domain names (like example.com) to IP addresses (like 93.184.216.34)
• HTTP - HyperText Transfer Protocol - the protocol used for transmitting web pages over the Internet
• IP Address - A number assigned to any item that is connected to the Internet.
• Net Neutrality - the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally by Internet Service Providers.
• TCP - Transmission Control Protocol - provides reliable, ordered, and error-checked delivery of a stream of packets on the internet. TCP is tightly linked with IP and usually seen as TCP/IP in writing.

Resources

• Flash Talk: The Internet and Society - Practice PT (copy as MS Word, Google Doc)