Week 1
This is very technical--if it is confusing, skip it for now

1.1 What Is the Internet
1.3 Host Machines and Host Names
1.4 Bandwith, Kilobytes and Other Jargon
1.5 The Client/Server Software Model
1.6 The World Wide Web and Web Browsers

Weeks 1 & 2
Details about e-mail that I won't cover in class

2.1 E-mail: The Prototypical Online Experience
2.2 E-mail Netiquette
2.3 Anatomy of an E-mail message
2.4 What to expect from your mail program
2.5 Viewing Your Inbox
2.6 Viewing Individual Messages
2.7 Sending a New E-mail Message
2.8 Replying to and Forwarding E-mail Messages


Week 3 and 4:
3.1 Everything But a Card Catalog
3.2 Web Browser Tips and Tricks
3.3 Search Engines
3.5 Clearinghouses
3.6 Assessing Web Page Credibility
Week 4 and 5: Search Strategies for the Web

4.1 Order from Chaos
4.2 Basic Information Retrieval Concepts
4.3 Some Search Expeditions
4.4 Search Engines and Web Coverage

Week 5 and 6

2.9 E-mail attachments/Viruses
2.10 E-mail lists