Activity 04-03 Ordered Lists

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Copy lesson.gif to your images directory.

Your computer literacy teacher wants to put lesson plans on the web so that they can be accessed by other computer teachers. Since you are a student in her Web Design class she gives you the following assignment. Type that appears in bold or in italics should appear in bold or italics in the Web page. Name your file: telnet.htm

1. Title the page Lesson Plan: Using TELNET on the Internet.
2. At the top of the page center the graphic lesson.gif inside an H1 element.
3. Use a level 2 headline and center the text: LEARNING OBJECTIVE: and on the next line make the text smaller by using a FONT element size="-2" around the following text:
   Students Will Learn What TELNET Is
4. The rest of the page will be aligned on the left margin.
5. A new paragraph starts here.
6. The next line contains the following text:
   • Instructions: Present your students with the following information:
7. Close the above paragraph.
8. Place the following 3 items in an unordered list:
   1. Telnet is an Internet program that lets you log on to another computer and use it as if it were your own computer. It enables you to network by telephone.
   2. This is something that can also be done with just a modem and an old-fashioned communications program. The difference is that you can log on to a computer in Spain for the price of a local phone call!
   3. Using Telnet you type commands into your keyboard that are then sent from your computer to the local Internet service provider. Then the commands are sent from your provider to the remote computer that you want to access. End the list at this point.
9. A new paragraph starts here.
10. The next line contains the following text:
    • What can I do with Telnet?
11. Close the above paragraph
12. Place the following 6 items in an unordered list and make the text for each of them in arial, helvetica, sans-serif:
    ( Start the list. )
    (new list item) browse through directories (close list item)
    (new list item) connect into huge databases to do research(close list item)
    (new list item) log in on to libraries around the world to check if they have a certain book that you are looking for (close list item)
    (new list item) register for classes (close list item)
    (new list item) fill out forms to request information and supplies(close list item)
    (new list item) gain easy entry into the world of Gophers and the World Wide Web site. (close list item)
    ( End the list at this point. )
13. Start a new paragraph and type in the following text:
    • One downside of Telnet is that when you Telnet to another computer, you have to use the menus that are set up on that system. They can be a bit strange and unfamiliar, so often you learn by trial and error.
14. Start a new paragraph and type in the following text:
    • Most Telnet computers will require you to have an account. But they may also let you log on as guest or newuser.
15. Start a new paragraph and type in the following text:
    • Once you are accepted into their system, follow the menus to look around - and ask for help when you need it. You will not be able to access all the information on these computers because they only make part of their information available to Internet users. This is because these computers are part of a larger organization, such as a university. University networks only let teachers and students who have an account at that university log on to most of the databases. But they do make available their libraries and other services to Internet users who log on as guests.
16. Start a new paragraph and type in the following text:
    • Computers accessible by Telnet are plugged into the Internet to make certain services available to anyone. Their addresses look a lot like regular Internet addresses, but they have more numbers in them. For example, this is what a Telnet address looks like: computer.myschooschedul99.1 & computer.myschooschedul22.8
17. Start a new paragraph and type in the following text:
    • These are seven basic steps to having a successful Telnet session:
18. Close the above paragraph.
19. Place the following 8 items in an Ordered list:
    • Sign onto the Internet.
    • Launch your telnet program.
    • Enter the telnet address.
    • Telnet addresses, like other Internet addresses, can be either text, such as glis.cr.usgs.gov or numbers 152.61.192.54.The numbers, often referred to as a dotted quad, are just another way to identify a host computer. Every computer logged onto the Internet directly, or through SLIP or PPP connection is identified by a unique dotted quad.
    • Write down important information, such as how to log off and what the escape character is (in case you get stuck or your terminal freezes).
    • Enter a username and password.
    • Type commands, or choose numbers from text-based menus to complete your task.
    • Exit or log off the host computer.
20. Place a horizontal rule here.
21. A new paragraph starts here.
22. Type in the following text:
    • Task/Activity
23. A line break goes here.
24. Type in the following text: After having demonstrated one Telnet session, have your students research a topic that is presently a theme in your classroom.
25. A new paragraph starts here.
26. Type in the following text: Just as an example here are some telnet sites that are easy to navigate: Use telnet to get to 131.174.82.239.2034 to find an on-line periodic table of the elements.
27. A new paragraph starts here.
28. Type in the following text: Use telnet to get to pac.carl.org and log in as PAC for a great source of library resources, including magazines and books.
29. Close the above paragraph.
30. Place a horizontal rule here.
31. A new H3 element starts here. Type in the following text:
    • Additional Resources
32. close the H3 element
33. A new paragraph element starts here
34. Type in the following text:
    • These sites have additional information about how TELNET works and links to shareware:
35. Close the above paragraph.
36. Place the following links in an unordered list:
    • http://kyle.mtholyoke.edu/telnets.htm and
    • http://www.telnet.org/ Make each of these sites hot links to the actual site.
37. Include a hidden comment in the code that says This code for this page written by .......... Replace the ........... with your name and save the page as telnet.htm.
38. Remember to code any ISO characters that are in the web page. There is one that should be coded (an ampersand)

Submit the full URI for the file telnet.htm as Assignment 04-03.

How Will This Be Assessed?

The Grading Check Sheet should be used to check the web page.