WEB BROWSERSBTT101 DIGITAL LITERACY (Credit Mr. Spinelli)

AGENDA

Polling Stations

What are Web Browsers?

How do Web Browsers Work?

Importance of Web Browsers in the 21st Century

Web Browser Group Task + Presentation

What is a Web-Browser?

Software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web

An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and may be a web page, image, video or other piece of content

What do Web- Browsers do?

Text and images on a web page can contain hyperlinks to other web pages at the same or different website

Web browsers communicated with web servers primarily using HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol) to fetch web pages

The file format for a web page is usually HTML (hyper-text markup language) 

Most web browsers also support a variety of additional formats, such as JPEG, PNG, and GIF image formats

Web Browsers & the 21st Century

We live in the age of globalization where we are interconnected throughout the world

The internet has to maintain its stability as we use multiple devices to browse the web (computers, smartphones, tablets)

As we continue to have access to more information, web browsers will be the foundation from which we will have access to information that we need to be successful in society

GROUP TASK

Log onto our website and open the “Web Browser Group Task”

Moving into your assigned groups and using the criteria provided, research a specific web browser that your group is assigned.

Be prepared to share your results with the class