Title: Work plan: Networks
Course: Appdate yourself 4t ESO (in English) - Curs 2017/18 > Section: Topic 8 Networks

Work plan

What will you learn about in this topic?

In this unit you will be learning about the basic concepts of digital communication through networks.  This will enable you to better understand the processes behind common daily actions such as visiting a web or printing on a shared printer.

This unit has the following sections:

- Computer networks
- Internet
- Activities

Timing:

 Total time dedicated to this unit is 5 hours, distributed as follows:

- Computer networks → 2 h
- Internet → 1 h
- Connection between devices → 2 h

Suggested work plan:

- Computer networks

What will you learn? | Resource or Activity | Description
Characteristics and definition of computer networks | Document: What are networks and how do they work? | How do networks work and why are they useful?
Document: Networks characteristics | How are networks formed?
Document: Configurate a local network | Activity to check comprehension of network characteristics.
Task: Online activity | Exercise to configurate a local network
Questionnaire: Networks | Self-evaluation questionnaire about networks

- Internet

What will you learn? | Resource or Activity | Description
Internet history and characteristics. Protocols of communication | Document: Internet, A network of networks | Details about how Internet functions.
Document: Protocol TCP/IP | How the transmission of data works
Document: Communication practice in Internet | Activity to consolidate knowledge about the Internet.

- Connection between devices

What will you learn? | Resource or Activity | Description
What kind of connection do we use? Is it the same in all devices? | Document: Connection between devices | Characteristics of different types of connections between devices
Questionnaire: Connection between devices | Self-evaluation questionnaire