Short Survey of Internet and Web Technology

INTERNET AND WEB TECHNOLOGY

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I’M BERNIE GOLDBACH.TEACHING CREATIVE MULTIMEDIA

AT LIMERICK SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN

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I LIKE ENABLING TECH.YOU WILL LEARN TO ENABLE.

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This #LITiwt presentation outlines where “Internet and Web Technlogy” fits in the curriculum and where it suits the professional interests of a business student.

We assume:

-- Business students need to articulate website specs.

-- Responsive websites are essential touchpoints in our mobile world.

-- Accessibility remains a key design factor.

-- Effective business practise happens with online security and privacy considered in fundamental planning factors.

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THE ESSENTIAL SKILLS

-- Analyse sites.-- Specify site behaviour in textual format.-- Update static sites.-- Embed dynamic content.-- Recognise industry services.-- Vet independent web developers.-- Discover online professional web dev communities.-- Learn how to increase your productivity as a member of a webdev team.

You are on a pathway of professional development.

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INFRASTRUCTURE

-- Hosts.-- Clients.-- Servers.-- Protocols.-- Gateways.-- Proxies.-- Browsers.

Infrastructure can limit and it can enable.

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BUILDING AN AWARENESS

You need to deconstruct what you see displayed by using simple tools (notebooks and small screens).

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BUILD AN AWARENESS OF OPEN SOURCE

There are Open Source advocates on campus and in Limerick business meetings.

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HASHTAGGED TWEETS#LOCC

First Thursday of every month in the Absolute Hotel, Limerick, Ireland, attracts #webtech practitioners.

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HASHTAGGED TWEETS#LIMERICK

Hashtags represent a clever implementation of web technology.

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YOU WILL LEARN BASIC SECURITY TENETS

Good hosts offer security checkpoints at many key junctions of web technology.

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WED STATS

You will learn to read top-level items in web stats.

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WEB AUTHORING

-- As simple as writing, if you have the service.-- You will get hands-on with Typepad and WordPress.-- Think about imagery and media elements.-- Try to connect real experiences to shared web stories in your project work.-- Join the conversation.

An effective web presence is part of a flow of conversation.

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WEB TOOLS.

You will learn to embed content.

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WEBSITE MAINTENANCE

-- Process should be quick.-- Develop and cultivate themes.-- Safeguard your best work in an ePortfolio. -- Text records are essential.

You can’t escape having a web presence.

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FLICKR ACTIVITY STREAMS

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You will capture and share your works in progress.

YOU ALSO NEED TO BE ON GOOGLE PLUS.

[PRIVACY]

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TIP: KEEP A TICK-OFF LIST..

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HELPFUL OASES

-- LinkedIn Group “Marketing Over Coffee”.-- Moodle.-- The private LITwebtech Community on Google Plus.-- Listen to @boagworld.-- Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz on For Immediate Release.

It’s easy to find inspiration.

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