The History of the Internet and the World Wide Web (Internet Library) [Library Binding]

Art Wolinsky (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: Internet Library

Traces the development of the Internet as a resource from its roots in the late 1960s, as well as the growth of the World Wide Web as a part of everyday life.

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Gr 4-8-History records the highlights of the development from its inception in the late `60s to its growth and ubiquitous influence on today's society. Wolinsky discusses how to get online and gives a few browser basics. Information is an overview of how to find and evaluate material on the World Wide Web. The author describes a wide range of tools available to searchers; gives students tips to make their searches more successful; and cautions them to filter out illegal, porn, hate, and inaccurate sites. Parts of this book are confusing. On one page, the text states that the "total amount of information in the world doubles every two years," and two pages later, reports that, "The total knowledge base in the world is doubling every three years." Wolinsky warns against using the cut-and-paste feature when creating a report, and then recommends cut and paste for note taking. Both books are well organized, attractively laid out, and easy to read. Black-and-white drawings and diagrams enhance the understanding of the texts. Adults will appreciate the strong message about plagiarizing. While most students prefer to learn by actually searching rather than reading about it, the books do provide some useful information.-Sandra L. Doggett, Urbana High School, Ijamsville, MD

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Library Binding: 64 pages
• Publisher: Enslow Publishers (August 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0766012611
• ISBN-13: 978-0766012615
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,267,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great intro to the internet, June 5, 2000

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This review is from: The History of the Internet and the World Wide Web (Internet Library) (Library Binding)

Remember when you first got on the internet? If you are not a techie (I am not one) it can be pretty scary, loaded with lots of terms and procedures that are taken for granted by so many and explained by so few to the uninitiated.

Art Wolinsky's "History of the Internet and the World Wide Web" and the other books in the "Internet Library series" offer a very friendly introduction to what the internet is all about. We are homeschoolers and I would recommend it to other homeschoolers, but anyone of any age will find it useful and helpful.

The books are well-written and use very little jargon, unless Wolinsky first explains the jargon to you. My early elementary-aged son (who is a very good reader) and I enjoyed them very much; he's read all four books, I've only read two of them all the way through. They are geared toward late elementary and junior high or early high school readers, I'd say.

Wolinsky uses humor and very clear illustrations. This subject could be really dead dull; but not in these books. They are absolutely wonderful. And for those reluctant readers in your family, each book is about 64 pages long, so they don't get too much information in one gulp.

I highly recommend any or all of the books in the Internet Library series. I would start with this one, then read "Communicating on the Internet" and "Locating and Evaluating Information on the Internet", and lastly read the "Creating and Publishing Web Pages on the Internet." We found that they built on one another, so that the last book was like a field trip at the end of a school year. Good fun, especially for homeschoolers and other lovers of learning.