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Monday, September 24, 2018

東京理科大学 情報工学科技術英語・電気通信大学 AE2Y II: Beginnings of the World Wide Web・ワールドワイドウェブの由来

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How are you? Here is another short video to go with your reading about the beginning of the World Wide Web, with a focus on Tim Berners-Lee, who created it. The picture at the top is Tim Berners-Lee giving a speech. 

Activity/homework
Watch the video below. Watch it as many times as you want or need. This is very important for greater understanding of how the World Wide Web got started.

If you have trouble watching it here, go to this link, or look for "Tim Berners-Lee ~ The World Wide Web" on YouTube at this URL: https://youtu.be/j4cN_q3NX9c  

Special note: If you go to the YouTube link, you can turn on Japanese subtitles (日本語字幕) if you need them. They are direct translations (直接翻訳), so they are not perfect - but they can help you follow the video if you need help.


As you watch, answer the questions and go through the responses below the video in your notebooks.


Questions & responses:
1. What is the word for how texts are linked together? 
2. When Berners-Lee was a student at Oxford University, what did he use to build his own computer? 
3. What kind of work did he do after he graduated from university? 
4. Explain, in your own words, what Paul Baran's idea of a computer network was.
5. Which locations in the U.S. formed the first computer network? 
6. As the computer network got bigger, explain in your own words the major problem it had.
7. What does HTML make possible? 
8. What does each part of a URL address mean? 
9. What did Marc Andreesen invent? 
10. Explain, in your own words, what Andreesen's development made possible. 

I hope you find this, and the video on the other blogpost, interesting! 

See you next class!

Image: By John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, photo by Scott Henrichsen - Sir Tim Berners-Lee talking about the Web at the Newseum, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5869846
Video uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to the content. All rights reserved to the copyright holder(s). Uploaded for classroom purposes only.

Saturday, September 22, 2018

東京理科大学 A英1: Discoveries & inventions of the Industrial Revolution・産業革命の発見・発明

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How are you? Today we'll look at some important discoveries and inventions of the Industrial Revolution (産業革命の発見、発明) . 

The picture above is of the Crystal Palace. This was a famous exhibition in London in the 19th century to show the accomplishments of the Industrial Revolution. Most of the exterior of the building was made of glass reinforced by steel. This exhibition was a great success that showed the British people what industry could do. 

Activity/homework
Look at these pictures below. Which of these discoveries or inventions happened during the Industrial Revolution? Take a guess! Have fun with these!


Cotton

The lathe

Cement


The light bulb

Gasoline

Steelmaking 

How many do you think you got right? We'll check in class!

See you next time!

Images: Top - by J. McNeven - collections.vam.ac.uk, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=665739/Cotton - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=689304/Lathe - by Zephyris - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27664029/Cement - by Famartin - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33470830/Light bulb - by KMJ, alpha masking by Edokter - de.wikipedia, original upload 26. Jun 2004 by, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2954889/Gasoline can - by MJCdetroit - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4267666/Steel
production - by Payton Chung from DC, USA - Fiery Finkl Forging, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1224200

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

東京理科大学 情報工学科技術英語: Origins of the internet・インターネットの由来

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How are you? Here is a short video about the origins of the internet, to go with your reading about how the internet began. 

Activity/homework

Watch the video below. Watch it as many times as you want or need. Connect the video to what you have read, or are reading. 

(If you have any trouble watching it here, go to the link here or look for "What is the Internet?" on YouTube or copy and paste this URL -
https://youtu.be/Dxcc6ycZ73M)




See you next time!


Image: By W.Rebel - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11702269
Video uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to the content. All rights reserved to the copyright owners. Uploaded for classroom use only.