Summary

Create a blog post with the following headings:

• Describe the roles performed by computers on a network
• Distinguish PAN, LAN, MAN, and WAN networks
• Describe the types of LAN networks which exist
• Explain the ways computers can connect to a network
• Explain how computers communicate on a network
• Explain how network performance can be monitored
• Explain the impacts of network failure

 – from page 67 of  Stuart Gray’s Information Technology in a Global Society textbook

 Review the Command Terms

Schedule

Day 1

• Describe the roles performed by computers on a network

Day2

• Distinguish PAN, LAN, MAN, and WANnetworks
  • GCSE Computer 1 minute overview
• Describe the types of LAN networks which exist

Day 3

• Explain the ways computers can connect to a network
• Explain how computers communicate on a network

Day 4

• Explain how network performance can be monitored

Day 5

• Explain the impacts of network failure

Resources

• Chapter 4 of the ITGS Textbook Networking Chapter Web Site

Review

• Have another student review the entries
• Have the reviewer fill in the Computer Networking Feedback Form (PDF)
• Hand in the form to Mr. Le Duc