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@Dates:	Mon Jan 13 - Thu/Fri Jan 16/17, 2-5 or 3-5
	Tue Jan 14 - Thu/Fri Jan 16/17, 7-9 or 7-10
	(gives a week to prepare, avoid the sipb meeting, get 8-15 hours)

Reserving 1-390 Tue Jan 14 - Thu Jan 16, 7 - 10 pm.
Locations:	1-390, E51maybe?, 6-120, 34-101?, 10-250
		(in order of preference)

Prereqs: - programming experience (such as 6.001)
	- knowledge of computing systems
	- experience as an Internet user

Goals:

I want to explain how the Internet works to people who may not know much
about that, but are well aquainted with using the Internet, and generally
cluefull and familliar with computing systems (examples: SIPB members
and prospectives, course 6ers after 6.001, anyone else who plays around
with computers a lot)

Outline:

I think following the ISO OSI model is a good idea - it'll provide structure
to the course. There are two main things to present: the devices / systems /
purpose of each level, and the protocols / interactions that tie the levels
together. I'm not sure yet how or in what order to do this, but I think a
good way is:
1. present an overview of two ajacent levels and how their connected
2. describe the levels in detail
3. talk in detail about the connections
(or something approximating this)

Of course, this is sort of a description of a little-i internet. We also want
people to learn about the big-I Internet, as well as how things they learn
in class relate to the Internet, so I think we should intersperse lots of
little "notes" in. The types of notes I have in mind are:
  * Historical notes - stories or anecdotes about how certain things evolved
  * Theory notes - relationship between stuff and theoretical computer science
  * Internet engineering notes - application to the actual Internet design
  * Current events notes - how this relates to things happening recently
These would be little breaks of 5 to 10 or 15 minutes each, supported by
outside references.

I'd like to have lots of hardware props, and some demos.

Right know, I'm thinking that I'll probably teach most of it myself, but I'd
love to have help writing and checking the curriculum. It would be cool if
other people could research and present the notes, as well as help getting
props and coming up with demos. If people have stuff they especially want
to teach, they should let me know.

I'll be sending updates of the curriculum as I'm working on it to the list -
it would be helpful if people point out things I've forgotten or am wrong
on or perhaps underemphasized. I don't know if I'll actually be able to
make myself work on this that much before the end of term, and if I do, the
first send outs will be pretty rough.

Any other suggestions are welcome - I just typed all of this off the top
of my head. :)

elliot
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