MatthewEvs

The Internet is part of nearly everything we do on a daily basis. But do you know how it all works? From WiFi to IP addresses to HTML to keeping information safe online, there’s a lot of important stuff going on that most of us don’t have the opportunity to learn more about.

Today, I’m so excited to share our new video series, “How the Internet works.”

In six short, introductory videos, you’ll get an inside look into foundational concepts of everything from wires to websites, taught by guest lecturers including the actual “Father of the Internet” Vint Cerf, Tumblr founder David Karp, and creators on teams at Google, Spotify, XBox, Symantec, and more.

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Available to students and educators worldwide

While these videos accompany Code.org’s new high school Computer Science Principles course, we want our efforts to reach beyond our own curriculum. This series is the latest addition to our growing library of educational videos licensed through Creative Commons, which means all videos are available for educators to share with students worldwide, online or in classrooms.

This release means a lot to me. It’s has been in-the-works for more than two years, since Code.org’s small team was just starting on our vision to give every student in every school the opportunity to learn computer science. The idea itself, to help explain the basics of how the Internet works, for anybody to learn, has been one I’ve wanted to work on for over a decade.

I hope you’ll watch “How the Internet works” and let us know what you think. If you learn something new, share a video with a friend.

Full list of videos:

1) Wires, Cables, and WiFi starring Google engineer Tess Winlock

2) IP Addresses and DNS starring the co-founder of the Internet Vint Cerf and Microsoft engineer Paola Mejia

3) Packets, Routing, and Reliability starring Spotify engineer Lynn Root and Vint Cerf

4) HTTP and HTML starring Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp and XBox program manager Jasmine Lawrence

5) Encryption & Public Keys starring national intelligence expert Mia Epner

6) Cybersecurity & Crime starring Google Security Princess Parisa Tabriz and Jenny Martin from Symantec

— Hadi