Code.org: Aloe Blacc Explains Digital Compression

Spotify engineer Lynn Root and Vint Cerf, Father of the Internet, explain what keeps the Internet running and how information is broken down into packets. [6:25]

What is the internet? Short answer: a distributed packet-switched network. Vint Cerf, one of the "fathers of the internet" explains the history of how the net and how no one person or organization is really in charge of it. [3:44]

Bring digital storytelling to your language arts class! To begin, learners select their own topic, such as a poem that reflects a life experience they had or a historical figure who interests them. Then they work to create a storyboard...

Mia Epner, who works on security for a US national intelligence agency, explains how cryptography allows for the secure transfer of data online. This educational video explains 256-bit encryption, public and private keys, SSL & TLS...

Hear Instagram co-founder explain how images are represented in binary, and how image filters work on the inside.

What skills are necessary to interact with different types of text? Twenty-first century learners live in a digital world and must develop a whole new set of skills to develop media literacy. Class members engage in a series of...

Google, Yahoo!, Bing ... so many choices, so little time! Using the resource, scholars explore how different search engines affect the way they find information. After reading a handout on the topic and engaging in small group...

Computers represent all data in binary, so all types of files, from text to images to videos, are ultimately sequences of bits. Regardless of whether the bits represent a document or a GIF, computers can use a bit compression technique...

Code-switching is the action of changing your language, behavior, or appearance based on who you're with or where you are. In this lesson, students will apply the idea of code-switching to how they use phones and other devices in and...

In this slideshow tutorial, students will review how to evaluate digital sources. During the digital evaluation process, students are directed to analyze the following: authority, accuracy, objectivity, and currency. After the tutorial,...