Network Protocols
In this activity students consider how different methods of communication operate successfully. By looking at rules and procedures in place, students are introduced to communication protocols. By working through a role-play scenario, pupils test their own protocol operating in an unreliable environment similar to that found in packet switching on the Internet, specifically, TCP/ IP.
Additional details
Year band(s) | 7-8 |
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Format | Web page |
Core and overarching concepts | Digital systems |
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI8K02
Investigate how data is transmitted and secured in wired and wireless networks including the internet |
Keywords | Internet, Network, Systems thinking, Protocol, Data, Information |
Organisation | University of Canterbury, New Zealand |
Copyright | Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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