Case Study 4

Report on the Tim Berners-Lee Congressional Hearing Video

Sir Tim Berners-Lee

In order to learn about how the World Wide Web can benefit your fictitious business you decide to see if you can find some recent information about the subject. Since Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web it makes sense that he would be a good source of information regarding the WWW (pronounced "dub-dub-dub"). Using the skills you learned from reading Chapter 4 in your textbook, search the Web for a video of Sir Tim Berners-Lee that was recorded on March 1, 2007 at the House of Representative's Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing. The title of the video is The Digital Future of the United States: Part 1 - The Future of the World Wide Web.

You can fast-forward through the first 3 to 5 minutes or so of the video to the point where the hearing and interview of Sir Tim Berners-Lee begins. You can also fast forward a bit in the middle when Congress takes a break to attend a vote on the floor of the House.

Before you watch the video, click on the link in the Lesson 4 folder that reads "Case Study 4: Report." Familiarize yourself with the questions in the form so you'll know what answers to look for in the video. It would even be a good idea to keep the form open while you watch the video, pause the video when you hear an answer to one of the form questions, type your answer into the form, then resume watching the video. You don't have to complete the Report Form all at once. You may save your answers and come back to it later to add more answers or modify existing ones. Just make sure your answers are complete by the due date for this assignment.

Note: Please be sure to click on the Save and Submit button when you're finished, otherwise I won't be able to grade your report form questionnaire.