This document describes common networks in use today. How Hardware and Software Work Together . To learn about how others view the social impact of networking and to obtain additional information on many of the issues discussed above, go to Links to Sites Dealing with Networks and Social Issues . One good way of helping your students understand the ubiquity of networks and the enormity of their impact on everyday lives is to ask them to develop and then act out some skits or scenarios relating to networks. Divide your class into small groups, and ask each group to develop and prepare a skit on one of the issues listed above.
Groups can then perform their skits for the entire class.
Follow each skit with a class discussion about the impact of the specific networking issue under examination. After all the skits have been performed and you have discussed the issues raised by each, you can also have a general discussion about the impact of networks on our lives. Some discussion questions are provided as a starting point. You are ordered to report to the Springfield Court to answer a warrant naming you as a party to a petty crime in which the police claim you participated. You are very upset, since you know you were in school during the time stated on the warrant.