La mia presentazione a TNC19 https://tnc19.geant.org/programme/#Tuesday sul Laboratorio Internet4kids per spiegare come funziona Internet usando le cannucce e il sistema di connettori Strawbees.

1. Internet 4 Kids
GABRIELLA PAOLINI (GARR)
Tallinn, 18/06/19
TNC19

2. In 2018 more than 70% of EU citizens used Internet every day
(from the Special Eurobarometer Survey 480 – EBS480)
but only few of them know how the Internet works,
And particularly kids are often connected
but they don’t know why their videogames lag…
How internet works
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3. Looking for a funny and simple way to explain how the Internet works starting from simple
concepts :
• A grid
• A web
• Equivalent end-points
• Reachability
• Interconnections
The idea
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4. Strawbees connectors system (strawbees.com): used to teach STEAM at school, connecting
straws.
Straw and Strawbees
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5. A straw = a link A Strawbees connector = a router Kids = network engineers
How internet works
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A 3D printed creation = packets

6. ERN 2017 – 2018
Rome Maker Faire - 2018
Riconnessioni - 2019
We explain why NRENs are so important for Research.
Next Generation Researchers
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7. Learning by doing and with a lot of fun
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8. It’s an open source learning format!
Please, copy our learning format
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Thank you
for your
attention!
gabriella.paolini@garr.it
training@garr.it