Instructional Video4:02
Curated Video

How Does the Internet Work—and Where Is It Stored?

12th - Higher Ed
Where is the Internet? Location? How does the internet work? And most importantly, how much does it weigh? You are on it right now. 30 years ago, it didn’t exist for most of us. But today Many of us can’t live...
Instructional Video16:24
Debunked

What If You Destroyed The Internet?

9th - 12th
We investigate how the internet could be taken down, the consequences of an Internet Apocalypse, and if it could all be done by a single person.
Instructional Video11:26
Crash Course

The Internet: Crash Course Computer Science

12th - Higher Ed
Today, we're going to talk about how the Internet works. Specifically, how that stream of characters you punch into your browser's address bar, like "youtube.com", return this very website. Just to clarify we're talking in a broader...
Instructional Video11:13
SciShow

How the Internet Was Invented | The History of the Internet, Part 1

12th - Higher Ed
The Internet is older than you might think!
Instructional Video11:03
SciShow

How the Internet Was Invented | The History of the Internet, Part 1

12th - Higher Ed
The Internet is older than you might think!
Instructional Video3:45
Code.org

What is the Internet?

K - 9th
What is the internet? Short answer: a distributed packet-switched network. This is the introduction video to the series, "How the Internet Works". Vint Cerf, one of the "fathers of the internet" explains the history of how the net and...
Instructional Video7:07
Code.org

The Internet: HTTP & HTML

K - 9th
Tumblr founder David Karp and Xbox program manager Jasmine Lawrence give a detailed description of how the Internet works using HTTP and HTML. Start learning at href='http://code.org/' targlanguagenk' rel='nofollow'>at Help us...
Instructional Video3:00
Curated Video

Understanding the Internet

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The internet is a global network that connects millions of computers around the world, allowing them to communicate and share information. The internet allows users to access data and websites, as well as other services like file...
Instructional Video8:34
TED Talks

TED: What everyday citizens can do to claim power on the internet | Fadi Chehade and Bryn Freedman

12th - Higher Ed
Technology architect Fadi Chehade helped set up the infrastructure that makes the internet work -- essential things like the domain name system and IP address standards. Today he's focused on finding ways for society to benefit from...
Instructional Video1:44
Curated Video

How the internet works in North Korea

3rd - 11th
Despite being an extremely reclusive country, North Korea does have an internet. It's just not like the internet everyone else is using. It's more "Information Local Traffic Only" than "Information Superhighway." Read
Instructional Video5:11
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The hidden network that makes the internet possible - Sajan Saini

Pre-K - Higher Ed
View full lessonf='https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-hidden-network-that-makes-the-internet-possible-sajan-saini' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>lesson↵↵In 2012, a team of researchers set a world record, transmitting 1 petabit of data—...
Instructional Video19:54
Curated Video

How Does the Internet Work? - Glad You Asked S1 (E9)

9th - 11th
For most of us, the internet is virtual, made of Instagram posts, emails and YouTube videos. And, access to the vital utility isn’t guaranteed across the world. Glad You Asked host Cleo Abram wants to know: What is the internet actually...
Instructional Video2:49
WIRED

Here’s How Fake News Works (and How the Internet Can Stop It) | WIRED

6th - 11th
Many fake news peddlers didn’t care if Trump won or lost the election. They only wanted to pocket money. But the consequences of what they did shook the world. This is how it happened. Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on
Instructional Video9:38
TED Talks

TED: How NFTs are building the internet of the future | Kayvon Tehranian

12th - Higher Ed
In this revelatory talk, technologist Kayvon Tehranian explores why NFTs -- digital assets that represent a certificate of ownership on the internet -- are a technological breakthrough. Learn how NFTs are putting power and economic...
Instructional Video6:09
TED Talks

TED: How to stop the metaverse from becoming the internet's bad sequel | Micaela Mantegna

12th - Higher Ed
The metaverse is already on fire, and we haven't even built it yet, says TED Fellow and video game lawyer Micaela Mantegna. She lays out why the metaverse is at risk of inheriting some of the internet's worst traits, like unchecked...
Instructional Video4:15
World Science Festival

Bring in the Geeks: The Need to Understand the Internet

6th - 11th
In October 2011, congress introduced the Stop Online Privacy Act—meant to allow law enforcement to crack down on online counterfeiting and copyright infringement. But opponents of the law worried that it allowed certain parties to exert...
Instructional Video9:51
TED Talks

Stefana Broadbent: How the Internet enables intimacy

12th - Higher Ed
We worry that IM, texting, Facebook are spoiling human intimacy, but Stefana Broadbent's research shows how communication tech is capable of cultivating deeper relationships, bringing love across barriers like distance and workplace rules.
Instructional Video12:11
TED Talks

Claire Wardle: How you can help transform the internet into a place of trust

12th - Higher Ed
How can we stop the spread of misleading, sometimes dangerous content while maintaining an internet with freedom of expression at its core? Misinformation expert Claire Wardle explores the new challenges of our polluted online...
Instructional Video13:50
TED Talks

Julie Cordua: How we can eliminate child sexual abuse material from the internet

12th - Higher Ed
Social entrepreneur Julie Cordua works on a problem that isn't easy to talk about: the sexual abuse of children in images and videos on the internet. At Thorn, she's building technology to connect the dots between the tech industry, law...
Instructional Video18:50
TED Talks

TED: How the blockchain is changing money and business | Don Tapscott

12th - Higher Ed
What is the blockchain? If you don't know, you should; if you do, chances are you still need some clarification on how it actually works. Don Tapscott is here to help, demystifying this world-changing, trust-building technology which, he...
Instructional Video53:05
TED Talks

TED: Elon Musk talks Twitter, Tesla and how his brain works — live at TED2022 | Elon Musk

12th - Higher Ed
In this live, unedited conversation, Elon Musk -- the head of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and The Boring Company -- digs into the recent news around his bid to purchase Twitter and gets honest about the biggest regret of his career, how his...
Instructional Video13:00
The Wall Street Journal

Making - And Breaking - The Internet

Higher Ed
What does the dark web look like? How Disney's new cartoon visualized the internet.
Instructional Video10:58
Curated Video

How Teleportation Might Work: A Scientific Look at the Star Trek Transporter

12th - Higher Ed
Is teleportation possible? In the Star Trek transporter, the atoms in your body get converted to their subatomic particles – protons, neutrons, and electrons, and are transmitted as a stream of particles to...
Instructional Video7:54
National Institute of Standards and Technology

What is the Internet of Things (IoT) and how can we secure it?

9th - 12th
Industry leaders discuss cybersecurity concerns around the Internet of Things (IoT) and the role NIST ( can play to help secure our future. Featuring thought...