I have been incarcerated over 21 years. The internet and computers are only getting more advanced. This information is helping me get an understanding. I have no clue of the inner workings of the internet or how it comes together. You provided me with a lot of good information. The work you're doing is important.
Prison Education Program
How The Internet Works
How The Internet Works teaches the fundamental concepts of internet technology. Level’s internet technology training for people in prison covers the evolution of the first computer networks, the importance of breaking digital information into small packets and how information is sent from one computer to another. Additionally, this guide provides helpful information about staying safe online and getting a job in the field of internet technology after release from prison.
Enrollment fee is a one-time payment that includes this guide and Level's entire prison education program including all educational and job training guides and all certificates. No hidden monthly payments or recurring fees. The enrollment fee includes shipping.
What they'll learn:
- Understand the core concepts of packets, protocols and decentralization
- Learn how modern computer networks evolved from early telephone switchboards
- Begin to explore the four primary “layers” of the internet
- Understand how information can get from one computer to another halfway around the world
Guide includes:
Job training
Technical knowledge
Career exploration
Quiz
Schedule
Self-guided - learners complete at their own paceGuide length
44 pagesTime to complete
~10 hoursWhat is Level?
Level is a popular, independent, nonprofit prison education program that offers education, career training and personal development for people in prison and connects with family members and supporters on the outside. Our unique approach can reach nearly any person at any prison, even those in high security or solitary confinement. 7,050 people in prison have spent 101,270 hours using the Level program inside 1,067 prisons across the country.
Testimonials for this guide:
- Ronald, in prison in Illinois
I appreciate you and your program. I cannot thank you enough for giving me what I want most - knowledge. It gives me the opportunity to teach others the wisdom I've learned. I would like to learn about every topic you have to offer me. I acknowledge my potential of limitless growth of my image and soul.
- Alexander, incarcerated in Missouri
You all at Level relate to the incarcerated's desires and needs to still be productive citizens in society. You realize we are still human beings with families and friends, too. We still strive to return better and renewed! Thank you! I really appreciate this guide and all that you are doing.
- Joseph, in prison in Texas
