How The Internet Works

(4.57 stars) · 529 learner reviews

How The Internet Works teaches the fundamental concepts that power the internet including 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.

Enrollment fee includes this guide and all of Level's educational and job training guides and certificates. The enrollment fee is a one-time payment - 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 pace

Guide length

44 pages

Time to complete

~10 hours

What is Level?

Level is a popular prison education program that offers career training and personal development. Level has a unique approach that can reach nearly any person at any prison, even those in high security or solitary confinement. 6,223 people in prison have spent 82,890 hours using the Level program inside 1,011 prisons across the country.

Testimonials for this guide:

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

I use this guide often to be a step ahead of the game. The internet is an important tool and skill that will be needed once released. This guide wasn't confusing like the other courses. I have been incarcerated for 16 years. Now, everything is done on computers. Level has always been there for me, and I'm grateful.

- Miguel, incarcerated in California

This guide gave me great ideas when it comes to technology jobs. I'm passionate when it comes to computer technology. One of the first things I'm going to do when I get out of prison is use the internet, and with this knowledge and information from this guide, I'll be able to use the web without a problem.

- Miguel, in prison in California