Unit 1: Navigating the Internet 

 

 

You will use many different web sites to help you build your multi-media applications and digital stories.  Unit 1 will help you to navigate the Internet quickly, finding the best information for your needs.

 

What are your favorite places to go on the Internet?  Click here for a worksheet which will share the web sites you enjoy the most. 

Guest Speaker:  Mrs. Steinberg, Media Specialist AKA Your Librarian!

 

 

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Discuss:   What is the Internet and the World Wide Web?

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Discuss:  How to do a really good Internet search and other valuable navigating tips

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Guest Speaker Spot by Mrs. Steinberg, Media Specialist,

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Web site with databases (normal.html)

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PPT Presentation

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Online demo

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Video on how to query

Searching the Web - Advanced
Avoiding pointless searches
20038 Mac/PC
2. preview Turning questions into queries

Google advanced searches

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Let's practice! Find:

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 a picture of a ferret in a biker jacket, The news headlines from Oct 1, 2001, A list of great April Fool's jokes to play, easy Halloween costumes to make, The Commuter Bus schedule, The cost of flying from Ogdensburg to Albany, the voice of Kate Smith singing "God Bless America", other ideas?

Search Smart

Ask Yourself, "What Am I Looking At?"

Is it news, opinion, a personal blog, gossip? Advertising? Propaganda? How can you tell the difference?

Think Critically about News and Information

Who created the reports and editorials? For what purpose? Is the information verified? If so, how? What is the documentation? Is it presented in a way that is fair?

Learn to Spot Bias

Watch for loaded or inflammatory words. Does the author have an agenda? Is more than one side of a story presented? Did the subject respond?

Beware of Information Found on Wikipedia

Entries can be changed by anyone at any time. This calls into question the accuracy of the information at any given moment. That said, the primary sources linked in the entries are often a rich trove of reliable information.

Don't Allow Yourself to be Fooled

Nobody likes to be duped. If something sounds incredible, it probably is. Good places to check urban myths are the Annenberg Public Policy Center's FactCheck.org and Snopes.com.

Malaika Costello-Dougherty is a Senior Editor at Edutopia.

This article was also published in  Edutopia magazine as "Searching for Gold".

 

For Grade:

 

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Timed Performance Test : Navigating the Internet 

 

 

 

The Importance of typing the proper e-mail address:

A couple from Minneapolis decided to RV it to Florida for a long weekend to thaw out during one particularly icy winter. Because both had jobs, they had difficulty coordinating their travel schedules. It was decided that the husband would fly to Florida on a Thursday, and his wife would follow him the next day in the RV. Upon arriving as planned, the husband checked into a hotel. There he decided to open his laptop and send his wife an email back in Minneapolis. However, he accidentally left off one letter in her address, and sent the email without realizing his error.

In Houston, a widow had just returned from her husband's funeral. He was a minister of many years who had been "called home to glory" following a heart attack. The widow checked her email, expecting messages from relatives and friends. Upon reading the first message, she fainted and fell to the floor. The widow's son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor, and saw the computer screen which read:

To: My Loving Wife
From: Your Departed Husband
Subject: I've Arrived!
I've just arrived and have been checked in. I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then! Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was. P.S. Sure is hot down here!

 And thus my friends, you now understand the importance of typing in the proper email address!

 

Independent tutorial websites:

Learning How the Internet Works  

Estimates are that 93% of all post-high school learning will take place on-line. Start now by using this BBC on-line tutorial.  It is used for College credit in the UK! There are 8 chapters and about 3 very small quizzes per chapter.  

 

Atomic Learning Web Tutorial 

You will need to enroll to gain access to this free tutorial


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