introduction to the internet 2
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Introduction to the Internet:Navigation basics
Blackbird Leys IT Zone
8 November 2006
Introduction to the Internet:Information seeking
Part 1 Your reflections on last week More on the Internet Review e-Mail
Your account Sending a message Replying to a message
Part 2 Finding information
Review:Reflections on last week
Setting up an account
Sending a message
Replying to a message
Course aims and objectives
At the end of this 5-week course you should be able to: Show how to use the Web to find information
Google, BBC, maps, government, libraries, Wikipedia Set up an e-mail account on Yahoo
Send, get, reply and save messages Show how to use the Web to buy and sell
Train tickets, Amazon, e-Bay Show how to use the Web for sharing interests
Blogs, mySpace, Flickr, youTube,
Session objectives
Explain how “data” travels across the Internet Name the main search engine and one other Explain to your colleagues different reasons
you have for finding information Find images on the internet Ask a good search question Describe what is meant by “safe surfing”
An INTERnational NETwork of networks
Warriors of the Net
Watch the movie What did you think of it?
Break!
What can you do with the Net?
Find out stuff Send and receive e-Mail Share interests Buy things Sell things
Session tasks
Name the main search engine and one other Find an image of the Crab Nebula on the
internet Find a recipe for chocolate cake Find out how much 135 Euros is in Sterling Describe what “pop-ups” are
Find out stuff
Google http://www.google.co.uk/ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/ Videojug http://www.videojug.com Other sources?
What is “good” stuff?
Can you trust what you read?
How can you cross check?
What is safe surfing? On line banking On line buying Scams, scams, scams
Rule of life Never give details in an e-mail! What? Never give details in an e-mail! You mean… Never!
Other rules. Just say “No!” Pharma on-line: V14gr4, etc, etc? “Naughty stuff” on-line?
And, don’t click on the pop-ups!
Wind up