the internet (getting started)

World Wide Web

“Surf” the Web by using a BROWSER. Internet Explorer (comes with MS

Windows) Mozilla Firefox Safari Google Chrome

Address Line

Move Forward and Back

View or add “Favorites” (or “Bookmarks”)

Create additional tabs.

Refresh or Reload

Stop Loading

Quick Search (Search provider can be changed)

Home Page (Start Page)

Print

Zoom in and out

Click on the small triangle to see previous web pages.

Back & Forward Pages - Maybe, you would like to go back several pages…

Instead of clicking the back button repeatedly, simply select your page from the list.

For additional printing options, click on the small triangle instead of the printer…

The “Print Preview” option will show you how many pages there are, and what your printout will look like.

Sometimes, the browser’s print option is not the best choice. If the page that you’re viewing is a “PDF document”, or if it offers it’s own print option, use this instead.

Save favorite pages to your “favorites”, (also known as Bookmarks).

Once they’re saved, you can get to favorites easily by clicking Favorites on the toolbar.

URL – “Uniform Resource Locator” http://www.name.com http://www.name.com/folder/anotherfolder

When you know the address to a site, simply

type that into the address line. (You normally

don’t have to type the http:// part.)

Search Engines First, you need a tool for searching. Many “Search Engines” are available

Google – http://www.google.com Yahoo – http://www.yahoo.com Bing – http://www.bing.com DogPile – http://www.dogpile.com Yippy – http://www.yippy.com

Find a search engine here:

Search Engine Directory: http://www.searchenginesdir.com/

You can use the “quick search” option in the top, left of Internet Explorer (and other browsers)

Click on this little arrow if you would like to change to your favorite search engine.

You don’t have to enter everything in a perfect sentence!

Just Enter the words most important to your search, and click search!

Use options on the left side to limit to dates or types of web pages.

Try out the Advanced Search for even more control over your searches. If you don’t see this link, move your mouse

a bit!

Many more search options!

Also, on the advanced search page, check out the “Advanced Search Tips”:

Some tips: Put words that should appear together in

“quotes”.

Some tips: Use an asterisk (*) to look for part of a

word

This will search for the word education, educator, educators, etc!

Viruses , Worms, Trojans– software that harms your computer and spreads to others

Phishing scams (fake web sites that collect your personal information)

These are a danger when surfing the web or opening e-mails.

Some search engines will try to warn you about dangerous web sites

Also be careful about e-mails with web links and attachments.

You may know the sender, but they may not have really sent the e-mail, or they may not have realized that it was dangerous.

AntiVirus programs, include

Microsoft Security Essentials Norton McAfee AVG Search web for “antivirus software

reviews”

Cookies Information saved on your computer,

sometimes personal Sometimes helpful – remembers information to

speed things up when you return to the web site.

Sometimes questionable – web sites may be recording information about you and your use of the web

Clearing cookies

To protect your privacy, you may wish to clear your cookies.

History A copy of every page that you visited

is saved on the computer, until you clear it.

If you don’t wish others to see the pages that you were looking at, especially on a public computer, clear your history after you’re finished!

To clear your history in Internet Explorer:

1. Click on Tools.2. Click on Internet

Options

1. Click on Delete.

2. Select the items to delete.

3. Click Delete.

Online Bookmarks Delicious (www.delicious.com) Diigo (www.diigo.com)

Create an online account, and save your favorite web sites. This way, you can find them anywhere (not just on your personal computer).

Google Docs (docs.google.com)

Online Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Presentations, and more.

Not as functional as programs such as Microsoft Office, but very nice.

Group projects – can share a document.

Many other Google Tools here

Go to Google (www.google.com), Click “More” (at top)Then, click “Even more”!

Calendars – Google, Yahoo To Do lists:

Gqueues.com Teuxdeux.com

Presentations: Prezi.com