Internet Basics and Applications

 

Browser Basics

§      Netscape Navigator vs. Internet Explorer

§      Toolbar buttons

o     “Make Friends with Your Browser”

o     Back

o     Forward

o     Stop

o     Reload/ Refresh

o     Home

o     Search

o     Favorites/ Bookmarks

o     Print

§      Address Bar/ Location Bar

o     “The Anatomy of a Web Address”

o     “Top Domain Name”

§      Favorites: Add to Favorites

§      Favorites:  Organize (Move into folders, delete, etc.)

http://www.elkhorn.net/~kmorrow/helpinghand.html

 

Email Basics

o     Outlook Express to do email at home

o     Web-based mail: Hotmail, etc.

www.hotmail.com

www.inebraska.com

 

o     Handout of Email screen

o     Inbox

o     Send and Receive

o     New Mail (to create a new message)

o     Reply vs. Forward

o     Print

o     Delete : Remember to delete the deleted messages!

o     Email Extras

o     Address Book

o     Mailing Lists, or multiple recipients

o     Sending web links

o     Cut/Copy/Paste with email

o     Attachments

www.bluemountain.com

 

Integrating the Internet

o     Right-click menu

o     Save Image As

o     Save Background As

o     Set as Wallpaper

o     Add to Favorites

o     Open Link in New Window (power searching)

o     Copy (remember to “select” first)

o     Search Basics

o     Different search engines

o     Search terms

o     “Search Engine Tutorial” on Alphabet Superhighway:

www.ash.udel.edu

Activity: “Search Engine Challenge”