The document provides an overview of basic internet concepts: - The internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that allows people to store and share information, communicate, conduct research, and access websites through internet browsers like Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. - A URL is a website address that can be verified by checking for updates, links, and identifying the domain owner using tools like Whois. Search engines like Google are used to find information on the web by typing search queries. - Bookmarks allow users to save webpage addresses for easy revisiting later, and information found online should be carefully verified and cited to avoid plagiarism while being mindful of security and privacy.

1. Internet Hunt 101 Group Three

2. Internet Basics What is the internet? The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks Internet is a worldwide system of computer networks.

3. How and when do we use internet? Store information e.g. Dropbox, bookmarks, favorites Social networking e.g. facebook, myspace Communication e.g. twitter, LinkedIn Resource for research e.g. google scholar Share information e.g. blogging

4. What is an internet browser? Give examples Is the program that you use to access the internet and view web pages on your computer. Examples of browsers are; Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Opera Google Chrome Apple Safari, etc

5. What is a URL? It is a website address How do you verify a URL? For example, verifying www.monitor.co.ug Analyze the URL by; Check out the page; the name, if the date is updated, links

6. Cross check with other pages Find out the owner of the domain i.e. Go to ‘allwhois.com’ or ‘whois.com’, type in the url and click on

7. What is a search engine? How many have you used and what purposes? A search engine is a tool used for finding specific information on the web Examples of search engines Google Yahoo Bing Ask Fagan finder True knowledge

8. How do you search in the search engine? Choose one of the search engine that you prefer e.g. google Open google in the internet browser

9. (Looking for the number of students that were admitted to the Makerere University in academic year 2011/12) 1 st option Use exact search Type in “number of students that were admitted to the Makerere University in academic year 2010/2011” On using option 1, you find that the exact information is not available, hence using option 2 or option 3

10. 2 nd option Use advance search Go to your search engine, click on advanced search and fill in the specifications of your search so as to make it as exact as possible

11. 3 rd option Doing a direct search through the search engine Go to the search engine and type in the standard source of information/ website that you want to visit e.g. the Makerere University website mak.ac.ug

12. What are bookmarks and why/when do we need them? Bookmarks is computer feature that lets you save the address (URL) of a webpage so that you can easily re-visit the page at a later time. (http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/B/bookmark.html)

13. How do you use the information from the internet? Using the Uganda Budget 2011/2012 ( http://www.pwc.com/ug/en/publications/Uganda-Budget-2011-2012.jhtml ) Use it for finding contacts To make a background of your story Use it as follow up

14. Cautions to take to take when using information from the internet Avoid plagiarism when using the internet Be aware of internet security Be keen to verify information