Basic information about searching the internet.

1. World Wide Web
THE INTERNET

2. WORLD WIDE WEB
“Surf” the Web by using a BROWSER.
 Internet Explorer (comes with MS Windows)
 Mozilla Firefox
 Safari
 Google Chrome

3. INTERNET EXPLORER

4. INTERNET EXPLORER
Move Forward and Back
Address Line
View or add “Favorites” Create additional
(or “Bookmarks”) tabs.

5. INTERNET EXPLORER
Refresh or Stop Quick Search (Search
Reload Loading provider can be changed)
Home Page Print
(Start Page)

6. INTERNET EXPLORER
Zoom in and out

7. INTERNET EXPLORER
Back & Forward Pages - Maybe, you would like
to go back several pages…
Instead of clicking the
Click on the small back button repeatedly,
triangle to see previous simply select your page
web pages. from the list.

8. INTERNET EXPLORER
For additional printing The “Print Preview”
options, click on the option will show you
small triangle instead how many pages there
of the printer… are, and what your
printout will look like.

9. INTERNET EXPLORER
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.

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

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

12. WEB ADDRESSES
 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.)

13. SEARCHING THE WEB
 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

14. SEARCHING THE WEB
 Find a search engine here:
 Search Engine Directory:
http://www.searchenginesdir.com/

15. SEARCHING THE WEB
 You can use the “quick search” option in the
top, left of Internet Explorer (and other
browsers)

16. SEARCHING THE WEB
 Click on this little arrow if you would like to
change to your favorite search engine.

17. SEARCHING THE WEB - GOOGLE
 You don’t have to enter everything in a perfect
sentence!
 Just Enter the words most important to your search,
and click search!

18. SEARCHING THE WEB - GOOGLE
 Use options on the left side to limit to dates or
types of web pages.

19. SEARCHING THE WEB - GOOGLE
 Try out the Advanced Search for even more
control over your searches.
 If you don’t see this link, move your mouse a bit!

20. SEARCHING THE WEB - GOOGLE
 Many more search options!

21. SEARCHING THE WEB - GOOGLE
 Also, on the advanced search page, check out
the “Advanced Search Tips”:

22. SEARCHING THE WEB - GOOGLE
 Some tips:
 Put words that should appear together in “quotes”.

23. SEARCHING THE WEB - GOOGLE
 Some tips:
 Use an asterisk (*) to look for part of a word
 Thiswill search for the word education, educator,
educators, etc!

24. INTERNET SAFETY
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.

25. VIRUSES AND MORE
Some search engines will try to warn you about
dangerous web sites

26. VIRUSES AND MORE
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.

27. VIRUSES AND MORE
AntiVirus programs, include
 Microsoft Security Essentials
 Norton
 McAfee
 AVG
 Search web for “antivirus software reviews”

28. COOKIES & HISTORY
 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

29. COOKIES & HISTORY
 To protect your privacy, you may wish to clear
your cookies.

30. COOKIES & HISTORY
 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!

31. COOKIES & HISTORY
To clear your history in Internet Explorer:
1. Click on Tools.
2. Click on Internet Options

32. COOKIES & HISTORY
1. Click on
Delete.
2. Select
the
items to
delete.
3. Click
Delete.

33. TOOLS FOR SCHOOL!
 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).

34. TOOLS FOR SCHOOL!
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.

35. TOOLS FOR SCHOOL!

36. TOOLS FOR SCHOOL!
Many other Google
Tools here
 Go to Google
(www.google.com),
 Click “More” (at
top)
 Then, click “Even
more”!

37. TOOLS FOR SCHOOL
 Calendars – Google, Yahoo
 To Do lists:
 Gqueues.com
 Teuxdeux.com
 Presentations:
 Prezi.com