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Kathy Schrock’s Guide * for Educators
Adapted by Linda Kennedy
to the Internet
The Internet is a...
•Network of computers linking to one another globally!
•Information on the Internet is located on many millions of computers throughout the world.
Names that refer to the Internet
The Information Superhighway - The Internet is like traveling on a highway to visit someone’s computer to get information. Every stop you make at a web page is like an exit off a highway.
The World Wide Web - If you had to draw a picture of the Internet it would end up looking much like a spider web. The spider web would span across the world.
Hook It Up! Things You Need ...
Computer Phone line Modem (56K) Internet Service Provider
(AOL, Earthlink, MSN, etc) Web Browsing Software
(Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer)
Faster Ways to Connect to the Net!
ISDN Line (Phone Line) DSL Line (Satellite) Cable Line (Cable Line) T1 or T3 (Direct Network Line)
View Through Your Web Browser
Web Browser Software - Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer
Function - Allows you to view web pages graphically
HTML - HyperText Markup Language is the programming language used to create web pages
URL: Uniform Resource Locator
Every web page has a unique URL or web address (much like your home address)
Contains type of protocol followed by the computer name, directory and file name
Most web pages begin with http://
http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/welcome.htm
Domain Name & Domain Name Endings
Domain Name - the unique name that identifies an Internet site.
Domain Name Endings - refers to the type of website it represents.
.com (commercial) .gov (government) .edu (education) .mil (military) .org (non profit) .net (network resources)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
E-Mail Addresses
Username followed by “@” symbol Computer name and domain Domains : net, org, edu, mil, gov, com
[email protected] Computer name & domain
Parts of a Browser Window Menu Tool Bar URL Field
(Type your web address here!)
Document viewing area
Status Bar
Using Your Web Browser!
Takes you back to the page you were viewing
Takes you forward to the page you just viewed
Let’s you reload your current web page.
Let’s you stop loading the current web page.
Takes you back to the home setting in your web browser. Gives you a history list of all the web sites you visited currently in your web browser.
You can save your favorite web pages in your web browser.
Tells you your web page is loading.
What’s on a Website?
Text Information
Links
Graphics or Videos Navigation Menu
Search Tool
Can also have animation and sound
Pictures can be links
What Can You Do on the Internet?
Go Shopping (Online Stores & Auction sites)
Communicate (E-mail, Discussion Lists, Chat Rooms)
Interactive Sites(Games, Online Classes,, etc.)
Find Information(News, Weather, Travel, Research, etc.)
Plus Much More!
