Web Basics

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Web Literacy for Students

By: Kat Goldin

Book Basics

Book basics were introduced to you through the lessons called: “The Parts of a Book” during 6th grade.

The places to find the author’s name, what a title page is, what is on a verso page and how to use an index.

Remember???

Web Basics

Now, we need to learn and discover, “The Parts of the Web” and how the internet is structured.

Get ready to discover!

0 The Essentials0 Student Activities0 What you learned

The Essentials

0 Internet: 0 IP Addresses:0Domain Names:

Harrypotter.com

Nike.com

martinlutherking.org

texas.rangers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tex&sv=1

The Essentials con’t.

0URL: 0World Wide Web:0Web Browsers:0Links: http://www.sandiegozoo.org/teachers/classroom_activites.html

http://www.cnn.com/

http://www.harrypotter.com

Student Activities0http://www.harrypotterorderofthephoenix.com0http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk0http://sandiegozoo.org/teachers/classroom_activites.

html0http://zapatopi.net/bsa0http://cnn.com0http://moma.org0http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus

What you learned0What is the Internet?0A link allows you to…?0What is the home page of a Web site?0What two things happen when you place a cursor over

a link?0A URL…?

I wonder?

0 the role of school filter plays in your school district differ from elementary to secondary, …who makes those decisions?

0what is the purpose of truncating (break down the pieces) a URL?

0why and how companies often use domain names to draw people in?

0 do you believe the Internet is a big a transformer of culture as the printing press? If yes, what parts of our culture do you believe will be most affected?

Bibliography Resources

November, Alan C. Web Literacy for Educators. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2008. Print.