Getting Started on the Internet

Using an Internet Browser

An Internet Browser is used to find, retrieve, view and send information over the Internet. Today the two most common browsers are Netscape and Internet Explorer.

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Basic Browser Terminology

Starting Points for Internet Use in the Classroom

The following table lists a number of ideas for using the Internet in your classroom. If you have not used the Internet with students before, these ideas will get you started without requiring big changes in your classroom structure.

Suggested Use	Starting Points
Daily or Weekly
Check today's weather forecast	http://www.weather.com/
What happened on this date in history?	http://www.historychannel.com/today/
Whose birthday is it?	http://www.scopesys.com/today/
Connected to a Subject
Reading	http://www.dawcl.com http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html http://www.eduscapes.com/ladders/index.html
Writing	http://geocities.com/oberry1790/narrativebibliography.htm http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/
Mathematics	http://mathforum.org/ http://www.funbrain.com/
Science	http://www.sln.org/
Social Studies	http://www.it.dpsnc.net/cr.html#ss
Current Events (Newspapers around the US)	http://newspaperlinks.com/home.cfm
Thematic Topics	http://www.eduscapes.com/42explore/
Art and Music	http://www.eduscapes.com/42explore/draw.htm http://www.eduscapes.com/42explore/musicmnts.htm

	Back	Lets you return to pages you have viewed, beginning with the most recent. When using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, click and hold (Mac) or right-click (Windows) the Back button, and select from a list of recently visited sites.
	Forward	Lets you move forward through pages you have viewed using the Forward button. When using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, click and hold (Mac) or right-click (Windows) the Back button, and select from a list of recently visited sites.
	Stop	Halts the process of downloading the current Web page. Sometimes you may do this if the page is taking too long to load. Often attempting to download the Web page again will work and other times the page will just not be available at that time.
	Refresh	Updates the information and/or data on the current page with the latest content. If you have already visited a Web page, when you return to the page, your browser displays the file stored in cache rather than the current page on the World Wide Web.
	Home	Returns your browser to your home page. You can designate any Web page as your home page. This is set in your preferences.
	Favorites	Displays a list of sites you have saved as Favorites (known as bookmarks in Netscape). To view a Web page in your favorites list, just click on its name.
	Print	Prints the content of the current Web page. You can even print it so that the URL is displayed in the header or footer which makes it easier for you to return to that page from another computer at a later date.
	Address	The address bar displays the current URL. Users may also type a URL into the address bar to access a site.
	URL	A URL or uniform resource locator, is the address of the Internet site. Usually it consists of four parts: protocol, server (or domain), path, and filename. For example, the address for this Web page is http://www.it.dpsnc.net/project/started.html http is the protocol http://www.it.dpsnc.net is the server or domain /project is the path started.html is the filename