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What is a search engine and how is it created? a computer program that searches documents, especially on the World Wide Web, for a specified word or words and provides a list of documents in which they are found. If you wanted to start your own website what do you need to do that? get your domain name, choose a website host and sign up for an account, desigh you web pages, test your website, collecting credit card information, get your site noticed, and a conclusion. How does the Internet work? the internet is a worldwide network that allows to specific information of data to transfer in order to establish a standarized communication highway. What makes Google's search technology different than other sites? google is different from any other website because it can assign you to another type of website, if you type in any word it will connect you to many many different types of websites. What should you consider before putting information on the web? you should not put vital personal information on the websites becuase many people can give you virus's or take your information and try to stalk you, there are alot of dangers on the web that people need to be awar of. What should you consider when evaluating a website? very vital information, things that seem out of the ordinary, personal things

When you use a search engine are you searching the world wide web? If not what are you searching? yes, you are serching most of the internet.

** Evaluating Electronic Information **

** At the end of this lesson each student should be able to answer the following questions. ` **

Why do we need to have reasons for evaluating Internet resources? What are the criteria for evaluating electronic information? What is software piracy? What are different types of Internet Resources? What is a copyright? How do you cite Internet sources? -name of site.title of document.URL.

** At the end of this lesson each student should be familiar with the following vocabulary **

Copyright- the exclusive right, granted by law for a certain number of years, to make and dispose work Currency- the last time the page was updated Navigation- the ability to use links to move through a site Public Domain- availible for anyone to copy Shareware- free demos that expire

** The Internet and Research **

** At the end of this lesson each student should be able to answer the following questions. **

List three reasons for searching the internet What is a search engine? How does a search engine work? What is stemming? What is a database? What is a keyword search? What is the difference between a search engine and a subject directory? What are different types of Internet Resources? List 5 common search engines? What are specialty search Engines? List 5 different search techniques for effective searching? What is the invisible web?

** At the end of this lesson each student should be familiar with the following vocabulary **

Algorithm Boolean logic- another way to seach database Database- organized information Hits- results Keywords- discriptive word within the web document Math Symbols- filter unwanted listings Meta tags- special tags embedded in a web page Related Search- preprogramed questions Spider URL Wildcard Character Index (Indexer) Invisible web MP3 Search engine Search engine math Subject directories Truncation

** The Internet and the World Wide Web **

** At the end of this lesson each student should be able to answer the following questions. **

What are the origins of the Internet? How does the Internet work? What is necessary for web sites to work? What is **HTML**? What are **protocols**? How do I access the Internet? What are the ways you can connect to the Internet? What is a browser? What are the main features of a browser? How do I copy and paste images, text and web pages? How do I download and install a program? What are the dangers of this?

** At the end of this lesson each student should be familiar with the following vocabulary **

Address Bar- enter the URL or website that you are looking for here Bookmark- copy and save a certain page Browser- quickly finds specific websites Disk Cache- pages stored in temporary folders on a hard drive Domain Name Favorites- easy to access websites on a specific list Home Page page that pops up when you click on the internet Host Computer- a computer that you access remotely from your computer Host Node HTML Hypertext Markup Language- pages can be linked through this formatting process HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol- the language computers use to communicate over the internet ISP Internet Service Provider- primary internet connection Online Service Provider- large national and international companies TCP/IP Transmission Control and Internet Protocol- standard format for transferring data between two devices URL Uniform Resource Locator- web page address is referred to as this Web Page- an ordinary web page that is coded with an HTML WWW World Wide Web- app that makes use of the internet