Moira+James

Moira James

What is a search engine and how is it created? A **web search engine** is designed to search for information on the [|World Wide Web] and FTP servers. The search results are generally presented in a list of results and are often called //hits//. The information may consist of [|web pages], images, information and other types of files. If you wanted to start your own website what do you need to do that? How does the Internet work? What makes Google's search technology different than other sites? What should you consider before putting information on the web? What should you consider when evaluating a website? When you use a search engine are you searching the world wide web? If not what are you searching?
 * A search engine is a software program that searches for specific words with spiders that returns a list of documents in which they were found, especially a commercial Internet service. You need spiders to create and a database of websites to create a earch engine **
 * You need to purchase a domain name and use a template for your website like Godaddy.com**
 * The internet is a worldwide network that allows to specific information of data to transfer in order to establish a standarized communication highway.**
 * Google's search technology is different thatn the other search engines because it also relies on the popularity of the websites and whether or not those that used the pages thought they were helpful.**
 * You need to consider that others can access that information from anywhere in the world. If you put up personal information, you can have your identity stolen and be harassed by people you have never met.**
 * Before using a website or giving it personal information, you should see if that website is legitamite. If the website loads slowly, than it means it is run by a small amount of servers, which means its run by a single person. You need to consider if that website is trustworthy.**
 * You are not searching the world wide web, but you are searching the database of the search engine you are using.**

** Tech Lesson 15 Reading Notes ** ** 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? Because anyone can put information on the Internet, pages on the web have many different looks, and we need to develop skills to determine what we find. What are the criteria for evaluating electronic information? Determining authorship, relevance and reliability, timely content, and validity and bias. What is software piracy? The unauthorized copying of software. What are different types of Internet Resources? Journals and magazines, e-mail, newspaper, commercial sites, and subject-based sites What is a copyright? The exclusive right, granted by law for a certain number of years to make and dispose of a certain type of literary work. How do you cite Internet sources? Use the MLA handbook for writers of research papers, and use the authors last name and first initial.

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

Copyright- the exclusive right to a certain work, that allows people to copy Currency - the age of the information, and how long it has been posted for Navigation- the ability to use links to move through a site Public Domain - information available for anyone to copy Shareware- a program that allows info to be shared among others

** Tech Lesson 2 Reading Notes ** ** 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 ? It origins can be traced to the 1960s and the United States Department of Defense, through a research project called ARPA. How does the Internet work? What is necessary for web sites to work? The internet is a loose association of thousands of networks and millions of computers across the world that all work together to share information. The internet is necessary for websites to work. What is **HTML**? Hypertext markup language that is a formatting process. What are **protocols**? HTML, determines how pages are formatted and displayed and allows users to enlarge text, images, and sound. How do I access the Internet? You need a Local Area Network and a network interface card that allows the computer to be networked. What are the ways you can connect to the Internet? Locate an internet service provider or an online service provider, then install some kind of communication device, and finally install a Web browser in order to use the web. What is a browser? A web browser allows you to search the internet. What are the main features of a browser? Graphical portion of the internet, keeps software updated, and sends messages to the Web. How do I copy and paste images, text and web pages? Right click, hit copy and then right click again and hit paste. How do I download and install a program? Put the program in the computer and wait for it to install. What are the dangers of this? The internet is a dangerous place and there are hackers and anyone can use it, and it can crash therefore all your information is gone.

** 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