Kate+McQuaid

Kate McQuaid

**1. What is a search engine and how is it created?** A search engine is a software program that enables the user to search the internet using keywords. Spiders and crawlers sent from server--search the internet for the keywords **2. If you wanted to start your own website what do you need to do that?** 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. it relies on the popularity of the websites and whether or not those that used the pages thought they were helpful. Anyone can see what you post, and anyone can use your information. Authorship, relevance and reliability, timely content, validity and bias, site navigation, search engine no. search engine databases
 * 3. How does the Internet work?**
 * 4. What makes Google's search technology different than other sites?**
 * 5. What should you consider before putting information on the web?**
 * 6. What should you consider when evaluating a website?**
 * 7. When you use a search engine are you searching the world wide web? If not what are you searching?**
 * 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 <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Times New Roman; height: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; width: 0px;"> WWW World Wide Web- app that makes use of the internet