Build Your Internet Surfing Skills - NCSM Conference 2002
Learning to use an
Internet browser:
Netscape 101: How
to browse, bookmark and search
http://www4.district125.k12.il.us/webmeisters/cchausis/tutorial/netscape101.html
Microsoft's Online Tour of Internet
Explorer
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/ie/5/autodemo/predemo_choose.htm
Tips for better browsing: Suggested
settings for Netscape and Internet Explorer
http://www4.district125.k12.il.us/webmeisters/cchausis/tutorial/tips.html
25 Tips for Using Internet Explorer
5
http://www3.dist214.k12.il.us/ie25/
About-the-web Tips and Tricks for newcomers:
http://www.about-the-web.com/shtml/tips_tricks.shtml
Managing Bookmarks and Favorites
http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/bkmks/man.bkmks.html
Learning
to use "the Internet:"
Understanding and Using the Internet --
from PBS
Let's take the quiz! http://www.pbs.org/uti/
American Library Association (ALA) ICONnect
ICONnect offers FREE online courses (in
both basic and advanced levels) to help students, library media specialists
and teachers learn how to use the Internet. http://www.ala.org/ICONN/onlineco.html
You can also
explore the archive to see if the courses fit your learning needs:
http://www.ala.org/ICONN/coursearc.html
CBC4Kids
CBC4Kids, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's
web site for young Canadians aged eight to fourteen, contains fun and easy
to understand information about using the Internet . http://cbc4kids.ca/teachers/chapter/4/default.html
webTeacher
A self-paced Internet tutorial covering
email, chat rooms, web page design and more. http://www.webteacher.org/winexp/indextc.html
Did you know? -- An MSN survey found
that many people under the age of 25 don't use proper manners when writing
e-mail messages. Bad grammar, spelling, and punctuation are often used
and many in the age group address or close a message with inappropriate
or too familiar language.
Netiquette -- the do's
and don'ts of online communication. Netiquette covers both common courtesy
online and the informal "rules of the road" of cyberspace. This page provides
links to both summary and detail information about Netiquette for your
browsing pleasure. http://albion.com/netiquette/index.html
Finding information
on the Internet
Here's a good starting point for more than
just search engines:
http://www.dist214.k12.il.us/search_tools/index.html
Seven Steps toward Better Searching
An excellent resource from Bernie Dodge!
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/searching/stepzero.html
Test your searching saavy!
Try this "Internet Searching" quiz on
the Seven Steps from Bernie Dogde!
http://www.quia.com/tq/106756.html
Search Engine Watch:
One of my favorite resources for learning
effective search techniques! Search engines come and go, but fortunately
you can keep abreast of the changes with the Search Engine Watch report!
http://searchenginewatch.com
"Find yourself on the Web!" It's
sometimes referred to as "Ego Surfing"
http://www.uniontrib.com/news/computing/20001205-9999_m1u5egosurf.html
Just
for fun:
CLICK
HERE to connect to the last page on the Internet!
CLICK
HERE -- "What's wrong with this picture?"
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