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HTTP and Abstraction on the Internet
Introduce your class to the layers of abstraction of the Internet with a lesson plan on the HTTP protocol. Pupils review previous lessons on levels of the Internet, then investigate new high levels by examining the HTTP traffic on their...
Curated OER
Savvy Surfers: Website Evaluation and Media Literacy
Sixth graders strengthen their understanding of what a high quality website is composed of. Learners evaluate three websites for accuracy, credibility, and reliability by completing a chart.
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How to Locate and Evaluate Information, Part III - Internet Sites
This is the third in a series of lessons scaffolding the research paper. It purports to teach researchers how to evaluate internet sites, but the lack of links, specific criteria, or site evaluation rubrics would require additional...
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All About Computers
Students discover facts about computers. In this technology lesson, students find out how to locate information on the Internet. Students choose a topic to research and search several sites for information.
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The Need to Evaluate
Students access 3 Internet sites. They examine the need to question information found on the Internet and research a question using the Internet. They study discrepancies among Web sites and brainstorm indicators that determine a Web...
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Evaluation Practice
Students analyze several web sites for the five indicators: authorship, purpose, URL, currency and design. they Recognize the differences between a credible Web site and a questionable one.
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World Wide Web 3
In this Internet researching worksheet, students match the names of the 15 listed countries to the appropriate web address extensions.
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Super Scientist Fact Sheet
In this science worksheet, students complete a form by responding to each of the statements shown relating to types of scientists. They identify job description found, the tools used by their scientist, as well as education requirements...
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Understanding URLs
Ninth graders explore the different domain suffixes in the web site address, how to find the author or sponsor of a page to determine authority and accuracy. They determine how currency of a page. Students enter the lab, log onto...
Curated OER
WWW, Part 2: The URL and Search Engines
Students examine the process for the creation of a home page and the use of HTML or Hypertext Markup Language. the lesson was originally written for librarians with little or no net experiences.
ACT360 Media
Act Den: The Museum of Modern Technology
Informative, fun, and humorous tutorial that uses cartoon characters to provide an introduction to information technology. The tutorial covers operating systems/desktops, email, the world wide web, and networks.
ACT360 Media
Act Den: Microsoft Front Page 98 Tutorial
Are you looking to learn the basics of web page design with Microsoft FrontPage 98? This fun and educational tutorial offers interactive activities and quizzes. The tutorial covers: introduction to FrontPage, creating your first website,...
Other
Pics: Platform for Internet Content Selection: Internet Access Controls
An article on the PICS (Platform for Internet Content Selection). Includes flexible blocking with illustrations, what PICS doesn't specify, and other uses for labels.
Other
Isp Menu How to Choose an Internet Service Provider
This site compares dial-up, DSL, and web hosting services offered by selected U.S. Internet Service Providers. The site includes a glossary of terms and explanations of the various services out there.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Web Design: Module 4: Web Authoring / Intermediate Html
In Module 4 of this course on web design, students learn how to add hyperlinks, images, and tables to a web page using the hypertext components in HTML.
Information Fluency
Imsa 21 Cif Portal: Urls Tutorial Directory
Micro-Module covering the process the topics of URL, Files, Domain Names, and Domain Extensions. The 21st Century Information Fluency (21CIF) Portal was developed by the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) to improve Internet...
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Reading Ur Ls
An explanation of each part of a URL including the type of transfer, server name.domain, directories and subdirectories, and filename.filetype.
Other
University of Idaho: Information Literacy: Understanding the Internet
One-page article that explains the use of the Internet, URLs, and domain names.
Other
Websites Online: Access Control
An article about using user-ids and passwords to control access to various web pages.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Tim Berners Lee
Use this site to learn about the man who invented the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, and view links to further related information on this inventor and his invention.
Randall Davis
Esl Net World: What Is the Internet?
This resource is a good tutorial introduction to the Internet and its basic parts provided for by ESL NetWorld.com. It describes a short history and the different components of the Internet.
Other
Search Engine Showdown: Learning About Searching
This resource provides a brief overview of different types of internet search strategies.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Internet Intro
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart gives definitions and examples of the workings of the internet. Student assessment items are included.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Internet Vocabulary Review
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides an Internet vocabulary review of the terms domain name, URL, type, search engine, and browser.