1. Browsing on the Internet
- Student learns characteristics of web pages and websites.
- Student learns what a URL is and how to use it to navigate to a web page.
- Student learns what a browser is and how it functions.
- Student learns the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web.
- Student learns to print a web page.
- Student learns what a home page is and understands the difference between a home page of a browser and the home page of a website.
- Student learns to use browser dialog boxes to download files and software from the World Wide Web.
- Student learns to identify links and use them to navigate through web pages.
2. URLS & Websites
- Student learns how a browser communicates with a server.
- Student learns how HTML works with a browser to display web pages.
- Student learns to identify the components of a URL.
- Student learns to identify source and purpose of web information by looking at the URL.
- Student learns to troubleshoot basic web page error messages.
- Student learns to use bookmarks to save links and to return to them later.
3. Web Searches
- Student learns that a database can be used to store, sort, and organize information.
- Student learns to use search engines on web pages and websites to perform site and web searches.
- Student learns to determine keywords when defining a search.
- Student learns to narrow a search by using keyword, phrase, multi-item, and truncation search strategies.
- Student learns to determine the success of a search strategy by determining the relevancy of the returned results.
- Student learns to navigate and access search results to find specific information.