2. WHAT IS THE WEB?
Web = World Wide Web
HTTP = Hypertext Transfer Protocol
The Web is NOT the same as the Internet
Web page = a specially coded document that can
contain text, graphics, videos, animations, audio
and interactive elements
Web server = a computer attached to the Internet
that runs special Web server software
Web site = one or more Web pages located on a
Web server
3. WHAT IS A URL?
URL = Uniform Resource Locator
http://www.youcouldwin.com/currentcontest/rules.htm
Web protocol Server Name Domain Folder Name File Name
4. Unique URL
Can include
icons, buttons,
media, and
other interactive
elements
Most Web pages
contain
graphics, and
some include
audio, video, or
animations.
Usually include
text
6. WHAT IS HTML?
HTML = Hypertext Markup Language
HTML is the special instructions
authors use to specify how a
document should be displayed as a
Web page
Web pages are created using HTML
7. WHAT’S ON THE WEB?
Commercial
Academic and research sites
Organizational and government sites
Search sites and portals
Social networking sites
Public forums
Media sites
8. WHAT’S A WEB BROWSER?
Web browser = a program that runs on
your computer and helps you access
Web pages
The browser you use depends on your
computer platform and personal
preference
It is a good idea to upgrade when a
new version becomes available (most
are free)
9. POPULAR BROWSERS
Microsoft Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox
First published in 1995 Descendant of the first
Undergone several graphical
revisions browser, Netscape
Navigator
Included with Windows
operating system Open source software
(that means free!)
Most popular browser
on the PC platform May be a more secure
browsing environment
10. POPULAR BROWSERS (CONT.)
Google Chrome
One of the most
recently developed
browsers
Known for its
streamlined design
Billed for its speed and
security
Available from
Google’s Web site
(FREE!)
11. HOW DO I START MY BROWSER?
Click the icon on the taskbar (or the desktop)
If you want to display more than one Web page at a
time, open a 2nd window or a 2nd tab
To keep a Web page open while linking to another
page = hold down the Ctrl key while clicking the link
Enter keywords in the Search box (click the down
arrow and select Find on this page to search just
the displayed page
Refresh button = a fresh copy of the Web page
Stop button = use when a page takes too long to
load
12. YOUR TURN!
1. Start your browser
(Internet Explorer)
2. Open a 2nd window
3. Open a 2 nd tab
4. Keep a web page
open while linking
to another page
13. Navigation buttons Refresh and Stop buttons Search box
Address box
Favorites buttons
Toolbar
Tabs
Scroll bar
Web page
display area
14. HOW DO I USE A URL TO GO TO A
WEB SITE?
1. Click the address box
2. Type then URL, then press the Enter key
You must be very precise when entering a URL (no
spaces, duplicate upper and lower case
letters, etc.)
A complete URL usually starts with http:// (you
don’t usually have to type this part though)
15. YOUR TURN!
1. Click the address
box
2. Find the Seattle
Seahawks 2011
schedule by typing
the following
address
www.seahawks.com/schedule/
season-schedule.html
16. Back button
NAVIGATION BUTTONS
Forward button
Hyperlinks
Recent Pages list help you
jump to new
Web pages.
Navigation
buttons help
you jump
When you first start your browser, the back to
Back and Forward buttons are pages
you’ve
disabled (or “grayed out”) already
viewed.
Forward button counteracts the back
button
Recent Pages list displays a list of
Web sites visited during a session
17. Address bar list
NAVIGATION BUTTONS
Home button
(CONT.)
Home button displays your home
page (the page that always appears
when you first start your browser
Address bar list keeps track of URLs
you’ve entered in the Address bar
(useful when you want to return to any
site you usually access)
18. HOW DOES THE FAVORITES LIST WORK?
1. While displaying one of your
favorite sites, click the
Favorites button, then Add to
Favorites
2. Enter the name you want
to appear in the 3. Select a
Favorites list folder if you
want to
group
related sites
4. Click Add. Once you’ve added a site to
the Favorites list, simply click the
Favorites button and select the site
from the list.
19. YOUR TURN!
1. Add the Seahawks
schedule to your
favorites list (name
it 2011 Seahawk
schedule)
20. HOW DOES THE HISTORY LIST WORK?
1. Click the Favorites button
2. Click the History tab.
Click the down-arrow if
you want to sort the
history list by
date, site, most visited or
time.
3. Click any entry in the
History list to view the
specified Web page.
21. HOW DO I FIND INFORMATION ON
THE WEB?
Most popular way = use a search engine
Google
Ask.com
Yahoo! Search
Live Search
Depending on the search engine you can:
Enter keywords
Fill out a form
Click a series of links to drill down through topics and
subtopics
22. YOUR TURN!
1. Using
www.yahoo.com
search for Ford
2. Using
www.google.com
search for “Model T
automobile” -club
23. IS THIS INFORMATION RELIABLE???
The following factors contribute to the quality of
information found on the Web:
Reliability: A reliable source has a good track record or
quality information
Bias: Examine the mission behind the
academic, political, commercial, or media organization
that sponsors the Web site
Accessibility: Sites with reliable information usually
provide a way to communicate
questions, comments, and corrections to the page’s
author
Professionalism: Red flags = sites that appear
homemade, and sites that contain spelling and grammar
errors
24. IS THIS INFORMATION RELIABLE???
(CONT.)
Search ranking: The sites appearing at the top of a
search engine list are the most popular and tend to be
the most reliable (please note, that does not mean they
are ALWAYS the most reliable!)
Venue:
Blogs present the views of the blog owner
Social networking sites often have misleading information
Wikis may accept contributions from participants without
subject-matter expertise or qualifications
Validity: Get verification by cross checking other sites
and offline sources, such as academic journals and
reference books
Completeness: Quality information should address a
topic without omitting important details
25. IS THE WEB SAFE?
Many sites are safe, while some try to take
advantage of users. To help ensure your safety:
Use a secure connection for sensitive data
The URL for a secure Web connection begins with https
instead of http
Look for https in the URL and a padlock icon in the browser
window
Block third-party cookies
Monitor temporary Internet files
Run antivirus software
Keep your browser and operating system updated
Notas do Editor
Web is a collection of dataHTTP is the communications protocol that sets the standard used by every computer that accesses web-based information.The Internet is a communications system; the Web is an interlinked collection of info that flows over that communications system.Examples of web page, web server, and web site (one page on BBCC is web page, whole BBCC site is website)
Web pages typically include . . .
To access a Web page, you can type it’s URL. You can also click an underlined word or phrase called a hypertext link (or simply a “link”) to access related documents.
Web contains a variety of sites. Understanding how they are classified can help you find the right info quickly.Commercial = Web opened for commercial use in 1998! Businesses were quick to create a Web presence with information or e-commerce sites. (Info = Explain their mission, provide access to technical support, product descriptions, etc. E-commerce = buy and sell merchandise and services online.) Also deliver online productivity applications (Google Docs, Yahoo Mail, Google Earth, Mapquest, etc.) URL’s usually end in .com Ask students for examples: Academic and research = private preschools to state universities. Access to education related info and services, such as academic calendars, financial aid info, career services, course registration, etc. May also provide distance education. URL’s usually end in .eduOrganizational and governmental = usually managed by nonprofit organizations, such as churches and humanitarian groups. URL’s usually end in .orgGovernmental are operated by the US governmental agencies. URL’s end in .gov URL’s for government agencies in other countries typically use their country domains (ex: United Kingdom is .uk)Search sites and portals = search sites, such as Google and Yahoo, make it possible to locate Web-based info by searching for keywords and questions. A Web portal is a site that provides links to a collection of other sites.Social networking = ask students for examples (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter) participants can exchange info and photos, make business contacts and new friends, and keep in touch with family members and schoolmates. Many are commercial sites with .com extensions and are supported by advertising revenuePublic forums = places where individuals can voice their opinions (ask students for examples: personal Web sites, blogs, chat rooms, and RSS feeds.) Also, podcasts (distribute audio content) and wiki’s (such as Wikipedia, a series of Web pages that contributors can create, modify, and comment on).Media = access to photos, music and videos. File sharing sites (such as YouTube and Flickr) are made so contributors post media files and share them publicly or with selected friends and family members. Commercial media sites (such as iTunes and CinemaNow) are aimed at distributing photos, music, videos, TV programs to consumers for a fee.
Many security experts believe Firefox is a more secure browsing environment than IE because hackers tend to target Microsoft products.
Ask students to give suggestions first!!!Have students do each of these things
Forward button does not take you to new pages you haven’t seen yet, just counteracts the back button
As you use the Web more and more, you’ll visit some pages on a regular basis. Maybe you’re a big Seahawks fan and you check their site frequently. Rather than typing in the URL every time you want to visit their Web page, you can add it to a Favorites list, or create a Bookmark. Favorites and bookmarks work in a similar way, the terminology is just different from one browser to another. After you’ve added a Web page to your list of favorites, you can then just open the Favorites list and click the page you want to view. If you have a lot of favorites, grouping them in folders can make it easier to locate the specific page you want. You can drag a favorite into a folder even after you’ve added it. To delete a Web page or folder from the Favorites list, right-click the page name, then click Delete on the shortcut menu. Favorites can be shared. Right click any listing and select Copy. You can then paste the link into an e-mail message, add it to a document, or post it on a social networking site.
A History list shows the titles and/or URLs of individual Web pages you visited in the past. The list is kept by your browser, so it typically includes every Web site and every Web page that you visit. You can empty the History list by clicking the Tools button and selecting Delete Browsing History. You can configure Internet Explorer to set the number of days it retains entries in the History list. Click tools on the IE menu bar, then Internet Options. Click the General tab if necessary, then change the number in the Days to keep pages in history box.
When entering keywords, be as specific as possible. A keyword search for “Ford” gives you thousands of links to pages about Ford automobiles, as well as pages about former president Gerald Ford and actor Harrison Ford. “Ford automobile” would give you a much more targeted search and return a more manageable number of results. The more keywords you use, the more targeted your search becomes. Search engines provide tools for advances searches. They vary somewhat, depending on search engine An exact-phrase search requires the search engine to find pages that include a particular phrase with the words occurring in a specified order. To specify an exact-phrase search, you typically surround the phrase with quotation marks. (Have students search for something) A Boolean search uses the symbols AND (+), OR, and NOT(-) to specify how your keywords are to be combined. For example, if a search for “Model T automobile” turns up a lot of pages about car clubs that don’t interest you, you can refine your search by entering: “Model T automobile” –club. Using the minus sign before the word “club” indicates you don’t want to see links to any pages containing that word.
The Web includes a staggering amount of info, but not all of it is necessarily reliable or accurate. You might need to access several sites to gather sufficient info for your purpose.
A cookie is a small chunk of data kept by your Web server on your hard disk. Can be used to keep track of the pages you view at a site, merchandise you select, and other profile info. Don’t want to block cookies from legitimate sites because some Web features (like shopping carts) require them. Should block third-party cookies that can track the sits you’ve visited to generate targeted ads.Monitor temp files = a browser cache is a temporary local storage area for Web page elements. Typically safe, but you may want to clear it if you use a public computer, or if you’re short on hard disk space.Antivirus software = make sure it is configured to run at all times and that it is up to date.Keep browser and operating system updated = frequently updated to patch security vulnerabilities. Apply updates as soon as they are available.