Welcome to the Web
Favorites/Bookmarks
A collection of websites that you have saved
Search Engine
A program that searches the Internet/Web
Browser
A tool used to see pages on the web
Child Friendly Search Engines
Ask, Kids Click
Control F
Find something on a page
4 common browsers are
Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari
SMART means to
Stay safe, don't meet up, accepting email can be dangerous, reliable, tell someone
Plagiarism
The word meaning you have copied someone else's ideas with giving them credit
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
.com
a company that desires to make money
.mp3
a sound file
.tw
a website that originated in Taiwan
podcasts
an audio (radio) show
.edu
an education site (usually university, K-12 school)
.org
an organization-----usually not wanting to make money
Hyperlinks
are usually underlined, take you to a different webpage, changes to the shape of a hand when you put your mouse over it
Refresh/Reload
causes the page to load again in the browser
3 things you can do on the Internet
e-mail, buy things, research, play games, communicate with others
.html
hypertext markup language----most common type of webpage file
Back Button
moves you to the previous page when you click on it
portable document format---
What does the address bar show
the URL or website address
blog
website that allows people to post their ideas
wiki
website that anyone can add information to
Can a picture be a hyperlink
yes---any text or image can be a hyperlink