Internet
- 2. Here’s your thoughts…. http://blogs.waukee.k12.ia.us/cdirksen What do you notice about most of the pictures?
- 3. A huge network of computers (computers that are all hooked together so they can share data) Includes e-mail, chat rooms and the World Wide Web. “Computers are connected to the Internet through phone lines, cables, or wireless connections that transmit digital information around the world.” (Eagleton &Dobler, 2007) The “Web” is part of the Internet
- 4. Thinking back to the pictures you drew about the Internet, which ones show a huge network of computers?
- 7. Part of the Internet Contains all of the websites published by companies, universities, nonprofit organizations, and individuals. Can you believe everything you read on the web? Why/why not? Anyone can publish a website on the Web It is very important not to trust that every website contains reliable information.
- 8. One way is through URLs and Domain Names URL: Uniform Resource Locator The website address or location of a website Domain Name: tells us the type of organization that published the information Domain Name Extension is the 3-letter part of the address just before the first slash in the address (/)
- 9. .edu = educational (www.iastate.edu) .gov = government (www.whitehouse.gov) .org = non-profit organization (www.pbskids.org) .mil = military (www.army.mil) .com = commercial and individual (www.disney.com) .net = commerical – alternate to .com .ia = state (www.waukee.k12.ia.us) .uk = country (www.bbc.co.uk)
- 10. Click on mg-4th grade group folder in dock Double click on Documents Drag “Internet Vocabulary” to your desktop Copy and paste the correct term in front of the correct definition.
- 11. Find and cut/paste the matching definition for: Internet Domain Name URL Bookmarks/Favorites File Save As Save as: 4(teacher initial) your name vocab Ex. 4R dirksenvocab Save to your desktop.