WEEK THREE – Lecture
Virus/Bookmarks/Search Engines
Although we
briefly discussed viruses the first week, because of the increased threat, the
subject is important enough to bring up again.
Virus Originally, viruses were transmitted by
floppy disks, but they are now also transmitted by e-mail. A virus can be
communicated in the body of e-mail as well as in the file that is attached to
the message.
How do you
protect yourself?
1. Listen to the radio and TV about
the latest viruses
2. Get anti-virus software (like an
insurance policy for about $50)
Try: Norton’s
System Works, McAfee, PC Cillin – Nothing is 100% foolproof.
Understanding
how e-mail works forms a
foundation for an understanding of the working of the Internet. If you have any
questions at all, please let me know.
Sending
attachments: Go to email
accounts and demonstrate how to send an attachment.
BOOKMARKING: Discuss Backflip.com.
In addition to
specially-designed programs, you can also bookmark right in your Internet
Browser. Bookmarking in the Browser here at the Computer Lab is not as helpful
as bookmarking on your computer at home because in order to retrieve the
bookmarks, you have to be at the computer where you left the bookmarks.
Make a FOLDER in Word to save sites by “cut and paste”
1. Open Word
2. File/New
3. “Save As” Call you new folder Internet
Sites/Minimize
4. Go to location bar on the Internet site
you want to save and click to the left of the URL
5. Edit/Copy
6. Click “Internet Sites” on the bottom
toolbar
7. Paste
8. Save/Minimize
9. Return to the Internet
NETSCAPE v.
INTERNET EXPLORER:
Both Browsers
work in much the same way. If you will look at the top tool bars on your
Netscape Browser, [If you are using Internet Explorer bookmarks are referred to
as “Favorites”] somewhere towards the left of the bar is the word “bookmarks.”
In order to
bookmark, go to a Web Site that you think you might want to visit again, and
click on the “add bookmark” in Netscape, or Favorites in Internet Explorer.
It’s as simple as that.
When you want to
return to that Web Site, click on “bookmark” or “favorite” again. You will see
a list of all the sites you have selected. Click on the site you want to return
to.
If you want to
change the name of a site location you have saved, click on the right-hand
button of your mouse on the site/ select “rename”/type in a new name. The new
name will show on your bookmarks or favorites list.
DELETE: Highlight a bookmark, or an item in your favorites menu, and press
the DELETE button.
LIBRARY
DATABASES: Discuss databases and
passwords.
SEARCH
ENGINES: Let the fun
begin –
Tonight we will
only briefly discuss the benefits of search engines so that you can get started
doing actual research on the Internet.
QUIZ: Next week we will have a short quiz in
class. The quiz should only take about 10 minutes, and will help me to
understand if everyone in the class has been following what we have been doing.
As usual, if you have any concerns about the quiz, please send me an email.
Next week I will
also ask everyone for a tentative topic for the project. Remember, the topic is
to be used as a guide for your researching process. The title of this course is
“Internet Research Methods”. We are here to understand HOW to research – and,
that is what your final project will discuss.