Below are important information that teachers, parents, students and all net beginners should learn first. The information is mainly written for children but it should prove beneficial to older people too. Please note that the pages below belong to other websites. Simply click on one of the weblink (underlined connected words that start with http ) and you will be transported to that particular page in the “world wide web“. Each time you click on a weblink, a new page (sometimes looks like a small window) will pop out. You can enlarge it by clicking on the square at the top right corner of that page. Once you finished reading that page, close it by clicking the red X box on the top right corner of the page, you will then be back to this Pekich Online page. Click on the other weblinks to see the other pages.
Internet Safety Pledges: http://www.netsmartz.org/resources/pledge.htm http://kids.getnetwise.org/safetyguide/privacy/kids http://netsmartz.yahoo.com/index.html http://netsmartz.yahoo.com/kids.html http://netsmartz.yahoo.com/parents.html http://www.netsmartz.org/safety/safetytips.htm http://www.netsmartz.org/safety/definitions.htm http://www.4j.lane.edu/safety/rules.html
Boston Public Library: http://www.bpl.org/kids/Netiquette.htm Australian Website: http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/internet/netiquet.htm Internet Literacy: Teacher’s Guide- http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/tg/ LEARN HOW TO USE THE INTERNET: http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/welcome/ Internet Security Tools: http://security.getnetwise.org/ FIREWALLS: BUILT IN http://security.getnetwise.org/tools/firewall http://security.getnetwise.org/tools/firewallxp-instruct ANTI VIRUS SOFTWARE: http://security.getnetwise.org/tools/viruses If you want to find out something or know more about a certain topic, the first thing to do is go to http://www.google.com Type the keyword or name of topic in the empty box and click “search www” You will see a list of websites that might contain the information you are looking for. It is just a matter of choosing the website by clicking on it. Website address that has a word “gov” on it indicates that it is a government owned website. Website address that has a word “edu” on it indicates that it is a website of an educational institution. http://www.wikipedia.com is also an invaluable website to use to find information on host of different topics. Wikipedia is an open online encyclopedia that is open to anyone. Anyone can write a topic there and anyone can edit everything that is already written there. It means that it is a constantly evolving source of information. It is a good place to start to know many things but if you are doing serious research it is better to confirm the information you get from there in other reliable websites. Try to put the word “internet” in there and you will see a lot of info about the internet. Great educational website to start: The Smithsonian Institution - http://www.si.edu/ Math Forum Library: http://mathforum.org/library/ Learn English in this website: http://www.grammarstation.com/ Science and Nature: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/ Learn English: http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/ Learn the internet: http://www.learnthenet.com/english/index.html http://www.learnthenet.com/english/section/intbas.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/course/ Visiting the above websites will show you how awesome the internet really is. And that’s only one of many: information, communication, gaming… etc. Enjoy!!! |