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Web Hunt 1: First Steps on the Internet

Note for Teachers: This page is designed to be used as a printout in combination with the Englischlernen Online web pages (available at http://people.freenet.de/mvhs-english/k1400.html)

Your Name: _______________

See how many of these definitions you already know

Draw lines to match the computer terms with their description or translation:

Menu ---->
  • Auswahlliste
    • Button
  • Maus
    • Double-click
  • Bildschirm
    • Cursor
  • Fenster (an area of your screen showing an application)
    • Press
  • A small arrow that you can move around the screen with your mouse
    • Window
  • Coloured or underlined text that you can click on to go to another page
    • Mouse
  • A small picture that you can click on to start or open an application
    • Keyboard
  • Knopf oder Schaltfläche
    • email
  • Klammeraffe - pronounced "at"
    • Space
  • World Wide Web
    • @
  • Tastatur
    • WWW
  • Elektronische nachrichten schicken
    • Enter
  • Taste
    • Surfing
  • Looking at web pages on the internet
    • Screen
  • Strg Taste
    • Click
  • Eingabe
    • Key
  • Leerstelle
    • Icon
  • (Uniform Resource Locator) the address of a page in the World Wide Web or another internet application
    • URL
  • Drücken
    • Ctrl Key
  • To quickly press and release a mouse button
    • Link
  • To quickly press and release a mouse button twice
    • Hold down
  • Gedrückt halten

    • How many did you know? ________ How many could you guess? ________

    Get your teacher to help you to:

    1. Start your computer
    2. Open the browser (by double-clicking on the icon)
    3. Open the "Learning About Using the Internet" web page by typing the following URL in the Address or Location field and then pressing Enter: 
      people.freenet.de/mvhs-english/beginner.html
      This URL, like all addresses for Web Pages starts with http:// (the http tells the browser that it is a web page) but because looking at web pages is the most common use for a browser, you don't need to type that part into most browsers.

    After reading the "Learning About Using the Internet" page, can you match any more of the terms and definitions above? How many more? _________

    Now try practising the words with an online game. Get your teacher to help you to type in the following URL: 

    www.quia.com/jg/51852.html

    Click on one of the game types and see how you do.

    Now try these tasks either alone or with your partner. If you have problems, ask the teacher.

    1. Click on the Back (Zurück) button until the Learning About Using the Internet web page is shown again.
    2. Bring the browser window showing the "Learning About Using the Internet" page to the front of your screen by clicking on its icon in the task bar. Ask the teacher if you need help with this.
    3. Which piece of office equipment can you compare the internet to? ________________________
      Find out in What is the World Wide Web (http://www.ckls.org/~crippel/computerlab/tutorials/web/definition/page1.html). A link to that page is on the "Learning About Using the Internet" page.
    4. What is a bookmark? _________________
      Find out about bookmarks from the Englischlernen Online seminar home page (http://people.freenet.de/mvhs-english/k1400.html).
      1. Scroll to the top of the "Learning About Using the Internet" web page.
      2. Click on the link (coloured text) marked "Back to the Englischlernen Online Seminar Home Page". That page will open in your browser.
        Read about bookmarks on this page. Click on the bookmark link to find out more.
      3. Set a bookmark on the "Englischlernen Online" page.
      4. Click on a link to go to the "Learning about Using the Internet" page.
      5. Return to the bookmarked page "Englischlernen Online" by clicking on Bookmarks or Favorites (Lesezeichen or Favoriten) in the browser's tool bar at the top of the window, and choosing "Englischlernen Online: Sprachenlernen mit dem Internet" from the list of bookmarks.
    5. Return to the bookmarked page by clicking on Bookmarks or Favorites in the browser's tool bar at the top of the window, and choosing "Englischlernen Online: Sprachenlernen mit dem Internet" from the list of pages.
    6. Go to "Learning About Using the Internet" page.
    7. Send the teacher an email (this won't work at the Schwanthalerstr., try it from home if you have email set up): Click on "Send email to the teacher" in the "Learning About Using the Internet" page. This automatically opens an email window where you can write a short message. Click on Send. The message is sent to me at english-teacher@freenet.de
    8. What is "Netiquette"? _____________________
      Find out more by following the Netiquette link (http://www.albion.com/netiquette/) from the "Learning About Using the Internet" page.
    9. How can you keep your online time to a minimum? ____________________
      Find out more under the heading "Surfing Cheaply" by following the Some Tips for Surfing link (http://people.freenet.de/mvhs-english/webtips.html) from the "Learning About Using the Internet" page.
    10. If you enjoyed this web hunt, you can try the next one Web Hunt 2: Surfing the Net (http://people.freenet.de/mvhs-english/webhunt2.html) which is available from the Englischlernen Online page.

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