Internet Driver's License


Welcome Ward Wranglers to the wonderful world of the Internet! On this web site you will learn some very important skills on how to properly use the Internet at school and at home. So get ready and hop on board!
 
1) Internet Explorer is the program, which allows you to open the Internet from your computer. We use Internet Explorer at Ward. It is called a web browser. Its icon looks like a blue e on your computer's desktop. If you double click on it, it will take you to the Ward Elementary School home page on the Internet. The home page is the first page of a web site. Now let's have fun learning the parts of our web browser, Internet Explorer.

2) There are millions of different Internet sites on the World Wide Web. Each site has its own address.

If you were writing a report about dogs and didn't know the address for any dog web sites, how would you go about finding the information?

Answer: You would use a kid safe search engine! Search engines allow you to type in key words to search for specific topics. If you type in the word dog, it will list hundreds of web sites, which contain the word dog. That would be too many sites to use!

Instead, you could use a "+" plus sign to include two or more words in your search, for example (dog+diet). This will give you less sites, which will save you time! Let's try both ways by visiting a popular kid safe search engine, Yahooligans. Compare the number of hits for each. Click the Back button to return to this page.
3) If you use someone else's words, ideas or pictures off the Internet, you need to give them credit for their work in your bibliography or credits page. Here is how you should cite your sources at the end of a paper, PowerPoint or web page! Practice citing a source together. Then, click the Back button to get back to this page. Scroll down to look at how I have cited my sources at the bottom of this page!

4) Have you ever seen an advertisement pop up on a web page? Have you heard about chat rooms? If so, you need to learn about some of the dangerous waters on the web! Be sure to click on the personal information link at the bottom of the page. Click the Back button to return to this page.
 
5) Here is some more Kid's Rules for Online Safety. Click the Back button to return to this page.
6) Finally, we need to learn about the rules and consequences for using the Internet by reading the Acceptable Use Policy.
Thanks for surfing with me. Please review before you take your Internet Driver's License Test. You can do it!
 

Credits:

Elementary Internet Driver's License http://www.nisd.net/burkeww/wwwburke/Specialists/computer_lab/lkarl/index.html

Internet. [Online Image] Available http://www.hoxie.org/clipart/, June 28, 2001.

Internet Driver's License is a trademark name of Classroom Connect, Inc.
Permission granted to Northside ISD, August 22, 2001.

Bickley, Dana. Original Internet Driver's License Graphic. September 2, 2003.