DL10 - Browsing

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• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Browser Skills 

Year 7 - Digital Literacy 

What do we use the internet for?

KO: To understand how to use the browsers and internet effectively

All 

To understand how to use a 'Browser' to retrieve information.

Most 

To understand how to use a browser to retrieve information, whilst understanding the 'Key' acronyms associated with internet browsing.

Some

To understand how to use a browser effectively.

To understand the 'Key-features' associated with internet and browsers.

How often do you use the internet each week?

1-2 times a week

2-3 times a week

3-4 times a week

More than 4 times a week

What is a Browser?
Use Google to create a definition - no copy and pasting.

Who can 'Google' the weirdest fact?

Key Terms

URL

IP Address

Cookies 

URL 

URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. A URL is nothing more than the address of a given unique resource on the Web. In theory, each valid URL points to a unique resource

You will call them a "web address"

Has anyone heard of an IP address?

What do you think it is?

IP Address

At this level - think of an IP address like a unique number to find a device on a network.

Like how your phone number is unique to call and message your phone 

The IP is unique to find a device to communicate with

Web addresses are in fact just linked to an IP address

Finding our IP Address

Can you go to Google and type "What is my IP Address?".

EXT (Why do you think it is the same for every machine in the school?)

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data from a website that is stored within a web browser  (like Chrome) that the website can retrieve at a later time. 

Why cookies?
What are they used for?

What is the name given to the software required to view websites

What is "Google"?

Google

Google is the name of a company

Chrome - is their web browser

Google - in context, is their search engine

Example:

So you might "google" something whilst in Chrome!

Both are linked to Google as a company

What is a search engine?

Search engines
other than Google?

Browser Skills

1. Opening/Closing a New Tab

2. Opening a New Window

3. Refreshing a Browser

4. Bookmarking a tab 

DEMO THESE SKILLS TO STUDENTS

Google Tasks

What football team chose their home colours from the uniform worn by Giuseppe Garibaldi and his men in 1865?

I want you to go to Tim Berners-Lee's Wikipedia Page, what year was he knighted and who by?

Which university did the founder of Twitter graduate from?

Question Time

What does URL stand for?

What is an IP Address?

What is the correct definition for browser cookies?

1. They help that website remember information about your visit.
2. They store your browsing history.
3. They store your IP Address
4. They store your URL.