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NetSavvy Trilogy

Welcome to the NetSavvy Trilogy IT training session. This series is an introduction to the world of cyberspace for library members who have some computer and keyboard experience. It is part of the IT training program offered by the Ipswich Library and Information Service. This page of links is for use during the training sessions to enable participants to quickly move to specific sites and is useful for revision and further exploration for participants. It is not designed as a stand alone tutorial.

If you need really basic mouse skills start here.

1. Know the version of IE that you are using

Learn more about Internet Explorer 7 by watching these videos at the ehow site.

2. Web pages versus printed documents

Reading from course materials.

3.1 Search techniques that are built into a web site

Example 1: McCormick’s web site helps searchers by offering a Drop Down Menu that has similar options to chapter headings in a traditional book. Use the Drop Down Menus at McCormick's site to help searchers.

Example 2: The Virgin Blue site helps you to book your flight by providing Drop Down menus. They also use Radio Buttons for One Way and Return options. Use the flight finder to plan a trip from Brisbane to your destination on Virgin Blue.

Example 3: Use the checkboxes to help you find a park in Ipswich where there is an off leash dog area and BBQs.

Example 4: Access property information from the PD Online provided by the Ipswich City Council

3.2 Webnotes

Reading from course materials.

Webnotes is a web site tool for taking notes on your computer. It allows you to quickly write something down during a meeting, class or other time that you have a web browser available.

 

4. Search engines that search a long web page

Example 1: Read some interesting historical facts about Ipswich.

Example 2: Floods on the Bremer and Brisbane Rivers - 1824 to 2001.

Example 3: Search this page on Wikipedia to find out who was the mother of Rameses II (the second)

5. Webnotes

View the Search Presentation available on D: Storage Drive.

 

6. Try any of these searches

• Plan a trip on public transport from your place to somewhere in Brisbane.
• Find out about floods in the Ipswich area at the Bureau of Meteorology.
• Use the RACQ Online Travel Planner to assist you to plan a road trip from Ipswich to "wherever."
• Dig up the family skeleton by searching the criminal trials at the Old Bailey 1674 to 1872.
• Look up the service record of someone who was in the Australian Armed Forces during World War 2.
• Find a telephone number using the online White Pages.
• Type a keyword/s into a Search Box to find what you want on YouTube.
• Search for a holiday house on Bribie Island.
• Do you know the name of an old ship and would like to see a photograph?
• Find accommodation for your next holiday.

7. Your Surfing history

Reading and exercise from course material.

8. Search engines that search for web pages

Reading and exercise from course material.

9. Try a search for yourself

A list of suggestions is available in the course material.

10.1 Evaluate web sites

• Read the information on "The Case of Random Results"where in Brisbane.
• Then work through the "Global Warming" questions.  

10.2 Explore and evaluate

• All about explorers.
• California's Velcro Crop under Challenge.
• Dihydrogen Monoxide.
• Dog Island Free Forever.
• The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus.
• Victorian robots.
• Take time out to measure your stress levels.

10.3 Web Search strategies

• Watch this web search strategies video at Common Craft

11. Search engines that search for music

While you could use Google to search for music to play on the computer, there are some web sites that are designed to find just music files. These sites generally let you listen to the music.

• Search for a song, artist or music genre at seeqpod.com
• Guide to online music in Australia.
• Artists often provide free download of samples of their music.
• An online music library of copyright free classical music.

12. Navigate with Favorites

Surfing by following links is like walking around until you find something you want. You really don’t know what you want, you’re just looking. It’s like flipping through a magazine and stopping to read a section that is of interest to you. However, when you find a page you use frequently or want to visit again you can store the address in the Browser Favorites.

Read about Favorites.

Reading and exercise from course material.

13. Online bookmarking

One way to find out what's going on is to watch what is popular with other people.

• Watch the Common Craft video about Delicious.
• Visit Delicious and follow the exercise in the instruction material.

14.1 Download images from the web

• Visit Picture Ipswich and complete the exercise.

14.2 Write a Webnote

• Write the steps for downloading images.

14.3 Audio books, video and music from the Ipswich library site

• Browse through the library collection

14.4 Download Radio Programs from the web

• Visit the ABC podcast page
• From Joyce Meyer Ministries you can download audio of her TV and Radio programs.
• You'll find hundreds of vintage radio shows for you to listen to in MP3 format at Radio Lovers.

14.5 Download software

• Choose from latest updates or popular downloads of freeware and shareware programs at filehippo.com.
• Freeware programs from NoNags have been tested and reviewed.

15 Understand the URL

• Read definitions of what a URL is.
• Learn to recognise a fake URL.

16. Navigate with the Address Bar

Reading and exercise from course material.

17. Using Tabbed Browsing

Reading and exercise from course material.

18. Print Options

• Visit the yumyum site for some simple recipes.

19. Revision and Review

Time will be available for participants to review material presented in the course.

Must have bookmarks :-

• Read about computers and the internet. Click on "To next module" when you have finished reading each page.
• A rather random list of tech tips.
• Internet 101 - a guide to how the Internet works
• Learn 2 type - improve your typing skills online
• Online classes - an opportunity to take free classes on a wide range of computer related topics
• Australian Net Guide - a magazine about computers and the internet
• Bare Bones - a tutorial on searching the web
• Accessibility - settings and features in Internet Explorer 7
• Free basic Windows tutorials
• Web Search FAQs
• Search Engine guide
• Cyber Safety
• Follow up this course with an Info Coach personalised session with one of your friendly library staff members