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Connect to and surf the internet
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Aim
To provide a library of resources and activities that can be used to support learning with respect to connecting and surfing the internet
Resources
- How does Google search the net?
- Tips for searching the internet
- Visit this website for more search engines Otago University Library
- This link - Doing research: An introduction to the concepts of Online Research is a 10 minute tutorial on basic search skills developed by librarians at the University of Illinois. It's well worth a look.
- This is an OIL tutorial on the basics of library and internet searching developed by the Bill Robertson Library, Dunedin, New Zealand... A must see!
- Logging in & managing multiple usernames/passwords
Activities
- I spy - a searching game where teams of two try to find the website described
- Here is a text-based tutorial about the Internet which covers the following topics:
- What is the Internet?
- Language of the Internet
- Using a Web Browser
- Finding things on the Web
- Navigation Tips
- Using the Internet
- How the Internet Works
- Other Internet Applications
- Writing Web Pages
- Activity Sheet 1 - used in Study Skills which is part of the Otago Polytechnic Massage Therapy programme.

