OCR Nationals – Unit 1 AO2 (Part 1) – Searching the internet

Overview of AO2 (Part 1) To use different search engines to locate information and then document the information you found and the website's that you have used

Success Criteria Pass Use search engines to collect information Provide a list of the website sources you have used Merit Use effective search criteria e.g. keywords on the web and local media to find suitable elements Comment on the trustworthiness of your sources Use bookmarks/ favourites to store your useful links into folders Understand implications of copyright Copy and paste text and graphics from the web Distinction Use advanced search criteria e.g. quotes, Boolean operators on the web and local media to find suitable elements Comment on the trustworthiness/ validity/ date of your sources Organise bookmarks/ favourites into useful links into folders Acknowledge all sources

What can you remember about the Internet?

What is the internet? Jim’s Skateboards USA, The Internet Koji Araki, Japan 10 Downing Street, London, England Sydney Opera House, Australia Patel’s Fine Silks, India The Internet is a network of networks that connects governments, people and companies all over the world.

Website Addresses When you are deciding whether the information from a web site is reliable, take a look at the URL, as it will give you some idea of where the information is coming from. owww, standing for World Wide Web oan organization name (.theboardworks) oa top level domain (.co) oa country (.uk) oThere are many top level domains, for instance.com,.org (organization),.sch (school),.ac (university) URLs are usually made up of these parts:

Key Terms Trustworthiness - Refers to the reliability of the information Validity - The information is valid, authentic or genuine Date of sources - this is the date when you gathered the information or image. Example: website visited - 23/09/08

Internet Searching What do the different parts of the website results mean?

Internet Searching (Advanced Searches) A search using more than one search term. Search terms are connected by Boolean Operators to focus the search, and Restrictions can be set to refine the search. Boolean operators tell the search engine which words you want your search to include or exclude. Boolean operators are AND, OR, NOT

Internet Searching (Favourites) A favourite is also known as a bookmark and is where a URL / Website Address is a locally stored on the computer so the website can be accessed again and again through a menu in the user's web browser, and folders are commonly used for organisation.

Copyright Copy-right free - You don't need the permission of the owner to copy an item such as a magazine article, a photo, images, software or a CD

What evidence do you need to produce?

Evidence of: Using different search engines Firstly, show you are aware of the different Search Engines

Evidence of: Using different search engines Show the results of your search

Evidence of: Website Address Table Website Name of Website Date Visited Internet Resources6/7/09 Karen Whimsey6/7/09 Webweaver6/7/09 Springfield Virtual Library6/7/09 You need to have at least TEN URL’s and Websites on your table.