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Presenter: Suzy Belonga BTOP/EUPISD Instructional TechnologistWelcome!
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What do you want to know? Parts of your computer Ergonomics Your desktop Parts of a Window Hanging Wallpaper The Control Panel Window to the Web Browsers vs. Search Engines Just Google It! Saving from a digital camera Creating a Word document, folders, & shortcuts Review Part 1 first
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Is This Thing On? Pages We Used in Class (pt. 2) Chapter 13 Spanning the Globe: “Surfing the net” – traveling around the World Wide Web p.168-186 p.176.com,.edu,.gov, etc. p.176-7 entering a website address p.180-1 Search Engines: Seek and Ye Shall Find Chapter 16 Practical Precautions: Secure your identity and your computer p.215-230 Chapter 21 Detective Work with Your Computer: Get the most out of your searches p.323 Choose your words carefully (ex. “Sault Ste. Marie, MI” vs. Sault Ste. Marie, MI) p.331-2 The Doctor Is In Chapter 18 Picture This: Digital & scanned photos from A to Z p.251-264 p.255 Say “Cheese” p.260 Save Me! p.307-8 Create a folder www.eup.k12.mi.us/btopwww.eup.k12.mi.us/btop -> Basic Computer Class Presentations
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Toolbars: be careful not to have a lot! Address bar Minimize Maximize Close box Scroll arrow Scroll bar URL/website tabs
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Bonus tip: to show or hide toolbars, RIGHT click a blank spot on your toolbar. When this box appears, LEFT click the names of the toolbars. The checkmark means it is showing. Hit the Esc key on your keyboard to get out of it.
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Google Chrome: Good for anything Google (Gmail, Google search, etc.) Internet Explorer: basic web browser Mozilla Firefox: basic web browser There are 3 main browsers. Everybody should have at least 2. You need to open a BROWSER to get to the internet.
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Maximize Scroll bar Address bar Close boxMinimize Scroll arrow tabs Back and forward buttons Refresh URL/website
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Address bar Minimize Maximize Close box Scroll arrow Scroll bar URL/website Back and forward buttons Refresh tabs
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Search engines : Google Yahoo Ask.com Dogpile MetaCrawler Mapquest WebMD AskKids.com FactMonster About.com YouTube ….and MANY more! Googol:10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
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Choose your words carefully! Try different variations. “Quote phrases”
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Click once in the address bar. Then click the Backspace key until the current address is completely gone. Now type in the website address. Tap the Enter/Return key on your keyboard. www.eup.k12.mi.us/btop
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Go to page 416/417 of your book and try out a few websites. Try searching different things. Practice!
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If you want to download or update Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox, Google it! Below I Googled Mozilla Firefox. Looking at the websites, I would ignore the ads, and click on the www.mozilla.org link.www.mozilla.org
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Click on the Download box. Click on Save File.
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I like to save it to my Desktop. Click on Desktop then click on Save.
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Go to your Desktop. Double LEFT click the Setup icon. Click on Run then wait.
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When the Extracting is done, it will ask you to allow the Mozilla Corporation to make changes to your computer. Click on Yes.
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Click Next when the Setup Wizard appears. You may see this box if you already have Firefox downloaded: Click Next.
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Click Upgrade/Download/Next then wait for the install… (mine says Upgrade because it has been already downloaded)
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When downloading things watch out for these boxes! Uncheck the ones you don’t want. Click Finish and you are done!
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When you are done trying out your new program minimize or close your pages until you can see your desktop. Put your mouse arrow over this icon Hold down your LEFT click button Drag your mouse to the left until the icon appears over the Recycle Bin. It will say Move to Recycle Bin. Let go It is now in the trash
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Sometimes I get a notice when I turn my laptop on that looks like this: It’s okay to click Yes. Or you I may see an icon in the notification area:
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Click on the icon. Click on Install.
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Click on Install again. BEFORE clicking on Next, uncheck the Ask Toolbar box.
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Wait for the download to complete. Then click on close.
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If this website opens, it is okay to click on Verify Java version.
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Wait for a little bit…
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Click on Run. Then it is done.
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