1. LEARNING COMPUTER BASICS AND THE INTERNET Module 2 In the name of Allah, most gracious, most compassionate Iffat Ansari ICtech Teacher

2. Teaching Through Technology

3. Software There are 2 types of software System software It helps you run the computer and manages the computer hardware and provides common services for efficient execution of various application software. Example Operating System: Windows Application software Its the computer software designed to help the users to perform specific tasks. Examples: MS Word for creating handout, test paper, certificates, worksheets etc MS Excel for creating tabulation sheets, result analysis etc

4. Internet Searching Browser Its a software that is used to retrieve information from the WWW. Example: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox WWW It stands for World Wide Web, commonly known as the Web, is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. Search Engines A search engine is designed to search for the information on WWW. Examples: Google, Yahoo, Google Crome

5. Internet Searching WIKI A wiki is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language example www.gulshanprepgirls.pbworks.com Blog Blog (derived from web log) is a website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal while readers may comment on posts. example 21classes.com

6. Wiki : - Multiple Authors, - Edited by a group or team, - Contains links to other Wiki pages, - Continuously changing and growing rapidly, - Many-to-many communication. Blogs: - Usually a single author. Sometimes can have multiple contributors, - Author posts, user comments, - Opinion Sharing, - One-to-many content. Internet Searching

7. Title Bar Task Bar Address Bar Search Engine Snap Shots

8. Advance Search using + You are telling Google to match that word precisely as you typed it. Do not put any spaces after or before that symbol. Example Landscapes+Pakistan

11. Go to Desktop of Teachers Account Right click  new  folder  your name Inside, create 4 new subfolders naming them: - "Word Processing“ - "Multimedia“ - "Spreadsheets" - "Action Plan“ How to create folder?

12. Pbworks.com You have been sent an invitation to join pbworks.com Check your mail. Follow the link provided in your invitation. Register