1. Notes Test #2 will be held one week from this Thursday Check to see if you have a Vision account –Launch Netscape –Point & Click to location and type vision followed by ENTER –Point & click onto letter corresponding with your last name and scroll down list to verify

2. Agenda Introduction to HTML: –Web Page Elements –Common HTML tags Performing Searches on the Internet –Using Search Engines

3. What is HTML? The HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) code in a document created to be read by a web browser. An HTML file consists of ASCII text preceded and followed by elements or tags which are used to format text or perform operations.

4. Simple Web Page Format Heading Main Body HTML Document Web Page Title Body of Web Page: - Purpose of Page - Images - Links - Email

5. Simple Web Page Format TITLE Header level 2 Text of document begins. Text may be made bold or underlined using these tags. The tag will start a new line and will start a new paragraph.

6. Searching for Websites Containing “Key Words” Instead of trying to access a website by simply typing the website address, you can search for websites containing “key words” This is done by accessing Search Engines

7. Search Engines A search engine is a website that has a database that stores links and related “key words” The user simply accesses the search engine, and types the key word The search engine, then searches the database for related links containing the key words.

8. Search Engines Some common Search Engines are: www.infoseek.com yahoo.com excite.com altavista.com ask.com www.dogpile.com