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Introduction to the Internet Connie Dalrymple

Introduction to the Internet Connie Dalrymple. Internet History. First fully programmable computer was the Z1 made by Konrad Zuse in Berlin in the 1930s. It was destroyed during WWII The photo shows Zuse with a recreation of the Z1 he made In the 1980s. Source: Wikipedia.

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Introduction to the Internet Connie Dalrymple

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  1. Introduction to the InternetConnie Dalrymple

  2. Internet History • First fully programmable computer was the Z1 made by Konrad Zuse in Berlin in the 1930s. • It was destroyed during WWII • The photo shows Zuse with a recreation of the Z1 he made In the 1980s. Source: Wikipedia

  3. Internet History continued • Early 1960’s – JCR Licklider (first head of DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) began promoting the idea of a “Galactic Network” where computers from around the world would connect to access information from one another • By late 1969, four computers were connected to form ARPANET • First e-mail was sent in 1972 Source: internetsociety.org

  4. Internet History cont. • 1973 – computer scientists began working on internetworking protocol to allow different networks sprouting up around the world to communicate with each other • 1991 – WWW debuted by Tim Berners-Lee of CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) • 1995 – Amazon • 2004 - Facebook

  5. From This To This

  6. Computer Desktop Clicking either e will open up Internet Explorer, one of the most used programs for browsing the Internet

  7. Internet Explorer Opens Up to Home Page(different computers have different home pages, set by their user)

  8. Important parts of the program: Takes you to your home page Favorites – allows you to store a list of your favorite web pages so you can revisit them easily Tools – printing, saving, setting the home page, and zooming (makes print bigger or smaller)

  9. In the upper right corner: Click here to send IE to the system tray at the bottom of the screen, allowing you to put IE on hold and use other programs. Click here to make IE larger or smaller. If you make it smaller, you can have two different programs viewable at the same time. Click here to close down the IE program entirely.

  10. Bottom and Right: Scroll bars In addition, you can use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move up and down and from side to side on a page. Clicking arrows allows you to move up and down on the page Clicking arrows allows you to move from side to side on the page

  11. Upper left Forward button lets you revisit pages you visited after the one currently displayed. Reload button allows you to reload the current page if there are problems with the way it is displaying. Back button lets you revisit pages you visited before the one currently displayed. This is the address bar. It shows web address of the page you are currently viewing. If you click in this box, you can type in a different address of a page you’d like to visit.

  12. Top Center: Tabs These represent all of the web sites you have open at one time. You can be checking your e-mail, shopping on Amazon.com, paying your bills, and checking the weather on different web sites all at the same time. To open yet another web site, click on the blank tab at the top right.

  13. Using the Internet • Click on the address bar • Type in www.google.com • Hit enter

  14. Click in the search bar and type in the following: nys healthcare exchange Then hit enter

  15. Google will display its results of your search First few results are at top because they’ve paid to be there. Read brief results and addresses to decide which to choose for more information.

  16. Move mouse around – I The I appears when you mouse over text you can read. The arrow appears over images and blank space. The hand appears where there is something you can click on to find more information.

  17. To try from this screen: • Click on a link. • Use the back button to return to the NY State of Health main page. • Use the forward button to go back to the linked page. • Click the back button a couple of times to return to the google searching screen.

  18. More Internet Searching • Get to the google search screen (google.com) • Type in a search for something in which you’re interested • I’m going to search for possums

  19. Different kinds of results

  20. Favorites – click on the star

  21. To open a new window, click the empty tab

  22. Click the tab of the window you want.

  23. To print – right click on the screen, then click print on the resulting menu

  24. Top 15 Internet Sites 2013 Search Social Networking Search Videos Encyclopedia Search Shopping Auctions Social Networking Search Classifieds Blog Search Search Business networking

  25. Turn computer off

  26. Options for the Internet • Go to a library or other public wifi hotspot like McDonalds, cafes, etc. • Sometimes you can pick up on a neighbor’s wifi • Broadband connection through a company like Time Warner • Dialup Internet • Satellite Internet • Internet through your phone carrier

  27. Staying Safe! Internet Security & Antivirus Software Backup Devices Source: http://www.google.com/shopping

  28. Further Help • Contact me for an appointment – 334-4034, email no.connie@4cls.org • Go to the circulation desk for help • Come to future classes

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