Assignment 1: Internet Searches
June 26
Hunter Ballew, UNC-CH
I. Example to illustrate how to find information on the Internet:
Suppose you wanted to find the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction on the Internet.
Note: If you go off in a direction you don't like, you can always go back to your previous location be clicking on "Back." In fact, you can go back step-by-step through your entire search.
Please follow these steps-by-step with the instructor. I want to make sure we are all together on each step before we go to the next step. That way, I will only have to answer questions about one topic at a time. Be patient. We will turn you loose later.
1. Double click on the Netscape icon.
2. Click on the "Net Search" button. This brings up a choice of several different "Search Samplers." You may want to explore these later, but for now let's keep it simple by staying with one of these "Search Samplers." Go to step 3.
3. Click on "Yahoo." This brings up an index of broad topics. Go to step 4.
4. Click on "Education." This brings up lots of sub-categories. Go to step 5.
5. Click on "Government Agencies."
6. Click on "United States."
7. Click on "North Carolina Department of Public Instruction." At this point, note the URL (Universal Resource Locator). This is the internet address of the page you are on now. The URL is shown near the top left of the screen after the word "Location." In this case it is:
8. When you find a URL you may want to use often, put it in your "Bookmarks." Do this by clicking on the "Bookmarks" menu and dragging down to "Add Bookmark." After that, you can go immediately to this URL by clicking on "Bookmarks" and dragging down to the URL. Try this now by following these steps:
a. Add the bookmark.
b. Click on "Home."
c. Click on the bookmark you just added.
9. Click on "Resources."
10. Click on "The North Carolina Curriculum."
11. Click on "Standard Course of Study."
12. Click on "Computer Skills."
13. Click on whichever grade level you wish to examine. After 15 minutes of study, tell our group about what reactions you have to what you have studied.
14. Illustration of another way to search:
a. From the "Home" page, click on "Net Search."
b. Click on "Yahoo."
c. Click in the rectangle next to the big red "Yahoo."
d. Type "North Carolina."
e. Tap the return key. This produces too much, so let's try to narrow the search. Go to step f.
f. Click on "Back."
g. Instead of "North Carolina," type in "North Carolina Department of Public Instruction."
h. Tap the return key.
i. Click on "Department of Public Instruction." This brings us to the same URL we reached through steps 1 to 7. (Note the address in the location window.)
15. Pick a topic you would like to find information on. Keep careful notes on the steps you take in your search.
16. Demonstrate for the class on the large screen the steps you took in your search and tell us of the interesting things you found.
II. A sampling of Internet addresses: (Note: Each of the addresses in blue can be reached from this page by clicking on the address.)
Yahoo (Search Engine): http://www.yahoo.com/
Dept. of Public Instruction: http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/
UNC Center for Mathematics and Science Education: http://www.unc.edu/depts/cmse/
Links to several sources: http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/schools.html
Dr. Rowlett's Geometry course (Geometer's Sketchpad): http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/math131/
Requests re 324 Phillips: http://www.math.unc.edu/Computers/ulab/Requests
Maps and yellow pages: http://www.mapquest.com or http://www.vicinity.com
Names, addresses and phone nos.: http://www.switchboard.com
Julie Sliva's stock market activity: http://ils.unc.edu/~slivaj/julie.html
Stock Market Quotes: http://www.irnet.com/pages/stock.stm
Travel Examples: http://www.spaintour.com/ or http://www.hotelstravel.com/portugal.html
Web Page for Elementary Ed Program at UNC-CH: http://www.unc.edu/depts/ed/elemeduc/educ_97.html
Information on Seymour Papert and LOGO: http://www.connectedfamily.com/
NASA Information: http://cossc.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/galaxy_clusters.html or
http://cossc.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html or http://www.nasa.gov/
Hunter Ballew's Home Page: http://www.unc.edu/~hballew/ballew.html