Transcript Introduction to unit 1

OCR Nationals – Unit 1
AO2 (Part 1) – Searching the internet
Overview of AO2 (Part 1)
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To use different search engines to locate
information and then document the information
you found and the website's that you have used
Success Criteria
Pass
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Use search engines to collect information
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Provide a list of the website sources you have used
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Use effective search criteria e.g. keywords on the web and
local media to find suitable elements
Merit
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Comment on the trustworthiness of your sources
Use
bookmarks/ favourites to store your useful links into
folders
Understand
Copy
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implications of copyright
and paste text and graphics from the web
Use advanced search criteria e.g. quotes, Boolean
operators on the web and local media to find suitable
Distinction
elements
Comment
on the trustworthiness/ validity/ date of your
sources
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Organise bookmarks/ favourites into useful links into folders
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Acknowledge all sources
What can you remember about the Internet?
What is the internet?
10 Downing Street,
London, England
Koji Araki,
Japan
Sydney Opera
House, Australia
The Internet
Patel’s Fine Silks,
India
Jim’s
Skateboards
USA,
The Internet is a network of networks that connects
governments, people and companies all over the world.
Website Addresses
URLs are usually made up of these parts:
o
o
o
o
o
www, standing for World Wide Web
an organization name (.theboardworks)
a top level domain (.co)
a country (.uk)
There are many top level domains, for instance
.com, .org (organization), .sch (school), .ac
(university)
When you are deciding whether the information
from a web site is reliable, take a look at the URL,
as it will give you some idea of where the
information is coming from.
Key Terms
Trustworthiness - Refers to the reliability of the information
Validity - The information is valid, authentic or genuine
Date of sources - this is the date when you gathered the
information or image. Example: website visited - 23/09/08
Internet Searching
What do the different parts of the website results mean?
Internet Searching (Advanced Searches)
A search using more than one search term. Search
terms are connected by Boolean Operators to focus
the search, and Restrictions can be set to refine the
search. Boolean operators tell the search engine
which words you want your search to include or
exclude. Boolean operators are AND, OR, NOT
Internet Searching (Favourites)
A favourite is also known as a bookmark and is where
a URL / Website Address is a locally stored on the
computer so the website can be accessed again and
again through a menu in the user's web browser, and
folders are commonly used for organisation.
Copyright
Copy-right free - You don't need the permission of the owner
to copy an item such as a magazine article, a photo, images,
software or a CD
What evidence do you need to produce?
Evidence of:
Firstly, show you are
aware of the different
Search Engines
Using different search engines
Evidence of:
Using different search engines
Show
the
results
of your
search
Evidence of:
Website Address Table
Website
Name of Website
Date
Visited
http://skdesigns.com/internet/music/images/
Internet Resources
6/7/09
http://karenswhimsy.com/copyright-free-images.htm
Karen Whimsey
6/7/09
http://www.webweaver.nu/clipart/music/
Webweaver
6/7/09
http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/cfimages.html
Springfield Virtual Library
6/7/09
You need to have at least TEN URL’s and Websites on your table.