Year 7 - Week 2 email and websearch

WEEK 2

TEST ON WEEK 1 - EMAILA short test to make sure you understand and can use email

EMAIL TEST• Type the following into MS Word and then save it with a sensible file name in an appropriate folder“Email test - September 2013” make sure that you have completed the header and footer.• Send the email with the attachment to your teacher with “email test” as the subject line.•Also include a screenshot of the file in an appropriate folder• Include a Bcc: [email protected]

MARK SCHEME:

• Email arrives from pupil – 1• Correct subject line (perfect spelling) – 1• Attachment with correct header (name and date) and

footer (page number) – 1• Attachment with correct text (perfect spelling) – 1• Note from NJP saying that Bcc arrived – 1 • Sensible filename – 1• Saved in Yr 7 > ICT Folder

UNDERSTANDING URLSUniform resource locators

EXAMPLE URL’S

• http://www.cathedral-school.co.uk

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=9bZkp7q19f0

URL (UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATORS)

(INTERNET ADDRESS)• A URL never has any spaces in it• A URL is lower case (with some exceptions)• A URL is not the same as an email address• A URL always starts with a prefix like http://• Although the browser may put this in automatically

• A URL uses forward slashes and dots to separate its parts• A URL is usually English text• Although numbers are allowed

URL STRUCTURE

TOP LEVEL DOMAINS (TLD) - GENERIC

•Wikipedia has a comprehensive list•Common ones include• .biz – business • .com – commercial • .info – information• .mobi – mobile devices• .net – network• .org – organisation

TOP LEVEL DOMAINS (TLD) – COUNTRIES (1)

•Wikipedia has a comprehensive list• Common ones include• .au • .br• .cn• .eu• .ie• .uk

TOP LEVEL DOMAINS (TLD) – COUNTRIES (2)

•Wikipedia has a comprehensive list•Less obvious ones include• .ch• .es• .tv

HOW TO SEARCHHow google search works

HOW SEARCH WORKS

Watch the explanation from Google and answer these questions:

• How many pages on the web?

• What does crawling mean?

• What is the main method of sorting web pages?

• How big is the index held by google?

• What type of programs are needed to help find the right page?

• How many factors are used to rank pages?

HOW SEARCH WORKS

PICKING THE RIGHT SEARCH TERMS

• How could “What food does Tyson like best” be worded correctly for searching in Google. Tyson is a character from a book by Percy Jackson

PICKING THE RIGHT SEARCH TERMS

• My three year old cow has blisters on its tongue. What’s wrong with it?

PICKING THE RIGHT SEARCH TERMS

• I heard there is an empty town in the San Francisco Bay area. What is it called?

WHAT MATTERS IN A SEARCH QUERY

WHO

THE WHO

A WHO

BLUE SKY

SKY BLUE

BARACK OBAMA

RED DELICIOUS APPLE

USE GOOGLE LIKE A PROAdvanced tips for using Google

QUOTATION MARKS

•To find all the pages where the phrase ‘One Direction World Tour” appears you would do:

SEARCH WITHIN A WEBSITE

•To find out about Cardiff Blues on the BBC website you would:

USING THE MINUS SIGN

•To find pages containing Brad Pitt but do not contain the word Angelina

USING OR

•To find pages about the Football World Cup in 2010 or 2014