INVESTIGATING WEBSITES

For this activity you are required to investigate certain websites. For each website you have to answer the questions that follow

• The NASA website: www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
• The McLaren racing car website: www.mclaren.co.uk
• An official website on the footballer David Beckham: http://www.davidbeckham.com/
• The Pop Idol website: http://www.popidolwatch.co.uk/
• CD-WOW – a company that sells CDs on the internet: www.cd-wow.com

1. Who is the intended audience for this website?

2. How do you know?

3. What are the main features of this website?

4. Which of the following things is it possible to do on the website?
a. download a file
b. play music
c. watch a video clip
d. play a game
e. buy goods online
f. search the site for specific information
g. obtain photographs
h. find out the news
i. find out the weather

5. Give the website a rating of one to five (one being worst and five being best)

(Keyed in by Keshni Haria)

Comparing a website with a book

In this activity you will compare a website with a book to find certain information.
1. first look up the following words in a paper dictionary:
Access
Audience
Evaluate
Think about how you performed the task

2. Now look up the same words using an on-line dictionary at
www.dictionary.cambridge.org/

Think about how you performed this task.

3. Write a few sentences to explain the difference in the two task.
Which way was easier, and which did you prefer and why?

Website Identification and Analysis

On publishing on the WEB we need to know what is a webpage and what is a website?

Write your answers.

We need to investigate a website and look at its characteristics.

Task: IDENTIFY FIVE WEBSITES PRESENTING INFORMATION ON CULTURES(YOUR OWN or SOMETHING CLOSER)

Analyse the websites look for
-Date display
-Weather information display
-Feedback portal or guest sign up
-Site map
-Last update information
-Search button
-Time display
-Number of hits display
-Navigation
Write a short comments on the website after the analysis.

My Identity, Your Identity

We are joining the project

My Identity, our Identity,

Our link http://foro.iearn.org/webx/.1eb07854

You will get in and introduce briefly your culture.

Who you are?
Where you come from?
Some of your traditions?

Welcome

WELCOME TO TRIMESTER 2

The projects were very good and we saw how ethics plays a role as we handle information.

We also addreesed the issues of our enviroments while we learnt how to present our information on line.

This trimester we shall cover publishing on the website.

Our AOI will be Community and Service as we want to present the evolution of our cultures. Our AK strand will be cultures. Approaches to learning will be
• Informational Technology Skills
• Higher Order Thinking Skills
• Presentation Skills
• Research Skills
• Cooperative Learning
• Intercultural Awareness
• Independent & Personal Responsibility

Learning experineces will involve
Introduction to publishing on the Web
Reviewing what is needed when creating a website.
Creating web pages using HTML
Creating web Using Microsoft Word
Using FrontPage
Creating Website using a wizard
Creating a Cultural website
Creating a Feedback form and table of content for the cultural project
Checking and publishing the website
Evaluating the website



Congratulation for completing Trimester one.



Our first task is to understand what is CULTURE.

Design a poster to explain what is culture.
The poster will be judged on
Design
Layout
Information
Colours.

Time One Lesson.
Print it out and submit.

WikiSpaces Design

You have made up your Plan.

Now you are at the creat point.

Go to Wikispaces.com
Sign up with a user name

Let the Wiki Name be your Project.

Start the Wiki.

Use your design specification to come up with your desings.

Do not forget the theme of the challenge Our enviroment promote, conserve and sustain"

Using Key Words and Boolean operators for searching

A warning on Plagiarism

A) If you have copied a piece of work from the internet it is possible for your teacher to do a search using an exact phrase from the piece of work.

Explain how the teacher might do a search using a sentence from an essay to see if the essay come from the material on the internet.

B)This cooperation requires trust and mutual respect, which are only possible in an environment governed by the principles of academic honesty. As an institution devoted to teaching, learning, and intellectual inquiry, Holy Cross expects all
members of the College community to abide by the highest standards of academic integrity. Any violation of academic honesty undermines the student-teacher relationship, thereby wounding the whole community. Th e principal violations of academic honesty are plagiarism, cheating, and collusion
The Above information was presented by James.

Find out the source of information.

Print out the link

Worksheet: Searching for information

Information needed
The environmental campaigner in the coastline of Kenya,

The exact query you would type into the search engine
Answer

Notes on how you would narrow down your search
Answer

Information needed
The distant between your home and School

The exact query you would type into the search engine
Answer

Notes on how you would narrow down your search
Answer

Information needed
Information about keeping a tank of marine fish in the home

The exact query you would type into the search engine
Answer

Notes on how you would narrow down your search
Answer

Information needed
How to make your school eco friendly

The exact query you would type into the search engine
Answer
Notes on how you would narrow down your search
Answer

Information needed
Dangers of air conditioning

The exact query you would type into the search engine
Answer

Notes on how you would narrow down your search
Answer

Information needed
How to desalinate sea water for use domestically

The exact query you would type into the search engine
Answer

Notes on how you would narrow down your search
Answer

Information needed
The potential of solar energy in Kenya

The exact query you would type into the search engine
Answer

Notes on how you would narrow down your search
Answer

Information needed
Do we have enough bio-energy in Kenya?

The exact query you would type into the search engine
Answer

Notes on how you would narrow down your search
Answer

Find out

1. A synonym is a word which has the same or similar meaning to another word. Write as many synonyms as you can for each of the following words
a) Soccer
b) Computer games
c) make-up
d) animation
e) Graphics
2. Perform searches against the clock and get the required information as quickly as possible for the following:
You are going for a short break with your parents and you want the website for the Travel Inn ( A good place to stay)
Write down the web address of the site on which you can find a list of Travel Inn Locations and can book rooms.

What is the date for the next solar eclipse in Kenya?
Write down the date of the next eclipse and also the website you got the information from.

Can you find a table of the latest premiership football results? Write down the website address where this can be found.

I want to go fishing. I need a website which tells me where the best places for sea fishing are in Kenya.
Write down the web address of a suitable site.

I would like to attend the African cup of nation’s championship I need to know where it is.
Write down the web address of the page where this information can be found.

I would like to know the Ministry in charge of environment in Kenya. Write down the Website address.

I want to know what the Forest coverage of Kenya is today and what the world recommended percentage is.
Write down the answers and the websites you got the answers from.

Using Searches

When you want to get information from the net how do you do it?


What is a search engine?

List some of the search engines used.

What is a query?