Learning how to use a search engine

How to find materials.

Answer all these questions after doing some practice.

1- What is "smart" searching?
2- What are the most popular search engines?
3- The websites that appear at the top of the results pages are there for several?
4- Is it better to put more or less words into search engine?
5- Should you include words such as the, in, and when searching? Why, or why not?
6- What happens if I put a "+"/"-"before the information that I am searching for?
7- If I type "OR" between two words that I am looking for, what will the search engine do?
8- If I type "Angelina Jolie is going to marry Brad Pitt", what will the search engine do?
9- How do you limit the search to only one website?Such as the BBC?
10- If I go to http://news.google.com, what type of information do you think I am looking for?

I saw a UFO

We know you also saw a UFO.
Where did you see it?

Reporting on a forum

John Thorp is a reporter from the Guardian. He is interviewing Louise Waters who participated in the alt.alien.visitors forum. John is asking her about what Ron, Ben, Thelma and Steve said about a UFO.

Write his interview.

Start like this:

John Thorp : Good morning Mrs. Waters. I know you like participating in forums about UFOs. You told me that you really believe in them. I know you were in a forum when someone said he had seen a UFO. Could you, please, answer a few questions?

Louise Waters: Oh, yes, sure.

John Thorp : Right then. What forum is this?

Louise Waters: It is the …..

(use questions on unit 13, page. 55)

An online course

Could you please tell me what do I need for the online course?

Unit 12

A school LAN

Unit 11

1- Make a mind map of a school LAN.

When you finish you have to:

2- Describe what kind of hardware is used
3- Who are the users?
4- What do teachers use it for?
5- What does the Headmaster use it for?
6- What do the secretaries use it for?
7- What do students use it for?
8- What do the librarian use it for?

Your LAN should include at least:

2 IT classrooms with 15 computers each
1 staffroom
1 Headmaster office
1 Secretaries office
1 Library

You can use http://www.gliffy.com/ for your mind map

Description of a LAN

Write a description of the LAN in pag. 46
Remember to look at your answer in task 1 to help you.
Start like in task 12 pag. 49

Title:
New Town Health Centre
Local Area Network

Updating our storage devices

Our book needs a bit of updating. You have to

rewrite the paragraph on CD-ROM.

• Talk about capacity

• Revise and change the following sentences

“they are usually read-only”.

• Talk about CD-ROM R/WR and DVD R/WR.

Here you have a useful sentence: “They can hold from …MB to …MB”

Write a complete new paragraph talking about pen drives.

Your paragraph should include:

• You use it for …

• It is easy/difficult to carry data

• Capacity

• Price (expensive/cheap)

If in doubt go to page 35.