10 - Browsing - CM Vers short

• Computing
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Browser Skills 

Year 7 - Digital Literacy 

What is a Browser?
Use Google to create a definition - no copy and pasting.

KO: To understand how to use browsers and the internet effectively

All 

To understand how to use a 'Browser' to retrieve information.

Most 

To understand how to use a browser to retrieve information, whilst understanding the 'Key' acronyms associated with internet browsing.

Some

To understand how to use a browser effectively.

To understand the 'Key features' associated with the internet and browsers.

Who can 'Google' the weirdest fact?

Key Terms

URL

IP Address

Cookies 

URL 

URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. A URL is  the address of a given unique resource on the Web. In theory, each valid URL points to a unique resource.

You will call them a "web address"

Think (and search)

What is an IP Address?

Pair

In pairs/ groups of 3

discuss:

What is an IP Address?

Share:
What is an IP Address?

IP Address

At this level - think of an IP address like a unique number to find a device on a network.

Like how your phone number is unique to call and message your phone 

The IP is unique to find a device to communicate with

Web addresses are in fact just linked to an IP address

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data from a website that is stored within a web browser  (like Chrome) that the website can retrieve at a later time. 

Why cookies?
What are they used for?

Google

Google is the name of a company

Chrome - is their web browser

Google - in context, is their search engine

Example:

So you might "google" something whilst in Chrome!

Both are linked to Google as a company

Browser Skills

1. Opening/Closing a New Tab

2. Opening a New Window

3. Refreshing a Browser

4. Bookmarking a tab 

What is Google?

1. A company
2. A search engine
3. A web browser
4. An operating system

What is the correct definition for browser cookies?

1. They help that website remember information about your visit.
2. They store your browsing history.
3. They store your IP Address.
4. They store your URL.

What does URL stand for?

1. Uniform Resource Locator
2. Unicorn Rescue League
3. United Router Lines
4. Undesignated Resource Loop

What is a browser?

1. The address of a website on a server.
2. Utility software for displaying and navigating web pages.
3. A website used to search for information.
4. Application software for displaying and navigating web pages.