Advanced Internet 2009
What should I be able to do by the end of the course?Search for and register with good value and low cost Internet Service Providers Connect your home PC to the internet – dial-up and broadband Use the advanced features of a variety of browsers – Chrome, Safari, Opera, and Firefox Perform advanced searching using Boolean Operators and specialist software Look for and download a wide variety of software (much of it free) to perform different work on your computer: for example software to perform the tasks listed below Listen to the radio from around the world and watch TV and video clips Join communities and share information on newsgroups and forums Chat to people around the world in chat rooms Talk to people around the world using internet telephony and send faxes internationally Free telephone calls, faxes and send free text messages Videoconferencing – see whom you are talking to via the internet Security and privacy for you and your children Understand and use firewalls, anti-virus and other software to reduce threats to your PC and personal data, reduce pop-up windows and adverts Use software to protect your children from ‘bad' websites while online Surf the web anonymously by removing the trail of websites on your PC and on the web Protect your privacy by password-protecting your email using ‘military' strength encryption
Here's the Course Overview
Lesson 1
• Finding reliable Internet Service Providers • Use advanced features of new browsers • Tabs
Lesson 2
• Learn advanced search techniques • Saving pictures from the web Lesson 3
• File management • Contacts • Face Book / MySpace Lesson 4
• File management revisited • Favourites organised • Attachments Lesson 5
• Using a portal • Newsgroups, forums and feeds • Enter chat rooms, • IM's Lesson 6
• Understand how to download software and other files, Peer to peer • Dangers to consider viruses, spy-ware, how to approach with caution • Free Antivirus, spyware protection and firewall Lesson 7
• Free music, Video and Radio • access TV and radio from around the world, Lesson 8
• Security, • Parental controls on the operating system • Security settings on the browser Lesson 9
• How to find instructions and further learning • Use free telephone and videoconferencing Lesson 10
Open session
Below are links to pages that may have supporting information on them.
Finding reliable Internet Service Providers
http://www.top10-broadband.co.uk/packages/?sort=bestsellers
http://www.webuser.co.uk/websites/website-reviews/shopping/comparison/25688/1/adsl-guide
Use advanced features of new browsers to surf the web more efficiently and safely .
What Browser are you using? IE? Accelerators - Watch a video to learn how to use Accelerators . Web Slices - Watch a video to learn how to use Web Slices . Search for and register with good value and low cost Internet Service Providers Connect your home PC to the internet – dial-up and broadband Use
Using a portal
Sign up to Yahoo and Windows Live
Learn advanced search techniques to always find what you want, quickly. Perform advanced searching using Boolean Operators and specialist software
Understand how to download software and other files, Dangers to consider viruses, spy-ware, how to approach with caution
Peer to peer
Free music –
Video
Look for and download a wide variety of software (much of it free) to perform different work on your computer: for example software to perform the tasks listed below
access TV and radio from around the world, Listen to the radio from around the world and watch TV and video clips http://www.channel4.com/programmes/4od http://demand.five.tv/Home.aspx http://skyplayer.sky.com/vod/page/default/home.do - not free -
Radio
www. onlineradio stations.com/
Newsgroups, forums and feeds What is a forum - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum What is meant by “Usenet” - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet Feeds - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS
enter chat rooms,
Chat rooms - use free telephone and videoconferencing Faxes. http://home.efax.com/s/r/uk_home?CMP=OTC-uk http://home.efax.co.uk/s/r/uk/paperless_faxing/?VID=38707&gclid=CIbvtJyO75wCFZ0U4wodVmZTkQ
SMS http://www.textmefree.com/sms-uk.html http://www.freebiesms.co.uk/default.aspx - resulted in a text with a sign up message but no original message!
IM's
Yahoo Messenger ICQ Skype
Security, Backup your data to the cloud: A complete guide Email encryption http://downloads.cnet.co.uk/0,39100207,39383154s,00.htm
Protecting your privacy and your children,
http://www.yourprivacy.co.uk/ProtectingChildrenOnline.html http://www.securedesktop.co.uk/khxc/webwatcher.html http://home.mcafee.com/AdviceCenter/Default.aspx?id=ad_fis_htpycpasic&ctst=1
Parental control on the operating system Security settings on the browser Filters on email
understanding viruses, spyware, hackers, encryption and anonymity.
• Understand and use firewalls, |
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