NCCS World Wide Web Tutorials

Topic: World Wide Web

Internet Safety PowerPoint - The Internet can be a great resource, but it can also be dangerous. You may not be able to keep up with everything your children are doing online. In this PowerPoint presentation you will learn all about blogs (like MySpace, Xanga, and such), Internet predators, and practical ways to know what your children are doing and keep them safe.
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Smart Web Searching - Evaluating Information on the Internet - This is a Quick Guide created by Eric Curts that explains how to evaluate the quality of information found on the Internet, such as biased or misleading web sites.
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Webquests - These Word documents are templates to be used when you design your own webquests. They are based off of the templates from Bernie Dodge.
Webquest Student Page Template - Word format
Webquest Teacher Page Template - Word format

Online Projects - This is a Quick Guide created by Eric Curts to teach you about collaborative online projects that your students can do. Such projects allow them to work with other students and experts from all over the world
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Searching the World Wide Web - This is a Quick Guide created by Eric Curts to teach you how to search the Web, including a review of general search engines, subject directories, and kid friendly search tools.

Using Electronic Databases - This is a Quick Guide created by Eric Curts to teach you how to use electronic databases such as SIRS, FACTS.com, EBSCO, and INFOHIO. NOTE: Because this guide contains passwords to access these databases, you must have a valid Viking username and password to read these.
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Special Formatting with the Homepage Construction Kit - This is a Quick Guide created by Eric Curts to teach you how to spice up your homepage using HTML. It covers features like bold, italics, underlining, font size and color, lists, links, images, alignment, and more.
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