Internet Drivers License

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Internet Drivers License

• Central Unified School District
• Elementary
• 2004-2005

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What is the Internet

• Computers talking to other computers

• LAN Local Area Network

• WAN Wide Area Network

• WWW World Wide
• Web THE WHOLE
• WORLD

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How do I use the Internet?

• Adults in your family have to have a computer
• They need to have a connection to the Internet
• Adult logs onto internet
• Visit sites on the WWW (World Wide Web)

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What is a browser?
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Internet Addresses

• An Internet Address is called a URL
• This is a web address
• http//www.centralusd.k12.ca.us
• This is an email address
• glewis_at_centralusd.k12.ca.us
• The first one gets you to a web page.
• The second lets you send mail over the internet.

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What can you tell from a web address?

• What kind of company the web pages represents
• .com is a commercial site (They are trying to
  sell you something.)
• .net is also a commercial site
• .edu is a university
• .mil is the military
• .org is a non-profit organization
• k12.ca.us is a public school in California

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What do these addresses tell me?

• http//www.disney.com
• http tells me it a web page on the internet
• www tells me it is on the world wide web
• disney tells me the name of the company Disney
• .com tells me it is a money making company
• http//www.centralusd.k12.ca.us
• The k12 tells me this is a public school
• The ca tells me it is in California
• The us tells me it is in the United States
• http//www.sbcglobal.net/lewis
• .net tells me it is a company named SBC
• tells me that someone named Lewis has gotten
  an account with SBC (This is very important
  information.)

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Responsibility

• It is your responsibility
• NOT to share your password.
• to use the Internet safely!
• to know the Rules of Netiquette.
• to remember there is a person on the other end.

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Rules of Netiquette

• Never give out your last name, phone number, home
  address, school name.
• Here is a great site that shows you why! (Please
  go there now and view the short cartoon.)
• http//disney.go.com/cybersafety/
• Tell your teacher or other adult if someone on
  the internet asks you for personal information.
  If anyone asks you to keep it secret you should
  wonder why they would even ask you that. Kids
  dont ask other kids to keep those kinds of
  secrets, but mean adults just might ask you to do
  that. TELL A PARENT OR TEACHER!

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Rules of Netiquette

• If it is on the Internet, it means someone made
  it or thought of it.
• It is not yours to copy. If you copy someone
  elses work without asking, it is called
  plagiarism.
• Ask permission if you want to use art or
  graphics.
• Give credit to anyone whose work you use.
• Treat others like you would like to be treated,
  you would like others to know that you created
  the story or art work.

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Rules of Netiquette

• Keep your password secret
• Do not give out your passwords. If someone else
  does something wrong on the computer using your
  password you are responsible!
• Do not ask someone else to give you their
  password. That is not fair to them. If you
  forgot your password talk to your teacher or
  parent.

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Rules of Netiquette

• Avoid using ALL CAPS.
• That is like SHOUTING at someone!
• Use appropriate language on the internet.
• If you cant say it at school, dont use it.
• Treat others like you would like to be treated.
• While researching on the web, stay on task.
• If a website comes up that you should not be on,
  turn off the monitor and call your teacher or
  parent!

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AUP

• What is the AUP and why did I and my parents have
  to sign it?
• Acceptable Use Policy
• That document sets out the rules you must follow
  when using the internet at school.
• It tells you what will happen if you use the
  internet on purpose the wrong way.
• Every time you use the internet a record is kept
  that shows where you went on the internet and it
  records the time you went there.
• The school monitors where ANYONE goes on the
  internet.
• When you sign it, that says you know the rules
  and will abide by them.
• Your parent/guardian signs it and that says that
  they know the rules you have to follow when you
  are using the internet.
• You have to turn in your card to the office
  before you can get on the internet.

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Resources for you to use

• How to cite information
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