Internet search

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Ralph Allen SchoolGCSE Short course

• Internet search
• What is this task about?

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In this unit you

• Choose topic related to school work to research
• Use ADVANCED search methods to locate web sites
  that help with the research
• Report on the three web sites used
• Write a report on your findings
• Email your report to your teacher
• Write about the work you have done

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Getting started - topic

• Your topic must be school related
• It might cover a topic you do as part of your
  subjects or PSHE (a talk on a hobby, organising a
  trip)
• Examples
• How do you . . . . (do something with software,
  use a tool/piece of equipment, look after a
  gerbil, dance the rumba)
• What is . . . . (volcano, mp3 player, Great
  Plague)
• Who was/is . . . . (Bill Gates, Lincoln, Beau
  Nash, Coco Chanel, Johnny Rotten)
• Where can you get . . . . .(mp3 player, CD,
  fashion item)
• Is ????? worth seeing/buying . . . . (movie, DVD,
  CD)
• What is the latest team/band news. . . . .
  .(football local/national team, artist
  tour/news)
• What are conditions like in . . . . .(holiday
  location, here, school trip destination

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Stuck for an idea try these

• "Is the internet and the world wide web (WWW) the
  same thing?"
• "What RAM is and what is it used for in a
  computer?"
• "What are the rights of data subjects in Data
  protection Act (DPA)"
• "List the main features of CD's, DVDs and floppy
  discs - cost, size, ease of use"
• "Break this list into INPUT, OUTPUT and STORAGE
  devices - example, keyboard, mouse, joystick,
  tracker pad, microphone, digital camera, scanner,
  touch sensitivescreen, monitor, laser printer,
  ink jet printer, hard drive, DVD drive. Find a
  picture to illustrate each one"
• "What is a virus and how can you protect your
  computer from one?"
• "Find four ways that ICT can affect people's
  working lives"
• "Find out how ICT is used for learning"
• "Find out one of these automatic control systems
  works - greenhouse,traffic control systems,
  office environment"
• "Which is best - PC or MAC"
• "What is EPOS?"
• "What is MICR?"
• What are the similarities/differences and uses
  of JPEG, GIF, TIFF and PNG image formats?"
• What do people MAINLY use the internet for?"
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