Internet+Resources

=Places to Begin:=
 * Safe Search Engines: []
 * Internet Basics: []
 * Internet Resources: []
 * Web 2.0 Cool Tools: http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/

= = = Basic Definitions: =
 * A **Web browser** is a [|software application] for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the [|World Wide Web].
 * An //information resource// is identified by a [|Uniform Resource Identifier] (URI) and may be a [|web page], image, video, or other piece of content.[|[1]]
 * [|Hyperlinks] present in resources enable users to easily navigate their browsers to related resources.
 * URL - An URL is an address to a web site, such as [|www.computerlabkids.com]. If you know the URL type it in the location box, NOT the search box.
 * A **web search engine** is a tool designed to search for information on the [|World Wide Web].
 * The **Internet** is a global system of interconnected [|computer networks]. It is a //network of networks// that consists of millions of private and public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope that are linked by [|copper] wires, [|fiber-optic] cables, [|wireless] connections, and other technologies.
 * The **World Wide Web** is a system of interlinked [|hypertext] documents contained on the [|Internet]. With a [|web browser], one can view [|web pages] that may contain [|text], [|images], [|videos], and other [|multimedia] and navigate between them using [|hyperlinks].
 * **Hypertext** is text displayed on a computer with references ([|hyperlinks]) to other text that the reader can immediately access, usually by a mouse click or keypress sequence.
 * A **computer network** is a group of [|computers] that are connected to each other for the purpose of communication.
 * **Favorites** (also called Bookmarks): - You can keep a list of sites you want to go back to later. It's called a list of "bookmarks" in Netscape or "favorites" in Internet Explorer.