Searching the Internet
A Student's Introduction Class

Hi! I hope you enjoy this unit on internet searching. I want to put other units together as time goes on, and would greatly appreciate your constructive critisism . If you think these pages are visually boring, you have an artistic eye. I made them almost free of graphics to load up as fast as possible. When you are all in the computer lab clicking to the same place at the same time, things just naturally slow down. Happy Hunting!

Order of Events

  1. Introduction to the Internet?
    Take WWW notes from in-class presentation .
  2. Checking out Search Engines
    Visit and try out each URL on your URL List .
  3. Treasure Hunt
    Go to the Treasure Hunt Page and follow the directions.
  4. Evaluating Information on the WWW
    Using the Evaluation Form given to you in class, evaluate 2 of the sites listed here .
  5. From a List of Abstract Nouns , choose a word that you think you can live with for a while.
  6. You may complete the following activities in any order you wish.  Using the Log Form given to you in class, record the information on the sites you visit while doing your research on the Internet. When you access a URL, be sure to write down the page title, the URL, and, if it is available, the author or editor or the page in your search log. Also include all research info on your word.

    7. *  Look up your word in a dictionary .  Copy the word's etymology and its first definition.
    *  Look up your word in a thesaurus .  Copy the first group of synonyms.
    *  Look up your word in Bartlett's Quotations .  Copy a quotation in which the word appears.
    *  Look up your word in a periodical .
    *  Look up your word in a newspaper .
  7. Writing the paper:
    This paper is as much about the process of discovering about your word as it is about the word itself.  Feel free to use "I" in this paper. Here is an Outline for you to follow when writing the paper.
  8. Submitting the paper:
    *  When you turn in this project, you will turn in your log and a final draft, which is typed or written neatly in pen.