Silver Lake Regional High School
Adult Education
Internet Basics 101 or Embracing the 21st Century
Description
Designed for computer novices, this course will take you through the basics of setting up, sending, and retrieving emails to searching the web. Learn about Google and other search engines. Find and bookmark favorite websites. Subscribe to RSS newsfeeds. Upload pictures from your digital camera, and digitize some older photographs all to share with family and friends.
Linda Redding
lredding@slrsd.org
781-585-3844 extension 2418
GMAIL by Google
Sign up for a gmail account
Sign up to get an elibrary card through the Boston Public Library
Links to your local libraries:
Holmes (Halifax) Public Library - Kingston Public Library - Plympton Public Library
Silver Lake Regiona High School Library
Links to newspapers:
Boston Globe- Boston Herald -Enterprise- Halifax/Plympton Reporter -Kingston Mariner -
Kingston Reporter - Ledger- NYTimes - Wall Street Jornal-CNN - BBC World News - USA Today -
Computer Related Links:
Technology Glossary of Terms produced by the Utah Education Network
Search Engines:
Try some different search engines:
February 25th Class:
Government Sites and Documents:
Google-Uncle Sam
http://www.google.com/unclesam
Crossword and Word Search Puzzles:
USA Today Puzzles
http://puzzles.usatoday.com/
Puzzle Express-Word Search Puzzles
http://www.puzzlexpress.com/Java/WordSearch/online_word_search.htm
Washington Post Crossword Puzzle
http://crosswords.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/crosswords/daily/front.htm
Looking for a telephone number or address?
Verizon
http://www22.verizon.com/Residential/LookupTools/
Try some different search engines:
Other Links:
10X10
100 Words and Pictures that Define the Time.
March 11, 2010
More Google search tips
Sandwich High School - Internet Search Tip Hand-out
http://www.sandwich.k12.ma.us/shs/library/PDF/Google%20Search%20Tips.pdf
RSS Feeds
To learn about RSS Feeds:
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=mg2utilities&L=1&sid=massgov2&U=rss_info
For local News:
http://www.patriotledger.com/
http://www.bostonchannel.com
For Massachusetts Government Information
http://www.mass.gov (includes link to MA Registry of Deeds for birth, death, records since 1916)
Your Library Online
Holmes Public Library http://holmespubliclibrary.org/
Kingston Public Library http://www.kingstonpubliclibrary.org/
Plympton Public Library http://www.plymptonlibrary.org/
Sign-up for an elibrary card from the Boston Public Library
http://www.bpl.org
3/11/10 SLRHS Library