The easiest option of searching for informationinformationinformation is to write a known web addressweb addressweb address in the address bar. What if you do not know the web address? You can then use a search enginesearch enginesearch engine or a web directoryweb directoryweb directory.
Search engine
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A search enginesearch enginesearch engine is a software or web site for searching informationinformationinformation on the Internet based on keywords entered by the user. The best known search engines are Google, Yahoo! and Bing.
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There are also special search engines dedicated to children, e.g. English‑language Kiddle (www.kiddle.co), developed by Google, or Polish‑language Mamuu (www.mamuu.pl).
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Task 1
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Open a search enginesearch enginesearch engine appropriate to your age (Mamuu) and write in the bar intended for it a search phrase, i.e. the text describing informationinformationinformation you are looking for. Has the search engine found what you were searching for? If not, try another search engines, e.g. Google.
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Web directory
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Part of the information contained on web sites is ordered in the so called web directories. They are sets of web sites organized into thematic categories, e.g. sports, science, entertainment. Though they order data, web directories have their disadvantages: the number of web sites included in them is small and they are rarely updated.
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Task 2
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Learn the web directoryweb directoryweb directory for children www.13tka.com. Note that when you search for information in this web directory, you browse consecutive subdirectories from general categories to more and more detailed ones.
Web portals
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A web portalweb portalweb portal is an information web site containing various online services, available at a single web addressweb addressweb address. Such services can include news, search engines, electronic mail, weather forecast, horoscopes, online games or online shops. There are also web portals with educational content addressed to children.
Web applications
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A web applicationweb applicationweb application is a computer programme that runs on a web server and communicates with a web browserweb browserweb browser over the Internet.
Task 3
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Run a web browser that you have selected and find the examples of web portals for children. Then choose an application appropriate to your age and run it.
Online games
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An online game is any video game that requires access to the Internet in order to run it. Online games can be divided into simple games, which are run in a web browserweb browserweb browser, and expanded games, which must be installed on the hard disc drive of the computer.
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In order to search for information on the Internet, do one of the following:
write a known web address in a web browser,
use thematically categorised web directories,
use a search engine.
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
Select your favourite celebrity – a musician, writer or athlete. Try to find information about them, first by using a selected web directory and the with a selected search engine. Which method enables to find more information?
Exercise 3
Describe in English the methods of searching for information on the Internet.