Using a PC for Educators

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Using a PC for Educators

• Todd Weissenberger
• Senior Web Designer
• Center for Development and Disability

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Uses of the Personal Computer

• Online Research
• Google/Search Engines
• Newsgroups/Discussion Lists
• Educational Sites
• Class Records Management
• Grades and Assignments in Excel or Access
• Document Creation
• Handouts in PowerPoint, MSWord

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Classroom Tools

• Microsoft Office
• Word (for print documents)
• Excel (for charts and tables)
• PowerPoint (for presentations)
• The Internet/World Wide Web
• E-mail

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Must-Haves for Getting Online

• A Personal Computer with modem or network card
• A dialup or network connection to the Internet
• An account, including user name and password

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Using the Internet
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Components of the Internet

• World Wide Web
• CNN.com, Google.com, Amazon.com (e.g.)
• Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, Firefox, etc.
• Email
• Outlook, Outlook Express, Hotmail, Mulberry
• FTP
• Upload and download files from faraway lands

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How to Get Online

• Open your web browser
• Internet Explorer
• Netscape Navigator
• Firefox
• Other
• Type the address of the page you want in your
  address bar
• Click on the GO! button, or press Enter

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Viewing a Web Page

• Open your browser
• Enter a new URL
• Press ENTER or Click GO!

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How to Set Up Your Browser

• For a new Home Page (Internet Explorer)
• Click on Tools?Options
• Under Home Page, enter the desired URL
• Click OK
• For a new Home Page (Netscape)
• Click on Edit?Preferences
• Click on Navigator in left hand column
• In Home Page field, enter the desired URL

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Setting Your Home Page (IE)
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Setting Your Home Page (contd)