Browsers & Search Engines

1. Curriculum standards

• Recognize that the Internet can be used to gather information
• Gather information from the Internet with supervision

2. Objectives

• The student understands the concepts and symbols related to the key functionalities of the digital environments they use.
• The student comprehends what the internet is, what a browser is, and what browsing means. They can use a browser.
• The student, under guidance, can assess the reliability of information and sources.
• The students practices recognizing commercial content in a multimedia environment.
• The student can use a search engine in a purposeful manner, forming simple search terms.
• Under guidance, the student can search for information on current events and phenomena.
• The student understands the difference between fact and fiction, categorizing media content into factual and fictional categories with guidance, and providing examples of each.

3. Key concepts

• Browser

  • A browser is an application that allows you to view texts, images, and videos on the Internet. The most commonly used browsers are Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Safari.

• Search Engine
  • Search engines are used to find information on the Internet. The most well-known search engines are Google and Bing.
• Keyword
  
  • Keywords are words you enter into search engines to find information. For example, if you want to know what a squirrel eats, the correct keywords could be "squirrel" and "food."
• Web Address
  • Every webpage has an address. The browser needs the address to access the correct website, just as a person needs a street address to find their way to the right place. Addresses consist of letters and words, for example, https://www.typetastic.com.
• Webpage
  • A webpage is a page on the Internet containing text, sound, images, or videos. A website can have multiple webpages.
• Fact
  • Facts are things that are true and have actually happened. For example, news and informational texts are facts.
• Fiction
  • Fiction is something made up, imaginary. Fiction is not true. For example, fairy tales are fiction.
• News
  • News is usually information about something that has really happened. The information is verified so that it can be trusted.
• Informational Text
  • Informational text is writing about a specific topic. The text contains only facts, so you can usually trust most informational texts.
• Opinion
  • An opinion is a personal view on something. Opinions don't always rely on facts but rather on a person's feelings and beliefs.
• Advertisement
  • An advertisement tries to persuade people to buy a product or service. The information in advertisements may not always be reliable.

3. Discussion questions (5 mins): Searching for information on the Internet

1. What kind of images, videos, music, or information have you searched for on the internet?
2. What do the following words mean: (see answers in the explanations above)
   1. Browser
   2. Search Engine
   3. Keyword
   4. Web Address
   5. Webpage
3. Can you trust all the information on the internet? (No, only official sources - news and informational texts - can be trusted.)
4. How can you differentiate between reliable and unreliable information on the internet? (The origin of the information must be investigated. You can infer this by determining if the information was collected by a reliable expert.)
5. What are facts and fiction? (Facts are true, fiction is invented.)
6. How can you distinguish between news and advertisements? (An advertisement tries to generate interest and a need to buy a product. News provides factual information.)
7. How can you differentiate between informational text and opinion text? (Informational text contains verified factual information. Opinion may be based on one person's personal knowledge or experience of the subject.)

4. Online learning (10-20 mins)

• In the lesson, students explore two islands in the DigiNet Islands: Keywords and Information. The goal is to collect diamonds from the caves on the island. At the basic level, we familiarize ourselves with the key concepts of web browsing, information retrieval, and the differences between fact and fiction.
• At the advanced level, we practice distinguishing news, informational text, opinion, and advertisement from search results.

5. Offline assignments (10-15 mins)

My Own Website
Plan your own website. Consider the following questions:

1. Are the things on your website facts or fiction?
2. What would be the address of your website?
3. What kind of pictures, videos, and information could be on the page? Draw and write.

Search Engine Game
Go to a large circle in a sand or asphalt field. Mark your own spot by drawing a circle in the sand or using plastic cones on the asphalt, etc. Similar to games like Fruit Salad or Musical Chairs, one player is left in the center without a spot in the circle. They become the Search Engine and chase information.

At the beginning of the game, players in the circle are assigned to their own groups, for example: sports, history, animals, music (picture aids in the attachment). The chase begins when the search engine shouts something like: I'm looking for information about history! Then everyone in the history group changes places with each other in the large circle.

The Search Engine tries to touch one of the moving players. Whoever the search engine touches, stays in the center and calls out a new search.

ATTACHMENTS

My Own Website

Search Engine Game