DELSA - Digital Empowerment for Digitally Upskilling Adults

Browsing, Searching and Filtering Data

What are Digital Skills?Click to read

First you need the Technical equipments:

– Hardware

– Software

Then comes Information Processing (Digital) Skills:

– Accessing, Organizing, Storing and Communicating Information.

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What do I need for this unit?Click to read

•A computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone with internet connection.

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Understanding the InternetClick to read

•What is the Internet?

The word ‘Internet’ comes from the combination of parts of the two words ‘International’ and ‘Network’.

The Internet is used in our daily lives e.g. looking at the news, shopping online, banking, music etc.

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How does it work?Click to read

•The Internet is a library of millions of computers and computer networks all over the world.

•It is connected using communication networks.

•The Internet is the actual network on which all other services are run, e.g. the World Wide Web, email etc.

•This allows communication and exchange of information between every computer on the network.

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The World Wide WebClick to read

•What is the World Wide Web (www)?

–A library of information on any subject you are interested in.

–When you look up information on the www (or Internet) you are ‘surfing the Web’.

–The ‘World Wide Web’ is the part of the Internet which is made up of millions of websites and web pages. The ‘World Wide Web’ then uses the Internet to link all of these websites together.

•What is a website?

–The internet is divided into parts called websites.

–Each website has a group of pages (called web pages) containing information on a particular subject.

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How do I connect to the Internet?Click to read

•You will need a device.

•You will need an Internet Service Provider (ISP) – you will pay them to connect you to the Internet.

•You will then use a browser to navigate the World Wide Web.

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What is a Browser?Click to read

•A browser allows you to explore the World Wide Web and view websites.

•Examples of browsers:

Google Chrome is a free web browser from Google

Firefox is a free web browser from Mozilla

Microsoft Edge is a web browser from Microsoft

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What happens on the Internet?Click to read

This is what happens in one minute on the Internet!