Understanding the Web for Year Fives

1. Key Terms:

1.1. Web Pages: documents formatted using Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML), which is a web programming language

1.2. Websites: collections of web pages.

1.3. Home page: refers to the first page of a website (which could also be the only page).

1.4. URL: Uniform Resource Locator – is the address of any web page. Your must use a browser to access web pages – or URLs.

1.5. WWW stands for 'world wide web'

2. Be safe!!

3. GAME: Welcome to the web

4. Want to be better at searching for information? Click here

5. How to be a critical user of the web

5.1. How do we know if a website is trustworthy?

5.1.1. If the website ends in '.edu' or '.gov', then they are generally providing information that we can trust. Websites ending in '.com' cannot always be trusted - proceed with caution!

5.1.2. Is this site credible? Ask yourself: What is the purpose of the site? Can you find any background information? Is it recent or outdated? Do the headlines match the article or is it 'clickbait'?

5.1.3. A video explanation:

6. Always reference other people's work when you borrow it - even if it is a photo!

6.1. This website for copyright-free photos attaches a reference to the photo

6.2. This video helps explain copyright and how to reference

6.3. Look here if you want to learn more about the specifics of referencing - skip to page 6!