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Unit 1 Ethics and Safety

Unit 2 Internet Application

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Unit 3 Using Emails

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Unit 1

Ethics and Safety

An introduction to the Inter' iet
The Internet is very useful. In this unit, you will learn what the
Internet is, the great variety of resources it has and how to use
the Internet safely.
Let's take a look at just a few ways you can use the Internet.

Play educational games

and watch animations.

View
photographs
and videos from all
over the world.

Communicate
with people
using email.

Use a chat
application to chat
with other people
on the Internet.

Internet safety rules

Before you start using the Internet, it is important to learn about
Internet safety rules. These rules will help you to stay safe when
browsing websites, using email and chatting online.
Only look at web pages that you think are appropriate for you. If
you become uncomfortable with anything you see or read online,
tell your parents or teacher right away.

Only use the Internet when your parents tell you it is OK to do so.
Do not spend too much time on the Internet.

Always have good manners and be polite when chatting to

someone else online.

Do not download anything from the Internet without asking an

adult first.

Do not send pictures or any personal information to strangers.

Do not open emails from people you do not know.

Keep your password private. Only give your password to

your parents or teacher.

Never agree to meet someone that you have chatted to on

the Internet.

NO !!!

Connecting to the Internet

To connect to the Internet, you will need the following:
A computer with a LAN input or wireless card
A modem
A telephone line
An ISP (Internet Service Provider)
An Internet browser application

How the Internet works

The Internet is a worldwide network of
computers that are linked together.
When you use the Internet, you send and receive
information from a large computer, called a
server. The server is connected to other servers
all around the world.

Unit2
Internet Application
An Internet browser is an application that allows you to access
different web pages.
There are many different types of Internet browers. Some of
them are shown below. In this unit, you are going to learn how
to use Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Microsoft Internet Explorer is the web browser application that
comes pre-installed with the Microsoft Windows operating
system.
To open Microsoft Internet Explorer, click on the
'Start' button and then click on 'Internet Explorer'.

If you are using Microsoft Windows Vista or Microsoft

Windows 7, you can also click on the 'Internet Explorer' icon in
the taskbar at the bottom of the screen.

The Microsoft Internet Explorer

interface
Let's take a look at the main tools and features of Microsoi

Navigation buttons
The navigation buttons allow
you to move backward and
forward between the web
pages you have visited.

The favourites button allows

you to save and quickly
access your favourite websites
and history.

Address bar

Enter a website address into

the address bar to go to a
particular website.

Search bar

Enter keywords into the

search r bar to find websites
on the subject you are
searching for.

Web page
Web pages will be displayed
in this part of the application.

Visiting a website
Entering a web address
To open a website directly, you need to type a Uniform Resource Locator
(URL) into the Microsoft Internet Explorer address bar. A URL usually begins
with 'www'.
To visit the Yahoo Kids website, for example, type the following URL into
the address bar and press 'Enter'.

The Yahoo Kids webiste will then be displayed in the Internet browser.

Using hgperlinks
A website usually consists of a number of different web
pages. To view these web pages, you often need to click
on a hyperlink.
Hyperlinks can be text or images. You can tell which
text or images are hyperlinks when the mouse pointer
changes from an arrow ( ) to a hand (t) icon.

When you click on the 'Games' hyperlink on the Yahoo

Kids website, you will be taken to the Games web
page.

Using the n.avigation. buttons

You can move back and forth between the web pages you have
visited by using the navigation buttons.
Click on the 'Back' button to go back to the last web page you visited.

To return to the page, click on the 'Forward' button.

History
Microsoft Internet Explorer keeps track of the web pages that
you visited. You can see all of the web pages you have visited by
viewing your history.
To view your history, click on the 'Favourites' button,
then click on the 'History' tab.

Click on any of the web pages in the list to go to that page.

Exploring the Internet

Let's take a look at some fun English language websites.

Let's take a look at some fun science websites.

Let's take a look at some fun mathematics websites.

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the Interne

Open your Internet browser application and go to the

website 'http://kids.yahoo.com/'.

Click on the different hyperlinks to explore the contents

of the website.
In your ICT notebook, answer the following questions:
(a)

What did you like most about the website?

(b)How did you navigate between the different pages

of the website?
(c)Write the names of three hyperlinks you clicked on in the
website.

Open your Internet browser application and go to the

website 'http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/'.

Click on the different hyperlinks to explore the contents

of the website.
In your ICT notebook, answer the following questions:
(a) What did you like most about the website?
(b) Write the names of three hyperlinks you clicked on
in the website.
(c) How could this website to useful at school?

Using a search engine

Searching for a website
If you are looking for a website, but do not know the URL address, you can
search for the website using a search engine.
There are many search engines available on the Internet. Some of the
commonly used search engines are shown below.

Often, Internet browser applications such as Microsoft Internet Explorer,

have search engine toolbars.

To search for a website using a search engine, you need to

enter keywords for your search.
If you are searching for the Discovery Channel Kids website, for
example, enter the keywords 'Discovery Kids' into the search
engine and click on 'Search'. Below is an example of this search,
using the Google search engine.

The search engine will then display a list of websites related to

your keywords. Notice that the first website in the list is the
Discovery Channel Kids website.

To go to the website, click on the hyperlink. The hyperlink is

usually the first line of text with underline and appears in
blue.

Searching a subject
A search engine can also be used to search for websites about a
particular subject. To do so, enter keywords that best describe the subject.
To search for websites about foods in Brunei Darussalam, for
example, enter the keywords 'foods' and 'Brunei Darussalam'.

A list of websites relating to your search is then displayed. To go to a

website, click on a 'blue' hyperlink.

Open your Internet browser application and go to the

website 'http://www.google.com.bn/'.
In the search bar, enter the words 'Brunei tourism' and
click on 'Google Search'.

In your ICT notebook, write the names of three of the

websites that appear in the search results.
In the search results, click on the website
'http://tourismbrunei.com/'.
What information can be found on Brunei Tourism
website?

Open your Internet browser application and go to the

webiste 'http://www.google.com.bn/'.
In the search bar, enter the words 'animals Borneo'
and click on 'Google Search'.

In your ICT notebook, write the names of three of the

websites that appear in the search results.
Visit one of the websites that appears in the search
results.
In your ICT notebook, write a few sentences to describe
the website.

Searching for photographs

The Internet is a great resource for finding photographs to use for
school projects. Many search engines, such as Google and Yahoo,
include an option that allows you to search for only images.
Let's look at the steps to take when searching for images in a
search engine.
Open a search engine website. In this example, we will use
the Google search engine (www.google.com.bn).
Type in keywords about the image you are searching for and
click on 'Google Search'. In this example, we will search for
photographs of the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque.

A list of websites about your search keywords is

then displayed.

On the left side of the search results, you will see other
search options. Click on the 'Images' hyperlink.

A list of images related to your search is then displayed. Each

image is a hyperlink to the website it can be found on.

When you click on an image, a larger preview size is usually

displayed.

Information about the photograph, such as the size

and the website it is from, is displayed on the right. To
view the image in full size, click on the 'Full-size
image' hyperlink.

The image is then displayed at its maximum size.

Copying from a website

Copying text
Many websites have text that can be copied and pasted into word
processors and other applications.
Open the website with the text that you would like to copy.
In the example below, we will copy text from the Wikipedia
website about Brunei Darussalam (http://wikipedia.org/wiki/
Brunei).
Click and drag to select the text you want to copy.

Right click on the selected text

and click on 'Copy'. The selected
text will then be copied to your
computer's clipboard.

Go to the application in which you would like to paste the

copied text. In this example we will paste the text into
Notepad.
Go to the 'Edit menu and click on 'Paste'. You can also
paste the text using the shortcut 'Control' + 'P'.

The text will then be pasted into the application.

Copying images
Most of the photographs, illustrations and other images
on the Internet can be copied to your computer. You can
then use these images in school projects.
Open the website with the image that you would like
to copy. In the example below, we will copy an image
from the Brunei Tourism website.

Right click on the image

and click on 'Copy' from the
menu. The image is then
copied to your computer's
clipboard.

Open the folder on your computer where you would like to

store the image. Right click and choose 'Paste' from the
menu.

The image is now stored on your computer and can be

opened in a graphics, word processing or slideshow
application.

You can also paste a copied image from the Internet

directly into an application, such as Microsoft Paint,
Microsoft Word or Microsoft PowerPoint.
Let's look at how to paste an image directly into Microsoft
Paint. Open a blank canvas in Microsoft Paint.

Click on the 'Clipboard' icon in the main toolbar and

choose 'Paste'. The image can now be edited or
printed in Microsoft Paint.

Open your Internet browser application and go to the website

'http://www.google.com.bn/images'.
In the search bar, type the words shown below. Click on
'Search images'.
(a)

proboscis monkey

(b)

hornbill Brunei

(c)

Ulu Temburong National Park

For each of the searches above, choose one image and save
it to your computer.
Use Microsoft Paint to create a file with all three images.

Adding shortcuts to your favourite websites

When you read a book, you can use a bookmark to mark the page that
you are reading up to. This makes it easier to find the page the next time
you start reading. You can also use bookmarks in an Internet browser to
quickly access websites that you like or visit often. In Microsoft Internet
Explorer, bookmarks are called 'Favourites'.
There are two ways to add your favourite websites to Microsoft Internet
Explorer adding a website to the 'Favourites' bar and adding a
website to the 'Favourites' menu.

Adding a website to the 'Favourites' bar

In Microsoft Internet Explorer, the 'Favourites' bar is usually located
under the main toolbar.

In the example above, there are two websites in the 'Favourites' barthe
Discovery Kids Home Page and the BBC Schools Science Clips websites.
Let's look at how to add a website to the 'Favourites' bar. In this
example we will add the Yahoo Kids home page to the 'Favourites' bar.

Type the URL address of the website you want to add

into the 'address' bar and press 'Enter.
Once the website has loaded in the web browser, click on the
'Add to Favorites bar', icon.

A hyperlink to the website is then automatically added to the

'Favourites' bar. To go to the website at any time, click on the
hyperlink.

To delete a website from the 'Favourites' bar, right

click on the hyperlink and choose 'Delete'. Click on
'Yes' to confirm the deletion.

Adding a website to the 'Favourites' menu

The 'Favourites' bar is good to store the websites that you visit
often. If you want to create hyperlinks to more websites, you can
add them to the 'Favourites' menu.
In this example, we will add the PBS Kids website to the
'Favourites' menu.
Type the URL address of the website you want to add into
the 'address' bar and press 'Enter'.
Once the website has loaded in the web browser, click on
the 'Favorites' icon.

Click on the 'Add to Favourites...' icon at the top of the menu.

Click on 'New Folder' to create a new folder in which

to store your favourite websites. In this example,
we will call the folder 'My Websites'.
Type a name for the website hyperlink and click on
'Create'.

In the
'Favourites'
menu, you can
store many
websites and
organise them
into folders.

Exercise 2.4 - Adding favourites to a web

browse'
Open your Internet browser application and visit some of
the websites listed on pages 18 to 23.
Click on 'Add to Favourites...' and create a new
folder called 'My Websites'.
In the folder, add some of your favourite websites from
pages 18 to 23.

Unit 3

Using Email
An introduction to email
What is email?
Email (Electronic mail) is a very useful and commonly used service on
the Internet. Email is similar to normal mail that is delivered each day
by the postman. It allows you to send and receive information to and
from other people respectively.
Rather than using pen and paper or sending documents in the post,
email sends and receives information in a digital format.

List some of the advantages of sending an email rather than sending

mail through the post.

Advantages of using email

Let's look at some of the advantaaes of usina email.

Sending an email does not cost money.

You can send an email to more than one person.

Email is much faster than the post. You can send an

email to a friend in Australia in just a few seconds.

Sending an email saves paper.

You can attach many different types of files to an email. Such files include
documents, photographs, videos and sound files.

You can manage your emails and store what you have sent and received.

Types of email applications

There are two main ways to use email using an email application
or using Internet-based email.
Common email applications include:

Microsoft Outlook
runs on the Windows
operating system.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a
free email application for
the Windows and Apple
operating systems.

Mail runs on the

Apple operating
system.

Internet-based email applications can be accessed using your

Internet browser. Common free Internet-based email applications
include:

Yahoo mail

Google Gmail

Hotmail (Windows Live)

Many mobile phones also have

software that allows you to send
and receive emails.

Using Hotmail (Windows Live)

Getting an email address
Before you can start using email, you need an email
address. An email address is a name given to the mailbox
that you use to send and receive emails.
All email addresses have a user name, an 'at' (@) symbol
and a domain name.

ismail@starpubonline.com

username 'at' symbol

domain name

In this unit, you are going to create your own email

address using the free Internet-based email application,
Hotmail (Window Live).
Open your Internet browser application. Go to the
website 'www.hotmail.com'.
Click on 'Sign up'.

Complete the required information as shown below.

Your Hotmail email account will then be displayed. You will notice
you have received your first email from the Hotmail Team. This email
contains information about how to use Hotmail. Click on the email
to open it.

The email will then be displayed.

The Hotmail user interface

The left hand side of the Hotmail user interface consists of a list of
folders. These folders are used to store emails that you have sent
and received.

Inbox

Emails sent to you

arrive in your inbox.

Folders
Folders are used to store emails.
Such folders include junk mail,
drafts of emails, sent emails and
deleted emails.
You can also create and name
your own folders.

Quick views
Quick views allows you to
quickly find flagged emails,
photographs and documents
stored in your email account.

Messenger
Allows you to sign into your
messaging account. You will learn
more about messaging in Unit 4.

New

Allows you to
compose a new
mail message.

Delete

Allows you to
delete a selected
email.

Inbox
Displays all of the emails
you have received.

Junk

Allows you to
mark a sender as
unsafe and delete

Sign out
Click here to sign out of
your email account.

Send

Save draft

Sends the email to

the recipients.

Allows you to save Allows you to

an email you havecheck the spelling
composed to sendin an email you
at another time. have written.

To:

Subject

Enter the email

addresses of the
recipients here.

Spell check

Attachments

Enter a one-line Click to attach files

subject for your to your email.
email here.

Composing and editing an email

Sending a text email
Let's take a look at how to send an email to another person.
Click on 'New' to open a new blank email template.

In the 'To:' field, enter the email address of the person you are
sending the email to.

In the 'Subject:' field, enter a one-line subject for the email.

Keep the subject short and simple.

I Choose the font style, font size, font colour and alignment

options for your email text.

Write the content of the email. Click on 'Send'.

You may be asked to enter characters to show

that you are not sending junk mail. Enter the
characters shown and click on 'Continue'.

You will then receive confirmation that your email has

been sent. You can add your friends' email addresses into
the address book. You will learn more about how to use the
address book later in this unit.

Click on 'Return to inbox' to go back to

your Inbox.

Editing a text email

Hotmail allows you to edit and format text in much the same ways as
you can in a word processor.

The screenshot below shows text that has been formatted using
different fonts, styles and colours.

Adding Emoticons
Emoticons are small icons that can be added to an
email to show emotion or just make them look more
interesting.
To add an emoticon, place your cursor where you would
like to insert it. Click on the 'Emoticons' button. Choose
an emoticon from the window that appears.

The screenshot below shows some of the ways that

emoticons can be used in an email.

Replying and forwarding an email

Replying to an email
Emails that you receive appear in your Inbox. Let's look at how to reply to
an email.
Click on the email you want to open. The contents of the email will
then be displayed.

Click on the 'Reply' button. If you would like to reply to all of the
people that received the email, click on 'Reply All'.

You will notice that the 'To:' and 'Subject' fields are automatically
filled in.
Write the content of the email and click on 'Send'.

Click on 'Return to inbox'.

Forwardin.q an email
You can send an email you have received to other people. This is called
'forwarding an email'.
Click on the email you want to open. The contents of the email will
then be displayed.

Click on the 'Forward' button.

In the 'To:' field, enter the email address or addresses

of the people you would like to forward the email to.
You will notice that the 'Subject' field is the same as
in the original email.

If you want to, you can insert additional text to the

original email. Click on 'Send' to send the email to
the recipients.

Exchange email addresses with a friend in your

class. Log in to your hotmail account.
Compose an email to your friend telling them about
what you did on the weekend. Don't forget to add a
subject for the email.
Edit the text so that the email contains different fonts
and text styles.
4 Send the message to your friend.
4 Check your hotmail inbox. You should have received
an email from your friend. Reply to the email.

Sending and receiving attachments

Attaching photographs to an email
Cindy has just returned from a trip to
Pulau Langkawi. She has some photos
that she would like to send to her
friend Jamilah. One way she can do
this is to attach the photographs to an
email.

Let's look at the steps involved in

sending emails with photographs.
Sign in to your email account and click 'New'.

add the recipients, subject and content of your email. Click

on the Attachments' button.

I Choose the photograph you want to attach. Click on 'Open'.

You will notice that the name of the file and its size are
displayed below the attachments button.

Click on 'Send' to send the email.

Receiving and viewing photographs

In Hotmail, photographs that you receive in an email need to
be downloaded.
To download a photograph, click on the preview image or the file
name that appears in the email.

Click 'Open' to view

the photograph in your
computer's default
photograph application.
Click 'Save' to save the
photograph to your compute!

Hotmail will then download the image to your computer. For security,
you may be asked to confirm that you want to open the photograph.
Click on the 'Allow' to download your image.

The photograph will then be displayed in your computer's default

photo viewer. In the example below, the photograph was opened in
Windows Photo Viewer.

Attaching other files to an email

You can attach many different kinds of files to an email.
In this example, we are going to attached a Microsoft
Word document.
Sign in to your email account and click on 'New'.
Add the recipients, subject and content of your email. Click
on the 'Attachments' button.

Choose the
document you
want to attached
and dick on 'Open'.

Windows Live will then upload the document to your email

message. An icon for the document will appear above your
email message. To send the email with the attachment, click
on 'Send'.

Search the Internet for a photograph that represents

something special about Brunei Darussalam. Save the
photograph to your computer.
Attach the photograph to an email. In the email, write a few
sentences to describe what the photograph is about.
Send the email to a friend in your class.

U a Messag
Unit 4

An introduction to messaging applications

What is a messaging application.?
A messaging application allows you to send and receive
messages to people over the Internet. Unlike emails, the
messages you send
in a messaging application reach the person right away. The
person can also respond immediately.

Many messaging applications also allow you to make

voice calls, video calls and file transfers.

There are many different types of messaging applications. Most of

them are free to use. Some popular messaging applications include:

Yahoo Messenger

Skype

Windows Live Messenger

In this unit, you are going to learn how to use the Windows Live
Messenger application.

Getting Started with Windows Live Messenger

Downloading and installing
Windows Live Messenger is an instant messaging application from
Microsoft. The application can be downloaded for free from the
Internet. Let's look at how to download and install Windows Live
Messenger on your computer.
Open your Internet browser and go to the website
http://explore.live.com/windows-live-messenger.
Click on the 'Download now' button.

Click on 'Save' and choose a location to download the file to.

Double-click on the file to begin the installation. Click on 'Yes' to give

permission to install the software.

Windows Live Essentials 2011 contains a variety of

applications. In this example, we are only going to install
Windows Live Messenger. To do so, click on 'Choose the

programs you want to install'.

Click on 'Messenger and click on 'Install'. This will install

Windows Live Messenger on your computer.

Opening and logging in to Windows Live

Messenger
Windows Live Messenger requires you to log in using a valid email
address. In this example, we are going to log in using a hotmail
email address.
To open Windows Live Messenger, click on 'Start' and
choose 'Windows Live Messenger'. You can also click on
the shortcut on your desktop.

Enter your email address and password. Click on 'Sign in'.

The Windows Live Messenger user interface

Look at the main components of the Windows Live Messenger user
interface.

Username and
display picture
Show your username
and display picture as
it appears to people in
your contacts.

Contacts

A list of your online and

offline contacts.

Status

Information you type

here will be displayed
to your contacts.

Add a friend

Allows you to search

for contacts or add
them using their email
addresses.

Chatting with contacts

Adding a contact
Before you can interact with friends in Windows Live
Messenger, you need to add them as contacts.
To add a contact, click on the 'Add a friend...' button.
Choose 'Add a friend...' from the dropdown list.

Enter your friend's email address and the country

they live in. Click on 'Next'.

A invitation will then be sent to your friend asking them to

accept your request.

You will be able to see your friend in your contacts once they
accept the invitation.

Click on 'Add more friends' to send invitation to other

friends. Click on 'Close' to return to your contacts list.

Accepting a contact
When someone invites you to be a contact on Windows
Live Messenger, you need to accept their invitation so that
you can start sending messages to one another.
Invitations from people appear at the bottom of your
contacts list. Click on the invitation to see the details.

If you want to accept the request, click on 'Yes, add as a

friend' and click on 'OK'. The person will then appear in
your contacts list.

Sending and receiving instant messages

One of the most common ways to interact with people in Windows
Live Messenger is to send and receive instant messages.
Communicating using instant messages is similar to have a
conversation. The participants are able to see and respond to the
messages immediately.
To send an instant message to a friend, double-click on their name
in your contacts list.

An instant messaging window will then open. Messages that you

send and receive will appear in the window.

Type a message into the text box at the bottom of the window and
press 'Enter'. The message will then be displayed above.

To end the instant messaging session, close the instant messaging

window.

Exchange email addresses with three friends in your

class. Open Windows Live Messenger and log in.
Use your friends' email addresses to add them as contacts.
p Chat with your friends by sending and receiving

instant messages.

Transferring files
Sending a file to a contact
Many instant messaging applications allow you to
send files from your computer to your contacts.
Files commonly sent include:

To send a file, click on the 'Share' button. Choose

'Files from your computer' from the menu.

Locate the file you want to send and click on 'Open'.

Once your friend accepts the file, it will be transferred

to their computer.

Receiving a fi le from a contact

When someone sends you a file through Windows Live Messenger,
you need to confirm that you want to download the file. Viruses and
other harmful files can be sent to your computer through instant
messaging applications. When you receive a message that a file is
being sent to you, always:

ask what the file is before accepting the file

check that the person sending the file is on your contacts list
check the type of file (e.g. jpg, .wmv, .doc)
use antivirus software to check the file before opening it
To confirm you want to download a file, click on 'Accept'. You can
also choose 'Save As...' to download the file to a specific folder.
If you do not want to accept the file, click on 'Decline'.

To open the file, click on 'Open'.

In this example, the photograph opens in Windows Photo

Viewer.

Exercise 4.2 - Sending and receiving files

Open Windows Live Messenger and log in.
Open a chat window and use instant messages to chat to a
friend in your class.
Find an interesting photograph on the Internet. Copy the file to
your computer.
Use Windows Live Messenger to send the file to your friend.
Your friend will also send you a photograph. Accept the file
and open the photograph.

Sound and video in Windows Live Messenger

Voice calls
To make a voice call, you must have a microphone and
speakers. You can also use a headset with a microphone.

A voice call is similar to having a telephone conversation.

To make sure that your microphone and speakers are connected

correctly, click on 'Set up audio and video devices' at the bottom of
the instant messaging window.

Choose the hardware you want to use from the dropdown list.
Test the hardware by clicking the 'Test' button. Adjust the volume if
necessary.

Click on 'Finish' to return to the instant messaging window.

Click on 'Voice call' to invite a friend to start a voice call.

A request for a voice call will be displayed in the instant

messaging window. The voice call will commence once the
recipient accepts the call.

To end the call, click on 'End call'.

Video calls
During a video call, the participants can talk and see realtime video of each other.
To make a video call, you must have a microphone and
speakers (or headset). You will also need a web camera
(webcam).

To make sure that your webcam is connected correctly,

click on 'Set up audio and video devices' at the bottom of
the instant messaging window. Click on 'Next' to go to
the webcam setup.

Select your webcam from the dropdown list. If your

webcam is working correctly, you should see a video of
yourself in the preview window.

Click on 'Finish' to return to the instant messaging window.

Click on 'Video call' to invite a friend to start a video

call.

A request for a video call will be displayed in the instant

messaging window. The video call will commence once the
recipient accepts the call.

To end the call, click on

'End call'.

Exercise 4.3 - Making video call

Connect a web camera and a microphone to your computer.
Check that it is working correctly.
Open a chat window and use instant messages to chat to a
friend in your class.
Start a video call and talk to your friend.