internet lesson 2

Making a homepage, A to Z

 

Computer words:

mouse             screen              keyboard         icon                  input (enter)              click                

double-click    

 

Internet words:

homepage            address             browser            geocities.com               address bar                  

 

link (button, box)    

 

Step-by-step:

a) Double-click the internet browser icon.

 

b) Input “geocities.com” in the address bar

 

c) Click the “build your web page” button.

 

d) Input “[previously-created school account name]” in the space [Yahoo! ID]    

 

e) Input the password your teacher gives you in the space [password]

 

f) Click the “Yahoo! PageWizards” link      

 

g) Click the PageWizard style you like best, then click the “begin” button

 

h) If you want to see what your page will look like, click the “preview” button. When you find the page you want, click the “next” button.

 

i) Enter the title for your page. The title can be your name, or whatever you want. The title should describe the page.

 

j) Enter text for your page. Anyone can see your page, so tell the world about you! For example, write about your hobbies, clubs, favorite foods, your birthday, your family, or anything you like. You should not write your address, telephone number, or information that is too personal.

 

k) Click “next”

 

l) Now you will put a photo on your page. Click the “browse” button. A window will appear. Find and click “[teachers-input your school‘s photo folder location]”

 

m) Write a caption to describe your photo.

 

n) Click “next.”  The computer will send your photo to geocities.com.

 

o) Input links to other homepages that you like. If you don’t know any, use these:

 

Your class homepage                     (ask the teacher for the address)

Hiroshima Int’l School               www.hiroshima-is.ac.jp

HIS English School              www.hiroshima-is.ac.jp/Kotoba/kotoba/mainpage.html

Michael’s Homepage                    www.geocities.com/eslmichael/home.html

English activities page            www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/s/

 

p) Click the “next” button.

 

q) Input a title for your personal information. For example: “My info,” or “How to contact me.”

 

r) Input your name.

 

s) Input your e-mail address.

 

t) The “Put this on my page” box should be empty. You cannot use this icon.

 

u) Put your name in the address box. Use your ‘first name’ and the first letter of your ‘last name.’ (for example: Yoshi Watanabe = YoshiW, Keiko Sato = KeikoS, etc.)

 

v) Click “next”

 

w) Now you are finished! Be sure to write the address of your homepage on a piece of paper so you can tell your friends about it!

 

x) Click your homepage address to see it.

 

y) Close your homepage.

 

z) Click the “done” button.

           

 

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