Reference

Tasks

Expected Outcomes

Allegro P173

World War II research

Ø Research the Internet starting through www.google.com

Ø Start a new document called WW2 and save into a new folder called US18758

Ø Prepare a table with the questions and answers

Ø Format your document to look professional – you will need an appropriate main heading centred over the table, and page numbers in the footer (Insert, Page Numbers, OK) if the document has gone over more than one page

Ø Copy and paste the websites you get information from as a footnote

Ø Place your name in the header and the filename in the footer

Ø Students will access a variety of sites to locate relevant information regarding World War II

Ø A table with questions and answers is raised and appropriately formatted

Ø Websites are copied as footnotes

Ø Header/Footer are appropriately completed

Allegro P174

Location of cities

Ø Research the Internet starting through http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll

Ø Start a new document called City Locations and save it into your US18758 folder

Ø Key in the document heading

Ø Prepare a table as shown on P174 and format as shown (Format, Paragraph, Spacing Before/After will be helpful)

Ø Format the page to make good use of the white space available (File, Page Setup, Layout, Vertical alignment, Centre will be helpful)

Ø Key in the locations as you find them.

Ø Add your Header and Footer, proofread and print preview to check for errors and display before printing.

Ø Student will have further practice in accessing a variety of sites to locate relevant information regarding the location of cities throughout the world.

Ø A table will be raised and appropriately formatted.

Allegro P178

Weather

Ø Research the internet starting through http://www.metservice.co.nz/default/index.php

Ø Start a new document called Weather Forecasts and save it into your US18758 folder

Ø Key in the document heading

Ø Prepare a table as shown on P178 and format appropriately(Format, Paragraph, Spacing Before/After will be helpful)

Ø Format the page to make good use of the white space available (File, Page Setup, Layout, Vertical alignment, Centre will be helpful)

Ø Key in the information required as you find it.

Ø Add your Header and Footer, proofread and print preview to check for errors and display before printing.

Ø Student will enhance skills using a variety of sites to locate relevant information regarding the weather forecast in cities throughout the world

Ø A table will be raised and appropriately formatted

Additional tasks:

Go to www.searchnz.co.nz

Ø Add it to your Favourites ticking the appropriate box so that you can access this site offline

Ø Use their NZNews hyperlink on this site and read a news story you find interesting using their more hyperlink

Ø Use their Web Directory hyperlink to find accommodation in Picton, New Zealand.

Ø Save a picture of a tourist attraction in Picton to your US18758 folder with a sensible filename.

Go to www.kiwicareers.co.nz

Ø Add it to your Favourites ticking the appropriate box so that you can access this site offline

Ø Use their Job Outline and Alphabet hyperlinks to find information about a job you are interested in.

Ø Save a picture about this job to your US18758 folder with a sensible filename

Ø Highlight information about the qualifications needed to enter this job (the hyperlink How to Enter the Job will be helpful), copy and paste the selected text into a word document. Place your name in the header. Insert the picture you saved about this job into this document. Do not print until you have finished the next tasks.

Ø Use the kiwicareers Home hyperlink to get back to their Home page.

Using a search engine of your choice, find out what the following mean. List them, with explanations underneath the kiwicareers information and picture that you saved as part of the previous task.

Ø URL

Ø Browser

Ø Bookmarks

Ø Search engines

Ø Boolean operators

Ø Hyperlink

Ø Defining you wish only sites from New Zealand to be searched

Once completed, check that you have taken only one page and print the document.

Ensure that you can identify and are able to use the following tools on Internet Explorer:

Ø Open Internet Explorer

Ø Forward/Back buttons

Ø Stop the Search button

Ø Refresh Search button

Ø History button

Ø Search button

Ø Favourites button

Ø Close Internet Explorer

Student learn how to/consolidate ability to:

Ø Add a website to their Favourites so that it can be accessed offline

Ø Navigate through websites using hyperlinks

Ø Save a picture from a website into a named folder in their school network folder on “H” drive

Ø Copy and paste selected text from a website into MS Word and save the document

Ø Locate information regarding Internet surfing terminology

Ø Define a search so that only New Zealand sites are accessed

Ø Use the Internet Explorer tool buttons provided

Congratulations – you are now ready to sit the US18758 assessment. Please make an appointment with your teacher.