Or click
the
buttons.
To continue, click the scroll bar on the right side of
the screen. Do not go to full screen for this project.
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By the end of
this lesson
you will be
able to . . .
Tell me the
difference
between an
American
restaurant
and a French
café.
By the end of this lesson
you will also be able to . . .
Identify a . . .
•link
•hyperlink
•browser
•URL
Identify the . . .
•menu bar
•tool bar
•task bar
•links and hyperlinks
•menu bar
•tool bar
•task bar
•Opening Word and
Minimizing
•browsers and surfing
the web
•URL
•On va au café.
•Links and Hyperlinks take you
to a new location when you
click onto them.
•Links take you to a new spot
on the same Internet page.
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•Hyperlinks take you to a
different Internet page.
Is the airplane in the lower
right hand corner a link or a
hyperlink?
Click the correct
answer:
•link
•hyperlink
Click the airplane to
return to Mme. M’s
Home Page
Excellent!
Are the answers below links or
hyperlinks?
Click the
correct
answer:
•link
•hyperlink
Excellent!
You are ready to continue with
this project . . .
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The Menu Bar:
The menu bar is at the top the
computer screen. When you
click a word on the menu bar,
“drop down” menus offer you
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things
to
do.
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The Tool Bar:
The tool bar is under the menu bar
with many pictures, or “icons.”
When you click these icons, you
can do many things without
scrolling through the drop down
Back
menus.
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The Task Bar:
The task bar is at the bottom of
the computer screen. A button
will appear each time you open a
program. You can switch from one
program to another by clicking
these buttons.
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The picture, or icon, of the paint
brush is on the:
•menu bar
•tool bar
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The button with the Power Point
picture, or icon, is on the:
•menu bar
•tool bar
•task bar
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The word “Window” is on the:
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•menu bar
•tool bar
•task bar
You are ready to continue with
this project . . .
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• Open Microsoft Word
•Minimize it by clicking the “-”
in the top right corner of the
menu bar.
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• You will be visiting a web site on
the World Wide Web.
Open a BROWSER
– a browser is a computer program that
allows you to access the Internet.
– The two most common browsers are
Netscape and Explorer
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• Open the browser with which
you are the most familiar.
•Minimize it by clicking the “-”
in the top right corner of the
menu bar.
Minimize?
• To visit a web site on the World
Wide Web, you must have a web
address.
•The computer name for a Web
address is a . . .
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“URL.”
Universal Resource Locator
• Normally, you type the URL into
the line at the top of your
browser that says “address:”
•For this activity, I will provide a
hyperlink that automatically
takes you to the Café Internet
site.
Hyperlink?
What is the difference between an
American restaurant and a French
café?
• First, you will click onto the URL
that I will give you.
•After the Web site appears, click
onto the link that says:
Café de Flore (6th)
When you get to this site,
carefully examine the
picture. Look for
differences between this
French café and an
American restaurant.
Now, maximize Microsoft
Word by clicking the button on
the task bar at the
bottom of your
monitor. Type your
observations onto
your Word document.
You can move from your
answers in Word, to the café
on the Internet and
back to these
directions by clicking
the buttons on the task bar
at the bottom of your screen.
• When you finish looking for
differences, go to the next slide.
• Hint: if you double click the
picture, it will get bigger.
• http://www.paris.org/Cafes/
(Don’t forget to click on the “Café
de Flore (6th)” link.)
Still More Directions!
• Next, when you are
viewing the café
description, click the
“back” button on the
browser menu.
• This time click onto the
link that says: Les Deux
Magots (6th)
Still More Directions!
• When you get to your
location, look at the
picture, and write
another difference you
see between American
restaurants and French
cafés.
If you would like bonus
points . . .
Tell me the name of two
famous writers who ate at
either café.
• You are now on
your way to
experiencing
French culture
through the
Internet.