Welcome to Surf's Up!

Session 1

Today's Theme

Introducing the World Wide Web

ACTIVITY 1:

Send an e-mail to your keypal.

(1) Tell your keypal your name.

(2) Tell your keypal your age.

(3) Tell your keypal if you've ever used the Internet before. If you have, where did you use it? --at home? --at someone else's home? --at school? --at the local library?

(4) Tell your keypal your favorite music, your favorite sport, your favorite hobby, your favorite subject in school.

(5) Ask your keypal the question you've been asked to come up with and to which you need to get an answer.

ACTIVITY 2: Learn about the Internet

What's the Spin on the World Wide Web?

ACTIVITY 3: Browsing the Web

It's time to check out a couple of buttons on the Netscape Toolbar or the Explorer Toolbar.

ACTIVITY 4:

Time to do some web surfing on your own. Here are some sites you might enjoy :)

All about holidays

Yahooligans Web Guide for Kids

Alphabet Soup

ACTIVITY 5:

Send your keypal another e-mail

(1) Tell your keypal what you thought of your first Surf's Up session using the Internet.
(2) Tell your keypal what you liked most.
(3) Tell your keypal what you'd like to do again, if there's time on another day.

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