INTERNET

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SUBJECT: COMPUTER STUDIES

TERM: THIRD TERM

WEEK: WEEK 9

CLASS: PRIMARY 5

DURATION: 40 MINUTES

TOPIC: INTERNET

Meaning of Internet
Full meaning of www
Electronic Mail

ENABLE OBJECTIVES

At the end of this Module, Pupils should be able to:

The Internet
Word wide web
Electronic Mail

TEACHINNG AND LEARNING MATERIALS

Computer
Projector
Explanatory posters/pictures
Explanatory Video

TEACHING AND LEARNING METHOD

Explanation
Discussion
Questions and Answers.
The Students will be taken to the Computer laboratory for practice

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Universal Basic Education Curriculum.
NERDC Basic Education Curriculum for primary schools.
Lagos State Scheme of work
Online Materials.
Computer Studies for Primary Schools.

MODULE CONTENT

INTERNET: the Internet stands for INTERNATION NETWORK. The internet is a word wide network that connect millions of computers together for sharing information and other resources like videos, pictures, messages etc. www can be called WEB.

WORD WIDE WEB (WWW): it is a means of sharing or getting information using the internet.

WEBSITE: A website is an address connected to the internet. It is made up of web pages. e.g www.edudelight.com, www.google.com. Webpages have different type of information which include text, colour, graphics, animation and sound.

E- MAIL: Email is an ELECTRONIC MAIL. It is the transmission of messages over communication networks electronically.

E-MAIL ADDRESS: it is the name of an e-mail account that is used to send and receive messages on the internet. Examples are: Tunde@yahoo.com, esther@gmail.com.

INTERNET BROWSERS

A BROWSER is a software that we use to access the internet, view webpages and websites on the computer or phone.

EXAMPLES OF INTERNET BROWSER

Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Google chrome
Opera browser
Google chrome
Yandex browser

CREATING EMAIL ACCOUNT

Creating an email account is not difficult. There are several web firms that provides free services for using and maintaining an email account like Google (www.gmail.com), yahoo (www.yahoomail.com), Hotmail (Hotmail.com)

HOW TO CREATE AN EMAIL USING GMAIL (www.gmail.com)

Log on to gmail website by typing www.gmail.com in the address bar of your internet browser
Click on sign now or create a new account
Fill in your information in the required fields, this incudes identity (name and surname), password, date of birth, phone number.
Accept their terms and conditions
Click on save.
A verification code might be sent to you.
Enter the code and click on submit.

INTERNET CHATTING

Chat is a form of communication, which involves sending digital messages and getting a reply immediately. Chatting can be inform of a text chat, voice chat, and video chat.

Examples of chatting software are