1. They can click on the Print button in Netscape and print the entire page they are currently viewing...all the text, all the graphics...but this can be a waste of resources, i.e. ink and paper.

 

2. They can click on File | Save As... to save the entire page to their disk. To read the page off-line, they can open their saved file in Netscape by choosing File | Open Page | Click the Browse button | Select the file | Open Open. There will be no graphics.

 

3. If they want to save the pictures with the page, here is another method for saving the page. While viewing the page in Netscape, they can click on File | Edit Page to switch the page to Composer (Netscape's Web page creator). While viewing the page in Composer they can click on File | Save As... To read the page off-line, they can open their saved file in Netscape by the method above. The graphics will come up with this method.

 

4.

They can copy and paste bits of information from separate Web pages into a word processing document to collect quotes. Notepad on Windows and SimpleText on Macintosh will serve this purpose. This requires them to have two programs running at the same time, their browser and Notepad for example. Remember by pressing the Alt-TAB keys, you can switch or toggle between the open programs. The copy and paste technique is an excellent skill for your students, but be sure to carry it a couple steps further:

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a. By having the Title of the Page, and the URL, the students should be able to properly cite the work. Please look at Section 5: Evaluating Web Resources to learn about copyright.

 

b. Teach your students how to paraphrase the work in Notepad so it can be copied and pasted into their word processor.

 

c. Be sure the students know how to evaluate the work they are using. Is it valid? Who wrote the work? If it is data, is the data sound? Did the author of the data follow the scientific method to collect the data? Students need to know how to critically evaluate information on the Web in order to use it in their work.

 

5.

Pictures or graphics on the Web can be used in a student's work to enhance their paper. In Section 3: Keeping Kids Safe on the Internet, there is a description of how to capture graphics and use them off-line. The graphic can be viewed off-line with Netscape or placed in a word processor document. Remember that the picture or graphic may be copyrighted, so the student should ask permission to use it.

 

     Remember to tell your students that this is their work, not someone else's. They must take the information they acquire off the Web, evaluate it, understand it, and put it into their own work to meet the assignment. Showing good research skills will always get them good grades; simply using someone else's work and offering it as theirs is not acceptable.

     

 

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