Welcome to the Electronic Age

  • Learn basic computer operations.

  • Explore the World Wide Web.

  • Practice using the different search engines.

  • Learn and practice 'Netiquette.

  • Study the rules of confidentiality.

  • Become familiar with Cyberspeak.

  • Use email to communicate with friends, family and professors.

  • Use the Internet to research papers and projects.

  • Learn to develop your own home page.

  • Practice using the Internet to enhance your job opportunities.

  • Never give anyone your password -- never!

  • Use the Internet to research financial options for college.

  • Don't become addicted to the Internet. Limit the amount of time you spend on-line.

  • Never neglect your study time to play or surf the 'Net.

  • Be very careful of spending money over the Internet.

  • Be sure you know exactly what you are doing with you provide your credit card to anyone or to any company on the 'Net.

TIPS FROM: Montgomery, Moody and Sherfield, Cornerstones for Navigating the Internet. Needham Heights, Massachusetts: Allyn & Bacon, 1997.


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