Lesson Plans

A.8.05 – Introduction to internet browsers and search engines

50 minutes

  • Using PowerPoint slides 23-33, the Tutor provides learners with an introduction to internet browsers and search engines.  This content will cover:
  • What the different icons mean;
  • What cookies are and how they work;
  • How to perform effective searches for information online.
  • The learners will follow the PowerPoint slides and will search for information online as the content is covered in the presentation.
     

Individual Activity – Performing Google Searches

 

  • Tutor will distribute copies of the ‘Google Searches’ Handout (R.8.2) to all learners.
  • Tutor reads through the handout with learners.
  • Learners are asked to review the handout and to spend some time practicing using the search engine to find pertinent information which they could pass on to their mentoring partners.
  • Learners will be encourgaed to practice accessing information on public services and rights and entitlements for migrants in Ireland as part of their self-directed learning.


Projector and Screen; Laptop or Computer; Pens and note-taking materials for learners; Copies of the R.8.2 and the PowerPoint slides printed for each learner as a guide to performing searches online; Flipchart and marker; PowerPoint slides 23-33.

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