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You will access and navigate the internet using a free and open source web browser such as [[Learn Firefox|Mozilla Firefox]].  Mozilla Firefox will appear under Applications > Internet >Firefox Web Browser.

You will access and navigate the internet using a free and open source web browser such as [[Learn Firefox|Mozilla Firefox]].  Mozilla Firefox will appear under Applications > Internet >Firefox Web Browser.

If you know the web address of the site you want to visit, you can type it in the address bar. Ex; http://kn.wikipedia.org. If you don’t know the particular web address, you can type a key word(s) relating to the topic e.g. Wikipedia, using a search engine, such as  [http://google.com Google search engine] or [https://duckduckgo.com DuckDuckGo] search engine. The [https://duckduckgo.com DuckDuckGo] search engine does store your searches, which allows you privacy, whereas [http://google.com Google search engine] stores your searches. You can search not only for text, but also for images and videos  You can download the file (video, text file, image file) to your computer.  

If you know the web address of the site you want to visit, you can type it in the address bar. Ex; http://kn.wikipedia.org. If you don’t know the particular web address, you can type a key word(s) relating to the topic e.g. Wikipedia, using a search engine, such as  [http://google.com Google search engine] or [https://duckduckgo.com DuckDuckGo] search engine. You can search not only for text, but also for images and videos  You can download the file (video, text file, image file) to your computer.  

You will find that much more resources are available for your topic in English compared to Kannada or other languages.

 

You will find that much more resources are available for your topic in English compared to Kannada or other languages.

Browsing the internet is taking the tour of the global virtual world, hence it will have rewards as well as expose you to risks and dangers. Refer to the last section in this chapter for Internet safety suggestions.     

Browsing the internet is taking the tour of the global virtual world, hence it will have rewards as well as expose you to risks and dangers. Refer to the last section in this chapter for Internet safety suggestions.     

# You could look for text information by simply typing the key word of your searching content, In the above image you can see text information accessed Digital Story Telling" in the search bar of the search engine. You can copy the shown information and can paste into your own text document.

# You could look for text information by simply typing the key word of your searching content, In the above image you can see text information accessed Digital Story Telling" in the search bar of the search engine. You can copy the shown information and can paste into your own text document.

# You can search for images from Firefox web browser, For example: If you want to search images about Digital Story Telling, simply type "Digital Story Telling" in the search bar of the search engine and select ‘Images’ link. Here you can select images that are licensed for reuse by specifying the search settings. If you want to download or save images to your computer, right click on the image and click on "Save image as". Rename the image file and select appropriate folder to save.

# You can search for images from Firefox web browser, For example: If you want to search images about Digital Story Telling, simply type "Digital Story Telling" in the search bar of the search engine and select ‘Images’ link. Here you can select images that are licensed for reuse by specifying the search settings. If you want to download or save images to your computer, right click on the image and click on "Save image as". Rename the image file and select appropriate folder to save.

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