• What is the internet?
• URL's and e-mail addresses
• Copying and sending links
• How to manage mail: replying, forwarding, individual & group messages, folders.
• What are browsers and search engines?
• Examples of browsers - Netscape Navigator or Communicator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, etc.
• Examples of search engines - 
• Excite 
• Google
• HotBot 
• Web Crawler 
• Northern Light 
• Dogpile 
• MetaCrawler 
• Savy 
• Demonstration of how to save images and backgrounds. 
• Other questions? 

• Set mail and news preferences on lab computer.
• Open your bookmark file from your disk.
• Go to Hot Mail.
• Explore the options in your e-mail account.
• Establish an e-mail identity -preferences, signature, etc. 
• Learn about replying to and forwarding mail. 
• Set up folders in e-mail for messages
• Explore the internet.
• Reset mail and news preferences on lab computer before shutting down.

• Send an e-mail message to your instructor which should include: 
1. any questions you have, 
2. the topic in nursing or health about which you want to do extensive research, and 
3. your choice for "link of the week" (make sure it is different from others listed and that it is related to nursing or health--not necessarily on your chosen topic)
• Communicate individually with others in your class via e-mail and send a group message. 
• Explore the internet and add to your bookmarks if you have the opportunity. 

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