The 6th grade concluded Internet boot camp this week.  Everyone is clear on why Billings provides computers and Internet access and their responsibilities as users.  We took a moment to define some common terms that will be used throughout their middle school technology experiences.

Student definitions:

Web broswer an application used to connect to the internet.
Application
(app, program)		 software that can be installed on a computer to complete a task.
Software a set of instructions telling a computer what to do when it receives input from a keyboard or mouse.
Search engine a website you visit using a web browser so that you can find information on the internet.

The difference between a web browser and search engine has been murky in the past for some students.  We reinforced our Microsoft Excel skills from STeM class to build a comparison chart:

Company Web Browser Search Engine
Microsoft Internet Explorer Bing
Google Chrome Google
Apple Safari x
Yahoo! x Yahoo!
Mozilla Firefox x
Wolfram x WolframAlpha
Opera Opera x