Saving Pictures
Once you have found a picture that you know you’ll want to have, you’d probably like to know how to save it.  It’s easy, depending on the number of buttons there are on your mouse, the instructions are slightly different.

•If you have only one button on your mouse, move the cursor over the picture and hold the mouse button down for approximately 5 seconds until another window pops up.

•If you have more than one button on your mouse, move the cursor over the picture and hold down the button on the right side (also called “right-clicking”) until another window pops up.

You then have the choice whether to copy the picture, copy the link, or save the picture.  Play it safe and save the picture to a disk or to your hard drive.  So, choose Save.  You might want to change the name of the Picture before you save it, so that it will be easy for you to identify later.  You also might want to consider creating a folder on your hard drive just for the pictures you find, so that it ‘s easy for you to find them later.

Importing Pictures
Importing is a good idea for those times when you are going to use the picture right away and don’t think you’ll need it again.  Importing is just a long word meaning that you are going to use the Copy and Paste option. Depending on the number  of buttons on your mouse, the instructions are slightly different.

•If you have only one button on your mouse, move the cursor over the picture and hold the mouse button down for approximately 5 seconds until another window pops up.

•If you have more than one button on your mouse, move the cursor over the picture and hold down the button on the right side (also called “right-clicking”) until another window pops up.

Select Copy from the list that popped up.
Go to the new word processing or other document and click the mouse over the space where you want the picture to be placed.
Select Paste  for the Edit menu.

Playing Sounds

Sound files are now available on all kinds of web sites.  The first thing you need to know is the type of computer you are using.  Are you using a Mac, or some type of PC?
Both systems will let you listen to sounds that are in the RealAudio/RealVideo format.  It involves a plug-in.  You need to download the free RealAudio/RealVideo player from the RealAudio web site and follow the directions.  After you have downloaded the RealAudio software and installed it on your computer playing Real Audio sound files are very simple.  Click on the link for the sound file.  A new browser window will pop up.  Wait (It takes some time for the sound files to download).  And the sound will play.

If your computer is a Mac, read this.

When you see a choice of sound files (usually .wav, .aiff or .au), choose .aiff or .au.  These formats are compatible with your Macintosh computer, but not with a PC.  After you click on the .aiff or .au link a new browser window should pop up.  It may take a few moments for the sound file to make its way to the new window.  Most of the time Macs cannot play .wav files, but you can always try it out if you are the exploring type.

If your computer is a PC, read this.

When you see a choice of sound files (usually .wav, .aiff or .au), choose .wav.  The .aiff and .au formats are compatible with a Macintosh computer, but not a PC.  After you click on the .wav link a new small browser window should pop up.  It may take a few moments for the sound to make its way to the new window.

Saving Sounds

•If you have only one button on your mouse, move the cursor over the sound link and hold the mouse button down for approximately 5 seconds until a pop up menu appears.

•If you have more than one button on your mouse, move the cursor over the sound link and hold down the button on the right side  (also called “right-clicking”) until a pop up menu appears.

Once the menu appears choose Save Link As.  You might want to change the name of the sound so that it will be easy for you to identify later.  You might also want to consider creating a folder on your hard drive just for the sounds you find.

Videos

Since playing videos on your computer does indeed require a lot of things working together in order to make it easy for you, web sites that make videos available usually go out of their way to spell out the things you need to play their videos, and they also provide links to the help or software that you need too.  Playing videos on your computer requires a bit more speed and memory than other types of files.  Most sites will let you know the size of the video files.   It is recommended that you start with smallest files and see how long it takes to download on your computer, and then make a decision on whether you want to try downloading the larger files.

Listed below are some helpful plug-ins for playing Video Files:

•QuickTime -  QuickTime plays on both Apple Computers and PCs running  Windows and it’s free from Apple Computer’s QuickTime Download page.
•RealVideo Player
•VDO Player
•Gif Animations  - you shouldn’t need anything special to watch these.
 
 

Issues Associated With Internet Use

This sections contains links to Internet sites that have a great deal of information about the copyright issues associated with information that students gather from the Internet.

Copyright Issues

This portal provides real world, practical and relevant copyright information for anyone navigating the net.  This site allows you to get up to speed on the basics of the copyright law.

At the Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) copyright page for educators, K-12. Librarians, teachers and other educators will find useful information. The ISLMC is a meta-site for librarians, teachers, parents and students.

An attempt to answer common myths about copyright seen on the net and cover issues related to copyright.  This is an essay about copyright myths.  It assumes you know at least what copyright is -- basically the legal exclusive right of the author of a creative work to control the copying of that work.

This is a general information site which contains information about the United States Copyright Office.  The site contains links to various documents about issues dealing with copyright.

    K-12 Acceptable Use Policies

This site provides the user with effective strategies to assist young people in aquiring knowledge, decision-making skills, motivation and self-control to behave in a safe, responsible, and legal manner when using the Internet and other information technologies.

It is important to properly cite all Internet resources that you and your students use for speeches, written reports, or multimedia projects.  You would not allow one of your students to turn in a research report without a bibliography, and giving credit for information, pictures, sounds, and videos gathered from websites is equally important.

While there are many different ways to cite a website depending on the age and abilities of your students, the examples listed below provide a basic outline for your use.

1.  Author’s name if available (Last, First)
2.  Title of website in italics. (or in quotation marks if a newspaper or magazine article)
3.  Date website was posted or last updated. (6/15/00)
4.  URL (http://...)
5.  Title of publication underlined or in italics.  (if article for newspaper or magazine)
6.  Date you accessed the website. (9/2/00)

Examples:

•For a generic website:

  Smith, Joe. The Amazing World of Animals. 5/6/01
  http://www.amazinganimals.com. 9/15/01

•For an article from an online newspaper or magazine:

  Smith, Joe. “McGwire Hits His 100th Home Run.“ 9/2/01
  http://www.baseballdaily.com/090298/mcgwire.html.
  Baseball Daily Digest. 9/21/01
 
 

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