Copy and Paste Internet Assignment
The object of this activity is to collect some pictures and captions from the internet and cut and paste them into a document. This will give practice at obtaining pictures and information for your own projects. It will also give you some practice at different ways of searching for information.
Making the worksheet:
All you need is an open document into which you can paste any pictures and interesting information to use as captions
Tips for cutting and pasting: instructions are given in the first Copy and Paste Assignment: Getting Pictures and Text from the Internet
The method may differ according to your Internet Browser.
With some Internet Browsers you may have to save the pictures or text to a disk and then insert them into the worksheet.
Activity 1 News
Find a current news story - copy a photograph and paste into the upper left box of your worksheet. Then copy a caption and paste into the box below.
Some good sites to use include these:
Remember that you may get more interesting or larger pictures by exploring the site. Keep clicking!
You can always close the page and start again from here, if you get lost.
Many of the pictures have captions next to them. Alternatively take some text from the main part of the story. Or make up a caption of your own.
Activity 2 Art
Try using Ask Jeeves - Ask Jeeves!
Type into the box something like "where can I find pictures by Picasso?" and then click "Ask"
One of the answers will say Where can I see the works of the artist - and a whole lot of artists in a drop-down list. Choose Picasso or another artist you find interesting, and follow through to a good picture. Often the first picture you see will be a "thumbnail"; click the thumbnail to find a full-size picture. You can copy the picture and paste it. Then you can mark the title, copy it and paste it as a caption.
Other good sites include:
Artcyclopedia The Guide to Museum-Quality Art on the Internet
ADAM, the Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway
ART HISTORY RESOURCES ON THE WEB
or you could just type in the name of an artist into a general search engine such as Yahoo! UK & Ireland
Activity 3 People
Again you can try Ask Jeeves - Ask Jeeves!
Type in something like "pictures of ********". Putting in "pictures of Mel Gibson" produced over 6000 pictures.
Other possible sites include:
Britannica.com or Encarta Homepage - encyclopaedias (good for historical people as well as modern stars)
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). for movie stars
ARTISTdirect Network - for bands or musicians
Activity 4 Places
Yahoo or Google are useful search engines to try here: Yahoo! UK & Ireland Google
Type the name of the place you are interested in into the search bar. You should get a fair selection of sites to look at, and you may find some interesting information.
Ask Jeeves also has good links to places.
Other good sites include:
About - Travel for tourist destinations - type the name of your place into the "search" bar.
Finishing Off
All you need to do now is to tidy up your document. Try to make it look as clear and tidy as possible. Make sure that you have written the numbers of each activity against the relevant pictures and captions.
Finally, put your name and date on the document, save and print it, and show it to your tutor.