Internet Lessons

This is a list of websites and some tips for simple use of the internet that I made to use when I give my Gran her first internet lesson. This may be useful for someone else teaching a grandparent that lives in the UK about the internet.

Lesson 1. Google.

Google is your friend.

• Google is currently the best internet search site. You can get to Google by browsing to at www.google.co.uk or www.google.com
•  To find information on a subject type keywords or a question into the box then click Google search. Google will then look at over a 1 trillion websites that it knows about and give you a list of websites that it thinks have the answer.
• www.google.co.uk/maps Google can show maps and satellite pictures for the whole planet it can also be used to find directions and search for businesses near a location.
•  www.google.co.uk/newsGoogle collects the news from all over the internet you can also search for a news story.
• Google can be used as a calculator and measurement converter.  For example if you search for (2 metres in feet) Google itself tells you 2 meters = 6.56167979 feet.
• Google can be used to find the weather. Just search for (weather bristol uk) and it will show a 4 day forecast with links to other websites.

Lesson 2. Shopping.

Millions of shops online but these are some good ones.

• www.amazon.co.uk - Sells nearly everything expect food. Cheap with good customer service. Also lets other people sells second hand items at discount prices through there site. Adds on a delivery charge if total is less than around £15.
• www.argos.co.uk - Lets you stock check and reserve items to get later in store. Can also get items home delivered for a price.
• www.play.com – Sells CD’s, DVD’s, books and gadgets. 
• www.marksandspencer.com- Sells same items as the store and can return items by post or in-store.
• www.tesco.com  – Get your food shopping delivered.
• www.ebay.co.uk – Auction website, you can find great bargains here but be wary of sending large amounts of money to strangers.
• www.lastminute.com – For cheap holidays, hotels, theatre tickets, flights etc..

Lesson 3. Other websites

• www.bbc.co.uk – Has news, recipes, gardening tips, health advice, program information, recorded radio shows for the last week.
• www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders - Her favourite program.
• www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer – Watch or listen the last 7 days of BBC TV and Radio.
• www.wikipedia.org– Online free encyclopedia with nearly 3 million entries.
• www.thisisbristol.co.uk – Read the evening post newspaper without buying it.
• www.direct.gov.uk – The governments main website. Here you can get a new passport, Renew car tax, find out about benefits etc…
• www.nhs.uk – For looking up names of illnesses, what to do if…
• www.yell.co.uk– Yellow pages on the internet.
• www.facebook.com– Social networking site. (Might be to involved for my Gran, worth showing her though.)
• www.flickr.com – Photo sharing website.
• www.yahoo.com– Another internet search engine.
• www.youtube.com – View video clips.
• www.southglos.gov.uk – Local councils website. Pay council tax, rubbish collection details, swimming time tables, order / renew library books.
• www.tvguide.co.uk– tv guide
• www.last.fm– Custom made radio station. Give it the name of an artist.  Matt monroe for example and last.fm will play music by matt monroe and similar artists until you tell it to stop.
• www.imdb.com – Internet movie database, find out what films people have been in.
• www.howstuffworks.com - Self explanatory.
• www.westerncounties.org.uk/aircraft_activity/ – A list of what the local police helicopter has been doing for the last 7 days.