Try to avoid doing the homework in the last minute but rather do them in time and email them to bluelight.training@gmx.com. Please do not use the bluelight@auroville.org.in address.
This gives us time to look into what you did and give you some feedback. It is a requirement to do the homework to be able to follow the classes.
You find all lessons and homework here
You might want to take the time and go once more through the lesson to recall what you learned.
- How do you recognize a secure website?
- What is Caps Lock?
- What is a favicon?
- What is the master password in the Firefox context?
- Have a look at this passwords: greenbelt Dosai1968 auroville SurRenDer Yu6Gfs7 Tuñ88T undercover
- Which ones are strong?
- Is there one you shouldn't use? If so, why?
- Why is it not a good idea to use one password for all your logins?
- What are common security problems browsing the Internet?
- Find here some tips and tricks around security on the Internet.
- Check if the sites you login are secure (https). If they are not only login if you know the site very well like the AV Financial Service site.
- Don't use weak passwords - use strong ones!
- Don't use one password to rule them all!
- Free, free, free - "click here"
- Discriminate free stuff on the Internet
- Close the Firefox window open when you leave the computer in an office or public place
- Be careful with fraudulent web sites (this is part of the intermediate class)
- If you visit the dark side of the moon - illegal downloads: pirated software, videos, music and ebooks - don't expect fairness or good character from the people involved on the other side of the Internet.
- Visiting the Internet "red light district" almost certainly will infect your computer with viruses and AIDS!
- Are you safe using Firefox to access the Internet? Yes/No - please explain your answer.
Searching the web
What is a search engine and how does it work? Let's have a look how a search engine works ...thanks to http://www.learnthenet.com
Which search engine do you use? 
Which other search engines do you know? Here is a list of some more search engines
Open 2 tabs in Firefox (explain tabs). Use Ctrl + t . Enter the following addresses one in each tab:
Switch all search engine to image/picture view - you want to search images only. Then enter auroville india in the search fields. Compare the results...
Open 2 more tabs and continue searching images with the keywords auroville india
Compare with alltheweb.com/?
You have seen how different search engines work.You know more about how to find images/pictures on the web using different search engines. This is equally valid for web pages and other stuff.
What are keywords and how to use them? How to refine the search to arrive at less but more relevant results.
Full Zoom
Visit your favorite news page and read the caption under the picture—or view the picture itself in a size you can see. An elegant new zoom feature lets you swoop in and see entire web pages. They scale in the way you'd expect them to, with all the elements of a page's layout expanding equally, so you can zero in on what matters.
Load any web page you like and use Ctrl and + or Ctrl and - or use the wheel of your mouse while pressing the Ctrl key? What does Ctrl + 0 do?
Try to avoid doing the homework in the last minute but rather do them in time and email them to bluelight.training@gmx.com. Please do not use the bluelight@auroville.org.in address.
This gives us time to look into what you did and give you some feedback. It is a requirement to do the homework to be able to follow the classes.
You find all lessons and homework here
- It would be good if you can repeat the exercises in this lesson once on your computer
- What is the zoom function in Firefox? What does Ctrl + 0 do when you use the zoom function?
- Why is it a good idea to use more than one keyword in a search engine?
- Can you use material from the Internet for any purpose? Are they restrictions?
- Name 3 other search engines than the one we used in the class and describe them in one sentence. What are they good for?
- Play a little around on the Internet and do things you always wanted to do but run into difficulties because of something you don't understand. Write down your questions and bring them to the next class. We will then try to solve them together as much as possible.