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diff --git a/source/browse.markdown b/source/browse.markdown deleted file mode 100644 index a32a22c..0000000 --- a/source/browse.markdown +++ /dev/null @@ -1,189 +0,0 @@ -% Browse -% -% - -About -===== - -The Browse activity is your means to explore a wider source of -information and content that can be found in what's called the World -Wide Web (Internet or Web for short). Although there are some built-in -information included on this activity (OLPC Library), to make the most -of this activity you need an internet connection. Please see the chapter -on "Neighborhood View and Connecting to the Internet". - -The first thing that you will see when you first click on the Browse -icon from the Home View is what's called the Home page. - -Using Browse -============ - -**Toolbar** - -(Note: To see the name of the tool/button, you can put your mouse arrow -on top of its picture) - -**Activity** - -**Browse Description Bar** - This will serve as the **Browse** activity -description in the Journal. Change this to something distinctive -especially when you have multiple window tabs opened that's related to -one particular topic. - -**Privacy Tool** - Use this to change the privacy setting of the current -Browse activity. The default is set to Private. - -**Text Finder and Edit Tool** - -**Undo** - The Browse activity remembers the last change that you've -made on the page. Use this button to step back to the last change that -you made. - -**Redo** - Use this button to go back to the current changes that you -made after doing an "Undo". - -**Copy** - This is used to copy a text or passage from the current page -you are viewing. To do this, you need to first highlight(left-click -while dragging your mouse arrow)the text. You know you've highlighted a -text when its background color turned grey. Then, press this tool to -copy it to the clipboard. A small image on the left hand side of the -frame will appear. This "holds" the text you just copied. You can now -"paste" this text or just simply click and drag it to other activities. -The copied text will disappear once the XO is restarted or shutdown. - -**Paste** - This tool is for pasting texts from other activities into -the current page that you are viewing. You can only paste texts on areas -of the page where pasting is allowed. It will remember this text until -the XO is restarted or shutdown. - -**Text Search Bar** -This tool is great to use when you need to quickly -find a text on a current page you're viewing. Press the enter key to go -down the page. The text that you are looking for would be highlighted in -green. Press the little "x" symbol on the right of the bar to erase the -text. - -**Text Search Navigation Arrows** - While you can press the Enter key to -search down the page, these arrows are useful to search the page. Use -the left arrow to go back up the page and the right arrow to go down the -page. - -**View Tool** - -**Zoom Out** - When you want to see more of the page, use this tool to -make it smaller. - -**Zoom In** - When you want to see things better, use this tool to make -the page bigger. - -**Full Screen** - You can press this to see the entire page without the -toolbar. - -**Tray Toggle button** - This tool only works when you have things on -the tray (the space on the bottom of the Browse page) like pages that -you have bookmarked (Please see bookmark description). Use this tool to -make the tray visible or invisible. Browse remembers your bookmarked -pages even when the tray is not visible. Just simply make it visible -again to see those bookmarks. - -**Home Icon** - -Clicking this takes you back to the Home Page. Useful when you're lost -and need a starting point. - -**Address Bar** - -Each page on the internet has its own address. The address bar shows you -the current web address of the page you are viewing. If you know the web -address of a page, you can type it on this bar and press the enter key -to navigate to that page. - -**Bookmark** - -Sometimes it is useful to remember the pages that you visited. Clicking -this icon will save the web address of the current page you are viewing. -A small thumbnail image of this page will appear on the bottom(tray). -Bookmarks are saved only on the current Browse activity. They will not -show up when you open a new Browse activity. - -**Stop Activity Tool** Closes the current Browse activity. This will -open up a Journal page that prompts you to name the activity and add -descriptions. - -**OLPC Library** - -The Browse activity has built in books, information and pages that you -can access even without a connection to the internet. Click on any of -the texts to see what you can find. Have fun exploring! - -Copying Images From The Web - -To copy an image, point your mouse arrow on the picture and right-click -on it (press the button on the bottom of your track pad that has a -circle on it). A box similar to the picture shown above will appear with -information on the source or web address of the picture along with the -file name of the picture. There are two ways to copy an image: - -**Keep Image** - this will put a copy of the image to the Journal. - -**Copy Image** - this will place a copy of the image to the clipboard, -which you can then drag and drop to another activity. This copy is -temporary and will disappear from the clipboard when you shutdown the -XO. So if you need to save the image, it is best to do a "Keep Image" -instead. - -Learning with Browse -==================== - -Browse gives access to the internet which is a powerful information and -communication tool and allows students to participate in the global -community and experience. There are so many things on the web that you -can use and incorporate in your classroom, but one of the many great -ways to start is to help students make sense of where they are in -relation to this global context. How far are they from the earthquake's -epicenter that rocked Japan? Where is their country's capital? How big -is their country compared to others? Where are the historical places in -their country and the world that shaped human history and culture? One -of the many great tools on the web that can be readily and freely -accessed is Google maps (type this on the address bar): -[http://maps.google.com](http://maps.google.com)/ - -If you live in an area that is adequately mapped by Google Maps, you can -ask students to use the "Get directions" tool on the page to see how -they can go from one place to another. The directions tool can also -teach students a sense of distance by showing how far two places are -from each other. Example, how far do they travel every day for school -(Given that sense of distance, how far and how long will it take to get -to the nearest city or town)? - -Extending Browse -================ - -There's a built in Google search bar on the home page of Browse that you -can direct students to aid in their research. Help them narrow or expand -their search texts to come up with better search results. - -To allow students to be active participants in the global community, -communication tools can be freely and readily accessed via Browse: from -creating free e-mail accounts to tools that allow people to create their -own internet sites and pages. - -But like with any type of exploration, you have to start with caution. -Not all information on the internet is good. Start with educating kids -to safely use and explore the internet. You can check out sites like: -[http://www.wiredkids.org/kids/index.html](http://www.wiredkids.org/kids/index.html) -for more information. - -Where to report problems -======================== - -In [http://bugs.sugarlabs.org](http://bugs.sugarlabs.org), component -Browse. - -Credits -======= - -Browse was developed and maintained by: Lucian, Sascha Silbe, erikos, -manuq - -Browse can be downloaded from the [Sugar Labs Activities -repository](http://activities.sugarlabs.org/). |