When using these instructions, find the numbers in the instructions and use them with the picture below those instructions.
The first thing you need to learn about is the address bar.
The address bar is located near the top of the screen. Here, you type the name of the website that you want to go to, like this...
Here, we typed www.google.com. Hit the enter key on your keyboard. The address will become highlighted for a brief period of time. Then, the Google homepage will load up.
Next, we will work on using Google News. Click on the blue link near the top of the screen that says, "News."
This will bring up the Google News homepage! It should look something like this...
1) The top stories of the day will appear on the main webpage. Click on any bold and highlighted words to learn more about that subject.
2) To search for a subject, type it in the search bar and hit the Enter key or press "Search News" next to the search box. For instance, if you wanted information about the war in Iraq, you could type in "War in Iraq" to find information on it.
1) After typing in a subject, scroll down the page with the scroll bar until you find something that might be interesting.
2) Click on the bold, blue, underlined words to learn more.
3) Click the "Back" button to go back to the page that you were just on.
If you cannot find something that you want to find, look at what happened in the past week, month, hour, or day. Something that you just learned about could have been breaking news one or two days ago! This can help keep you up to date if you were in a car or plane, traveling for a while.
If at any time you get lost on the site, or are tired of looking at the subject you located, just click the Google News Logo (Located near the top left of the Google News page) to go back to the Google News homepage and start over again. You can also click the "Back" button to go to the previous page that you were on (Near the top of your Browser.) If you want to you can also type another search subject in the search box to look for another subject.
