Browsing and reading on the Internet

Your XO gives you tools to explore the world from where you sit.

• Use the Browse Activity to browse the Internet using a web browser. You must have an established connection to the Internet.
  
• Press ctrl+u to launch the Write Activity and view the HTML source of the page.
• See what is happening in the world with the News Reader Activity.
• Play videos and sounds by downloading them and opening the Journal to view or listen to them.

Tips

• If you need to access downloaded files through the Terminal Activity, the Browse Activity saves the files in /home/olpc/.sugar/default/datastore/store, but the names are random in this folder. Rather than using the Terminal Activity, it is easier to use the Journal and insert a USB device or storage card, and then drag and drop the downloaded file onto an external storage device.
  
• If you flip the XO into handheld or flat mode, you can use the gamepad keys to scroll the pages and click links.
  
• If you want to browse the directory structure on your XO, click the Browse tab and type file:///home/olpc/ as the URL.
  
  

What am I learning?

You are learning to use the web to find find information. The Internet has a lot of information that you can read or view to learn such as images or videos. A huge amount of information is available on the Internet and you can browse to it on your XO.

Why is this important?

That skill is important because through that information the user learns about new people, cultures, and countries. By reading items on the Internet, you communicate with the rest of the world. You are learning about other people, countries, and cultures.