WHAT'S THE INTERNET?

The Internet is a system of computers across the world. These computers are connected to each other in a network.

WHAT'S THE INTERNET USED FOR?
Communication: email, chat rooms, social networks and video-conferencing.
Sharing information: text, images, maps...
Playing games: online and downloadable games.
Banking and shopping.

HOW TO USE THE INTERNET:
What do you need to connect to the Internet? A telephone line, a router, an Internet service provider (ISP), a web browser.
What's a browser? A browser is a computer program that we use to connect to the Internet: Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox...
What's a router? A router sends and receives data. By connecting a computer to a router, it can send and receive information from the Internet.

Router, By Evan-Amos (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

What's an ISP? An ISP is a company that provides access to the Internet (Movistar, Vodafone, Orange...)

WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO SEARCH FOR INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET?
The Internet has a huge amount of information on many different topics. The best way to find information is to use a search engine (Google, bing, kiddle, bunis...). You introduce a keyword and the search engine gives you a list of links: words or images that take you to web pages with information pages, shopping pages, photos...