Email+Applications


 * Email Applications**

Electronic mail (email) is a form of electronic communication from one computer to another that allows users to communicate with each other locally and globally. Email is available through a commercial Internet service provider (ISP) or a school board provider and gives users an electronic address. Email enables the user to send and receive messages and add file attachments of documents, images, or sound. Messages and files sent through email can be copied/imported into a word-processing program, which allows the document to be manipulated and edited. This makes it an ideal format for curriculum sharing among students and teachers. Email serves a variety of other purposes, enabling students and teachers to: • contact global experts in any field to satisfy information needs; • participate in bulletin boards, listservs, news-groups, and on-line conferences; • collaborate in local and international projects; • gather data in activities such as research of primary and secondary sources; • experience virtual field trips; • communicate with parents and others in the school community.
 * Description**

The teacher: • models and encourages appropriate use of email; • works with staff and parents to promote a school-wide “Acceptable Use Policy” to ensure the safe, legal, and ethical use of personal information at all times; • provides opportunities for students to compose, send, and receive email and for access to appropriate email partners in other schools/countries; //Ontario Curriculum Unit Planner: Teaching/Learning Strategies Companion// © Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2002 **136** • uses email for curriculum projects by encouraging students to submit work and participate in on-line conferences and collaborative work groups; • explains the purpose, conventions, and necessary safeguards when using listservs, news groups, and bulletin boards; • participates in the use of email for conducting school business (e.g., attendance, planning, and student and parent communication).
 * Method**

Email applications: • vary in accessibility depending on speed and cost of access – long-distance charges may apply; • raise issues of student safety and security regarding contact with unknown email users; • raise problems of inappropriate use under the guise of anonymity.
 * Considerations**


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