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Lesson Plan Telecommunications: e-mail
submitted by Sherry L. Wood
Northeast Middle School

DESCRIPTION:

This computer lesson will enable each student to establish a free e-mail account through a MSN (Microsoft Network). Even though some students already use e-mail frequently at home, many of our students still do not have easy access, if any, to the internet.

GOAL:

Students will use individual e-mail accounts to compose, send, and receive e-mail messages, links, and other attached documents.

OBJECTIVES:

Students will establish an e-mail account by submitting an application to www.hotmail.com

Students will choose a login name and password to protect their account.

Students will compose and send an e-mail to another student in the class.

Students will send an e-mail to another student they do not know by using the Student Member Directory.

Students will send a link in an e-mail.

Students will learn to save addresses for future use.

Students will learn to create new folders to organize their e-mail messages.

Students will learn to delete and edit e-mail messages.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

This lesson was developed because of my son who found out about hotmail.com and taught me how to use it. Nathan Louden, a sixth grader at Northeast '98-'99 was very instrumental in showing me the fine points of using this free e-mail service. Though there are many such services to choose from, this one is relatively easy to access and is widely used, especially among young people.

PROCEDURE:

1. Introduce the concepts to be taught.
2. Tie in to the previous lesson, "Rules of the Road"
3. Step through
Netscape Navigator
http://www.hotmail.com
Visitor
Sign Up Here
Fill out electronic registration form
Submit Registration
Arrow down past courier services and choose CONTINUE

4. Introduce the screen used to compose and read new mail.
5. Have students read the Welcome message from the Hotmail Staff
6. Choose Compose
7. To: loginname@hotmail.com (they will have to ask a friend for their login name)
8. Subject: (explain this is not required, but let's the person know what the message is about)
9. Tab down to the message box and type a message to someone.
10. When finished, choose SEND
11. If everything is done properly, a message saying the message was instantly delivered
will show up on the screen.

MATERIALS:

Computers, Internet Access, Handouts for instructions,

ASSESSMENT:

Students will actually send and receive e-mail messages correctly.

FOLLOW UP:

Students will expand their usage by sending a link, attachment, and learning how to save addresses into various folders. This can be done on an individual basis based on interest shown by the student. Show a few in each class individually and have them show someone else around them.

The teacher can also use the address create group option to instantly send e-mail messages to an entire group of students at one time. I have sent group instructions to each account to give students practice in using e-mail in a practical way. This would also be useful to e- mail lesson plans to other teachers, substitutes, or principals.

E-Mail Sherry!