Title – Hotmail

By – Sherry Wood

Subject – Language Arts, Computers & Internet

Grade Level – 6-8

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

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