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Part 2: Using Electronic Mail for Communicating and Accessing Resources on the Internet
Using the Web: Exploring E-Mail Uses for Education
Overview
Now it's time to try out what you have learned about e-mail. Think about your own professional interests and needs, and identify how you would like to use e-mail, such as enriching classroom activities, networking with other educators, or staying up-to-date on current education issues and legislation.
Step 1:
Explore the possibilities of e-mail by trying one of the activities below:
- Subscribe to a listserv of interest to you.
- Check out the AskERIC Education Listserv Archive (http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/index.html)
for an index of education-related listservs.
- Check out the AskERIC Education Listserv Archive (http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/index.html)
for an index of education-related listservs.
- Subscribe to a newsgroup of interest to you.
- Visit USENET Discussion Groups: Education (http://edweb.gsn.org/usenets.html)
to access an index of newsgroups related to a wide range of education
topics.
- Visit USENET Discussion Groups: Education (http://edweb.gsn.org/usenets.html)
to access an index of newsgroups related to a wide range of education
topics.
- Create your own listserv, or customized mailing list
- First decide whom you wish to include in your listserv. For
example, you could create a "teacher mailing list" that includes
e-mail addresses of your fellow educators at school. Or, you could
create a "student/family list" to improve school-home communications.
Next, collect e-mail addresses that you wish to include in your
mailing list. Then visit E-Groups.com (http://www.egroups.com/)
which allows you to create your own listservs for free. Follow the
directions on the screen to enter your e-mail address, a name for
your listserv, and the e-mail addresses of your group. Be sure to
check "Private" to ensure that no other participants will be added
to your group. Once you hit the button, "Create Your Group," anyone
in your listserv can send messages to everyone else in the group
by typing in the group e-mail address.
- First decide whom you wish to include in your listserv. For
example, you could create a "teacher mailing list" that includes
e-mail addresses of your fellow educators at school. Or, you could
create a "student/family list" to improve school-home communications.
Next, collect e-mail addresses that you wish to include in your
mailing list. Then visit E-Groups.com (http://www.egroups.com/)
which allows you to create your own listservs for free. Follow the
directions on the screen to enter your e-mail address, a name for
your listserv, and the e-mail addresses of your group. Be sure to
check "Private" to ensure that no other participants will be added
to your group. Once you hit the button, "Create Your Group," anyone
in your listserv can send messages to everyone else in the group
by typing in the group e-mail address.
Step 2:
Evaluate your experience by considering the following questions:
- What are some of the unique benefits of e-mail?
- In what ways can you benefit from integrating e-mail communications into your classroom? Your professional development plan? Relationships with families? Interactions with educators?
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