Email provides
a number of learning opportunities
for students across all Learning Areas,
especially in regard to Overarching
Outcomes One and Nine:
Students
use language to understand,
develop and communicate ideas
and information and interact
with others.
Students interact with people
and cultures other than their
own and are equipped to contribute
to the global community. |
Curriculum
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Email can be
very formal (a business letter)
or informal (a quick reminder memo).
It can be long (contain an attachment)
or very short (a note). Email can
also be used for very personal communications.
Email has changed the way we communicate in print, because
it is so quick, easy and convenient.
- Email
Opens Up A World of Possibilities
Emily
Morton April 2001
Emily Morton is an elementary
technology facilitator in
Texas and a technology consultant
for the Regional Education
Centre. In this article,
she details how her 12-year-old
daughter Amanda comes to
understand the power of
writing through email.
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- Book
Raps
A Book Rap is a book discussion
conducted via electronic mail. This oz-TeacherNet
project provides links to current raps and instructions
for participating or running a rap.
- OzProjects
Online curriculum projects provide
authentic structured curriculum activities for students,
using the Internet (particularly web and email technologies).
- ePALS
ePALS provides a large worldwide
database of teachers who are interested in establishing
an ePALS email exchange project with other teachers.
- Travel
Buddies
Travel Buddies are soft toys or puppets that travel
the world as representatives of a class. The buddies
communicate by email from the places they visit. This
oz-TeacherNet project provides links to current travel
buddies and instructions for participating or organising
a buddy.
- Using
E-mail in the Language Arts Curriculum
Carla Huck 2001
Huck outlines two main functions of email in the classroom
as interpersonal exchange and electronic publishing.
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- Connecting
& Communicating
Qu'Appelle
Valley School Division,
Saskatchewan
A self-paced online unit
designed to help teachers
organise successful online
projects in the classroom
using email.
Rules
for Email Users [84KB PDF]
Ten tips
for teacher and students
that cover basic email Netiquette.
Can be printed off for display.
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