Email Information
Q and A
Links and other Resources
Email is a great way for students to write for *real* reasons. Having a reason to write and a real audience can make a huge difference in student motivation to write. There are many different ways to go about introducing your students to email, a tool they will use in the future if not already using it!
Many schools are in the process of setting up filtered or monitored email accounts for student use. By having an email account, the student will have an opportunity to learn about Acceptable Use Policies, Neticate, and other online issues. More and more, schools are going to be integrating technology literacy into the school day to help the students learn to use these new tools safely!
Gaggle.Net is one free, filtered email service for schools. The teacher can control features so that email can be routed through a teacher mail box if necessary, inappropriate vocabulary can be blocked, email with outsiders can be blocked, there are many features! Check out this service! http://www.gaggle.net/
Q- How would I sign up my students for email accounts?
A- There are a variety of free email accounts available. Many people use yahoo or hotmail accounts for their personal mail. There are services to school's that offer more monitoring and control of student's access. Check with your school's technology specialist to find out if there are services the school has agreed to use. Check out recommended services by other educational groups. Always be sure to check out the service before signing up the class.
Q-What is an AUP?
A- An AUP is an Acceptable Use Policy. All school staff and students usually must sign the school or district's AUP before beginning to use the school's Internet services, including email. The AUP states what is allowable and what is punishable behavior and usage related to Internet at school. Learn more about AUPs on our AUP Web page.
Gaggle.Net - http://www.gaggle.net/
Email- "You've Got Mail: Ten Nifty Ways teachers can use E-Mail to Extend Kids' Learning" is a great article about ways to use technology to enhance learning. You can find the article at http://electronic-school.com/0398f5.html
Electronic Pen Pals and Projects
The following sites offer electronic pen pal programs and online projects, so that your students can communicate and collaborate with students around the world.
Telecollaboration - http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jbharris/Virtual-Architecture/Telecollaboration/more-telecollaboration.html
What a great site! This site offers information on Keypals, Global Classrooms, Electronic Appearances, telementoring, and more!
Pen Pals - http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/article/penpal.htm
This is an article that explains pen pal projects, tips for finding pen pals for your classroom, and safety tips and suggested activies for pen pals. There are also links to web sites to sign up for pen pals.
E-mail around the World - http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/LESSONS/2098.html
What better way for your students to get used to the internet, while learning a few good geography lessons, than to collect epals around the world? Here is a lesson plan for just such a venture, incorporating appropriate Internet terms and procedures.
E-Pals Classroom Exchange - http://www.epals.com
Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections - http://www.iecc.org/
More than 7500 teachers participating in 82 countries are participating.
There is a paper called "Real Audiences - Worldwide: A Case Study of the Impact of WWW Publication on a Child Writer's Development." It is about getting a reluctant writer interested in both publishing and emailing via use of KidPub. The paper is on - http://www.reading.ac.uk/~veskeinr/webpap3.htm
Check out our page on Online Projects for more telecommunication and interactive projects!
Don't forget to about other classes with students who are deaf and hard of hearing around the state of Florida. Here is our Web page listing schools in Florida serving students with hearing loss.
DeafKids.com - http://www.deafkids.com
This site has a chat room just for deaf and hard of hearing children 17 years of age and under. It is moderated and all chats are recorded with a log system.
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