Technology
Class: Week Two
Electronic Mail/Project Planning

Tuesday, February
11, 2003
Communication by e-mail.
How
does e-mail travel from your computer to a friend's computer? What does
LOL mean? Why do people smile by typing :) ? These are just a few of the
topics we are going to examine in class today!
E-Mail
Anatomy and Dissection
Links
we will discuss:
Composing
and Receiving E-Mail
Before beginning this lesson, everyone
must sign up for a Yahoo account.
Acroynms
and Emoticons
When writing informal messages, people
sometimes use a type of short-hand writing to express themselves. Also,
to show feelings, people use emotional icons called emoticons :)
Click here for
a printable worksheets: E-Mail Acroynms
| Emoticons
Links of interest:
Homework due next class: Compose a short e-mail message
to Ms. Jones (jonesesl@yahoo.com) and send a blind copy to Ms. Hakim (shakim@mediaworkshop.org)
about what you learned in class today.
Thursday, February
13, 2003
Project planning.
Teachers
and students will need to subscribe to humanities_techclass@yahoogroups.com.
This list is closed only to students and teachers participating in the
class.
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