Email

=Using Email=

Hi Coona Students, Here are a variety of resources you might choose to use to help you with writing emails. They get more complex as you go down the list. You choose which areas you would like to work on. Post a reply as to which one you tried and what you thought of it. ||  || == Learning Strategy == A bit of a challenge... but there is help when you get stuck. There is a quick computer game between each challenge. || Use your address book entries to send an email. ||
 * == Resource/Link == || == Comments & further information == ||
 * a || Understanding how emails work || Introduction to Emails with RAW  ||  To understand Emails & how they work... How do they go and come to your computer. A quirky video from RAW.  ||
 * b || How to use, send and receive emails. || Webwise - A 5 stage course on using Emails || This is a 5 stage step by step course so you can really understand how emails work with a quick quiz after each stage. ||
 * c || Receiving and sending emails || RAW - Email Friends || An introduction on how to send an email. Follow highlighted links that step you through the process of sending emails with Dick and Harry. This is for beginners to emails ||
 * d || Write and send an email || Send an email Challenge || A challenge for you to write an email with key points to consider. ||
 * e || Receiving, sending and forwarding emails || Game - Anna Friend to the the Stars || This Game you pretend to be a Secretary to a Star. You have to receive, forward and send emails.
 * f || Sending Attachments || Webwise - Attachments || Step through the info about attachments and then try the quiz. Bruce the Web Spider Guides you through. ||
 * g || Sending attachments || A Quick Quiz on Attachments || This 5 questions quiz tests your understanding of the content in Webwise attachments above. ||
 * h || Address Book || Webwise - Email Address book || Follow these steps explaining how to use your email address book ||
 * i || Add people to your email Address book || Address book Challenge || Challenge - add 3 addresses to your email account Address book.
 * j || Understanding Issues with Emails - SPAM, phishing & viruses || Bitesize lesson on Emails - advantages & disadvantages || A quick engaging hands on intro to Emails - the advantages and outlines the issues such as SPAM, Phishing and viruses. Well worth the 3 minutes ||
 * k || Emails sent in haste - Issues to look out for when writing and sending emails || Emails you wish you had never sent! || Read the stories in the link to the left... and the comments below to discover disastrous issues. Post a reply below as to which story you think would be the worst & why. ||

Email is becoming a vital part of communication and we need to make the most of the tools available to us. Try out an website created in England on how to use Email Try [|Unit 7] and then [|Unit 8] Keep track of your scores (Viv has a page you can write your scores on - just ask her)

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