Email

Using EmailElectronic Mail

Learning Intention: You are learning how to use email effectively (to your best ability)

Activity: Open and use your school emailI will be successful if:

•I understand what email is and that I have to use it sensibly &

safely

•I can open my school email

•I can send an email

•I can reply and forward an email

What is email? Electronic Mail

A way of sending digital information to one or more recipients (person receiving the email)

Can be sent using a computer or other multimedia devices

Who has used email? What have you used email for?

Who did you send an email to?

What type of email do you have e.g. Hotmail, Virgin, BT, Gmail?

How email works You have to have an email account with

an email address…

[email protected],sch,uk

Username @ symbol Email provider

This is an example of a school email address

How email works The person you want to send the email

to also has to have an email account and an email address…

[email protected]

How email works

fmullaney929 sends an email

to prettyprincess

The email is sent to their

email service provider

The email is sent through the Internet to prettyprincess’email service provider

Hi

Features of email What do you think email can do?

Send messages Send attachments e.g. pictures Save draft (incomplete) messages Delete messages Display messages in order e.g. date Customize messages Save contact details

Task 1 Log onto a computer

Open your school email account

Start Email

Have a look around – you have 5 minutes

End

Task 2 You are going to use your email to…

Send/receive/open a message Reply to a message Forward a message Delete a message

Every time that you select Send think about what is happening to the message

Folders…

InboxSentDeletedDraft