Ah, the moment many 6th graders have been waiting for – the introduction of an asynchronous form of communication using technology – email!

Just before we head to Thanksgiving break, students are introduced to their own school email accounts – to be used for connecting with teachers, parents and other students.  There are a few very clear rules that we have to have in place in order to enjoy our email experiences:

  1. computers, email, and internet access are provided for academic uses
  2. our school is a safe place – no harassing messages should be sent to others
  3. we use email to transmit important information – no spamming others

Students went over the To, CC, BCC, Subject and Body fields.  We learned to accept the security certificate and sent a test email.

We also took some time to review the logic statement (if-then-else) that we practiced last week.