GRUNDTVIG PROJECT
Learning
in Later Life: Students to Senior Citizens: ICT and Inter-Generation
Communication
LESSON PLAN
TEMPLATE
Title: Using an email Level:
Beginners Prepared by: Monique
Epstein and Leopold Braunstein
Subject:
Electronic mail |
Technology/Equipment/Supplies
needed: GMAIL (Google mail facility) Any browser |
Topic:
Creating an email and learning how to use it |
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Lesson
Length:
2 lessons of 2
hours each = 4 hours One week
interval between 2 lessons |
Notes: maximum 4 students for one teacher
(eventually 8 with 2 teachers) Each student
has a computer |
Task/Objectives: The objective is to create an
email address under gmail for all the students in the class and learning ,
between the students, to send and receive mails, to keep down the mail
address in the address book, to attaché
files (pictures) and to transfer mails |
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Description
of Activity/Activities This
activity corresponds to one of the subjects taught in the basic computer
course. But it
can only be given after some first lessons about computer hardware /environment
and text processing 2 first hours : First there is a short general theoretical explanation of “what
is a mail address” and that, besides “gmail” you could use “yahoo” or hotmail”
or others – and also the difference between webmail and popmail. Go to gmail.com Create a mail address under GMAIL Write down passsword Send a mail to another student in
the class, fill the object and text fields In the meantime the students
receive mails from the others so they learn how to open a received message
and to reply! 2 next hours : Learn how to fill and use the address
book for keeping all the mail addresses of the other students Go on the web to find some nice
pictures, keep them on the computer and send them as attached files. Then learn how to get pictures
sent from other students as attached.
Finally learn how to transfer a mail. |
Verification
(steps to check for student understanding): First repeat as
much as possible, that is send several mails. Between the 2
lessons, students are supposed to give their emails to the family or to
friends, so that they will get some mails. In general
students are very happy to create a mail address and eager to get mail from
other peole. |
Resources: For each lesson, we give a printed explanation of the different
actions So that students can train at home |
Students are
engaged in: X independent
activities cooperative learning X peer tutoring visuals simulations pairing hands-on whole group instruction others |
Author Notes: The difference
between webmail and popmail is quite difficult to understand for newcomers
but also for people who already have their own mail from their provider. POPMAIL: -POP mail downloads
messages off of the server on to the machine where the email is being opened.
-You won't be
able to view POP (downloaded) messages from any other machine. -POP mail has no
quota. The only limitation is the hard drive size. WEBMAIL (or IMAP): -The WEBMAIL messages
are stored on your personal email account on the mail server of you mail
provider. -You can access
your email from any computer using a web browser -WEBMAIL has a
limited quota - ----------------- It is always
important that seniors take notes about the lesson! Few theory
and a lot of practice! |