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Google Mail Prior to this lesson you will need to make sure that your Class Google Accounts have been setup. Your technician should give these to you as a list or a mail merged document that you can cut up and give to the pupils. You will also need the email address letter, which pupils can fill in before it goes home. |
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Learning Objective Phase 1 |
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Understanding what e-mail is and how it works Knowing how to logon to Gmail |
Explain that E-mail is an electronic mail service that sends messages to any connected computer in the world through the Internet.
Go over the safety rules that relate to e-mail (most important for e-mail are in bold) Discuss reasons for these rules in simple terms. Ask pupils why they think the rule might be important? Rules for Online Safety 1. I will not give out personal information such as my address, telephone number, parents’ work address/telephone number, or the name and location of my school without my parents’ or teachers permission. 2. I will tell my parents or teacher right away if I come across any information that makes me feel uncomfortable. 3. I will never agree to get together with someone I “meet” online without first checking with my parents. If my parents agree to the meeting, I will be sure that it is in a public place and bring my mother, father or guardian along. 4. I will never send a person my picture or anything else without first checking with my parents or teacher. 5. I will not respond to any messages that are mean or in any way make me feel uncomfortable. It is not my fault if I get a message like that. If I do I will tell my parents or teacher right away so that they can take action on my behalf. 6. At home I will talk with my parents so that we can set up rules for going online. We will decide upon the time of day that I can be online, the length of time I can be online and appropriate areas for me to visit. I will not access other areas or break these rules without their permission 7. I will not give out my Internet password to anyone (even my best friends) other than my parents 8. I will be a good online citizen and not do anything that hurts other people or is against the law. Children to fill in their e-mail address on the letter to be sent home today.
Give out pupils email addresses and get them to write these on the letter to go home.
Move onto the computers either navigate to your own school Gmail logon on your school website or go to the general logon In the user acceptance process there is a word recognition check which can fox lots of children and adults. If you have other adults in your class they can help.
If pupils change their email password they need to record this on their logon booklets. |
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Understanding what e-mail is and how it works Knowing key safety rules Know own e-mail address and how e-mail addresses never have spaces or capitals
Logging on to Gmail |
Some pupils may need the username section on the ICT e-mail letter to parents filled out for them. |
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Class Google Account List Email address letter
Download and then ask the office to print it on headed paper |
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Learning Objective Phase 2 |
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Creating, sending, forwarding and replying to emails |
Demonstrate how to create and send an email. Note
Give pupils time to send and receive emails form other pupils in the class.
Demonstrate forwarding and email and sending to multiple people. Give pupils time to forward and send emails to multiple recipients. |
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Starting a new email to send by clicking on compose Where and how to type in the address The subject is the title of your e-mail Using the send button to send the e-mail Sending an internal email to other people within the school |
Pupils can be at very different levels with this as some will have email already and some won’t. |
You can give this a focus like the first line of a story being continued and passed on by the next mail recipient although I have often found that it is enough to play at this point.
With some classes checking that they can email you first is useful to see who is struggling. Copy and paste a reply. |
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Learning Objective Phase 3 |
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Organising email Introducing other Google Tools |
Demonstrate how to create a label to organise your emails Either click on labels alongside SEND when composing an email which will bring up this menu
Or click on the more button underneath drafts
Which will bring up this menu
With the same options as above
Once you have a label you can set the colour by left clicking on the icon
Give pupils a chance to label some of their emails What labels are useful to them?
Show pupils the calendar and drive (docs) You can find these from the toolbar above gmail
Can pupils create a document in drive? Explain that they can access this from home |
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Organising email using labels Deleting emails Reporting spam
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Home task Explore Google Drive and or Calendar Which tool do they like best? |
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Email is best if pupils are given time to check theirs in the next few weeks even if it only 10 mins at the end of another lesson. |
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