Email:

Electronic Communication

Email Providers

• So many choices!• Online vs. Desktop• Free vs. Pay

Email Address Format

name @ domain.comdc.hess@mrhess.org dhess@leadps.org

dc.hess@gmail.com

Composing Emails

recipient addressescarbon copy

Re: Subject Lines are Important

Enter your body text here.

Attaching Files1.

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4 Easy Steps1. Click the paperclip2. Select the file to be attached3. Wait to upload4. Click send

Email Dangers

• SPAM: junk email, advertisement, etc. • PHISING: identity theft scam via email• VIRUSES: spread by attachments

WARNING: NEVER OPEN EMAIL

ATTACHMENTS FROM PEOPLE YOU DON’T

KNOW!

Organizing Email

Archiving

Labels

Filters

Searching

Forwarding

Sending Emails

Use semicolons to separate email addresses in the To: field.

Create contact groups to send emails to many addresses easily

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Email Etiquette

What to consider when writing an email:– Privacy

• To: vs. Cc: vs. Bcc:• SPAM and Fw:

– Readability• Subject Lines• Brevity• CAPITALIZATION• Misunderstandings

– Accountability• Public Record• Signature

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Email vs. Texting

• 75% of teens own cell phones

• 1/3 of teens text more than 100 times a day

• Texting is the most common way kids communicate w/ each other