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Students explore:
- how the Internet transfers written information;
- how to address difficulties that arise during communication; and
- how purposeful writing and email technology can positively impact our daily work and play.
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Email:Connect
How does email work?
Students learn how messages are routed across the Internet, and how writing with purpose is promoted by email technology!
In Email:Connect students play the role of a "network" as they route packets of information in the form of special email messages from their computer to a destination computer on the other side of the screen. During play they must navigate different types of routers and switches, avoid hackers and computer problems and ensure their email is rearranged in the right order. They learn how the Internet transports email communications, how to write those messages with purpose and for intended audiences, and how to deal with difficulties that impede sending and receiving these important communications.
As they play the game, the students connect the act of important communication with the technological aspects that ensure success of those communications. The relationship is important and seldom addressed in most learning scenarios. Form and function—email is real life.
Built for students in grades 4-7!
Correlated to national education standards!
- Standards for the English Language Arts
- National Educational Technology Standards for Students
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