Setting up an
Email Account using Yahoo email
We all know that having
an email account is fun and a liberating way to contact friends, family
and colleagues. Now you will teach your students to join in the fun.
Of all the skills you will
teach your students, teaching students how to create and use email
will most likely be a most challenging endeavor. The concept of email
is extremely abstract for those who have never made use of it.
One of the best ways you
can teach email application is using the analogy of the having your
own mailbox account at the U.S. Post Office or Mailboxes etc.
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The mail server is like the building that houses
the physical mailboxes, the people who work there, etc. In order
to get a mailbox, you have to show proper I.D. and get a key.
An I.D. is the name on your drivers license and social security
card.
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A physical I.D. is the same as a username. In
order to get to the mail box, the customer needs a key
or a combination to a dial lock. A key
or a combination is the same as a password
that Yahoo requests from the person creating the email account.
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The
mail account is the same as an email
account. Mailboxes receive all types of mail. However,
there is a capacity to how much you can receive, depending how
big the physical mailbox is that you rent. Same with an email
account mailbox.
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Explain that the
to: field must have a proper email address
just like a physical envelope must have an address to make it's
destination.
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Explain the a subject:
field is the same as perhaps when you get a memo or a note and
someone puts a 'heading' on it to indicate that the message is
about.
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Explain that the
send button is like dropping the physical envelope
into the blue postal mail boxes.
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Explain that the
inbox link is how you get into your email account
to see the messages you have received.
Analogies are important in
explaining email. Be sure that you create specific handouts that thoroughly
explain how to create an email account and how to send basic messages.
Practice
Have students send each other
email messages for the remainder of your class. Get them used to using
email, immediately. Make sure they understand what they're doing by
having them all email you an email message with something in their subject
heading.
Sending Attachments
Explaining to students what
attachments are is tricky. They'll ask you why they just can't send
a regular email message. Use analogies.