Week 5. E-Mail

The most common communication tool that is used online is E-Mail. E-mail has been my most useful communication tool. It offers a sense of privacy along with being able to attach files of assignments to students who are out sick. E-Mail also offers a flexibility that appears to be more effective than a note home or a phone call. Many times parent and students alike will make the statement that they did not get the phone call or the note had magically disappeared. My experience with E-Mail has been positive because the use of the internet and the reliability of the internet has become more prevalent.  The more prevalent that the internet has become, the more useful and more often it is used.

It appears though that E-Mail provides a safe and effective way to communicate. It always leaves proof that the e-mail was sent and always allows for you to communicate effectively more than a phone call when describing assignments. When you type instructions, more often than not, they are clearer on an E-Mail as opposed to a phone call. When you have e-mail, you can type certain instructions, be as thorough as you need to be, and not have to keep reciting instructions repeatedly and hope the person receiving them are getting them correct. With E-Mail, you send the directions once, and the person receiving the directions in the E-Mail can save the E-Mail for future reference. And a responding E-Mail back to the teacher from the student/parent will only keep the communication line open if more questions are needed.