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__**Week of September 6th**__ This week's class will focus on email and instant messaging. Class will begin with a BrianPop video that allows Tim and Moby to explain these two key communication tools in a fun and silly way. (Click on the link in the previous sentence to watch the video! If you don't have logon information, email me and I'll send it to you right away.)

Once we've watched the video, we will discuss the key terms presented: //email, server, client, recipient, domain//, etc... We will compare and contrast email and IM, and decide which we like better - or if both are valuable for different purposes. Lastly, we will map the path an email takes when it's sent.... after all, many of us don't know exactly what happens when we send an email - but your student will!

This will be leading into the introduction of school based emails to students in grades 5 - 8 over the next few weeks.