Should K-12 school districts provide students with an email
address and teach them how to use it? The current thinking for
most school districts is no because there is no real need after
all they can just get a free personal account like Gmail or
Hotmail if they want one. Maybe it’s time to rethink this as
email has become the de-facto communication standard for many
adults in our busy world because it allows you to: - Send a
message any time, anywhere and the recipient can read it at his
or her convenience. - Send the same message to multiple
recipients. - Forward information without retyping it. - E-mail
is fast, usually taking no more than a few seconds to be
received. - You can attach digital files to your messages,
including electronic documents, video clips, music and photos. -
Send messages around the world as easily as to someone down the
block. It is a skill that today’s students will need to master
if they are to be effective communicators in their future
careers, yet where does one learn to use it?