Great Email Tips for Classroom use!

Sending email is quick and easy! Use these ten tips to incorporate email communication into the classroom.

1. Use the subject line of the email to provide a clue about the content of the message.

2. When you reply to a message, state the question to which you are responding.

3. Avoid trying to use sarcasm in your messages. It is often difficult to interpret.

4. Be brief, yet clear about your intended message.

5. Avoid using all capital letters. It makes the reader feel as if you are yelling at them.

6. Incorporating smiley faces J into your text can add emotion.

7. Think about who will be receiving this message. You would not email a teacher or employer in the same way that you might email a friend.

8. Include a greeting at the beginning of the email.

9. Include RE: to indicate that you are replying to a previous message in the subject line.

10. Use correct spelling and punctuation.