The 41 slides in a professional development seminar model how to use close reading techniques to examine the many layers of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. In addition to passages from the novel, slides provide biographical...

What are the benefits of developing social awareness? Using the resource, readers learn strategies for fostering civil discourse, creating a participatory classroom, and enhancing family involvement. Scholars also take a personality...

What self-management techniques help scholars achieve their goals? Readers review a list of strategies for managing stress, increasing motivation, and setting goals. They discover how to monitor their emotions, create checklists to stay...

Scholars with high levels of self-efficacy perform better in school. Instructors review a list of strategies for enhancing self-efficacy skills. They discover how to teach learners to appropriately define success, celebrate progress, and...

Help your students develop a growth mindset with a list of sample strategies for prioritizing efforts instead of results.Pupils learn how to embrace mistakes, set high expectations, and focus on process over product.

An article about effective E-mail use. Includes links to an introduction, what makes E-mail different, context, format, and acronyms and jargon.

Contains plans for three lessons that teach younger students the differences between letter writing and e-mail writing. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well...

Contains plans for three lessons that teach about using e-mail as well as literary concepts like audience awareness. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...

Report published in 1985 by NSF and RAND dealing with electronic mail and message systems and the issues related to use of e-mail. The report also presents a set of guidelines for effective use.

Information on using E-mail applications, including attachments.

This site from the 101 Series describes the difference between a POP3 email account and a Web-based e-mail account. It also has further links to setting up a web-based e-mail account, email ettiquette, email lingo and spam.

This tutorial explains writing email messages in formal and informal style using Hotmail. It explains the steps taken in composing, replying to, and sending messages.

This site from the 101 Series describes different types of guidelines for sending emails. Some of the guidelines are for the convenience of the sender/receiver. Some of the guidelines have to do with etiquette (manners), and some are...

CPSR offers an article on the need to train new Internet users about netiquette. Includes experiences with E-mail, need for netiquette, and additional resources.

Contains plans for three lessons that teach about writing friendly letters and parts of e-mails by asking students to write to pen-pals around the world. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...

This site from the 101 Series covers many of the abbreviations and acronyms that have been developed to save typing and emoticons to clarify the tone of the text.

This site from the 101 Series gives a step-by-step tutorial on setting up a web-based email account with Lycos, although other providers are listed.

Students will use business letters and email to recruit professional members for the Career Technical Student Organization (CTSO) using the Chamber of Commerce member listing. This lesson plan is targeted toward Future Business Leaders...

Are you looking to master Outlook Express? This fun and informative tutorial uses colorful activities and interactive quizzes to teach learners the basics of this e-mail software. The tutorial covers: sending and receiving e-mail, fancy...

Good site for learning how to use Chicago Manual of Style. Gives examples on how to cite books, journals, newspapers or online articles, lectures, interviews, e-mail and websites. Also contains links to MLA Style Manual, APA Publication...

A list of general do's and don'ts for Internet etiquette for e-mail and chat.

There are many different types of communication technology. They all have different strengths. It is important to think about which type of communication is best for each occasion. Learn about five different methods of online...

CNN discusses an e-mail that might have come from the Executive Office of the President stating that they were glad former FEMA chief Michael Brown took the heat for the federal government's handling of Hurricane Katrina. Article is from...

Why would you ever want to go to Antarctica? This lesson plan allows the students to imagine what life would be like at the bottom of the earth. The teacher can then e-mail the South Pole Observatory for answers to their questions.