Week+of+9.12.11

Topics
This week we will be covering three topics, so we will be busy!
 * Behind the scenes of email - what do the words STMP, POP3, DNS, server, and client mean?
 * SDS email - helping you access your SDS email, set up your signature, address book, and changing your password.
 * High school planning survey.

Activity
__Thursday__ During today's class you will complete the following:
 * Do anything that needs finishing up on your email. Verify the following:
 * Your signature is established and that it automatically populates whenever you start a new email. //There is a box above the signature box that needs to be checked - if your signatures aren't auto-populating, go into your personal settings and see if it's been checked.//
 * Your address book is set up to include your teachers. //Remember - all teacher emails are set up as first initial, last name @stdominicschool.net. Ex: Sam Jones would be sjones@stdominicschool.net.//
 * Your email has been changed and sent to me and Mrs. Covington.
 * Complete the high school planning survey. You will find the link here.

__Wednesday__ During today's class we will discuss the "behind the scenes" of email - how does it work and what do the following terms mean?
 * SMTP, POP3, DNS, server, client, and more
 * We will complete a discussion sheet that will serve as a discussion guide
 * We might watch the Brainpop video associated with it - learning from Tim and Moby can be much more interesting!

Following this discussion, we will get to the good stuff - finding out how to access your email. Using this document, you will be asked to: Don't worry if you don't finish today - there will be time during Thursday's class to finish up.
 * access your email
 * change your password and email it to me and Mrs. Covington
 * set up your email signature

You will be assessed on the following:

 * ====Is your email signature set up and automatically inserted in your emails? (5 points)====
 * Is your address book set up? (5 points)
 * Did you change your password and email it to me and your homeroom teacher? (5 points)
 * Did you take the high school planning survey? (10 points)