Lesson+Plan

** Lesson Plan **
Title of Lesson: Email Attachments || Date: 11/13/2008 Timeframe of Lesson: 50 min class || Author(s): Andy Schultz || Campus: UW-Fond du Lac || Subject Area(s): Business/Computer Science 101 || || State Standards  |||| Subject Specific: || Stated Objective(s) ||||  Microsoft Office – Outlook, Demonstrate the steps for attaching documents/files to an email message. || Anticipatory Set (Focus) ||||  PowerPoint slide with title “Microsoft Outlook” and subtitled “Attaching Files to an Outlook email” || Explanation  |||| Benefits to sending electronic documents Situations where attaching documents is appropriate Explain what kind of documents can be attached to an email Discuss appropriate file sizes Benefits for zipping documents together || Modeling  |||| Computer demonstration using LCD projector.  ·   Creating a new email  ·   Clicking on attachment button or using file menu  ·   Finding document  ·   Attaching document  ·   Checking document  ·   Sending email with document attached  || // Check for understanding  // Students will be called one by one to help guide the teacher through a second demonstration. At the end of the second demonstration the students will be asked if they have any additional questions. || Guided Practice  |||| Prior to class a test document will be placed in each student’s home directory. Students will be asked to create an email and attach the test document. The completed email will be sent to the teacher’s email address. Each student will have his or her own computer to accomplish the task. The teacher will walk around the room to answer any individual questions. || // Check for Understanding  // When completed the teacher will receive an email from each student that has a document attached. || Opportunities to Relearn (Reteach) |||| If necessary an additional demonstration can be done with students following along on their own computer. || Independent Practice ||||  Assignment: Using Microsoft Word the students should document the necessary steps for attaching files to an email. The completed document should be saved in the student’s home directory. Students are to attach their completed Microsoft Word document to an email. The completed email should be sent to themselves and the teacher for final grading. || Assessment or Evaluation  |||| End of the semester project to include creation of research paper and sent to teacher as an attachment. || // Enrichment  // |||| Students wanting additional information for study  || Closure |||| Closing questions to student include: Why are these skills important? What technologies are available that could eliminate email and email attachments? What have you learned during this class and assignment? ||  ||||  **__ Technology Resources __**** : **// Microsoft Outlook 2007, # of Computers: 29 with teacher workstations, LCD Projector // // Urls: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102188671033.aspx  // ||