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Lewis Chappelear

Walden University, PhD in Education Candidate, Educational Technology Specialization EDUC 8847 Multimedia Technology to Facilitate Learning   Multimedia Workshop

Exploring and Using Your LAUSD [|MyMail] Student Account



Topic: This multimedia workshop will teach students in the Los Angeles Unified School District how to use all of the components of their MyMail student account.

Population: Although this presentation will be used directly with students at James Monroe High School, it can be used for for any student who has access to their own LAUSD MyMail student account.

Outcomes: Upon completion of this multimedia workshop, the students will be able to:
 * 1) send and receive Gmail e-mails
 * 2) set up a Gmail contact list
 * 3) forward and reply to e-mails
 * 4) delete e-mails
 * 5) manage Gmail e-mail folders
 * 6) create three types of documents in Googledocs (word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet)
 * 7) save external documents, photos, and other files to Googledocs
 * 8) share documents in Googledocs
 * 9) create events in Google Calendar

Gap: Although my assumption has been that the students at my school know how to use Gmail and Googledocs, I have recently found out that I am wrong. Even some of our most advanced students have sent and received e-mail, they have little experience using most of the other features of Gmail and Googledocs. It is my hope that this multimedia presentation will allow the students at my school, and more broadly the students in my school district, to be able to take advantage of their LAUSD Mymail student account and use it in their daily lives.

Agenda:

Hour 1 (Get Started):

Students will start the class with a letter that contains their username and password to access the LAUSD MyMail Student Account System.

00-10 Technology survey 10-30 Pre-information discussion on the following terms: e-mail, e-mail address, Internet, document, web address, privacy, personal information, social network, and Google. 30-50 Students will go to the LAUSD password change page to change their password. 50-60 Students will sign in to the LAUSD MyMail Student Account System. If some students do not get this far, they will be able to do this on their home computer.

Hour 2 (GMail):

00-10 Introduction training [|video] on GMail.

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10-20 How to send mail using GMail video. 20-25 Students log in to their student accounts and review Google Apps window. Students are instructed to click on GMail icon. 25-35 Demonstration on how to send an e-mail. 35-50 Students practice sending e-mail (one to teacher, three to other students in the class) 50-60 Students send REPLY e-mails to the three e-mails that were sent to them from other students.

Hour 3 (Google Sites):

00-15 Students browse 10-15 Google Sites created by other students. 15-20 Discussion on positive and negative aspects of sample Google Sites. 20-30 Multimedia presentation on how to create a Google Site. 30-40 Create a Google Site home page. 45-60 Create a new page.

Hour 4 (Google Docs):

00-15 Students review and complete building their Google Site. 15-25 Multimedia presentation on Google Docs. 25-30 Student log in to their student account and enter Google Docs. 30-40 Create a Google Doc with 40-45 Multimedia presentation on sharing Google Docs. 45-60 Students share their Google Doc with 3 other students in the class - discovery.

Hour 5 (Google Calendar**, Post Assessment):

00-10 Multimedia presentation on Google Calendar 10-15 Students log in to their student accounts. 15-30 Students add daily events for this workshop, their own birthdate, plus 3 other students' birthdates. 30-60 Post assessment project (This will include creating a new page on their Google Site with a link to a Google Doc that contains a review of the workshop. Each student will e-mail the teacher with a link to their workshop Google Site page).

**Google Calendar will not be included in the final Workshop due to time constraints.