E-Mail


E-mail stands for "electronic mail." All students enrolled at KU have an e-mail account provided to them. If students do not have a home computer there are computer labs available in nearly every building on campus. The main computer lab is open 24hrs per day. Since every student has an account, and every student has easily accessible computers to receive e-mail it is a particularly effective way to communicate with your students. For more information about the e-mail services at KU

Instructor Use

E-mail definitely has many places in the classroom. Notices and reminders sent out via e-mail are a quick and effective way to reach all students simultaneously. Papers handed in through e-mail are automatically timed and dated, and better yet, they can be retrieved and graded anywhere. Students absent from class can still work on their homework and review class notes so they may come to the following class on the same page.

Student Source

Students needing assistance between classes no longer have to play phone tag with you and your answering machine. At their convince they can write you and ask questions, and at your convince you can respond.

Student Tool

Group projects, global contacts, quick and effective communication (company, senator...) writing, as a tool/ communicating is more accessible.

With e-mail, group calibration becomes less of a scheduling conflict and more of a project. Students can also use e-mail to do primary source research by writing companies, government agencies... This is more effective and time efficient than using postal services (AKA snail mail). In general, e-mail makes distance communication easier and less time consuming.

Classroom Ideas