Email Etiquette and Reflection

As someone who uses email daily in my current profession, email etiquette is an absolute must. There is nothing worse than receiving an unclear email. It not only leaves you confused, it can end up in you making a mistake at the work place. As you can imagine, a mistake as a police officer can be very costly. I first learned to use email etiquette when I worked in a medical billing company.

As a bill collector, I had to find the most professional way to communicate with Doctors. To not address a Doctor properly would have been a major career mistake. I would like to consider myself someone who currently follows the guidelines we read.  I would like to continue to follow these guidelines throughout my career. Grammatically correct, precise emails achieve greater results than long pointless ones. 

I also really liked the point about using bullet to mark important points. In this day and age it seems everyone is in a hurry. Most people scan through books and emails, looking for main points. Bullets allow a reader to quickly understand your point and move on.  In addition, if I don’t receive an email with a subject I usually don’t read it.  I often feel like it is spam, so I won’t check it.

I want to continue to practice email etiquette and use these rules for electronic communication.

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Reflection #2

Chapter 3 brought up some interesting points.  I felt like this chapter did a good job of breaking down multiple learning styles. Once a teacher can tap into a students learning style, I believe the student begins to open up to learning. The overall goal seems to be for the student to become more creative. After all I feel creativity only sprouts more learning.  Whether authentic instruction is problem-based learning or project-based, I feel like all students can be reached on some level.

I can only imagine using technology in the classroom to transport a group of students to a foreign country. To be able to move my students to the Galapagos’ Islands to learn about the habitats of the penguins, using a few internet clicks, will be very rewarding. Not to mention, I have never been there either.

This chapter also touched on standards, and brought up the point that they are not full proof. Although necessary, standards should be a basis for learning. More importantly the ability to try different avenues will achieve the necessary standards if very important. Using the right techniques and technology will eventually achieve and surpass this goal.