Lesson: Using eMail to support learning
Opened: Tuesday, 12 April 2022, 8:53 AM
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The downside of E-mail
Although e-mail is an extremely beneficial tool, it does have some down-sides that everyone needs to be aware of. Some of the negative aspects of email are:
- Miscommunication
–If you
are not careful, the language that you use can be misunderstood.
- Not
everyone has an e-mail account.
- If
you do not have a password that only you can remember, your account can get
“hacked”. “Hacking” is when a person uses special skills to get into your
e-mail account.
- You might
need to wait a long time to get a reply.
- If you
do not know the other person’s e-mail address, you will not be able to e-mail
them.
“Spam”
email is a big problem – “Spam” messages are irrelevant or inappropriate
messages that are sent to large groups of people via e-mail. This could be:- advertisements
- fake competitions
- E-mails with attachments that contain viruses If you open the attachment, it will infect your computer.