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From: mac18@cus.cam.ac.uk (Sparky)
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 12:06:32 -0600
Reply-To: nexus-gaia@indial1.io.com
To: Multiple recipients of list <nexus-gaia@indial1.io.com>
Subject: Propaganda :)
Subject: File 1--Elementary Students Make New Friends with E-mail
Elementary Students Make New Friends with E-mail
by David Batterson
Elementary students lucky enough to have computers/modems at
their school can exchange e-mail regularly with pals their own age in
many states and other countries.
Since they are use keyboards to write with, the young students
call each other "keypals" rather than penpals. Unlike many adults who
still find it difficult, these students usually compose their messages
offline and then upload them.
For example, third through sixth grade students in two Maryland
elementary schools have been sending and receiving e-mail for over a
year now. The kids call the METNET BBS, sponsored by the Maryland
State Department of Education and Maryland Instructional Technology.
METNET is, of course, linked with The Internet.
Computer teacher Patricia A. Weeg is in charge of the e-mail
program at the Maryland schools. Mrs. Weeg told me "my kids are doing
super things with The Internet. My younger kids in grade two are part
of an 'Infant Project' with students in Peru, Iceland, Tasmania,
Hawaii and England. A fourth grader of mine has been messaging with a
class in London."
Another way Maryland students send and receive e-mail is on the
MTEBBS (Maryland Technology Education Bulletin Board Service). They
have their own conference called KIDTALK.
Students can correspond in real time too, by taking part in the
KIDLINK Internet Relay Chat (IRC). These IRC chats have included
students from many states and countries.
Students are learning about other countries by using e-mail.
They exchange questions and answers on subjects like customs,
holidays, housing, animals, the environment or careers. One fifth
grader who is interested in engineering wrote to an electrical
engineer in Guatemala to learn more about the field.
In addition to improving students' writing and editing skills,
the e-mail programs serve as an incentive. Students use e-mail as an
extracurricular activity, and have to finish regular class work before
they can take part.
Many teachers use educational games and quizzes to make sure that
time is spent wisely. Prior to 1982's November election, elementary
students in Oregon, Michigan and Maryland were polled on their choice
for President.
Students, parents and educators who want to learn more about
keypals can write Mrs. Patricia Weeg, Chapter 1 Computer Teacher,
Delmar Elementary School, 700 S. Second St., Delmar, MD 21875. Her
e-mail address is: pweeg@source.asset.com.
David Batterson welcomes comments. MCI Mail: 273-7218 or
evfw91a@prodigy.com.
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