Stage Two - Email Tasks - Being Australian


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 Internet / Email Activity
Students will participate in a research Internet activity. Students will need to log on to the Internet using their user name and password. In Kidspace, students need to click on the envelope to access their email account, and then open the email sent to them by their teacher to access the link to the activity. Students will also need to open the attachment to type their answers into. Below are teacher instructions to send the email activity to a whole class.


Teacher Instructions
1. Access the DET Portal by clicking on the link below:
https://portal.det.nsw.edu.au
2. Open your email account
3. Click on 'New' in the top left hand side
4. Click on the 'To' button, which opens the GAL - Global Address List.
5. Click in the Alias field
6. Type a 'tilde' (~) which is done by holding down the 'Shift" and Pressing the key above the 'Tab' key.
7. Then enter your school code next to the tilde.
8. Click on 'Find'
9. Select your class or tick the box next to it (Apple) from the list that appears below.
10. Click 'To' from underneath this window
11. Click 'Close'
12. Highlight all the text in the Email Task section below.
13. Copy and Paste this text into your email text window
14. Press 'Send' - the lesson will then go to all students in your class.


To include the attachment to the email:
1. Make sure the task sheet is saved to the desktop.
2. In your email account click on the paper clip.
3. Click on browse. In the Look in field, click on desktop.
4. Locate the task sheet and double click on it.
5. Click on attach. The task sheet has been attached to the email.
6. Press 'Send' - the lesson will then go to all students in your class.


Note: * Students will need to know how to log on with their user name and password and how to access the Kidspace portal if it is not set as the home page. * Students will need to be shown how to open an email sent to them by double clicking on it. * It would be advisable to complete the activity first as a whole class – go through all the instructions, show students how to open an attachment, save an attachment and send an attachment.


This means up to 30 emails will be returned to you - if you do not wish to reply to each individual email then repeat the steps 4-11 to send one email to email the whole class thanking them for their efforts.


 Email Task
1. Read all the instructions first.
2. Open the attachment sent via email. Minimise the attachment.
3. Open the following link by clicking on it: http://www.phm.gov.au/australia_innovates
4. In this website click on the link A Century of Innovation.
5. Locate the information needed on the following inventions:
Vegemite
Hills Clothes Hoist
Sydney Opera House
6. Type the information needed into the Word Document sent to you as an attachment.
* If you finish early, you can pick your own inventions to find information on.
7. Save the Word Document to the Desktop.
8. Email your answers to your teacher. You will have to send the Word Document as an Attachment.