Monday, June 21, 2010

He never emails anymore!

Hi Addie,
I am an instructor of an online course that requires quite a bit of emailing. My problem is that some of my students don't use email very often and I find it hard to contact then and keep in touch. Do you have any ideas on what I can do?

Ms. Left In the Lurch

Dear Ms. Lurch,
 I have found the same thing in a course I teach. Have you tried texting these students? You could pass on any important information or ask them to check their email for an important attachment. I know if can be a pain if you are not used to texting, so try text from a gmail account. Has worked like a charm for me. See go to Settings and click on the Lab Tab to enable this feature. You also might find some other pretty cool stuff there. Good luck!

Addie