Module 1

Joycelyn Love and Sarah Bright

EDT 574

"Power Up": Chapter 7

Title: "Communicating Online: Who, What When,How, and Why"

Chapter 7 was an informative chapter for us. The email communication guidelines, especially the section on emoticons, helped us to better understand the rules governing email language. We laughed at the rule to "keep email addresses professional"; not using addresses like sexymama@asu.al.edu. Sad to see, we have seen examples of emails like these.

We learned that we should follow the same guidelines for responding to messages as we would responding to comments made in a classroom.

The chapter also highlighted and differentiated the carious forms of online communication, including forums, newsgroups, chat rooms, wikis, and blogs.