I guess that it is just part of how we work, no one method suits every need or is 'better' than another. Students either page me with the Moodle chat option or post an e-mail
with our Internal e-mail system (soon to be upgraded to Zimbra).<br>
<br>I answer the door if somebody says hello, read my faxes and snail mail standing over a rubbish bin, answer the phone if somebody calls and .. (sigh) read my e-mail when and where I can. The office enjoys paging me over the school PA system (my difficult to correctly pronounce name has devolved to Mr G), my colleagues enjoy sticking bits of yellow paper on my monitor and forests fall as others fill up my pigeon hole. A collaborative and integrated team effort, each to his own modus operatus. My productivity and pace has gone up, my attention span has decreased.
<br><br>I explain taht e-mail is the new snail mail and I may take a day or two to get back to them, phone only if I am near a phone or call my mobile if urgent (* chime sound *) .. must go another e-mail to read.<br><br>
Regards Roland<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 22/03/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brendyn Hancock</b> <<a href="mailto:hancobr@nagle.sale.catholic.edu.au">hancobr@nagle.sale.catholic.edu.au</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div>Your blunder may be just the catalyst to start a thread on how schools communicate with there students.</div>
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<div>It would appear that you communicating with your students via email is a very 'normal' thing for you.</div>
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<div>How do others see this? Progressive or 'normal'?</div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Brendyn Hancock</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="1">IT Manager</font></div>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead