Online Communication

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective

Students will identify safe ways to communicate online (email, chat, video calls) and practice polite, clear messages.

Teaching Notes

Discuss different communication tools: email, messaging, video calls.
Teach tone: words can sound different without facial expressions.
Model a clear message: greeting, purpose, closing.
Reinforce privacy: only communicate with approved people.

🧒 Student Worksheet

Concept and Helping Material

Online communication means sharing messages using the internet. You can send emails, chat messages, or talk in video calls. Good communicators are polite, clear, and safe.

Computer Vocabulary and Definition

— A message sent online to another person.
— A quick message conversation online.
— A live call where you can see and hear someone.
— A small picture that shows a feeling.
— How a message sounds to someone reading it.

Computer QA

1. What is email?

2. What is chat?

3. What is a video call?

4. What is an emoji?

5. What is tone?

6. True or False: Messages should be kind and respectful.

7. Why should you write clearly?

8. What is a good greeting in a message?

9. What is a good closing in a message?

10. Should you message strangers online?

11. Who should you communicate with online?

12. What can happen if your tone is unclear?

13. How can emojis help?

14. True or False: All caps can look like shouting.

15. What is one safe rule for online communication?

16. If someone sends a mean message, what should you do?

17. What is one example of a polite message?

18. What should you do before joining a video call?

19. Why is listening important in a video call?

20. What should you do if you send a message to the wrong person?

Computer Prtactices

Write a short email to your teacher asking a question politely.
Rewrite a message to make it clearer and kinder.
Practice a video call rule list: quiet place, look at camera, take turns speaking.
Emoji meaning match: 😀 happy, 😟 worried, 👍 good job.

Reflection

What is one way to make your messages polite?
How can you stay safe when communicating online?