Module 3 Blog

One of the most useful things I learned in Module 3 is how to effectively email instructors. Students should realize that instructors should not be emailed the same way you text your friends. I learned that instructors should be emailed using a specific template. Greeting, intro, request acknowledgment, closing (Slide 8). Something I have put into practice is using slang and emoticons for professional email. I used to use a lot of slang and excess emoticons but after this module I realized that that stuff isn’t necessary. The tone of the professors emails also improved as I became more professional in my emails. Something from this module that I’ll put into practice is the chat or conference calls. My engineering group is always busy and next time we need to work on a project but we are all busy, we can use a tool to chat online such as Skype. The advice I would give to students after reading the lesson is that you need to be professional when communicating with a group for a project or a professor. Avoid unnecessary fluff like slang or emojis and get to the point. Using professional language will make the professor more likely to reply in a nicer way.