tailieunhanh - UNIT 3. OPTIONS, CHOICES, TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS LESSON 2. TOOLS AND APPLICATIONSNOTE

use a range of levels of Internet access, some (like e-mail) can work with low speed connections, while others need reliable high speed Internet connections to be used effectively; • allow you to be in contact with people synchronously (in real time) and asynchronously (with time lapses); and • enable you to share ideas with groups of co-workers and community members in a common space, and engage in simple two-way dialogues. | Information Management Resource Kit Module on Building Electronic Communities and Networks UNIT 3. OPTIONS CHOICES TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS LESSON 2. TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS NOTE Please note that this PDF version does not have the interactive features offered through the IMARK courseware such as exercises with feedback pop-ups animations etc. We recommend that you take the lesson using the interactive courseware environment and use the PDF version for printing the lesson and to use as a reference after you have completed the course. FAO 2006 3. Options Choices Tools and Applications - 2. Tools and applications - page 1 Objectives At the end of this lesson you will be able to distinguish among the wide variety of tools and applications understand how each tool works what their relative strengths and limitations are and how to use them effectively and identify what is involved in using and setting up these tools. 3. Options Choices Tools and Applications - 2. Tools and applications - page 2 Introduction In this lesson you will explore a range of electronic networking tools that can help you create an online community. The tools we will look at use a range of levels of Internet access some like e-mail can work with low speed connections while others need reliable high speed Internet connections to be used effectively allow you to be in contact with people synchronously in real time and asynchronously with time lapses and enable you to share ideas with groups of co-workers and community members in a common space and engage in simple two-way dialogues. E-mail The first tool you will explore is e-mail which is by far the most widely used of all Internet tools and the most powerful online connector of people. E-mail is a system for sending text-based messages from one computer to another through a network. E-mail is an asynchronous tool you can compose send and read e-mail messages regardless of whether the people you are corresponding with are connected to the network at .