Comments on: Drowning in Email? http://www.absoludity.net/blog/coping-with-email/ A Professional Development Journal Tue, 6 Jan 2009 01:18:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: Ian Tyrrell http://www.absoludity.net/blog/coping-with-email/#comment-547 Wed, 14 Sep 2005 06:26:48 +1000 http://www.absoludity.net/blog/coping-with-email/#comment-547 That sounds ridiculous to me (the deleting part I mean), what if students have sent them an email? I know that's my favourite method of communication with teachers, it's easy and I can do it without interrupting what they are doing at the time. Teach those people Mike, teach them good! That sounds ridiculous to me (the deleting part I mean), what if students have sent them an email? I know that’s my favourite method of communication with teachers, it’s easy and I can do it without interrupting what they are doing at the time.

Teach those people Mike, teach them good!

]]> by: Michael http://www.absoludity.net/blog/coping-with-email/#comment-548 Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:34:32 +1000 http://www.absoludity.net/blog/coping-with-email/#comment-548 Yeah it sounded ridiculous to me at first too, but remember you're a tech-savvy programmer Ian :-). Imagine if you only <em>used</em> a computer once per week for 0.5hr, and that was just to check your email... and when you log in there's over 50 unread emails - that's the situation some people are in. You or I would just say, "set up some filters", and I reckon that's exactly what people should be trained to do. No matter how ridiculous the extreme situation seems, I reckon there's a few simple things that could be done to improve the situation for everyone? Yeah it sounded ridiculous to me at first too, but remember you’re a tech-savvy programmer Ian :-) . Imagine if you only used a computer once per week for 0.5hr, and that was just to check your email… and when you log in there’s over 50 unread emails - that’s the situation some people are in. You or I would just say, “set up some filters”, and I reckon that’s exactly what people should be trained to do.

No matter how ridiculous the extreme situation seems, I reckon there’s a few simple things that could be done to improve the situation for everyone?

]]> by: Ian Tyrrell http://www.absoludity.net/blog/coping-with-email/#comment-550 Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:45:49 +1000 http://www.absoludity.net/blog/coping-with-email/#comment-550 I don't think I've ever used a computer that infrequently since I was about 2 (literally) :) I think it's definitely a situation that needs a remedy... but what to do? I'd probably think about setting up all new teacher accounts with a set of standard filters (like anything from colin.tyrrell@tafensw.edu.au could go straight to the junk heap... sorry Dad :) ) that reflect the general mails that would get sent. Everything from the IT department (like servers down etc) could go into one folder for instance, leaving a lot less mail in the inbox. I really don't like the idea of teachers missing out on mail from students. That is really just asking for trouble. I don’t think I’ve ever used a computer that infrequently since I was about 2 (literally) :)

I think it’s definitely a situation that needs a remedy… but what to do?
I’d probably think about setting up all new teacher accounts with a set of standard filters (like anything from colin.tyrrell@tafensw.edu.au could go straight to the junk heap… sorry Dad :) ) that reflect the general mails that would get sent. Everything from the IT department (like servers down etc) could go into one folder for instance, leaving a lot less mail in the inbox.

I really don’t like the idea of teachers missing out on mail from students. That is really just asking for trouble.

]]> by: Michael http://www.absoludity.net/blog/coping-with-email/#comment-551 Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:23:55 +1000 http://www.absoludity.net/blog/coping-with-email/#comment-551 That's a great idea Ian (setting up a set of standard filters for people's Inbox)! That’s a great idea Ian (setting up a set of standard filters for people’s Inbox)!

]]> by: Ian Tyrrell http://www.absoludity.net/blog/coping-with-email/#comment-552 Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:01:37 +1000 http://www.absoludity.net/blog/coping-with-email/#comment-552 What about redirecting mail from dad into the junk? ;) But thanks :) What about redirecting mail from dad into the junk? ;)

But thanks :)

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