When to use Reply vs. Reply All
A Reply is when your email goes to a single person -- either the person who sent the original email or the person who sent the last message in the thread you're responding to.
Reply All is when you respond to everyone on the thread. Other recipients will see a message you Reply All to, whether they're in the "To" or "CC" fields.
When deciding between Reply and Reply All, ask yourself a series of questions:
- Is the email addressed to me?
- Does more than one person need to know the email was responded to?
- Will the other recipients be confused if they don't see me respond?
- Does the email impact 70% of people on the chain?
- Do the others need to remain on the chain?
If an email is addressed to you but only one person needs to know you responded, or if you know no one else will be confused if they don't see your response, go ahead and reply to one person.
If your response will impact at least 70% of the people on the chain, if others will be confused by not seeing your response, or if others on the chain need to remain looped in, Reply All.
If a coworker gets promoted and the principal sends a school-wide email with the news, reply directly to your colleague with congratulations.
Similarly, if your principal sends an email announcing the school crushed STAAR scores, there's no need to Reply All with a "Hooray!" or "Way to go, team!" If you have a question or comment for your principal, reply directly to him or follow up on a separate chain.
Reply All is helpful when you're on an email chain full of people working together on a project. Everyone has access to the same information, and you can see comments and updated in real time.
If you're on an email chain where others might have a similar question or your principal solicits feedback from everyone in the group, you might have identified a scenario where Reply All would be appropriate.
But please, spare your coworkers by resisting the urge to Reply All to your boss's "I'm heading out early for a doctor's appointment" email with, "That reminds me, anyone out there have a Dentist they love?" That's what Google is for.
Hart, Meredith. "When to Use Reply, Reply All, CC, and BCC." HubSpot, 11 Dec. 2018,
https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/reply-reply-all-bcc-flowchart
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Windows 10...ACTION REQUIRED
As of January 2020, Microsoft will retire Windows 7 and stop issuing security updates. If your district computer hasn't been updated to Windows 10, please make sure you complete the steps in the document attached below to update your district computer to Windows 10.
This is for ALL computers on campus (offices, classrooms, and labs). This does NOT apply to Chromebooks.
The instructions below are the updated version!
Click Here to find out how to update your computer to Windows 10.
Add a Printer after Windows 10 upgrade
Follow these directions to help you navigate that process!
If you encounter problems or need assistance, contact the help desk at 281-985-6263 or x56263 from your classroom phone!
Enable Flash for Testing Modules
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Aldine ISD Film Workshop
Teachers MUST attend with their team and will be compensated $25.00 per hour for the day of the workshop. For this workshop, we will be focusing on "using what the students have." The focus will be on using the tools the students have available to them. This can be a phone, a digital camera, or anything they have accessible.
The other change in this year's workshop is we will be giving the students a video "challenge" that will be announced that morning. We will provide teams with what must be in the video (a word or a phrase) and a required prop. The prop will be something common but will need to be in the video. We will inform the teams of these items on the morning of the workshop. Link to sign up
Film Workshop - Media Release Form
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