Lesson 2
Email Basics
Get a Gmail account if you don’t have one yet, add your parents and other family members as contacts, and send your first email to a parent. You will also choose a strong password for your account — remember it, because the next lesson will teach you how to store it safely in a password keeper.
Your project
Get a Gmail account, add your parents and other family members as contacts, send your first email to a parent, and create a strong password that you will remember for the next lesson.
Steps
- If you do not already have a Gmail account, go to gmail.com and create one.
- When creating or updating your account, choose a strong password. A strong password is long (at least 12–16 characters), uses a mix of letters, numbers, and symbols, and is not a word or phrase someone could easily guess.
- Remember this password — you will need it in the next lesson when you learn to store passwords safely in a password keeper.
- Log into your Gmail account.
- Ask your parents for their email addresses and phone numbers.
- Add them as contacts in Gmail (include at least one parent).
- Write and send an email to one of your parents. Use a clear subject line and a polite greeting.
What to practice
- Write a clear subject line.
- Use a polite greeting.
- Keep the message short and understandable.
- Choose and remember a strong password.