Email works for students

I am fortunate to be teaching a class on how to use a learning management system that has students and teachers enrolled. One of the discussion topics in the class encourages participants to share how they use the various communication tools available. I saw a quote from a student about email that grabbed my attention:

"When I get an email from a professor, I feel like inside there will be some important secret message that we all have to know in order to get through with class. While I pay attention to other forms of communication, emails definitely get my fullest attention."