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Transforming Education
Social Awareness Strategies
What are the benefits of developing social awareness? Using the resource, readers learn strategies for fostering civil discourse, creating a participatory classroom, and enhancing family involvement. Scholars also take a personality...
Transforming Education
SEL for Educators Toolkit
Four resources make up the SEL toolkit for educators. Intended for those that teach kindergarten to twelfth grade, helpful files include a companion guide, presentation, reference list, and a one-page snapshot that neatly showcases the...
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San Diego County District Attorney: Communication
Teaching young people how to communicate effectively helps them maintain healthy relationships, resolve conflicts peacefully, excel in school, and eventually get and keep jobs. In these lessons, students practice different forms of...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Tale of Text Messages: A Character Study of a Tale of Two Cities
Students engage in a character study of the numerous figures created by Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities. They compare and contrast several forms of communication: email, text message, and telephone; complete a character study...
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute: The Case Files: History of Communications
Look back in time at some of the people who invented the first technologies for communicating across time and distance that form the foundations of today's information society.
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Managing the Grapevine
This site contains an excellent description of this form of communication. Dealing effectively with the grapevine is fully explained. Reasons for communicating through a grapevine and how to effectively manage it are given.
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Work 911: Cooperative Communication
This site defines "Cooperative Communication" and provides examples and information as to how to apply it. Although the article is geared toward the workplace, it applies to all forms of communication, especially when negotiating....
Other
Assessment of Students Who Are Deafblind: Issues Faced
A comprehensive article on the issues faced in assessing students who are deafblind, and on the effects vision loss has on their access to communication. Included in the article is discussion on the difficulties students who are...
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Nz Ministry of Education: What's the Problem?
The aim of this unit is for students to develop their persuasive writing and information gathering skills using various forms of information and communication technology. It is hoped that the context of 'teenage problems' will provide an...
Other
Business Etiquette: More Than Just Eating With the Right Fork
So many people forget about common courtesies as a form of communication. These tips are vital for business success.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Cave Art Discovering Prehistoric Humans
By studying cave paintings, students learn about prehistoric cultures and the stories and ideas they wished to communicate to others through art. The lesson plan presented on this website aims to show young students the significance of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 8.7 Communication
Learn about the many forms of animal communication.
Other
Federal Communications Commission: Major Initiatives
This site from the FCC gives information on the main focus of the Federal Communication Commission. They are responsible for most forms of communication.
Other
Victoria State Government: Sociodramatic Play (Interacting With Others)
Sociodramatic play is where children act out imaginary situations and stories, become different characters, and pretend they are in different locations and times. Sociodramatic play is the most advanced form of play, and constantly...
Biology 4 kids
Biology4 Kids: Connection and Communication
Take a look at different forms of cellular communication which takes place between cells.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Genetics Learning Center: learn.genetics: Cell Communication
Learn how signals travel within cells, and from cell to cell as a form of cellular communication.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Matter, Solid or Liquid: Barthlomew and the Oobleck
Background information: This activity is an extension of the children's exposure to states of matter in the Scott Foresman science series for Grade 2. This lesson has a Literacy component. Using the book by Dr. Seuss, "Bartholomew and...
A&E Television
History.com: What Prehistoric Cave Paintings Reveal About Early Human Life
Some of the oldest known art may hint at the beginning of language development, while later examples portray narratives with human and animal figures. What does the oldest known art in the world tell us about the people who created it?...
Discovering Egypt
Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt
This site provides a captivating tour through Egypt's past. Visit the ancient temples, the kings and queens of the past. Learn about the hieroglyphic form of communication. Additional links for extended information temples and hieroglyphs.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: What Are Remediation and Remix?
This lesson focuses on remediation and its definition and forms of remediation with examples. It also provides a practice exercise.
American Forum for Global Education
American Forum for Global Education: Talking With Our Hands
This lesson from the American Forum for Global Education is designed to help children understand that using hands to "convey messages" is a form of communication.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: The Role of Teachers and Schools in Communication
What is the role of teachers and schools in regards to communication with parents? Come and explore this informative article revealing how important open communication is for students.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Theories of the Early Stages of Language Acquisition
Language is the primary method of human communication, but there are also other ways to communicate without the use of language. Language in its most complex form is unique to humans, although some animals have been found to have basic...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Expanding Narratives Using Media: A Digital Notebook
The resources, tips, and professional development opportunities shared throughout this digital notebook are rooted in skills supporting critical media literacy. Media literacy education emphasizes skills of inquiry and expression and...