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Advancing Women: Learning Effective Workplace Communications

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Author provides simple but helpful guidance to start effective workplace communication. Advancing Women: Learning Effective Workplace Communications
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Integrated Publishing

Integrated Publishing: The Communication Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
With text and diagrams, this article surveys the communication process, which consists of a message being sent and received, either verbally or nonverbally.
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Character Lab

Character Lab: Lost in Translation: The Art and Science of Communication

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Communication isn't just the transmission of information. It's also sending and receiving emotions. This article discusses why human interaction cannot be left solely to a keyboard.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Core Conflict Problems and Negotiation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Site contains a wealth of information on conflict, negotiation, interpersonal relationships, communication, and more. Spends considerable time with "complicating factors" in communication.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article provides information regarding the types of negotiations, principles for effective negotiation, obstacles to successful negotiation, and methods of overcoming these obstacles.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: My Sound Is the Best! [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this instructional activity, students will use music as an impetus for stating and supporting opinions. They will compose an opinion poster based on a narrative about a train using percussion instruments. This will involve group work...
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Cyber Talk/about Communications

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Links to several articles on interpersonal communication. Titles include "Know Your Style of Communication,"Listening as a Communications Skill," "Acknowledgment when Talking and Communicating Skills," "Conversations and Attending when...
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Cooperative Communcation Skills: Emergency Kit [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site is provided for by Cooperative Communication Skills. Seven suggestions for resolving or refusing conflict before it gets out of hand. SL.9-10.1c Active Participation. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.1, SL.11-12.1c Questions/Part
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: The Frontiers Decade: Medical Decade

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Explore the challenges of communicating without speaking or moving by creating a communications board from plastic alphabet letters. Explore speech synthesis files for people with communication disabilities.
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Character Lab

Character Lab: Great Expectations: Ask for What You Want

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This author cites an example from her own life that proves why communicating exactly what you want is so important in all aspects of life.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 5: Wonderstruck

For Teachers 5th Standards
Fifth graders learn about the importance of language, education, and communication. By determining how characters respond to challenges of language barriers and ineffective communication, 5th graders learn how language and stories can...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Tale of Text Messages: A Character Study of a Tale of Two Cities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Synergy Publishing: Listening: The Silent Side of Communication

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Five steps to improving listening skills so that you understand what someone is trying to communicate to you and respond effectively.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Becoming an Effective Listener

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart focuses on the traits of an effective listener and the identification of popular logical fallacies and propaganda techniques. In addition, there is an Activote at the end to check student...
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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Writing Effective Paraphrases

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this learning module, students practice paraphrasing brief, non-fiction passages.
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Effectively Using the Telephone

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource contains an article about using the telephone to its maximum potential. It gives basic advice on improving your communication over the phone.
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Ncsall: Relationship Between Reading and Speaking

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The interview discusses the relationship between reading and speaking.
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Collaborative Discussions: Ela Mr. Bolton

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This website gives the definitions and strategies for effective collaborative communication.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Multimodality: Putting It Together: Multimodality

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a summary of the lessons on multimodality including the relationship between media and modes, the five modes of communication, multimodal texts, remediation, remix, and attribution.
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Effective Decoding Instruction: Six Syllable Types

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Can you name the six syllable types? Explore this informative website to learn more about this part of the English language. Don't miss out on this educational resource.
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Interactivity Foundation: Guidebook for Student Centered Classroom Discussions

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
This downloadable guide includes strategies and best practices for supporting student-centered classroom discussions.
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Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: School Handbook Presentation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Reflecting on Avi's book, Nothing But the Truth A Documentary Novel, classrooms will review and consider protocol in understanding the school's handbook, policies, and how these are communicated to the student body.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 16: Barriers in Communications

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From Robert Frost's 'Mending Wall' to Pink Floyd's 'The Wall,' humankind erects and maintains real and symbolic barriers to protect and defend opposing stances, beliefs and territories. Examples of real walls in history have been the...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Changing Your Mind: Understanding Braille

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore the communications system based upon a pattern of raised dots called Braille, and design a method of inquiry that uses the scientific method to compare the effectiveness of reading dot cells against reading raised alphabet...

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