We probably all think we know what effective communication looks like. AND, if we teach any form
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Read the description and review the grade-level checklist for Effective Communicator at the Future Ready Skill website.
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Mind Tools is an online learning site/repository of essential career skills. The audience for their articles is clearly adults in the workforce. Nonetheless, many of their articles have relevance in schools as well--you’ll just have to think outside the cubicle.
Visit the Communications Skills area of Mind Tools site and browse through the several articles that are available. (NOTE: you can select and read up to three articles for free. Not all articles are free, but you should be able to find one that is.) Select and read one article that is of interest to you, then select one to read that you think could have relevance in your classroom. OR, alternatively, read this article that addresses 9 effective communication skills and 5 barriers to effective communication.
Prompt
Part 1: Referring to our description of Effective Communicator and the grade level checklist, which elements of effective communication don’t currently get much attention in your classroom? How might you be able to authentically address one or two of them in your classroom so that your students gain a fuller understanding of Effective Communicator?
Part 2: Identify the articles you selected from Mind Tools and tell us why, then explain how you might adapt the second one to resonate with your students. If you opted for the alternative article, identify one skill and one barrier you could imagine addressing with your students to improve their communication skills.
Mind Tools is an online learning site/repository of essential career skills. The audience for their articles is clearly adults in the workforce. Nonetheless, many of their articles have relevance in schools as well--you’ll just have to think outside the cubicle.
Visit the Communications Skills area of Mind Tools site and browse through the several articles that are available. (NOTE: you can select and read up to three articles for free. Not all articles are free, but you should be able to find one that is.) Select and read one article that is of interest to you, then select one to read that you think could have relevance in your classroom. OR, alternatively, read this article that addresses 9 effective communication skills and 5 barriers to effective communication.
Prompt
Part 1: Referring to our description of Effective Communicator and the grade level checklist, which elements of effective communication don’t currently get much attention in your classroom? How might you be able to authentically address one or two of them in your classroom so that your students gain a fuller understanding of Effective Communicator?
Part 2: Identify the articles you selected from Mind Tools and tell us why, then explain how you might adapt the second one to resonate with your students. If you opted for the alternative article, identify one skill and one barrier you could imagine addressing with your students to improve their communication skills.
