# Communication

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### KEY 

📽 Video      📜 Worksheet      🤔 Activity/ Thinking Routine     🔗 Website / Link 

### Give and receive meaningful feedback

[25 examples of how to get whole class feedback](https://docs.google.com/a/aischool.org/presentation/d/15l-yP1pQxSpB9-E5me7PvPi3OuYWLXZ4Oan-4ZtqGYA/edit?usp=sharing) 🔗📜🤔

[IB: Oral presentation peer feedback](https://ibpublishing.ibo.org/server2/rest/app/tsm.xql?doc=m_0_mypxx_tsm_1412_1_e\&part=4\&chapter=8) 🔗📜🤔

[IB: Give and receive appropriate feedback](https://ibpublishing.ibo.org/server2/rest/app/tsm.xql?doc=m_0_mypxx_tsm_1412_1_e\&part=4\&chapter=9) 🔗📜🤔

[Teach students to TAG (Tell them something you like, Ask them a question, Give them a suggestion)](https://www.teachwrite.org/post/2017/11/29/tag-me-student-to-student-feedback-in-writing) 🔗📜🤔

[Strategies presentation](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RKMRJaSihlqoPqIimmb8Rwl6ZzAHvbtAVk7fRZSJrg4/edit?usp=sharing) 🔗📜🤔

[TED Ed: How miscommunication happens](https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-avoid-miscommunication-katherine-hampsten) 📽🔗📜🤔

[Reinventing the Feedback Sandwich](http://www.andymolinsky.com/reinventing-feedback-sandwich/) 🔗📜🤔

### Use intercultural understanding to interpret communication

[Excited Educator: International Mindedness](https://www.excitededucator.com/home/international-mindedness-pd-part-one) 🔗

[YouTube: What kind of Asian are you?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWynJkN5HbQ) 📽

[YouTube: Weird or just different?](https://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_weird_or_just_different) 📽

[Common Lit](https://www.commonlit.org/) 🔗🤔

[Global Oneness Project](https://www.globalonenessproject.org/) 🔗📜🤔📽

### Use a variety of speaking techniques to communicate with a variety of audiences

[Public Speaking Techniques To Wow Your Audience](http://www.briantracy.com/blog/public-speaking/tips-to-wow-a-crowd/) 🔗

[IB: Oral and non-verbal presentations](https://ibpublishing.ibo.org/server2/rest/app/tsm.xql?doc=m_0_mypxx_tsm_1412_1_e\&part=4\&chapter=6) 🔗

[Improving Speaking Skills with Poetry Podcasting](https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/middle-school-literacy-lesson) 🔗

[TED ED Club](https://ed.ted.com/clubs) 📽🔗📜🤔

[Academic Phrasebank](http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/writing-definitions/) 🔗🤔

[How to Speak with Confidence: Crash Course Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjdxUiAJ0UQ) 📽

### Use appropriate forms of writing for different purposes and audiences

[Owl Purdue - Different Purposes](https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/625/06/) 🔗📜🤔

[Harnessing the Political Power of Words](https://newseumed.org/tools/critical-debate/harnessing-political-power-words) 🔗

[RAFTS - Writing strategy for different perspectives](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_BEhJiMXD8le9tG7qH-Koespf6VfT0d0NX4W2u5FHQE/edit?usp=sharing) 🔗📜🤔

[Academic Phrasebank](http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/writing-definitions/) 🔗🤔

### Use a variety of media to communicate with a range of audiences

[Have students use multiple tools together, for example creating an EMaze presentation, which contains photographs they have manipulated and a video they have created](http://www.emaze.com/) 🔗📜🤔

[Is this share worthy? Flowchart/Poster and Activity (Newseum)](https://newseumed.org/activity/is-this-story-share-worthy-flowchart-mlbp/) 🔗📜🤔

[TED ED Club](https://ed.ted.com/clubs) 📽🔗📜🤔

[Social Media: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5YKW6fhlss\&t=1s) 📽

### Interpret and use effectively modes of non-verbal communication

[Visible Thinking Routines - Colour, Symbol, Image Routine "A routine for distilling the essence of ideas non-verbally"](https://pz.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/Color%20Symbol%20Image_1.pdf) 🔗📜🤔

[Artful Thinking PZ Routines!](http://pzartfulthinking.org/) 🔗📜🤔

[Access to high quality primary sources (art, artefacts, etc) to analyse from Google Art and Culture](https://artsandculture.google.com/) 🔗

### Negotiate ideas and knowledge with peers and teachers

[Visible Thinking Routine - Think Pair Share ](http://www.pz.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/Think%20Pair%20Share_1.pdf)🔗📜🤔

[What Would You Do? Media Ethics Scenarios (Activity)](https://newseumed.org/activity/media-ethics-scenarios-mlbp/) 🔗🤔

### Participate in, and contribute to, digital social media networks

[TED Ed Lesson: Networking for the networking averse](http://ed.ted.com/lessons/networking-for-the-networking-averse-lisa-green-chau) 📽🔗📜🤔

[Spreadsheet of Digital Citizenship Resources](https://docs.google.com/a/aischool.org/spreadsheets/d/13G_lZK-D-VxPJ3JyZKhIZLaLPPwVa41pcannORAzv0k/edit?usp=sharing) 🔗📜🤔

[Is this share worthy? Flowchart/Poster and Activity (Newseum)](https://newseumed.org/activity/is-this-story-share-worthy-flowchart-mlbp/) 🔗🤔📜

[Social Media: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5YKW6fhlss\&t=1s) 📽

### Collaborate with peers and experts using a variety of digital environments and media

[Connect with other classrooms anywhere in the world through Google Hangouts and Skype. Contact teachers you know working abroad or connect with people through "Connected Classrooms"](https://www.educatemagis.org/connected-classrooms/) 🔗�

[Is this share worthy?](https://newseumed.org/activity/is-this-story-share-worthy-flowchart-mlbp/) [Flowchart/Poster and Activity (Newseum)](https://newseumed.org/activity/is-this-story-share-worthy-flowchart-mlbp/) 🔗📜🤔

[Social Media: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5YKW6fhlss\&t=1s) 📽

### Share ideas with multiple audiences using a variety of digital environments and media

[How to Podcast](http://blog.listenwise.com/2017/05/podcast-class-podcasting-class-part-1/) 🔗

[How to Speak with Confidence: Crash Course Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjdxUiAJ0UQ) 📽

[The Secret to Business Writing: Crash Course Business - Soft Skills #3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E-oqahDnb8) 📽

### Read critically and for comprehension

[Chunking - An important skill for students to practice is the ability to comprehend challenging texts. ](https://www.facinghistory.org/for-educators/educator-resources/teaching-strategy/chunking)🔗📜🤔

[Cooking Up Clickbait - Activity (Newseum)](https://newseumed.org/activity/cooking-up-clickbait-mlbp-aca/) 🔗📜🤔

### Read a variety of sources for information and for pleasure

[YouTube Video - The Benefits of Reading](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axL299l_0zI) 📽

[Have students sign up to Goodreads. Here they can log what they read, write reviews, take quizzes and more](https://www.goodreads.com/) 🔗

[YouTube Video - CrashCourse - How and Why We Read](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSYw502dJNY) 📽

### Make inferences and draw conclusions

[TED Ed Lesson: Rethinking thinking](http://ed.ted.com/lessons/rethinking-thinking-trevor-maber) 📽🔗📜🤔

[Use the lesson "DICE Descriptions, inference, connections and evaluations"](https://docs.google.com/a/aischool.org/presentation/d/19SicIfektHt6B7MHGu6XTnwcCIh8QWpsSvOeMFr52ZQ/edit?usp=sharing) 🔗📜🤔

### Use and interpret a range of discipline-specific terms and symbols

[Visible Thinking Routine - See, Think, Wonder! 'Describing, interpreting and wondering'](https://pz.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/See%20Think%20Wonder_2.pdf) 🔗📜🤔

### Write for different purposes

[Owl Purdue - Purpose - Authors and audiences both have a wide range of purposes for communicating. The importance of purpose in rhetorical situations cannot be overstated](https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/rhetorical_situation/purposes.html)  🔗📜🤔

[Academic Phrasebank](http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/writing-definitions/) 🔗

[RAFTS - Writing strategy for different perspectives](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_BEhJiMXD8le9tG7qH-Koespf6VfT0d0NX4W2u5FHQE/edit?usp=sharing) 🔗📜🤔

[The Secret to Business Writing: Crash Course Business](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E-oqahDnb8) 📽

### Understand and use mathematical notation

[The best stats you've ever seen - Hans Rosling](https://ed.ted.com/lessons/hans-rosling-shows-the-best-stats-you-ve-ever-seen) 📽🔗📜🤔

[TED Ed: Where do math symbols come from?](https://ed.ted.com/lessons/where-do-math-symbols-come-from-john-david-walters) 📽🔗📜🤔

[How to visualize one part per million](https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-visualize-one-part-per-million-kim-preshoff-the-ted-ed-community) 📽🔗📜🤔

### Paraphrase accurately and concisely

[Owl Purdue: Online Lab: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing](https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/quoting_paraphrasing_and_summarizing/index.html)  🔗📜🤔

[Visible Thinking Routines - Headlines](http://www.pz.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/Headlines_1.pdf) 🔗📜🤔

[Have students create note cards in Noodletools ](https://www.noodletools.com/)🔗 

[Use Facing History's lesson 'Annotating and Paraphrasing Sources' (particularly good for historical documents)](https://www.facinghistory.org/for-educators/educator-resources/teaching-strategy/annotating-and-paraphrasing-sources) 🔗📜🤔

[BrainPop Video and Quiz: Paraphrasing](https://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/paraphrasing/) 🔗📜🤔📽

### Preview and skim texts to build understanding

[iTunes App: ReadQuick - Speed Reader "ReadQuick helps you read faster than ever before."](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/readquick-speed-reader/id515138359?mt=8) 🔗

[IB: Skim reading activities](https://ibpublishing.ibo.org/server2/rest/app/tsm.xql?doc=m_0_mypxx_tsm_1412_1_e\&part=4\&chapter=5) 🔗📜🤔

### Take effective notes in class

[Use this tool to generate worksheets for Cornell Note Taking](http://www.worksheetworks.com/miscellanea/cornell-note-taking-paper.html) 🔗📜🤔

[How to get started with Sketchnotes](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/11/how-to-get-started-with-sketchnotes/) 🔗📜🤔

[Visual Note Taking!](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jSCRKp3CfWTocYV06EmIlNjPPUGzHyyZ9rSTnpdtBA8/edit?usp=sharing) 🔗📜🤔

[IB: Active Listening and Note Taking](https://ibpublishing.ibo.org/server2/rest/app/tsm.xql?doc=m_0_mypxx_tsm_1412_1_e\&part=4\&chapter=2) 🔗📜🤔

[Taking Effective Notes Video (CrashCourse - Study Skills)](https://youtu.be/E7CwqNHn_Ns) 📽 

[Note taking tips when watching a video](https://www.excitededucator.com/home/taking-notes-from-videos) 📽🔗

### Make effective summary notes for studying

[How](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqF4-g17uC8\&ab_channel=SELLTeam)[ to Summarise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqF4-g17uC8\&ab_channel=SELLTeam) 📽

[Cornell Note Taking — The Best Way To Take Notes Explained](https://medium.goodnotes.com/study-with-ease-the-best-way-to-take-notes-2749a3e8297b) 🔗

[Create lotus diagrams](https://miro.com/templates/lotus-diagram/) 📜🔗

[The Top 3 Most Effective Ways to Take Notes While Reading](https://fs.blog/2013/11/taking-notes-while-reading/) 🔗📜

### Use a variety of organizers for academic writing tasks

[Sync notes across devices with simplenote](https://simplenote.com/) 🔗

[The 11 Best Note-Taking Apps in 2021 – Evernote, Notion, and More](https://collegeinfogeek.com/best-note-taking-apps/) 🔗

[Cornell Note Taking — The Best Way To Take Notes Explained](https://medium.goodnotes.com/study-with-ease-the-best-way-to-take-notes-2749a3e8297b) 🔗🤔

[Create lotus charts](https://miro.com/templates/lotus-diagram/) 📜🔗🤔

### Find information for disciplinary and interdisciplinary inquiries, using a variety of media, organize and depict information logically

[Brain Pop Video and quiz on Concept Mapping](https://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/conceptmapping/)  🤔🔗

[Have students create a flowchart using PiktoChart (or similar)](http://piktochart.com/) 🔗🤔

[Structure information in a flow chart using Lucidcharts](https://www.lucidchart.com/pages/landing/flowchart-software?utm_source=google\&utm_medium=cpc\&utm_campaign=_en_tier1_mixed_search_brand_exact_\&km_CPC_CampaignId=1490375427\&km_CPC_AdGroupID=55688909657\&km_CPC_Keyword=lucidchart%20flowchart\&km_CPC_MatchType=e\&km_CPC_ExtensionID=\&km_CPC_Network=g\&km_CPC_AdPosition=\&km_CPC_Creative=442433235983\&km_CPC_TargetID=kwd-308413304100\&km_CPC_Country=9042234\&km_CPC_Device=c\&km_CPC_placement=\&km_CPC_target=\&mkwid=sZU73a6ze_pcrid_442433235983_pkw_lucidchart%20flowchart_pmt_e_pdv_c_slid__pgrid_55688909657_ptaid_kwd-308413304100_\&gclid=CjwKCAjwqcKFBhAhEiwAfEr7zXeCf4RgrV4RxwN4-EeFS7xfKQ7E5b28GxndUZO-EWJj1L-kosp6UBoC4xkQAvD_BwE) 🔗📜

[Organizing Your Paper](https://www.lynchburg.edu/academics/writing-center/wilmer-writing-center-online-writing-lab/the-writing-process/organizing-your-paper/) 🔗

[Organizing Academic Research Papers: Academic Writing Style](https://library.sacredheart.edu/c.php?g=29803\&p=185910) 🔗

### Structure information in summaries, essays and reports

[How to structure paragraphs using the PEEL method](https://www.studiosity.com/blog/how-to-structure-paragraphs-using-the-peel-method) 🔗📜

[How to structure an essay: Templates and tips](https://www.scribbr.com/academic-essay/essay-structure/) 🔗📜

[How to Write an Essay: 4 Minute Step-by-Step Guide | Scribbr](https://youtu.be/UuOWNNvupik) 🔗📽

[Organizing Academic Research Papers: Academic Writing Style](https://library.sacredheart.edu/c.php?g=29803\&p=185910) 🔗

[Organizing Your Paper](https://www.lynchburg.edu/academics/writing-center/wilmer-writing-center-online-writing-lab/the-writing-process/organizing-your-paper/) 🔗

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