Curated OER
From These Beginnings
Students prepare a bulletin board that shows the changing identity of their state before and after statehood.
Curated OER
Island Hopping
Students to use cooperation, communication, problem solving, and math skills.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of Composition
If you are a teacher OR a student looking for a well-informed website on elements of the writing process, you are in luck! This site from the Capital Community College is very comprehensive and easy-to-navigate. From grammar basics to...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ndakinna Wilderness Project
In this video segment from WILD TV, a guide describes how to camouflage a person's body to avoid being detected in the wilderness.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Media and Communication Occupations
This resource provides information about media and communication occupations.
University of Texas at Austin
Lanic: Latin American Network Information Center
Vast network of information from and about Latin America is provided. Major topic headings include countries, economy, education, government, humanities, science, social sciences, society and culture, recreation, media and communication,...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Go and Stop? Ant Traffic Signals
Have you ever stopped to watch a trail of ants moving back and forth between a food source and their nest? Have you ever wondered how they establish their trail? You've probably read that ants use chemical signals to communicate with one...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Oranges How Many Sections Are Inside?
In this biology investigation students will be asked to attempt to determine how many sections exist in an orange without having peeled it. Students will work in small cooperative groups. Each group will be able to use a small magnifying...
University of Hawai'i
University of Hawaii: Communication Ethics
"Active Learning, Critical Thinking and Multicultural Education in Communication Ethics" discusses strategies to assist students in dealing with moral issues and to develop higher order thinking in the ethical decision-making process.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: The Brain: Communication
How does information from different parts of the body reach the brain? For this lesson students discover that their brains receive and act on information from inside and outside the body, and that the senses gather and process different...
Other
A Primer on Parliamentary Procedure
This resource lists the basic principles of holding a meeting and using the Parliamentary Procedure.
Other
Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Skills Map for the Arts [Pdf]
Arts education is part of the backbone of the 21st Century skills movement. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills had designed a map that provides examples of collaboration, communication, creativity, innovation, critical thinking,...
Other
Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Skills Map for the Arts [Pdf]
Arts education is part of the backbone of the 21st Century skills movement. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills had designed a map that provides examples of collaboration, communication, creativity, innovation, critical thinking,...
Other
Communication Is Wonderful, if It Ever Takes Place
This is a brief, but insightful article about the importance of communication, how we communicate, and why we sometimes fail to communicate.
Other
Albion: The Core Rules of Netiquette
Excerpts from the book "Netiquette" which gives etiquette rules for using the Internet. Ten rules with explanations are presented.
Other
Building a School Web Site
A basic introduction to building Web sites. Includes getting started, communication, publishing power, files, words, pictures, color, links, and standards links.
Other
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.
Other
Pony Express: History of the Pony Express
Read about the beginnings of the Pony Express, the requirements to be a rider, and find out why this mail delivery system ended.
Other
Ncte Framework for 21st Century Curriculum and Assessment
An overview of the updates for the national standards for English Language Learners in a 21st century community. Set by the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association, this site includes elements of...
Other
Ncte Framework for 21st Century Curriculum and Assessment
An overview of the updates for the national standards for English Language Learners in a 21st century community. Set by the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association, this site includes elements of...
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.
Other
Introducing Plain Language
This site by Plain Language Online states that plain language "begins with the needs of the reader," which will determine why and how the writer writes. It goes on to elaborate on audience and purpose, idea organization, use of...