PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Summer Camp: Fill Each Day With Possibilities! Back to School Packet: Pre K and K
Use these back to school-themed activity sheets to allow children to choose their own learning adventures.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Principles of Digital Communications I
A collection of video lectures from a course introducing students to the theory and practices in digital communications. Webpage includes twenty-four lectures from a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lectures vary...
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Writers and Editors
This is from the U.S. Occupational Outlook Handbook. It provides a profile of the writing and editing careers, including information on working conditions, employment opportunities, qualifications, job outlook, and earnings.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Close Encounters
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students explore how "closely connected" a network structure is. Framed in the context of a terrorist cell, students must find which setups would allow organizations to still...
The Dirksen Congressional Center
Congress for Kids: Citizenship: Communicating in Communities
You will discover many opportunities to enrich your own life and to appreciate your differences from other members of a community as you improve your ability to communicate. You, your family, and your friends can become good citizens and...
Creative Science Centre
Creative Science Centre: A Portable Shortwave Rx Loop Antenna
A simple portable antenna is described that gives good radio reception on the main shortwave bands.
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.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: The Telephone Goes National
This site provides information about the birth of the telephone. The site also discusses AT&T, the first long distance phone call, and the people involved.
Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Chapter 7: Activities
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 7 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 7. Focus of the...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Can Plants Talk to Each Other?
Can plants talk to each other? It certainly doesn't seem that way: They don't have complex sensory or nervous systems, like animals do, and they look pretty passive. But odd as it sounds, plants can communicate with each...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Aphasia: The Disorder That Makes You Lose Your Words
Susan Wortman-Jutt details a disorder called aphasia, which can impair all aspects of communication. [5:10]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Do Animals Have Language?
All animals communicate. But do they have language? Michele Bishop details the four specific qualities we associate with language and investigates whether or not certain animals utilize some or all of those qualities to communicate. [4:55]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Interpreters Juggle Two Languages at Once
Language is complex, and when abstract or nuanced concepts get lost in translation, the consequences may be catastrophic. Given the complexities of language and cultural exchange, how do these epic miscommunications not happen all the...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Miscommunication Happens (And How to Avoid It)
Katherine Hampsten describes why miscommunication occurs so frequently, and how we can minimize frustration while expressing ourselves better. [4:32]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Language of Lying
Noah Zandan uses some famous examples of lying to illustrate how we might use communications science to analyze the lies themselves. [5:41]
PBS
Pbs Kids: Operation Ice Cream by Ray Lankford
An informational ebook about using technology as a means of communication. Special vocabulary words are highlighted and reviewed as well as a quiz checking understanding of the story.
PBS
Pbs (Affluenza): What Are Advertisers Selling
What are advertisers really selling? Are there hidden messages in ads? In this lesson plan, learners explore the concept of persuasive advertising and evaluate ads directed at young consumers. A timely lesson plan that would generate...
Other
Rit: Computer Generation: Vision and Demand
This paper, presented at an international conference in Sweden, gives a thorough analysis of the computer generation. The authors analyze some of the tendencies, visions and demands of this technology-rich time.
Other
Personal Site: One to One Communication
This personal site provides users with essential information on developing personal communication skills through mail and talk.
Other
World Transformation: A Communication Model
The site uses stick figures and Venn diagrams to show how communication happens including verbal and nonverbal information. It also includes two exercises to perform.
Other
Hasselt University Library: Open Science Directory
A global search tool with access to over 13,000 scientific journals including open access journals and journals in special programs for developing countries.
Other
Honey Software: Personal Video Telecommunications
Honey Q is a conferencing program that allow users to combine instant snapshots with instant messaging-style communication.
Other
Data Guru: The Communication Process
This communication tutorial focuses on online communication in which interpretation can lead to conflict.