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Digital Communication
In this physics worksheet, students differentiate the three telegraph circuits. They complete 10 short answer questions about digital communication.
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association: Social Media's Growing Impact on Our Lives
Media psychology researchers are beginning to tease apart the ways in which time spent on social media is, and is not, impacting our day-to-day lives and our psychological well-being. They are looking at whether time spent on social...
REMC Association of Michigan
Remc Association of Michigan: 21 Things4 Students: 17. Creative Communications
Communication involves listening and speaking as well as reading and writing clearly and creatively, and technology provides opportunities for expressing yourself digitally. In these Quests, students learn about different software...
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Connecting With Digital Audiences
Code-switching is the action of changing your language, behavior, or appearance based on who you're with or where you are. In this lesson, students will apply the idea of code-switching to how they use phones and other devices in and...
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Creating Multimodal Texts
This website is an evolving compilation of resources designed to support the development of student multimodal authoring at all year levels. It features examples of different types of student multimodal compositions (both print and...
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Email Basics
In this tutorial, learn how to use common email features and practice proper etiquette.
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Western Australia Department of Health: Online vs Face to Face Communication
Students discuss the similarities and differences between online and face-to-face communication. They also research and explore protective strategies to ensure they communicate safely using technology.
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Gov Loop: The 7 Barriers to Digital Communication
For all its conveniences, significant barriers to effective digital communication exist. These digital communication barriers can interfere with the ability to get a point across via email, chats, texts, messaging, discussion boards,...
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University of Vermont: How to Improve Communication Skills in a Digital World
How do you rank your communication skills - especially in our increasingly digital world? For some, it has become easier than ever to effectively communicate and engage with friends, peers, and customers. For others, communication now...
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Gov Loop: Tips and Resources: Creating Accessible Digital Communication
With the massive shift to virtual work and education, it has become crucial that we strive to make all the content we put online accessible, particularly to people with disabilities who often experience barriers to accessing content....
Edutopia
Edutopia: Making Digital Communications Accessible
This article is intended to provide guidance to educators on how to make their digital content accessible to families with many different needs, but the suggestions can also help students understand how to make their own content...
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Texthelp: Making Essential Digital Communications Inclusive & Accessible
Online content is often made inaccessible by our choices in font type, color, and size; the lack of captions on videos and alt tags on images; our use of complicated sentence structures; and, the lack of formatting and structure - to...
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Use Mod Wiki: What Is a Wiki?
An explanation in question-and-answer form about wikis. Explains basic concepts, derivation of the name, and how to get started with this type of internet communication.
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College Vine: The Importance of Face to Face Communication in the Digital Age
Just because we may have computers and smartphones readily available to us, this does not mean that we should abandon face-to-face communication. Find out some cases in which it makes more sense.
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Communication Guru: Digital Communication Skills You Need in the 21st Century
A basic overview of the digital communication landscape and the hard and soft skills one needs to navigate it. It discusses the digital divide between older and younger generations.