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Three Essential Soft Skills That Span Every Content Area
Reading, writing, and arithmetic are just the start of what young people need to know to be successful.
Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Communication at Work - Soft Skills in the Workplace
Don't get stuck between a soft and a hard place. Scholars conduct research about business leaders, typing a report to analyze the leaders' hard and soft skills. Additionally, pupils create an instructional manual for either assembling a...
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Employment Soft Skills: EL Civics
Help your English learners with their conversational and occupational skills in this presentation. A phone conversation between an employee (Sandy) and her boss (Mr. Williams) demonstrates English conversation procedures, as well as...
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution and Its Impact on Latin America
Fidel Castro was the iconic leader of Cuba. Yet, individuals may know little about the man or his motivations. In an engaging Web quest activity, scholars investigate Castro's political aspirations and his more ephemeral personal life...
profitt.gatech.edu
Effective Communication: Listening, Speaking, Writing, Interpreting
Help young learners become active listeners and strong public speakers with a set of activities that range from paraphrasing, to discussions, and self-reflection. Additionally, the lessons address social media skills and non-verbal...
Kenan Fellows
The Newton Challenge
Make Newton proud. Scholars apply their understanding of forces and energy to an engineering design challenge. They learn about simple machines, create a presentation on Newton's laws, and develop a balloon-powered car.
Curated OER
Holiday Greeting Cards
Students create holiday greeting cards using digital images and Photoshop elements in this great holiday art activity for the elementary school classroom. The instructional activity includes step-by-step procedures, a student example,...
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My Fall Leaves Number Book
In this number book learning exercise, learners cut out, color and assemble a mini counting book of numbers and leaves from one to ten. Students trace each dotted number on each page of their books.
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Tuesday Tours: Communication
Learners explore communication skills. In this career traits lesson, students are introduced to Eric Berne's Transactional Analysis Model of Communication. Learners discuss the impact of verbal and nonverbal communication in the...
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Rules For Succeeding At Work
Students discuss and list examples of work ethic and job motivation. Appropriate dress for different job types is discussed as well as proper work etiquette including absenteeism and tardiness. Students create rules for succeeding at...
Other
Isaca: A Young Professional's Guide to Career Success Using Soft Skills
Learn about the importance of soft skills such as communication, self confidence and work ethic, along with the reasons these skills are highly desired by employers.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Career Gates: Soft Skills
Soft Skills highlights the skills employees need to be successful. These include communication, eye contact, listening, teamwork, positive attitude, proper handshake, professional appearance and respect. Soft skills are the abilities to...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Tech Needs the Humanities
On the TED stage, Eric Berridge shares why tech companies should look beyond STEM graduates for new hires and how people with backgrounds in the arts and humanities can bring creativity and insight to technical workplaces.
Other
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.
Other
Wabash College: Introduction to Network Etiquette
This site from Wabash College gives rules not only for internet etiquette, but more specifically for etiquette concerning networks. This site is particularly relevant to college students.