Resources to promote

Communication Skills

Jolaine MojicaEuryn Mejia

Tamati AbreuJosé Vargas

What is Communication?Communication refers to

effectively transmitting information to others as well as receiving information in a quality way.

Communication also refers to being able to switch the right way to communicate according to the environment and type of communication required.

Issues in CommunicationMany high school students are not very proficient

in communication skills.

Many employers said that even students with a degree are still lacking in written communication.

Global teams are pushing professionals to learn to communicate better.

Effective communication is necessary to establish rapport with customers, business partners and to make networking possible.

Importance of Communication SkillsCommunication is important because>

It helps with collaboration. It connects the students with the teachers.

It connects customers with business people.

It helps people to express themselves effectively.

It helps people to listen effectively.

It helps people build empathy.

the communication skills needed in the 21st century mentioned in the article

oral and written communication skill.

Expressing thoughts clearly.

crisply articulating opinions.

communicating coherent instructions.

motivating others through powerful speech.

the different ways to integrate communication into the classroomwe as a group decided to have this idea

we can have the students working in small groups telling each other their own stories then after that they will stand in front of the classroom to tell what they learned about each other to upload it in a blog.

Technology ToolsRecord Projects and post them on appropriate Web sites for public

view and comments

Research a recent world/local event. Students create a slideshow of the event from their unique perspective to show to the rest of the class

Writing journals

Creating a digital gallery of images from the different models accompanied by audio files of the interviews

Students are familiar with the use of computational models as tools to describe and predict real-world phenomena

Skills stated by the NCTE´sDevelop proficiency with the tools of technology

Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally

Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes

Manage, analyze, and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information

Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multimedia texts