Activities (14)

Students learn to picture "the person on the other end" of their writing—so that they’re always trying to make an impact on a real audience.

Students learn how to how to design their communications to make specific impacts on particular audiences.

Students learn to use images to shape the impact of their message.

What students learn: To discover the questions that matter to them; the specific parts of a topic they want to dig into more deeply.

Students learn how to connect together isolated facts into complex understanding.

Students learn to recognize weak claims that are not grounded in the evidence—so they can make strong ones that are.

Students learn to describe how two ideas are related in order to generate new insights.

What students learn: to accurately summarize their opponent’s view and counter with their own during a disagreement.

What students learn: To explore, understand and learn from the experience of other people: how they see their worlds, what matters to them, the realities within...

Students learn to recognize and appreciate the effort that others are putting into their work and to use positive feedback to build a kind, collaborative classr...

Students learn to identify their personal work styles, and understand how these styles influence group dynamics.

Students learn to reflect on their teamwork, identify areas for improvement, and develop strategies for effective collaboration.

Students learn to take an active role in asking for the feedback they need.

Students learn how to incorporate feedback on a draft or assignment into future work.