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 **Teachers communicate well.**  The teacher uses effective verbal and nonverbal communication techniques as well as instructional media and technology to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.

 Writing Your Resume Photostory Computer Applications I course    A unit in the Computer Applications I course is the Job Search. Components include résumé writing, a letter of application, and interview techniques. This is the lesson focusing on the résumé. The lesson plan helps students collect information about themselves so they can arrange their own résumés in preparation for the part-time job application process.
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The Computer Applications I course is available to freshmen through seniors; however, there are more freshmen in it than the other levels combined. When this lesson was taught, students were able to apply skills learned earlier about tables created in Word. Students had to manipulate their information to design a résumé that was attractive and informative for a potential employer.

The Photostory multimedia presentation that opens this lesson serves as an anticipatory set to stimulate student interest and draw on their previous knowledge. Using this rather than a question to start the lesson gives variation to the class and incorporates technology which is something that many students prefer as a learning tool. The presentation also serves as a guideline for information students need to gather about themselves. This opens communication between the students and me. The discussion leads to helping students decide what valuable personal information is and how to include it in their résumés. In the past I’ve used just a verbal introduction to this unit. Allowing students and the video to drive the discussion is a way I have developed as a teacher by creating this lesson.

By developing this lesson, I have learned that mixing the way I communicate with students can be more effective than just talking at them. They were more receptive to what I had to say (and to what their classmates said) when all the information wasn’t coming from me in lecture form. Students were more active in the discussion than other units because the topic has relevance to their lives.

Using the multimedia project to set the stage for the lesson was more effective than my typical verbal introduction. Varying communication between verbal and nonverbal methods engaged students who comprehend differently.
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 * 6.K.3 **The teacher understands the importance of nonverbal as well as verbal communication.

This lesson involves many versions of technology. The multimedia Photostory presentation introduces the focus of the lesson. Computers are used by students to organize information in a résumé format and by the teacher to show the presentation and make notes. The SMART Board is used to display and record information shared in the discussion.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">6.S.5 **<span style="color: #548dd4; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The teacher knows how to use a variety of media communication tools, including audiovisual aids and computers, to enrich learning opportunities.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students are encouraged to verbally share during classroom discussion information about accomplishments and relationships they have that can be included on their résumés. Students may also talk in pairs or small groups to brainstorm about the sections of the résumé. Students reach out to businesspeople by preparing a résumé to submit to potential employers for a part-time job.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">6.D.2 **<span style="color: #548dd4; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The teacher values many ways in which people seek to communicate and encourages many modes of communication in the classroom.