(CP) Communication and Presentation

Engaging in Conversations and Discussions

• Use effective interpersonal skills during conversations and discussion to build positive relationships with others and promote collaborative learning.
• Communicate interactively and effectively to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others using a range of contemporary tools, transmissions and processes.
• Listen effectively to decipher meaning, including knowledge, values, attitudes and intentions. Communicate ideas through the creation of authentic products using a combination of words, data, and visual representations to inform, persuade and entertain others.
• Communicate effectively in diverse environments (including multi-lingual). Show cultural understanding and global awareness when engaging with learners of other cultures.
• Deliver effective oral presentations to communicate the results of inquiry. Field questions to demonstrate conceptual understanding and knowledge, along with details about the inquiry process

• Communicates in a positive way, even when challenged, and shows that others’ ideas are important.

"The Standard"

• Asks questions to check understanding about information shared during discussion; makes comments that contribute to discussion and connect to the comments of others.

• Asks questions to check understanding and makes comments about information shared during discussion; questions and comments are sometimes linked to the comments of others. Is sometimes unclear when trying to explain own ideas.

• Inconsistently asks questions to check understanding or comment about information shared during discussions.