Multiple Intelligences and Technology: A Winning Combination

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Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom
It's not how smart you are,          it's how
you are smart! Howard Gardner Interview,
"Common Miracles" ABC 1993
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How do you learn best?
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AGENDA
AGENDA

• Introduction How do you learn best?
• What this session will/will not cover
• Quick look at MI What Are the Intelligences?
• Definition of Multiple Intelligences (MI)
• Design your own lesson using MI
• Peruse examples of MI with Technology integration
  
• Online Survey Finding Your Strengths
• MI Resources

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION
As an educator,how can I most effectively
incorporate MI Theory into the curriculum to
create an optimal learning experience?

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Dr. Howard Gardner, Harvard Frames of Mind, 1983
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Think about your own teaching objectives for a
current unit. How could you teach the same
objective with the multiple intelligences?
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M.I. with Technology Considerations
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Integration of M.I. The Positive Effects

• Students gain a greater sense of responsibility
  for their work.
• Students remain on task for longer periods of
  time.
• Students produce higher quality work, that
  reflects the increased depth and breadth of their
  knowledge and talents.
• Students become better at critical thinking,
  organizing evaluating information, and
  presenting their new knowledge in creative ways.

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Take the M.I. SELF TEST
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Resources

• Lesson Ideas
• http//lth3.k12.il.us/RHampton/MI/LessonPlanIdeas.
  htm
• Online Tutorial Session
• http//www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/mi/
  exploration_sub5.html
• Online Survey of MI
• http//www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/clie
  nt_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/questions/questions.cf
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