DIFFERENTIATED LEARNING USING TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY TOOLS TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD’S LEARNING BASED ON THE THEORY OF “MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES”.

By Mrs. Ariana Linger – Learning Support Program Mrs. Rosselyn Porras – Educational Technology Coordinator March 13th, 2013

Table of Content

• Introduction

• Multiple Intelligences – Verbal-linguistic

– Logical-Mathematical

– Visual-Spatial

– Bodily-Kinesthetic

– Musical

– Interpersonal

– Intrapersonal

– Naturalist

• Conclusion

Today we will…

• Explain briefly the 8 different types of intelligences based on the theory of Howard Gardner.

• Show a few technology tools that your child can use to tap into their strengths.

What is Multiple Intelligence?

It is….

• All intelligences are cognitive abilities.

• High intellectual potential in bodily-kinesthetic sphere

• A way to empower learning

It’s not…

• A way to quantify any of the 8 kinds of intelligences.

• May choose to be artist (i.e. not necessarily dancer.)

• It’s not about to find out what they (children) have or lack, rather

Verbal -Linguistic

Strengths

• Understand words and language very well

• well developed

vocabularies

• Can learn the complex rules of language quickly

• Use language to remember and think

• Can express themselves very well in both oral and written forms

• Hearing stories - Oral or even on tape/CD

• Debating and discussing various issues

• Writing poems, short stories

• Playing word games- Scrabble

• Public speaking about issues

• Reading aloud.

They learn about…

Gravity with the story of an apple falling on Newton.

Geography “hello” “good bye” in several languages

History describing the changes in clothing since the early 20th century.

They love…

Verbal Linguistic Technology Tools

• Pixton - is an online user-generated comic strip. Without having to draw, people of all ages can share their ideas, opinions, and stories publishing them instantly to a worldwide web audience.

•Productivity Tools:

Word Processor, Google Docs

•Create poems, stories, articles:

Pixton, story jumper

•Create podcasts:

Audacity

•Social Network:

Google talk (chat), Gmail (email), kidblog, blogger (Blogging), librofilia (forum)

•Read and Search:

Google, boolify, famhoo, kidrex.org

•Encyclopedia/Dictionary:

Grolier (encyclopedia), ninjawords.com (dictionary),

•Ebooks:

Kindle (read.amazon.com), Ms Linger site, and kno.

Logical - Mathematical

Strengths

• Find order in complex situations - classify, sequence, find patterns.

• Problem solving through logical breakdown and analysis.

• Easily manipulate numbers.

• Identify cause and effect.

They love…

• Solving logical and mathematical puzzles.

• Research projects - collecting statistics and analyzing them. Measurements and surveys.

• Complex scientific and mathematical theories. • Experiment to discover cause and effect. • Classify various objects using diagrams. • Using abstract symbols and formulas.

• Any type of calculation.

They enjoy learning about…

• Geography with statistics.

• History using timelines and calculate time span between historical events.

Logical-Mathematical Technology Tools

• IXL - is a website which covers over 2,000 skills through an infinite number of computer generated questions, students can never run out of new questions to try. They are free to practice each skill until they have truly mastered it.

Productivity Tools Google Docs, Spreadsheets

Webquests Zunal.com

Math Tools Kahn Academy, IXL

Charts Excel

• Organizational tools (calendars), • Calculations tools (spreadsheets) • Science and math software, • Statistics, graphing calculator, • Multimedia, videotape

(experiments, demonstrations, data gathering)

• Animation (demonstrate an experiment)

• Presentations (PowerPoint, Prezi)

• Online Data Collection (Forms), • Critical Thinking Software.

Visual-Spatial

Strengths • Visualize things in

their minds.

• Manipulate objects in their minds+ analyze the impact of changes

• Active imaginations (may appear to be day dreaming).

• Express themselves by creating/drawing physical forms.

• Move around as part of learning process (may not be able to sit still).

They love… • Use shapes and objects

• Draw and paint

• Play with colors

• Touch and feel things

• Take things apart to see what they look like inside

• Seeing models of how things work

• Creating objects with their own hands

• Going to museums to see exhibits

Learning about… • Geography by building a model of a mountain using

cardboard, paper, different colors, clay etc., complete with rocks, trees and vegetation.

• "Paint a picture“, Imagine the environment or the objects as they read or learn about them.

Visual-Spatial Technology Tools

• Popplet is a very easy to use tool that allows students create a wall of multimedia stick notes that they can share with. Students can insert pictures, videos, text and be creative with colors, styles and ideas.

• Photo sharing • comics, puzzles, • draw programs, paint

programs, • timeline, 3D software, • map making, • scrapbooking, • match pictures to vocabulary,

board games, • digital Camera, • Concept Mapping.

Modeling Google Sketchup

Image Editor picmonkey

Visual Timelines timetoast

Mindmaps popplet

Charts Excel

Posters Glogster

Bodily-Kinesthetic

Strengths

• Respond very well to physical stimulus.

• Excellent physical skills

- gross motor skills + fine motor skills

• Great flexibility and

agility

• Hands are very dexterous

• Tend to move around as part of their learning process (may not be able to sit still).

They love…

• Science experiments/Gardening.

• Participating in dramas/Dancing.

• Physical activities like climbing, rolling, jumping, crawling.

• Outdoor activities like climbing a hill, hikes, walks .

• Activities where they move about in a large physical space.

They learn by… • Role play – i.e. science concepts - From

caterpillar to cocoon to butterfly. • Using hands to measure (length, width,

area, volumes).

Bodily-Kinesthetic Technology Tools

• Jigsawplanet.com

Create jigsaw puzzles from your images, collect, exhibit and share them with your family, friends or teachers.

•Puzzles:jigsawplanet.com

•Video Editing: animoto, youtube EDU

•Build: Lego

•Digital Video Camera

•Virtual Tour: 3DVista.com

• Keyboarding, mouse, • mimio vote, • microscopes, video • production,animation, • claymation, • virtual field trip, • robotics, • digital still and video

cameras, • virtual worlds.

Musical

Strengths

• Identify rhythms and patterns in virtually everything.

• Pick up on nuances very easily.

• Attracted to interesting sounds and music.

• Internalize and absorb information in patterns and rhythms.

They love…

• Listening to music.

• Singing songs, and rhymes.

• Working with numbers and number theory as they grow up.

• Learning languages and grammar.

• Learning, ciphering and deciphering codes and symbols.

They enjoy learning about • Rocks by looking for the patterns in rock

formations, river meanderings.. • Equations by singing each operation aloud

• Historical events by making up songs abut them

Musical Technology Tools • Present.me: is a web presentation

tool, in which you upload your powerpoint but record yourself in video or audio presenting your slides.

• Flocabulary:

• Sound Editor:Audacity

• Learning through hip-hop:

http://www.flocabulary.com

• Recording: Present.me

• Video and audio recorders,

• sound and music files, music clips,

• animation (Macromedia Flash),

• music composition software,

• interactive books with audio elements.

Interpersonal

Strengths

• Like being with people + relate very well.

• Working in teams

• Can lead

• Concern and empathy for others

• Very persuasive arguments

They love…

• Working with other children, especially younger.

• Meeting and getting information from various people. • Collaborative activities.

• Talking about themselves or what they do, with other

people.

• Helping others – volunteering.

• Interacting with family.

• Monitoring "rules" and "practices" in the household. They enjoy learning by… • Role play about various astronomers to explain how

planetary theory evolved around earth to around the sun.

• Working with a partner: explain the lessons to each other.

• write dialogues between various classes of people in ancient times - "farmers talking to landlords”.

Interpersonal Technology Tools • Epals.com - is a way to connect with other

classrooms around the world. • Our world is globalized, we have access to

tons of information. Information that is provided from around the globe. We have almost immediate access to information, just a click or tap away. Globalization contributes to our knowledge and experiences.

• Connecting Globally: Skype, ePals,

• Blogging: Edublog, kidblog

• Forum: Edmodo

• Micro blogging: Twitter

• Blogs, email projects,

• chat, word processing, forums,

• discussions, video and teleconferencing,

• collaborative games,

• Group presentation,

• peer tutoring, • virtual worlds.

Intrapersonal

Strengths

• Recognize own strengths /weaknesses.

• Show confidence, willing to follow own instincts.

• Self-starters, can work independently (set goals).

• Very good at reflecting + analyzing => need time to achieve this.

• Great sense of fairness

They love…

• Games that a single player. can play - puzzles, spot the differences, etc.

• Brain teasers, riddles etc.

• Notebooks - for writing journals.

• Photo albums - to collect photos.

• Camera/camcorder - to record their visual observations.

• Mathematical puzzles.

Intrapersonal Technology Tools

• Evernote:

Help you remember and act upon ideas, projects and experiences across all the computers, phones and tablets you use.

• Concept maps

• Internet research

• Word Processing

• Multimedia Portfolio:dropr.com

• Blogs

Naturalist

Strengths

• Identify with nature and living organisms.

• Find patterns and attributes across a variety of organisms

• Collecting and organizing items

• A keen eye for detail

• Distinguish between similar items , find small differences

They love….

• Magnifying glass/Telescope Microscope

• Reference books about birds, insects, animals, plants, flowers.

• History books

• Scrapbooks, labels, glue, scissors etc., for organizing collections

They enjoy learning by • Finding mathematical influences in nature – i.e.

the various geometries in natural formations.

• Connecting concepts to nature ( energy to solar power ; organic chemistry to plastics and their impact to earth…)

• How government policies have impacted nature (history)

Naturalist Technology Tools

• National geographic for Kids

• Audio and Video Cameras – Record natural World, field trips.

• Word Processing: Journaling, natural information.

• Use microscopes and probes – nature up close.

• GPS

• Virtual Tour: NASA.gov

Conclusion

Exit Ticket

http://padlet.com/wall/t025jjzckn

Resources

• Multiple Intelligences and Instructional Technology: Second Edition. ISTE Publication

• Integration Evidences – Tech Hub https://sites.google.com/a/ans.edu.ni/ed-tech/home

• MS Technology Website http://ansmstech.weebly.com/

• http://www.parentree.in

QUESTIONS?