Using Technology to Enhance InstructionLisa DurffBroadfording Christian Academy

Using Technology to Enhance InstructionPresentation Format Prayer Introduction

Who I am Testimony

Why should we integrate? (video on wiki) MI Theory Wiki pages Collaborative group activity (15 min) Info for this session at

http://acsiseminar.wikispaces.com/

Introductions I’m mrsdurff online

I am a PreK through 12th grade (ages 3 through 18) teacher and media center specialist at a private Christian school in northern Maryland, USA.

I teach computer to 3rd-8th grades

My Testimony

Have you been paying attention?

Have you been paying attention? (play full screen) Great video sites

TeacherTube Godtube

MI Theory

Howard Gardner says all humans possess all 9 intelligences (Gardner, 2003)

He claims we all differ on our intelligences profile – even identical twins!

MIs are the paths to children’s learning we can all use in classrooms now!

He suggests there may be a digital intelligence as well

The multiple intelligences are: VISUAL/SPATIAL - learning visually and organizing

ideas spatially. Seeing concepts in action in order to understand them. The ability to "see" things in one's mind in planning to create a product or solve a problem.

VERBAL/LINGUISTIC - learning through the spoken and written word. This intelligence was always valued in the traditional classroom and in traditional assessments of intelligence and achievement.

MATHEMATICAL/LOGICAL - learning through reasoning and problem solving. Also highly valued in the traditional classroom, where students were asked to adapt to logically sequenced delivery of instruction.

BODILY/KINESTHETIC - learning through interaction with one's environment. This intelligence is not the domain of "overly active" learners. It promotes understanding through concrete experience.

The multiple intelligences are: MUSICAL/RHYTHMIC - learning through patterns, rhythms and

music. This includes not only auditory learning, but the identification of patterns through all the senses.

INTRAPERSONAL - learning through feelings, values and attitudes. This is a decidedly affective component of learning through which students place value on what they learn and take ownership for their learning.

INTERPERSONAL - learning through interaction with others. Not the domain of children who are simply "talkative" or "overly social." This intelligence promotes collaboration and working cooperatively with others.

NATURALIST - learning through classification, categories and hierarchies. The naturalist intelligence picks up on subtle differences in meaning. It is not simply the study of nature; it can be used in all areas of study..

EXISTENTIAL - learning by seeing the "big picture": "Why are we here?" "What is my role in the world?" "What is my place in my family, school and community?" This intelligence seeks connections to real world understandings and applications of new learning.

Example Websites Art

haltadefinizioneThe Last Supper

Biblebiblegatewayfind any verse in any translation

HistoryNational Public RadioPodcasts galore

GeographyGoogle Earthcheck out the Grand Canyon!

MusicHyperscoreCompose music online

ScienceCool ScienceScience activities for kids

LiteratureLit2GoListen or read literature

SpanishCoffee Break SpanishPodcast lessons to learn Spanish

FrenchFrenchPodFree podcasts to learn French

LatinTextkitCollection of Latin textbooks

MathIlluminations NCTM's website

Collaborative Group Activity

Create one unit plan in a collaborative group using both MIs and Bloom's Taxonomy use the hardcopy handout of the gridwill be shared on the wiki over

Thanksgiving

Technology is not the enemy.... Show movie full screen

Technology Fear Factor

Conclusion

Questions Evaluation Cards

in Convention Program Book Need a volunteer to collect as you leave

Prayer

References Davis, Victoria (2007, March 23) Technology Fear Factor. [Video] United

States: Westwood Schools Draper, Darren (2007, April 4) Have you been paying attention? [Video]

United States: Jordan School District. Gardner, Howard (2003, April 21). Multiple Intelligences After Twenty Years.

Retrieved November 10, 2007, from Paper presented at the American Educational Research