Week 10 UO Winter 2014 Webskills for Teachers: Wrap up

Week 9 UO Winter 2014 Webskills for Teachers: Learning styles - technology connections

Hi everyone,

Multiple intelligences has been a long-time friend. Revisiting it this week, taking the quiz, reading and reflecting about it has been a special treat.

Here are my quiz results:

50% Linguistic
50% Logical-Mathematical
50% Visual-Spatial
50% Intrapersonal
63% Interpersonal
63% Musical
63% Bodily-Kinesthetic
58% Naturalistic

It has called my attention the fact that many areas are in balance. I really enjoyed the links from edutopia and even signed up their newsletter. Being able to connect  multiple intelligences(MI)  and technology is a great choice. I'll keep revisiting the notes at the end of this post* so that connections between MI and technology keep on improving. Definitely that MI also inspires reflections about assessment.

It was rewarding to post the final version of the course plan. Still, to me the revision and edition take tong minutes, as I need time and breaks in order to work more  effectively. Still the final version has an extra sentence to be deleted. Also, the importance of checking with Sean (instructor) if there are doubts. I wasn't clear about timelines and decided - unfortunately to go on without checking. 

Finally, it was great to do the course evaluation sent by uo staff. One item I forgot to mention I'd like to know more about how to set up a wiki if that applies to my level of expertise.

So, time to wrap up - week 10.

Best, Juliana




* As mentioned above, notes on MI and technology from the site -
http://www.ri.net/RITTI_Fellows/Carlson-Pickering/MI_Tech.htm

* Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence - The capacity to use language, your native language, and perhaps other languages, to express what's on you mind and to understand other people. Poets really specialize in linguistic intelligence, but any kind of writer, orator, speaker, lawyer, or a person for whom language is an important stock in trade, highlights linguistic intelligence.

• Word processing programs
• E-mail programs
• Web Page Composers
• Multimedia Presentation tools
• Foreign Language programs
• Storybook CD's
• Typing tutors
• Desktop
• Electronic libraries
• Word games/programs

Logical/Mathematical- People with highly developed logical/mathematical intelligence understand the underlying principles of some kind of a causal system, the way a scientist or a logician does; or can manipulate numbers, quantities, and operations, the way a Mathematician does.

• Math skills tutorials
• Computer programming tutors
• Spreadsheets
• Map Making tools
• Data Bases
• Logic games
• Science programs
• Critical thinking programs
• Problem Solving programs

Visual/Spatial Intelligence- The ability to represent the spatial world internally in your mind – the way a sailor or airplane pilot navigates the large spatial world, or the way a chess player or sculptor represents a more circumscribed spatial world. Spatial intelligence can be used in the arts or in the sciences. If you are spatially intelligent and oriented toward the arts, you are more likely to become a painter or sculptor or architect than, say a musician or a writer. Similarly, certain sciences like anatomy or topology emphasize spatial intelligence.

• Animation programs
• 3D modeling languages
• Clip Art programs
• Computer-aided visualizations
• Digital Cameras and Microscopes
• Draw & Paint programs
• Electronic chess games
• Modeling tools
• Research Group)
• Spatial problem solving games
• Electronic puzzle kits
• Geometry programs
• Digital Imagery/Graphics Programs
• Virtual Courseware

Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence- the capacity to use your whole body or parts of your body (your hands, your fingers, your arms), to solve a problem, make something, or put on some kind of production. The most evident examples are people in athletics or the performing arts, particularly when dancing or acting.

• Hands-on construction kits that interface with computers
• Motion-simulation games
• Virtual reality system software
• Eye-Hand coordination games
• Tools that plug into computers
• Haptic Tools

Note: Voice recognition programs may help the bodily/kinesthetic student create his "written" report while he paces back and forth across the floor. (Over the years I have observed that pacing commonly helps students with strong proclivities in this area, process information and think more clearly).
Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence- The capacity to think in music, to be able to hear patterns, recognize them, and perhaps manipulate them. People who have strong musical intelligence don't just remember music easily - they can't get it out of their minds, it's so omnipresent.

• Music literature tutors
• Singing software (voice synthesizer)
• Tone recognition and melody enhancers
• Musical instrument digital interfaces
• Create Your Own Music Programs

Interpersonal Intelligence- Interpersonal intelligence, is understanding other people. It’s an ability we all need, but is at a premium if you are a teacher, clinician, salesperson, or a politician. Anybody who deals with other people has to be skilled in the interpersonal sphere.

• Electronic bulletin boards
• Simulation games
• E-mail programs

Intrapersonal Intelligence - Having an understanding of yourself, of knowing who you are, what you can do, what you want to do, how you react to things, which things to avoid, and which things to gravitate toward.

• Personal choice software
• Career counseling software
• Any self-paced program
• Downloadable multi-media applets

Naturalist Intelligence- Yhe human ability to discriminate among living things (plants, animals) as well as sensitivity to other features of the natural world (clouds, rock configurations, etc.).

• Scientific plug-ins
• Nature sound and/or image files
• Classification of Flora/Fauna software
• Animal sounds identification programs
• Earth Science programs

Existential Intelligence- Individuals who exhibit the proclivity to pose (and ponder) questions about life, death, and ultimate realities. (Gardner only recently disclosed the existence of this intelligence area. I am unfamiliar with any software at this time that would focus primarily on this intelligence. Perhaps if there were programs that deal with Socratic questioning, they would fall into this category).
Also: 

• Software such as the "Dr. Brain" series incorporates many of the above intelligences a
• Web sites that incorporate any/all of the above
• Videodiscs in any discipline can draw students into a topic in which they may not otherwise be interested.

Week 8 UO Winter 2014 WebSkills for Teachers - Teacher Resources Online

Week 8 has started with total focus on finalizing the draft to be delivered by Wednesday.

To me, fullfilling such tasks that require a thread of thoughts, actions and allignment require an immersion. So it took me 9 hours split into two slots of time to go through the reflections and complete the task.

The only thing  I wish I had paid more attention before:  taking notes of all the articles I read and sites I visited that inspired me during the course plan. Something that has been of great help was the fact I started using the google template for the plan report before. It was such time saver.

I really enjoyed working with rubistar for writing assessment rubrics,  zunal.com and  padlet.com in the order mentioned.  Being able to feel which tools I could develop successfuly has been  essential to have completed the plan.

It's also been a special treat to have the checklist done by a course peer before the final version. It has been a matter of great responsibility to review the same peer's project. Hope my comments have been of use towards the final aim.

The nicenet discussion has been enriching as all the other threads as the course participants are really commited. To me it was nice to check  the readings. But I must say that specially this week it was much more meaningful to go through the posts and observe there are some sites - such as nicenet, blogger, google docs, padlet, zunal and wikis - that are definitely popular due to their level of usage and also due to the fact they promote learner autonomy.

To me, working with zunal.com to create a webquest  and working with padlet to create writing tasks for the course plan has been aspecial  treat. These two tools are so user friendly that one feels motivated to complete the task and share with others. Besides, the final result is so beautiful that it looks like a technological work of art. One special feature of zunal is the fact you can publish your work and if it's accepted it's a natural sign of validation.

Finally, I have alreday ready my peer's feedback re: the course plan & feel ready  to move on with the final adjustments as well as going through the other tasks from week 9.

Grateful for the course opportuniy.

Regards,
Juliana