Technology can provide a means to stimulate and enage students multiple intelligences. Here are a few ways to differentiate process and product through technology. I have just started using an iPad in my classroom so have not yet evaluated many of the apps that are available. However, Appitic has a great list of apps sorted by MI. I am looking forward to trying many of them this year.
Intelligence
|
Technology Tools for this Intelligence
|
Verbal Linguistic
• Learn best through language including speaking, writing, reading, and listening.
|
• Digital Stories
• Oral Histories
• Blogs
• Discussion Forums
• Desktop publishing
• Desktop presentations
• Writing a video script
• lGlogs
|
Logical Mathematical
• Learn best through numbers, reasoning, and problem solving.
|
• Organizational tools (databases, calendars)
• Spreadsheets
• Online calculation tools and utilities
• Graphing calculators and software
• Animation - demonstrate an experiment
• Desktop presentation - show results
• Online data collection
• Webquests
• Computer-aided design - for problem solving
|
Visual Spatial
• Learn best visually and tend to organize their thinking spatially. They like to think and create pictures. They are also drawn to information that is presented in a visual form.
|
• Photo sharing
• Comics and Sequential art
• Google Sketch-Up
• Animation software
• Digital Art
• Graphic Organizers
• Timelines
• Desktop publishing
• Glogs
|
Bodily/Kinesthetic
• Learn best through physical activity such as dance, hands-on tasks, constructing models, and any kind of movement.
|
• Video production - skits, dances, sports, role playing, demonstrations
• Animation (Go!Animate)
• Handheld Palms and Alphasmart - you can carry them everywhere
• Virtual Field Trips
• Lego Logo and Robotics
• Digital still and video cameras - skits, plays, role playing, demonstrations
• Virtual worlds
• Simulations
|
Musical/Rhythmic
• Learn best through sounds including listening and making sounds such as songs, rhythms, patterns, and other types of auditory expression.
|
• Video and audio recorders
• Sound and music files
• Podcasts
• Music generation software
• Animation
• Music composition software
• Interactive books with audio elements
• Garage Band, Audacity
• Music sharing sites
|
Intrapersonal
• Learn best through metacognitive practices such as getting in touch with their feelings and self motivation. They are able to concentrate and be mindful. Provide tools to help students "think about their thinking" through writing, diagramming, or recording ideas.
|
• Concept maps
• Blogs
• Internet research - self paced
• Word processing - brainstorming, diaries, journals
• Video projects - record personal ideas
• VoiceThread
|
Interpersonal
• Learn best through interaction with other people through discussions, cooperative work, or social activities.
|
• Blogs
• Email projects
• Video and teleconferencing (Skype, Facetime)
• Social networks and discussion forums (Edmodo)
• Webquests with collaborative elements
• Video recording - sharing with others through skits, debates, role plays
• Collaborative computer software or games
• Group presentations
|
Naturalist
• These "nature" people learn best through the interactions with the environment including outdoor activities, field trips, and involvement with plants and animals.
|
• Digital Stories - record natural world
• Blogs - journaling, natural information
• Glogs
• Desktop presentations - show tends and changes over time
• Geocaching - GPS
|
