MI Blog Post Project

For the MI Blog Post project, you will create a new post on your blog site and title it “Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom”. Then, within this blog post, discuss your new knowledge and relate it to the following 5 issues:

Discuss which of the multiple intelligences you have strengths in and then discuss some of the core characteristics of that (or those) intelligences. Discuss which of the core characteristics best describe you and your learning style.

One of my highest rated intelligences is existential. Some of core characteristics in this group that describe me are the ability to see how something relates to the big picture and the ability to summarize details into a larger understanding. Since I am an auditory learner, that means I can take what someone tells me and apply it in a much broader scope.

Discuss what students with this type of intelligence enjoy, are like, or tend to do within classroom settings.

Students who are strong in existential intelligence seek connections across the curriculum and tend to enjoy literature. These students also have a strong sense of community and place an extremely large emphasis on community.

Discuss how you will support this type of intelligence within your classroom and within your teaching.

One of my highest priorities as a teacher will be to get the kids to think globally. I want all my students to see themselves as citizens of the world, and that what affects people in other countries should have meaning to us as well. This fits existential intelligence perfectly and will engage kids with high existential intelligence.

Discuss what technologies stimulate thus type of intelligence.

Some of the technologies I look forward to using in the future are virtual field trips and perhaps blogs that will help kids connect to the rest of the world. I will also use visual art and stage drama as a means of engaging interest in my students.

And finally, discuss how you might impact student learning by applying your understanding of learning styles and multiple intelligences within your classroom.

After doing these two exercises, I am more aware of how differently we all learn. What may work well for me might not make sense for someone else. I must keep in mind that students should be engaged in learning with visual, tactile, and auditory means. In regards to the multiple intelligences, I must pay particular attention to the technology each requires and the various ways to encourage each one.