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A Case for Multiple Intelligences Based Classroom Instruction « Advance Your ... - 0 views

  • All students should have the opportunity to not only further develop their dominant intelligences, but should also have the opportunity to develop their weaker intelligences. Students who are weak in the verbal-linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligences will certainly be at a disadvantage in a culture that places so much emphasis on the traditional intelligences. Despite their weaknesses, however, students who are given the opportunity to succeed using an intelligence in which they can excel demonstrate that they are capable of developing their verbal-linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligences.
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    I'm learning more about the multiple intelligences right now, and in particular what I'm wondering about is: How this theory is applied in modern education? I was researching this question online, and this blog post caught my attention because it mentioned that schools did not use a variety of learning styles to teach. "...American schools still base their instruction primarily on the verbal-linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligences. As a result, many students who are not strong in these traditional intelligences develop poor attitudes toward school and their academic achievement suffers." Most schools today base their curriculum around only two of several intelligences. However, many students are more adept in using other methods to learn. This makes it harder for those students to excel, despite having the ability to if given the right school environment. I think this is true because I know a bunch of people who are extremely talented in a lot of areas. They know a lot, but, they have poor grades, mainly because they can not showcase their abilities properly. It makes me wonder if the school system will change in the future. Then, maybe it will be more fair.
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    I'm learning more about Multiple Intelligences right now, and in particular what I'm wondering about is: How are Multiple Intelligences used in school? I was researching this question online, and this blog post caught my attention because it answers my question directly. "traditional and nontraditional approaches should be combined to formulate a method of education that is best suited to the students who populate our classrooms. The multiple intelligences offer a balance which teaches students what they need to know in order to be successful in our society in a way that compliments the unique abilities that each individual possesses." The quote i chose here is basically saying that the authorities should change school so that they can combine two different intelligences together. By combining two intellgences it is easier for students who are not dominant in either logical, or linguistic intelligences. I think this is smart because many students dominant intelligences are not in linguistic, or logical. Instead it is in the intelligences schools do not incorporate into the curriculum. It makes me wonder if i would do better in school, if two intelligences were combined.
Michael Dodes

Learning and Teaching PDF from NYC DOE School Library Services Handbook - 0 views

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    The NYC DOE Department of School Library Services publishes a handbook for librarians which includes a curriculum for research with grade level benchmarks called the Information Fluency Continuum and a process for Research called the Stripling Model. This document contains the grade level benchmarks and the Research process.
Paul Allison

Developing Skills through Photographic Storytelling at the Yellin Center - 1 views

  • write, shoot, write; and then begin again. Kids are encouraged to retain their natural sense of play to build upon their strengths so that they can share their lives with others through words (narrative) and images (point of view).
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      Simple, and right-on. A curriculum is about simple habits that get repeated, with students building on their strengths that become evident when they share with their peers.
  • Myself, My Family, My Community, My Dreams
    • Paul Allison
       
      I like these concentric circles for organizing a curriculum.
Chris Sloan

Is Diigo worth it? - 19 views

Part of me says that delicious does the trick for my social bookmarking needs. But I guess I'll have to look at what all else Diigo can do that would help us and our students on Youth Voices. P...

Madeline Brownstone

Bootstrap - 0 views

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    Check out this curriculum.
Paul Allison

Virtual Community and Social Media - What important issues are raised by the use of soc... - 0 views

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    This looks like a very interesting map of a course, and isn't this what many of are teaching, whether we call our course English, technology, social studies, or computer arts?
Paul Allison

educational-origami - Bloom's Digital Taxonomy - 0 views

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      I think this is (yet another) valuable list for us to consider in constructing our curriculum for Youth Voices.
Paul Allison

Why playing in the virtual world has an awful lot to teach children | Technology | The ... - 0 views

  • If we are to understand the 21st century and the generation who will inherit it, it's crucial that we learn to describe the dynamics of this gaming life: a place that's not so much about escaping the commitments and interactions that make friendships "real" as about a sophisticated set of satisfactions with their own increasingly urgent reality and challenges.
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      This is pretty easy to say, and I'm helping to create a NYC Writing Project group to look experiment with games and to study how to bring them into our curriculum. So much of it is theory! And sometimes it feels like another pressure point urging us to do this or do that in the classroom.
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