“Getting To Know Us Getting To Know All About Us” Learning Styles & Multiple Intelligences

1. “Getting To Know Us Getting To Know All About Us” Learning Styles & Multiple Intelligences 6th LIFE Science Mrs. Bright

2. STANDARD 6-1.2 6-1.2 “Differentiate between observation and inference during the analysis and interpretation of data.” Students will be creating a bar graph based on data from their learning styles inventory and multiple intelligence inventory.

3. Learning With Style • Learning styles are different ways of learning. • Visual • Auditory • Kinesthetic

4. Visual • Visual learners learn through seeing. ● STRATEGIES to help you learn: • Use visual materials such as pictures, maps, charts, diagrams, etc. • Use color to highlight important points. • Take notes • Illustrate your ideas as a picture before writing them down. • Write a story and illustrate it. • Use multi-media (computer, video, etc.) • Study in a quiet place away from verbal distractions. • Pay attention to illustrations in books. • Visualize information as a picture to aid memorization.

5. Auditory • Auditory learners learn through hearing. • STRATEGIES to help you learn: • Participate in class discussions. • Make speeches and presentations. • Tape record your notes then listen to them. • Read your text aloud. • Create musical jingles to aid memorization. • Discuss your ideas verbally. • Listen to what others have to say. • Use verbal analogies, and story telling to demonstrate your point.

6. Kinesthetic • Kinesthetic learners learn through moving, doing, touching. • STRATEGIES to help you learn: • Take frequent study breaks. • Move around to learn new things (read on an exercise bike, mold a piece of clay, etc.) • Work at a standing position. • Chew gum while studying. • Highlight important info with bright colors while reading. • Listen to music while you study. • Skim through texts to get a rough idea of what it is about before settling down to read it in detail.

7. MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES THEORY(The Many Ways We Are Smart) • Logical-mathematical • Visual-Spatial • Verbal-Linguistic • Interpersonal • Intrapersonal • Bodily-kinesthetic • Musical • Naturalist

8. LINGUISTIC/VERBAL • Asks lots of questions • Enjoys talking • Has good vocabulary • Can pick up new languages easily • Enjoys reading and writing • Good at memorising names, places, dates and trivia

9. TECHNOLOGY Activities • VERBAL-LINGUISTIC • Create a blog, wiki, or online journal • Create a poem, myth, legend, or play in Word, or VoiceThread.com • Write a podcast (talk show radio program) using Audacity • Write an interview in Word • Create a poem in PicLits.com • Generate a newspaper clipping in www.fodeycom • Write a commentary and record using a Flip camera • Create word clouds with www.tagxedo.com

10. LOGICAL/MATHEMATICAL • Enjoys solving puzzles • Plays with numbers • Wants to know how things work • Oriented towards rule-based activities • Likes to collect and classify things • Good at maths, reasoning, logic and problem solving

11. TECHNOLOGY Activites • LOGICAL-MATHEMATICAL • Propose a solution to a problem using Excel. • Use Graphing Calculators • Translate a word problem into a mathematical formula in Excel. • Create a Venn Diagram in Word, Smart, or ActivInspire. • Conduct & analyze a survey using SurveyMonkey or Google docs. • Outline a story in Kidspiration • Create a 5 paragraph essay using a Burger diagram at classtools.net/main_area/burger.htm

12. VISUAL/SPATIAL • Likes to draw • Can interpret maps and charts • Likes to build things • Enjoys puzzles • Doodles • Has a keen eye for detail • Mechanically adept

13. TECHNOLOGY Activities • VISUAL-SPATIAL • Illustrate a story or poem in Word, PhotoStor3, or Glogster.com. • Create a video using MovieMaker, PhotoStory3, or Flip software. • Create a cartoon using Pixton.com. • Generate a newspaper clipping in www.fodey.com • Design a poster or collage using Glogster.com • Graph information from a survey using Excel. • Create a slideshow in PowerPoint or Prezi • Create a 3-D building in Sketchup for Google Earth

14. MUSICAL • Has sensitivity to sound patterns • Hums tunes • Can discriminate among sounds • Moves rhythmically • Seeks and enjoys musical experiences • Able to keep time

15. TECHNOLOGY Activities • MUSICAL • Write lyrics to a song in Word & present in VoiceThread.com • Create musical poetry (haiku, cinquain,etc) and publish on VoiceThread.com • Record performances / projects using Flip & upload to blogs, wikis, websites • Create a multimedia presentation including audio files in PowerPoint, PhotoStory3, MovieMaker, or VoiceThread.com

16. BODILY OR KINESTHETIC • Has a good sense of balance • Good at physical activities and crafts • Can read body language • Has good hand-eye co-ordination • Can solve problems through ‘doing’ • Can communicate ideas through gesture

17. TECHNOLOGY Activities • BODILY-KINESTHETIC • Make task or puzzle cards in Word. • Write a story to act out in Storytop.com • Perform a science experiment online. • Choose answers on an interactive whiteboard. • Use HUE webcam or Flip to record dances, simulations, exercises.

18. INTRAPERSONAL • Aware of strengths and weaknesses • Confident of own abilities • Can set appropriate goals • Likes being original • Can communicate feelings • Good at following instincts

19. TECHNOLOGY Activities • INTRAPERSONAL • Reflect on classroom learning in a blog. • Create an autobiography in PowerPoint, PhotoStory3, MovieMaker, or VoiceThread. • Create a family story with different perspectives in OurStory.com

20. INTERPERSONAL • Relates well to peers and adults alike • Displays skills of leadership • Works co-operatively with others • Acts as a mediator or counsellor to others • Good at organising, communicating and sometimes manipulating people

21. TECHNOLOGY Activities • INTERPERSONAL • Create a blog to discuss positive classroom learning. • Create an interactive story in Excel. • Create a presentation in VoiceThread.com to teach other students a concept • Participate in Virtual Field Trips to different parts of the world • Write to a Penpal in another country

22. NATURALIST

23. TECHNOLOGY Activities • NATURALIST • Create a blog about the world around you. • Create a documentary about endangered species in MovieMaker, PhotoStory3, or PowerPoint. • Write & illustrate a story about animals in Word. • Use HUE (a document camera) to show insects, plants, nature on an interactive whiteboard. • Create Research T-Shirt Projects using Word and Iron On Transfer Paper

24. DISCOVERING YOUR MultipleIntelligence Strengths http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/activities/intranet/ks3/ict/multiple_int/index.htm

25. Multiple Intelligences and Technological Activities was written by Donna Goldsmith and updated by Fran Mauney. • http://hmt.myweb.uga.edu/webwrite/mioverview.htm • Information gained through Howard Gardner’s book on Multiple Intellligences.