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MI Chapter 13 Abstract & Synthesis- Samy Tracy

The three main ideas in this chapter were computer technology, cultural diversity, and career counseling. Armstrong suggests that these can all be addressed using the MI Theory. First, he explained how [|technology] broadens students learning of the MI Theory because it has such a wide range of content so you could search anything on the internet and find ways to incorporate that into a classroom or have it meet your intelligence. This way students get to have choices when you ask them to do an assignment because then you could cater to specific intelligences with each task. Another important aspect was that cultures use intelligences too but they value different ones more than we might. Finally, when it comes to careers, the MI Theory shows us which [|career] might be best suited for us. Stereotypically, a librarian would probably be someone who’s main intelligence is with linguistic, but there is more than just that intelligence included with that career. Logical intelligence is used on how to order the books, and so forth. Overall, this chapter explained even more to the reader that the MI Theory is useful than just in the classroom and learning, but it will need to be used in students’ futures too.

The main points that were brought up in other people’s summaries were:
 * Integrating career counseling and cultures to MI theory never crossed their minds, but made sense now.
 * The fact that every culture has all eight intelligences, but just value others more than we might.
 * Many would use the MI Theory to teach their students about careers and what career might best suit them.
 * Help with students finding their future careers in high school level classrooms.
 * U.S. is very diverse, so knowing that different cultures also value the MI Theory is helpful and shows us even more that we need to learn about intelligences.

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Megan Millette
Armstrong suggests in this chapter that MI theory can provide understanding and resources that can go to a broader perspective. This in turn allows educators to develop educational strategies and materials to meet each student’s diverse needs. For instance, they can have their students use computer technology because the programs and software can be associated with all of the eight intelligences. The best computer technology to use with students would be multimedia learning because it is a great way to use all of the intelligences to help teach students. Armstrong goes on to discuss how we are living in a country that is very diverse and because of this we need to be careful of what is said in the classroom. As educators we must be careful and make our lessons content sensitive and process sensitive. Armstrong tells us that one way of doing this is by using MI theory because it provides educators with a valuable tool to connect to each of these diverse cultures in a way that does not offend anyone. As an educator, I can use this to show how MI theory is incorporated into many different cultures. Another great tool for showing students how MI theory is incorporated into the world is by having career counseling. With this idea my students will see how MI theory can act as a vehicle to help students develop a basic idea of what vocational jobs might be right for them based off their strengths in the intelligences. If we as educators expose them to this and careers when our students reach high school they are more apt to have an idea of the field they want to go into and work toward. By showing students that MI is in the world around them through these techniques we may be able to get them to use their intelligences more.

Emily McGee
Armstrong describes other uses for MI Theory in schools, including computer technology, cultural diversity, and career counseling. He explains that computer technology should be used in classrooms and can be specifically useful for multimedia learning projects, electronic portfolios, and exploration of internet resources. He portrays the influence MI Theory has in cultural diversity, which should be integrated into curriculum in a process-sensitive, content-sensitive manner. Armstrong also explains the application of MI Theory to expose students to contextual real-life skills for career exploration.

I believe multiples intelligences play into every aspect of our lives. Because of this they should be recognized and utilized as a tool for learning and experiencing school content and the world. Teachers should help students learn who they are by introducing them to their proclivities, strengths and weaknesses. I strongly believe that students whose proclivities do not align with traditional school’s expectations, should seek vocational opportunities that do. I am a firm believer that not all students need to or should graduate through the college track program, and those who slide by may have had a significantly more beneficial school experience had someone guided them to seek instruction in useable, tangible skills. I believe it is the job of teachers to coach students to find ways to be successful, not push them through curriculum that truly will never benefit their lives. Public school has failed a student who dropped out or graduated but took nothing away. High school should be a place of exploration, not cattle prodding students through classes they “should” be taking.

Lauren Scheidegger
Chapter thirteen of __Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom__ by Thomas Armstrong talked about other uses of the MI theory. There was an entire page dedicated to “Web 2.0 Features” that aid certain intelligences. An example of some for intrapersonal learners would be a personal digital assistant such as “handweek”. The chapter also went into cultural diversity which is what I found most interesting. It first specified that for something to be a true intelligence, it must be valued in some way by some culture. This also means that every intelligence has value and should be treated as such. The chapter gave a few examples on how intelligences that may be overlooked in our culture are seen as very valuable in others. My favorite example was of the Puluwat people. They highly valued spatial thinkers and naturalists. This is because they lived on numerous islands and to navigate from one to another a person needed to be able to follow the stars and other signs. Although while the Puluwat may strongly value those who have a strong inclination for spatial and naturalist thinking they also use all eight intelligences in their culture, as does every other culture, explains Armstrong. Along with explaining some of the views of the eight intelligences in other cultures, Armstrong suggested broadening the perspective of students and teachers by crafting a lesson that integrates both the multiple intelligences and different cultures. I agree that, if possible, teachers should include different cultures in their lesson. This helps teach students how many different places and people and cultures are in the world and how learning about different cultures can be exciting and inspiring.

Lauren Breton
In this chapter, alternative applications for the MI theory were discussed, such as computer technology, cultural diversity, and career counseling. Although I would tend to assume that computers would be particularly helpful for those students who are logical-mathematical, this section disproved that stereotype by giving multiple examples of web 2.0 features that apply to each individual intelligence. It would be useful to be able to incorporate various types of software into different activities that challenged students to use all of their multiple intelligences.

I also found it very interesting that cultures can have such a large impact on the learning styles of their members. Although every culture uses each of the intelligences, it has been shown that some cultures focus more on certain intelligences than others. For example, children who grow up with the Anang in Nigeria know hundreds of dances and songs before they are five years old. Thus, they are more likely to develop their bodily-kinesthetic and musical intelligences. This could be incorporated into my classroom by examining which cultures focus on which specific intelligences. This could be one way that my classroom examines multiple intelligences; looking at the different cultures that emphasize specific intelligences.

One of the ways that the MI theory can be incorporated into students’ future lives is through the use of career counseling. Although it is important to not limit your students to jobs that specialize in their preferred intelligence, knowing which intelligences they have a particular aptitude for can help students understand what kind of jobs they might want to hold as adults. Also, although all jobs require the use of a combination of intelligences, an examination of a student’s particular aptitudes could be helpful for the student by providing a selection of jobs to choose from based upon their abilities.

Alyssa Amari
The application of the MI Theory is very common throughout the basic foundations of teaching and learning. Chapter thirteen of //Multiple Intelligences// discusses three more important applications of the MI Theory in relation to education. Computer Technology is a growing part of your students lives; it is practically their life style. Using computer technology can be beneficial to all learning styles because of its immense content. The Internet provides almost any resources you can think of, and using it to address each intelligence is fairly simple. Projects such as multi media projects are computer based and involve almost all intelligences. Cultural Diversity is evident in any group of people, especially in a group of students. Cultural history and customs are full of certain intelligences. The Anang in Nigeria are expected to learn hundreds of dances and songs early on in life (musical and kinesthetic). Although some cultures may express a type of intelligence more than others, all of the intelligences exist in all cultures. Career counseling is another beneficial MI Theory application because it is a way to introduce futures in all intelligences to students at a young age. Students need help and guidance to develop their intelligences, and it is important for them to recognize the careers associated with each intelligence so they can make decisions to lead them towards the path of their desired career. These were applications I never really thought of; of course I have learned a lot about integrating technology into the classroom but I did not think about how it is such a rich source of resources for all of the eight intelligences. In my math class I think it would be interesting to talk about cultures in relation to what they are learning. I would also like to try and show students what jobs are associated with mathematics so that they may be able to open their eyes towards different goals. I think all students will benefit from any application of the MI Theory, and these applications are very unique because they are more relatable to students lives.

T.J. Hebert
There are several other applications of Multiple Intelligence (MI) theory to education. The chapter discusses three important areas to apply MI theory: computer technology, cultural diversity and career counseling. MI theory can be applied to computer technology by incorporating different software’s for use for different intelligences. Someone who is linguistically intelligent may enjoy word processing software while someone who is bodily-kinesthetic may enjoy using motion simulating games. Giving students an assignment and allowing them to choose what software to use for completion is a good way for the students to take ownership and use their skills to make a great product. MI theory is also used by all cultures across the world, they may not have deemed their skills or interests an “intelligence” as defined by the MI theory and how they use and value it may be very different. The book stresses that every culture uses all right intelligences and to not refer to any culture, ethnicity or race as using or possessing only one intelligence. By understanding the way other cultures use the intelligences, students can get a very different perspective on an intelligence and expand on their own. Having been exposed to a number of different cultures and living in a very diverse area for several years, I have a great appreciation for recognizing other cultures. The United States is becoming more diverse every day and if we do not accept that fact, education will become very difficult. Teachers and students in the U.S. are becoming more diverse and we must recognize that. We all must educate ourselves and teach others about cultural diversity.

Samy Tracy
This chapter focuses on three things, MI theory with computers, careers and diverse cultures. This seems to be a section that just pulls all of the other ideas that did not fit into one chapter. First off with computers, students can learn different intelligences than just the obvious one of logical/mathematical. This is because of the different kinds of software and how many forms of media available on the internet. It is a never-ending resource for educators and students which should be used to its advantage’s. Next, Armstrong describes cultural diversity. This was particularly intriguing to me because one of the reasons that Howard Gardner actually came up with these intelligences was not because people in the United States (or English speaking countries too) has the capability to possess these intelligences but because every culture uses these intelligences. Teachers can use this when they deal with diversity in the classroom because they do not have to learn which particular culture has a specific intelligence that they use the most. Some cultures use one particular intelligence more though, like the English speaking cultures mostly focus on linguistic intelligence. There is a culture in the South Sea Islands that use more of the special and naturalist intelligence because when the culture’s population is younger they train their children to be more in tune with nature. Finally, careers have specific intelligences that are seen to be used more often. An example is a librarian, they mostly use the linguistic intelligence because they are dealing with books. But they also have to use different intelligences like interpersonal skills when working with those who walk in the library, logic to find out where to place each book on the shelf, and so on. It is important to note that teachers cannot just find out which intelligence that a student possesses and then push them to a career that is more of a stereotype of that intelligence. Students need to find out for themselves, and it is for the reason that careers have many different learning styles.

Rachel Joiner
This chapter was all about how to use multiple intelligences in diverse ways. I found this chapter to be helpful in many aspects. The chapter mentioned that computers are multiple intelligence neutral and they can be made to fit any intelligence. There are programs that would apply to any intelligence. I thought this was good information to know, because I would have never realized how much I could use computers in my classroom to incorporate different intelligences. Students could each being work on their own software doing their own projects that focus best on their intelligence. I thought this was important to know as a teacher, because I would have never even thought to use technology in my classroom in this way. We also learned from this chapter about how to use the intelligences in career counseling. I thought this was great information that helped me, and my classroom. I think it would be fun and interesting to see what jobs required what intelligences. I think this is a valuable tool within the classroom as well. By explain to students this concept it could really help them towards discovering careers they may enjoy. I thought this was important to use in a classroom, because by exposing students early to various careers using the intelligence they will be able to gain a better idea of what they want to do after school. As a secondary school teacher, I think this is an invaluable resource. I would use this in my classroom to have students be continually assessing themselves in the intelligences and applying these to real world jobs and applications. I found this chapter to be extremely helpful for myself, and my classroom.

Kevin Lind
The overarching idea of this chapter is to show how the MI theory can be used in ways that do not specifically have to do with education. One idea that I found interesting was using MI theory with job placement. I know that most high school students have no idea what they want to do with the rest of their lives, so it could help some students gain a direction in life. This seems like an idea that I could utilize at some point with my students.

The connection between the MI theory and web 2.0 technologies can also have some impact on the way I teach my classes. The main way I could use this is by looking at the multiple intelligences of my students and centering projects on the technology that is best suited for their learning styles. This is a great way to get my students using type 2 technology. If I can find technology that my students want to use, I think they are much more likely to create impressive products.

It is also an interesting idea to include works by a racially diverse group of famous individuals in the classroom. It is true that this can be used to shut out some racial stereotypes. My only concern is that it could also potentially cause some to continue. For example, if a teacher teaches about a well known Asian mathematician, it could cause some racial insensitive remarks to be said. I honestly don’t think I will use anything like this, and I also don’t think it will become a large problem in my classroom.

Mike Kahler
This chapter focuses on other applications of MI theory. Three other applications as outlined in this chapter are computer technology, cultural diversity, and career counseling. MI theory makes it easier to look at individuals and recognize their different strengths and weaknesses. This in turn allows teachers to widen their view of the student population and develop more efficient strategies to teach them. It also makes it easier to extend your services in other areas. Technology integration is one way to trigger the multiple intelligences in your students. As the chapter states you may expect computer software to only assist the logical-mathematical intelligence, but there is other software out there now that can stimulate the other intelligences too. Putting together projects using all of the intelligences and the integration of technology can be very powerful as a teaching tool. Cultural diversity is very important when it comes to the multiple intelligences because different cultures value different intelligences. This has a dramatic effect on what intelligences are especially acute in different cultures. Also the way that these intelligences are utilized varies from culture to culture. Career counseling and the multiple intelligences are also strongly related. The different intelligences, and they way they manifest themselves in a student can greatly effect the career paths that they choose. By knowing the intelligences that specific students favor you may be able to guide them towards an appropriate career. In my classroom this will be powerful information. By utilizing technology I can teach to all of the intelligences in my classroom just as we are learning in class. Also by understanding cultural differences and the intelligences I can teach better. As far as career counseling goes, any help I provide to my students is my pleasure.

Matt Roy
Chapter 13 focuses on how teachers can apply the Multiple Intelligences theory beyond the confines of the classroom. The three main areas that the author felt were most prominent and appropriate were: Computer Technology, Cultural Diversity and Career Counseling. The computer technology section focused almost entirely on Type Two Technologies and Web 2.0 technology. These are all types of technologies that can engage students digitally and encourage them to think in ways that cannot be achieved through traditional classroom methods. Cultural diversity encourages teachers to think about the different ways that our worlds many cultures values each of the multiple intelligences. The author even takes the time to remind us that cultural value is one of the criteria for determining if the intelligence is really a multiple intelligence. Career counseling was the most intriguing of the applications. This most likely will help teachers make the most effective real life connection for the multiple intelligences. The author does a great job of giving suggestions of careers that may be best geared for a particular proclivity. This chapter is extremely important because we often forget the need for making real world connections between what goes on in our classrooms and what is going on in the world outside of the classroom. The most commonly asked question (arguably) in a classroom is “why is this important” so if we can make as many real world connections or applications to real world situations then we are more likely to encourage our students to learn and become engaged in our material.

Simone Thiry
Three unique applications of MI Theory to education are computer technology, cultural diversity, and career counseling. I was surprised by the list of computer technologies that address each of the multiple intelligences, primarily because I had never heard of many of them before. The more I immerse myself in the opportunities to use technology in the classroom, the more I become enthralled, and convinced that computer technology is the future of education. The software mentioned in the text is a great resource that stands alone, and when combined with the concept of utilizing multimedia software to incorporate upwards of six intelligences in one product, the implications are astounding. I would like to learn more about the ways in which different cultures value all eight intelligences. While I am aware of the dangers of stereotyping, I am not familiar enough with the values of many cultures, and how that impacts the value of individual intelligences within the cultures. Since the U.S. is becoming an increasingly diverse place, it is imperative that we as teachers take these values into account and acknowledge them in the classroom. The potential of MI Theory to assist in career counseling was the most obvious to me, but when examining the occupations organized by ‘primary intelligence’ I discovered that I could recognize several intelligences that are required or ideal for each occupation. I believe that the exposure I have gotten to MI Theory in this text has set me up to be more aware of the different intelligences and their place in society outside of the classroom. This realization will motivate me even more to help my students cultivate all their intelligences and explore the possibilities of living in an MI world.

Patrick Hurley
Teachers need to help their students develop their thinking strategies. Memory is intelligence based. There are no good memories and bad memories; one can have a bad memory for certain intelligences however. Someone can remember music but not the dance moves. Memory training should be done in a way that it encompasses all the different types of intelligences. Problem solving is another issue students have, teachers always explain it only using one intelligence. As a teacher you could have them draw pictures or get up and move around to help them use their most developed intelligence. You need to promote your students to have Christopherian encounters. This means you need to push your students to go past the norm and explore new things. Be sure to use Bloom’s Taxonomy to help guide your students and make sure they truly understand the information. I look back at my school experience and notice that a lot of my teachers did the same thing every day. They wouldn’t change tactics if someone didn’t understand. I don’t want to be like that, I want to be able to teach all of my students with their different intelligences. I want them all to have good experiences in the classroom and I want them to want to go school. I think if I help them figure out better memorization or study skills and better problem solving skills they will be less frustrated in school and actually want to go.

Morgan Ware
This chapter talks about applying the MI Theory to computer technology, cultural diversity, and career counseling. Teachers can use the MI Theory to give a broader perspective for students on understandings and resources that they already know. Students with all different intelligences can use the computer for their specific intelligence. Students with spatial can use illustrations in their multimedia projects. Students with bodily-kinesthetic can use video. The use of the Internet gives students the opportunity to explore resources for their intelligence. Students can also learn about different cultures and how they pride multiple intelligences. MI Theory states that intelligence must be valued by a culture to be a true intelligence. Every culture uses and values all eight intelligences but they favor one or two. MI Theory can be applied to career counseling to help students figure out which career would best suit their intelligence. Students with the linguistic intelligence might want to be a librarian or a writer. Teachers should not push students towards a career too early in their development. This impacts my classroom because I want my students to really understand what their intelligence is to better understand where their life is going in terms of their education and career.