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The Use of Multiple Intelligence, The Use of Multiple Intelligence, Humor, and Technology in the Humor, and Technology in the
College Composition Classroom: A College Composition Classroom: A Practical ApproachPractical Approach
Katerina Andrioti, Ph.D.Katerina Andrioti, Ph.D.Dean of Arts and SciencesDean of Arts and Sciences
St. Joseph’s College, New YorkSt. Joseph’s College, New York
Why Multiple Intelligence?The “One-Size-Fits-All” ideal is The “One-Size-Fits-All” ideal is
outdated and does not apply to our outdated and does not apply to our students anymore. According to students anymore. According to Walter McKenzie, in fact, students’ Walter McKenzie, in fact, students’ orientation to learning required orientation to learning required tools that were not available.tools that were not available.
In other words, “if the only tool you In other words, “if the only tool you have is a hammer, everything have is a hammer, everything around you looks like a nail. . . .”around you looks like a nail. . . .”
W. McKenzieW. McKenzie
Why Social Media?
• “Social Media is the collection of tools and online spaces available to help individuals to accelerate their information and communication needs.” Axel Schultze
Why Humor?
Why Not?
Multiple Intelligence Theory
Howard Gardner: Howard Gardner: Co-director of Project Co-director of Project
Zero and Professor of Zero and Professor of Education at Harvard Education at Harvard University.University.
Redefined intelligence Redefined intelligence from a from a single single quantifiable entity that quantifiable entity that is registered on a is registered on a standardized test to a standardized test to a full spectrum of full spectrum of intelligences that are intelligences that are combined and used in combined and used in highly personal ways.highly personal ways.
How Can I Apply MI Theory to Help Students Learn Better?
According to Howard According to Howard GardnerGardner,, learning islearning is both aboth a socialsocial andand psychologicalpsychological process. process. When students When students understand the understand the balance of their own balance of their own multiple intelligences, multiple intelligences, they beginthey begin
To manage their own To manage their own learning.learning.
To value their To value their individual strengthsindividual strengths..
Today’s Students—Digital Natives
⏏ Consumer experience drives expectations (MI and Social Media)
Desktop to mobile computing
Web sites to web experiences
Solitary games to participant/group play
Static web content to real-time interaction and collaboration
Telephones to integrated mobile information
Email to instant video, voice and text messaging
Multiple Intelligence Theory
Gardner’s multiple Gardner’s multiple intelligences theory intelligences theory challenges us to look challenges us to look beyond our available beyond our available technologies because in technologies because in the information age, we the information age, we have technologies have technologies evolving that hold new evolving that hold new promise to reach all promise to reach all learners. (2002) learners. (2002) (Do not (Do not teach information; teach information; teach people)teach people)
Including Social Media in Course Development
✔Blogging a contraction for the term “web logging” is best described as a form of micro-publishing on the internet.
✔Wikis are websites that allow the users to add, remove, edit and change available content. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative writing and revising.
✔FaceBook and similar social networking sites are designed to connect users. Facebook is the leading social networking site for college students. In this platform, users are able to create profiles that include everything from their basic information, to their interests, affiliations, photographs, and video.
✔Second Life is a Linden Lab creation: a revolutionary new form of shared experience, which is a 3D virtual world created solely by the users or residents.
Multiple Intelligence Theory
Absorbing course Absorbing course material can be material can be different and different and unique for unique for students.students.
Multiple Intelligence Theory
How are How are wewe smart? smart?
Linguistic IntelligenceLinguistic Intelligence How can I use the spoken How can I use the spoken
and and written word?
(Desktop & Web-based publishing, PowerPoint presentations, sentence & essay writing, poetry & story writing, lecture, dice games, discussion letters, dialogue, plays, email)
Multiple Intelligence Theory
Spatial IntelligenceSpatial Intelligence How can I use visual How can I use visual
aids, visualization, aids, visualization, color, art, or metaphor? color, art, or metaphor?
(Graphic images, (Graphic images, PowerPoint PowerPoint presentations, student presentations, student presentationspresentations, , charting, charting, graphing, utilizing online graphing, utilizing online platforms and editors, platforms and editors, prepared or created prepared or created imagesimages, digital animation, digital animation))
Multiple Intelligence Multiple Intelligence TheoryTheory
Bodily/KinestheticBodily/Kinesthetic How can I involve the How can I involve the
whole body or hands-on whole body or hands-on experience? experience?
(Use of tactile materials, (Use of tactile materials, group work, presentations, group work, presentations, diagramming, diagramming, videoconferencing, sorting videoconferencing, sorting various materials by various materials by attributes, participating in attributes, participating in virtual group simulationsvirtual group simulations))
Multiple Intelligence Multiple Intelligence TheoryTheory
Logical/Mathematical Logical/Mathematical IntelligenceIntelligence
How can I bring in How can I bring in numbers, calculations, numbers, calculations, logic, classifications or logic, classifications or critical thinking skills? critical thinking skills?
(Sorting sentences & (Sorting sentences & essays, PowerPoint essays, PowerPoint presentations, group presentations, group work, Venn Diagram work, Venn Diagram sorting, sorting, analyzing data, analyzing data, use search engines to use search engines to run queries, & various run queries, & various online platforms to online platforms to problem solveproblem solve))
Look like your Dog Look like your Dog ContestContest
Multiple Intelligence Theory
Musical IntelligenceMusical Intelligence How can I bring in music, How can I bring in music,
environmental sounds, and environmental sounds, and set key points in a rhythmic set key points in a rhythmic or melodic framework? or melodic framework?
((Incorporate digital sounds into Incorporate digital sounds into PowerPoint & multimedia PowerPoint & multimedia presentations, presentations, group work, group work, rap, chant, song, poetry)rap, chant, song, poetry)
Multiple Intelligence Theory
Interpersonal IntelligenceInterpersonal Intelligence How can I engage How can I engage
students in discussion, students in discussion, cooperative learning, or cooperative learning, or large group simulation? large group simulation?
(Small & large group (Small & large group work, synchronous--work, synchronous--chat-rooms or chat-rooms or asynchronous--email, asynchronous--email, discussion boards, dice discussion boards, dice game, dialogue, role game, dialogue, role playing &playing & various various collaborative projectscollaborative projects))
Multiple Intelligence Theory
Intrapersonal IntelligenceIntrapersonal Intelligence How can I evoke How can I evoke
personal feelings or personal feelings or memories, or give memories, or give students choices? students choices?
(Narrative essays, (Narrative essays, letters, letters, answers to guided answers to guided questions posted on the questions posted on the discussion section of discussion section of BlackboardBlackboard))
Multiple Intelligence Theory
Naturalist IntelligenceNaturalist Intelligence How can I appeal to How can I appeal to
the students’ love the students’ love and understanding and understanding of nature? of nature?
(Group work, (Group work, organizing & making organizing & making sense of information, sense of information, through creation of through creation of databases or semantic databases or semantic mappingmapping))
Multiple Intelligence Theory
Multiple Intelligences Multiple Intelligences MatterMatter
According to Gardner, addressing According to Gardner, addressing all intelligences in the classroom is all intelligences in the classroom is paramount for the success of all paramount for the success of all students.students.
Variation of subject content may Variation of subject content may result in higher levels of student result in higher levels of student achievement and success.achievement and success.
Variation in assessing student Variation in assessing student knowledge must be part of lesson-knowledge must be part of lesson-plan and implementation.plan and implementation.
Funny? Who? Me?Funny? Who? Me?
• Not necessary to Dress up in costumes:
– Humor is not taking more time to prep your classes
– Humor is not becoming a stand-up comedian
– Humor is not drastically changing the way you’re doing things in your classroom
How Do I use Humor in How Do I use Humor in the Classroom?the Classroom?
• Create a positive atmosphere where students are not afraid to make mistakes.
• Encourage them to bring jokes and cartoons, do the same, share with the class before you begin.
• Every week bring a different pointer for your board or PowerPoint presentations. (Golf clubs, fishing rods, pool cues, kitchen utensils, makeup brushes, etc.)
• Include a trivia question half way into a quiz or a text.
Why Use HumorWhy Use Humor• Employing a sense of humor can
lower blood pressure, improve blood circulation and energy and help alleviate job stress and burnout.
• Using humor in the classroom can increase the students’ attention span.
• Humor can diminish anxiety and reduce the threatening nature of the course by changing the tone of the instructional process.
• Your students may even arrive to your classroom earlier than usual.
ENGENGLISH: COLLEGE LISH: COLLEGE COMPOSITIONCOMPOSITION
1. Don't abbrev. 1. Don't abbrev. 2.2. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
3. Don’t use question marks inappropriately?3. Don’t use question marks inappropriately?
4. Excessive use of exclamation points can be 4. Excessive use of exclamation points can be disastrous!!!!!!!!!disastrous!!!!!!!!!
5. Never use that totally cool, radically groovy, out-of-date 5. Never use that totally cool, radically groovy, out-of-date slang.slang.
6. Profanity sucks.6. Profanity sucks.
7. Be more or less specific.7. Be more or less specific.
8. Placing a comma between subject and predicate, is not 8. Placing a comma between subject and predicate, is not correct.correct.
9 Don’t repeat youself, or say again what you have said 9 Don’t repeat youself, or say again what you have said before.before.
10. Hopefully, you will use words correctly, irregardless of 10. Hopefully, you will use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.how others use them.
11. Note: People just can't stomach too much use of the 11. Note: People just can't stomach too much use of the colon.colon.
12. About sentence fragments. 12. About sentence fragments. 13. Each pronoun agrees with their antecedent. 13. Each pronoun agrees with their antecedent. 14. Just between you and I, case is important. 14. Just between you and I, case is important. 15. Don't use commas, that aren't necessary. 15. Don't use commas, that aren't necessary.
Dr. Andrioti’s RulesDr. Andrioti’s Rules
More RulesMore Rules
16. Only Proper Nouns should be capitalized. also a 16. Only Proper Nouns should be capitalized. also a sentence sentence should. should. 17. begin with a capital and end with a period 17. begin with a capital and end with a period 18. In letters compositions reports and things like 18. In letters compositions reports and things like that we use that we use commas to keep a string of commas to keep a string of items apart. items apart. 19. Verbs has to agree with their subjects. 19. Verbs has to agree with their subjects. 20. A writer mustn't shift your point of view. 20. A writer mustn't shift your point of view. 21. Don't write a run-on sentence you've got to 21. Don't write a run-on sentence you've got to punctuate it. punctuate it. 22. A preposition isn't a good thing to end a sentence 22. A preposition isn't a good thing to end a sentence with. with. 23. Avoid cliches like the plague. 23. Avoid cliches like the plague. 24. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.24. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.25. Its important to use apostrophe's right. 25. Its important to use apostrophe's right. 26. It's better not to unnecessarily split an infinitive.26. It's better not to unnecessarily split an infinitive.27. Don't use no double negatives.27. Don't use no double negatives.
VARIOUS APPLICATIONS OF MI
Dice game:Dice game: Role the dice.Role the dice. Use punctuation marks, Use punctuation marks,
or various terms, or various terms, formulas, concepts, etc. formulas, concepts, etc. in a sentence of your in a sentence of your choosing.choosing.
Combine group Combine group sentences to make a sentences to make a story, recreate a law, story, recreate a law, concept, formula, etc.concept, formula, etc.
Present your results to Present your results to the class. the class.
Use the ellipsis ( . . . ) to indicate Use the ellipsis ( . . . ) to indicate missing . . .missing . . .
1.1. Retirement is a Retirement is a verbverb . . . not a . . . not a destination.destination.
2. Ernest Hemingway 2. Ernest Hemingway was a really, really, was a really, really, good good righterrighter. . . . . . . . He was so good He was so good that he won the that he won the pull it surprise pull it surprise for for his bookhis book The Old The Old Man and the Sea.Man and the Sea.
Good teaching comes in myriad forms, but good teachers share one trait: they are truly present in the classroom, deeply engaged with their students and their subject. They are able to weave a complex web of connections among themselves, their subjects, and their students, so that students can learn to weave a world for themselves. The connections made by good teachers are held not in their methods but in their hearts—the place where intellect and emotion and spirit and will converge in the human self.
Parker Palmer, 1998
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