What does it mean to be intelligent in our society?

In your opinion….O What abilities do schools currently

value the most?

Gardner’s Multiple

Intelligence“If we are to achieve a richer

culture... we must weave one in which each diverse human gift will

find a fitting place.”- Margaret Mead

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Mead

Multiple Intelligences

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf6lqfNTmaM

8 M.I.’sO Logical –MathematicalO MusicalO LinguisticO Bodily-kinestheticO SpatialO InterpersonalO IntrapersonalO Naturalist

But Wait!!! There’s more?!?

OSpiritualOExistentialOMoral

The briefing….O Visual: Good with art and designO Linguistic: Good with wordsO Logical: Good with numbers and mathO Bodily: Good with action, movement and

sportsO Musical: Good with music, tone and rhythmO Interpersonal: Good at communicating with

othersO Intrapersonal: Good at self-reflectionO Naturalistic: Good at appreciating the world

and naturehttp://www.realclassroomideas.com/resources/MI-MI+Key.pdf

8 Intelligences

How can we find some of this stuff out?

Multiple Intelligence Testhttp://www.realclassroomideas.com/resources/MI-MI+Survey.pdf

Online M.I Testhttp://www.literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html

Scholastic Student interest inventoryhttp://printables.scholastic.com/printables/detail/?id=35571http://www.realclassroomideas.com/resources/MI-Interest+Inventory.pdf

This is boring….O Lets take our own test…..

Another Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FucqOpIfVM

This guy knows what he’s talking about, I’ll let him tell

you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2QtSbP4FRg

This guy’s interesting too….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeJ3FF1yFycDaniel Goldman– EQ

vs. IQ

Great ResourcesO http://www.literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.htmlO  O http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/multiple-intellige

nces.cfmO  O http://www.businessballs.com/freepdfmaterials/

free_multiple_intelligences_test_manual_version.pdf

O http://www.spannj.org/BasicRights/appendix_b.htmO  O http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/clip-save-checklist-learning-activities-

connect-multiple-intelligencesO  O http://www2.gsu.edu/~mstnrhx/457/mi.htmO Activities O  O 1 http://www.realclassroomideas.com/15.htmlO  O http://www.literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html