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Google Docs Community

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Multiple Intelligences and Cloud Computing

Gardner states the following in multiple intelligences:

• All human beings possess all nine intelligences in varying amounts.
• Each person has a different intellectual composition.
• We can improve education by addressing the multiple intelligences of our students.
• These intelligences are located in different areas of the brain and can either work independently or together.
• These intelligences may define the human species.

You can use cloud computing tools to address the needs of your students multiple intelligences by thinking about the following:

• Our goal should be to create individual learning experiences that best meet the individual learning styles of our students
• We have all been in a classroom where some students may not know how to add and some know how to do long division. How do we create a curriculum that meets all of their individual needs, enables them each to scaffold their learning in their own way
• Cloud Computing enables students to communicate and learn in a way that is most effective for them by allowing them to individualize the learning tools and learning experience.
• Cloud Computing gives your students flexibility but you must provide the structure. What is your pedagogical intent? Where do you want Cloud Computing to take your students?
• "You are the banks of the river guiding the water to where it needs to go" (C. Rodgers)

Gardner, H. (1983) Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Dewey and Cloud Computing

Dewey believed that education was all about the experience. Each student has their own unique abilities, background and history that they bring to the classroom. Through interaction with their peers and the instructor there should be a continuity of learning that results in a continual growth of the individual. In order for each individual student to achieve this growth the curriculum must be individualized to meet the unique needs of each student. Through the use of Cloud Computing tools each student can individualize their learning to meet their needs and the instructor can guide them through the process. The platforms allow for both individual and social reflection which crosses boundaries and cultures. It allows students with all different backgrounds meet in a place where they are in the same “present situation.” Yet, in this same present situation each student has a different, unique learning experience. It is the interaction within this diverse group of students in the present situation that creates their present learning experience. In order to create interest which motivates the students to participate the experience must be meaningful and connect with all students. Dewey saw this process as a democratic, educational experience.

Examples and Resources

ePals Global Community K-12

Collaborate with other educators across the Globe

Google for Educators

Google Notebook

Creative Commons

101 ways to use Twitter

ICETA 2010

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• Post your comments and questions from the ICETA conference at #ptICETA2010
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• Tweet your "take away"
• Continue the conversation by sharing your ideas and results on my Blog
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