The Smart Classroom The classroom is a place that is constantly trying to be improved for the betterment of students’ education. New teaching methods and improvement in environment are all constantly being researched; however, recently, research on technology in the classroom has flourished. The Smart Classroom contains these technological advances and triggers them toward in-hancing student learning. Classrooms in the past never really took into consideration that all students learned differently, so one method of teaching was used. This method being, oral lectures that students were expected to take notes on, followed by long winded exams. It wasn’t until later down the line that educators realized that not all students are capable of learning and understanding lessons in this way, and researched different ways to improve teaching. For example, Howard Gardner came to the conclusion that each person is one of seven intelligences. : If a student enjoys reading or writing stories and doing puzzles, then they have the intelligence of Linguistic. Students who are drawn to more strategy type games and logic kind of games are said to be of the Logical-Mathematical Intelligence. Students who are very active whether it be in a sport or art activity, such as dance, are said to be of the Body-Kinesthic Intelligence. Spatial students learn with pictures, they need to see things to understand, they are drawn toward drawing and building with blocks. Musical Intelligences are students who are drawn to music, they have the ability to learn by listening and can many times hear things that others are not able to. Students who thrive at being the leader and being in charge of their peers have the Intelligence of Interpersonal, these types o... ... middle of paper ... ...Retrieved April 10, 2005, from http://www.classrooms.com/ Smart Classrooms Instructional Media Services. (April 3rd, 2003). Retrieved April 10, 2005, from http://www.humboldt.edu/~ims/smart/smartrms.htm Smart Classrooms. (2002). Retrieved April 10, 2005, from http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/its/smart_classrooms.htm Smart Classrooms, Huntingdon College. (2003). Retrieved April 11, 2005, from, http://www.huntingdon.edu/academics/smart_classrooms Domermuth, David. (2005). Creating a Smart Classroom. Tech Directions, 64(6), 21-22. Retrieved April 12, 2005, from Teacher Reference Center/EBSCO database. Carlson, Scott. (2002). Wired to the Hilt. Chronicle of Higher Education, 48, A33-A35. Retrieved April 12, 2005, from ERIC/EBSCO database. Human Intelligence, Howard Gardner. (2004). Retrieved May 3, 2005, from www.indiana.edu/~intell/gardner.shtml
Although we cannot use them all at once, we always use a few for each task. Everyone has those intelligences, at different levels. This theory allows my teaching to acknowledge all of my students' strengths. By exploring and exploiting their strengths in one area, students can improve their weaknesses in another (Dweck, 2015). In my high school music classes, I will have students with many different strengths. In a music theory assignment of an analysis of a song for instance, giving group projects that can include dancing or painting, roman numerals and strict chord analysis, and teaching it to the class relate to at least four different kinds of intelligence. Not only does that allow students to exploit their own strengths and strengthen their self-confidence, but it also also fits well with learning in small groups and learning from your peers. Students learn better in small groups: that avoids boredom and keeps students engaged, and each student is valued for their own strengths by other students. The challenge in this theory is not to label students and classify them as "the good at maths", "the good at languages", for both the teacher and the students themselves.
Over time I have learned that there is truth to Howard Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences. In reference to the Ahanbor and Sadighi (2014) “The Relationship Between Multiple Intelligences, Learning Styles and Gender” (p.177) Gardner theorized that the human population has seven intelligences, which include: Logical-Mathematical, Linguistic, Spatial, Musical, Bodily Kinesthetic and Personal Intelligences. (Ahanbor & Sadighi, 2014, p.177-178) After reading the article it is with understanding that individuals may hold the same qualities but no individual is truly the same. For example, in a school system you are exposed to all sorts of students. Many have a multitude of abilities, some have athletic ability, musical ability and in the diverseness of language. As a teacher it is my job to learn the abilities of my students to help them reach varies levels of mastery. “The growing interest in learning styles is in recognition of the fact that learners differ in ways that need to be taken into account when teachers make decisions about course content and teaching methodology.” (Ahanbor & Sadighi, 2014,
Over the years there have been multiple theories suggested about human intelligence. Howard Gardner’s theory seems to be argued by some, while others embrace it and use it. Applying Gardner’s theory of the eight intelligences- interpersonal, intrapersonal, spatial, bodily, linguistic, musical, naturalistic, and logical- to the education system could help more students learn and understand where their strengths are and where their weaknesses are in order to be able to improve their intellgence abilities.
This article provided information about the future and how technology will change the way we look at education. It gave examples of technology that has already changed classrooms.
Howard Gardner has done much research on multiple intelligences. Many teachers have taken his idea and extended it to the classroom in the form of something called learning styles. Although Gardner himself does not ascribe to the learning style extension of multiple intelligences, many teach...
As a teacher it will always be my responsibility to keep up to date on new research done on learning theories. That way I am able to provide a fun and exciting learning environment for my students. After learning about Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences I now realize how important it is to make sure I work hard to include every child into my curriculum. Gardner’s theory is that everyone is able to recognize a student that does scores great on an exam is smart, that does not mean that a student that falls short of doing good on the same test is not as brilliant as the other student. Howard Gardner’s, theory opposes traditional methods that view intelligences as unitary, and perceives intelligence to contain eight domains. Gardner believes there is several different intelligences that each person embodies in certain magnitudes. Having more of a particular intelligence than another will change has each person retain information. As a child growing up in public elementary schools, I was taught from a traditional methods. These methods focused mainly on verbal and mathematical skills. If a student is anyone of the other six proposed intelligences, he or she would most likely do unsatisfactorily in school. Howard Gardner’s eight intelligences are: body/ kinesthetic, naturalist, visual/ spatial, musical/ rhythmic, intrapersonal, interpersonal, verbal/ linguistic, and logical/ mathematical.
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In recent years, there has been a huge push towards a new form of learning in all schools, from primary schools to colleges. Interactive learning or E- Learning is a more social method of relaying information in a classroom environment. Passive learning or book learning depends on students paying attention to a teacher or lecturer and being able to memorise information and recall it when needed. Book learning is the method where an educator imparts knowledge to students in a face to face setting, like a classroom. Long gone are the exclusively teacher-centred classrooms or traditional classroom (sjtvu, 2013). Traditional classrooms can be limited in the ability of education. This form of teaching requires teachers to report to a central office for the information on what they are teaching. In this way, teachers and students are learning the same environment. Learning can be hard when students have employment outside the normal school routine. For traditional students, interactive learning can help give an advantage in classroom learning. With the use of computers and software programmes, it helps the both teacher and students with the lesson, accor...
This week's task is to identify a technology for classroom use that will improve students learning, make curriculum more meaningful and provide opportunities for my students to actively engage with technology in a meaningful way. My classroom has a Smart Board that was installed in the spring of 2011. It is wonderful for displaying information, taking notes, showing videos and photos that relate to the curriculum. However, students have a more limited interaction with it as a direct learning tool. I would have to admit that it is more a teacher centered tool than it is a student centered use of technology. After researching the Smart Board's available resources and tools, I found the technology that I would like to incorporate in my classroom. SMART Response™ interactive response system PE.
With the widespread use of digital technology, the classroom teaching approaches and practices went through remarkable changes. When compared to the past ten years, today the classrooms look entirely different in terms of programs and technical tools used to enhance the learning skills of students.
I strongly believe that this different kind of multiple intelligences will help teachers’ in teaching and learning where it is a way of understanding the students’ better. A teacher may be capable of identifying on what the students’ actually can do well instead of what they could not do. The eight primary intelligences identified by Gardner (1883, 1999) include linguistic intelligence refers to an individual’s capacity to use language effectively through expression and communication in the written or spoken word such as poets and writers. Next, logical-mathematical intelligence refers to an individual’s ability to recognize relationships and patterns between concepts and things using numbers effectively such mathematician and economists. Then, spatial intelligence refers to the capability to perceiving and altering the visual-spatial world. Besides, spatially intelligent people are able to graphically represent their visual spatial ideas for instance artists and interior designers. Next, bodily-kinesthetic intelligence refers to the capability of using one...
This article describes technological advances and predicts what the future classroom and class will be like.
Howard Gardner, a professor at Harvard, introduced his theory of multiple intelligences in 1983. Multiple intelligence’s is a theory about the brain that says human beings are born with single intelligence that cannot be changed, and is measurable by a psychologist. Gardner believes that there are eight different intelligences in humans. The eight are verbal linguistic, visual spatial, bodily kinesthetic, mathematical logic, musical, intrapersonal, interpersonal, and naturalist. Understanding these intelligence’s will help us to design our classroom and curriculum in a way that will appeal to all of our students. We might also be able to curve discipline problems by reaching a student in a different way. One that will make more sense to them and more enjoyable. We can include all of the intelligences in lessons to accommodate all of the students’ different learning styles at once. By reaching each students intelligence we can assume that a student will perform better which, could mean students retaining more important information. A students learning style can also help lead them into a more appropriate career direction. As a teacher you can also learn your own personal learning style or intelligence to help improve the way you learn and teach.
In the past, technology was something that was only used in our homes and by the wealthy. However, this has become a thing of the past. Classrooms have become more interactive and lessons seem to be more engaging. Students have been given the opportunity to use Smart Boards, document cameras, projectors, and wireless slates. In order for our students to feel comfortable, when using the different technologies, they must have some amount of background knowledge. If a student is not given this background knowledge, they will have more difficulty utilizing the technology than someone who has the background knowledge. Teachers in classrooms today must also have some type of knowledge of the technology being used. A great way to build this knowledge is to attend training sessions that your district may be holding, and utilize the technology as much as possible.
According to the Webster Dictionary, intelligence is defined as a person who has the ability to not only acquire but, to also apply the knowledge and skills they have to everyday life. Graded exam do not test our intelligence however, it tests our ability to memorize and shows our work ethics and determination. Students do not usually apply anything they learn from school in real life unless they plan to work in that field. (Gardner, Howard Gardner of The Multiple Intelligence Theory) As the writer recalls from personal experien...