Week 9 : Technology for Multiple Intelligence and Final Project Report

The 9^th week discussion covers the most prominent knowledge for teachers to succeed in teaching as it breaks down the different learner styles which teacher should realize and conduct the lesson accordingly. 
As usual, our instructors provide the resources of the topic which I go through and I also search some additional videos and articles to get more comprehensive insight, such as: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPkMeIYiISA (multiple intelligence and technology) and

http://www.onestopenglish.com/support/methodology/teaching-approaches/making-the-most-of-multiple-intelligences/155773.article . From the latter website article, I learn that teachers really need to figure out the student learning styles particularly when encounter problem with the students.  I am interested in the way David Lazear recognize learner styles. He gave an experimental task, as follows:

“A man and a woman are going for a walk. They want to walk arm in arm, but their steps are of different lengths. In fact, the woman’s step is two thirds of the man’s step. They start at the same time, and their first step is onto their left foot (so they are both standing on their right foot when they make the first step). Obviously, since the woman’s step is shorter and they want to walk together, she will have to take more steps than her partner in the same amount of time. How many steps will they each have to take before their left feet hit the ground at the same time again?”

       The way the learners work out the task reflects the learning style. For examples, the one who tries to work the problem out through maths, often in the form of a more or less complex equation, is a logical learner while others who start drawing a graph on a piece of paper, with the man’s steps first then divide these steps into the smaller steps of the woman and try to figure out the answer are visual learners. The ones trying to solve the task in a rhythmical way, i.e. by trying to ‘tap out’ the couple’s footsteps are surely Musical learners. What is your way then?

I learn that PowerPoint, infografic and Webquest are some tech tools which can deal with Multiple Intelligence in class. Then, I also manage to create a Webquest about “Understanding Present Participle and Past Participle as Adjectives”. The link: http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=274848. I also learn that PowerPoint can do digital storytelling project with PowerPoint narration feature, which appeals to Verbal, Musical and Visual learners. Check it out on the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZp3jumnWUg  (PowerPoint to record narration)

The steep learning curve is on the final project work. After completing the discussion post, I amend and revise my project draft to include some additional ideas and fix some wordings which are open to more than one interpretation. I really have FOMO (Fear of Missing Something) so it takes me quite some time to read it over and over before giving the report a final touch and ‘hand’ it to ‘Wiki’.

Finally, during this web skill course, I have read lots of technology articles and craved for more. Let’s hope that it won’t turn me into infobesity. I like to be tech-life balance.