Howard Gardner formulated a list of seven (now eight) intelligences. Those consisiting of Linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, spatical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and now most recently naturalistic.Gardner believes that people have a unique blend of intelligences. He believes that the intelligencies rarely operate independently, that in fact they are used at the same time and tend to complement each other as peole develop skills or solve problems. According to Gardner, these intelligences are amoral, they can be put to constructive or destructive use .
I feel that Gardner's Multiple Intelligencies supports technology intergration for learning in an early elementary classroom. Gardner's theory can relate to all three types of technology since people each have their own blend of intelligencies. Type I helps the teacher be a better teacher. The teacher can use specific software that will support objectives being learned. If a teacher has a student that learns better by musical activites then the teacher could find software to support the students way of learning. Type II relates to Gardner's theory because the computer can be used as a tool to enhance the skills within Gardner's Intelligences. Type III is supported by this theory due to the fact that people that are good in a certain intelligence like Logical-mathmatical can use the computer to solve problems.
A man named Edgar Dole, who is often called the father of modern media in education, developed the "cone of experience" based on his observations involving teaching and learning. Dale's cone of experience is a tool that teachers can use to make decisions about which activities to use in their classrooms that would help their students get the most from each lesson.
I feel that Dale's cone of Experience supports technology intergration for learning in an early elementary classroom. The reason I feel this way has to do with how Dale's cone of experience can relate to the three types of technology. Computer technogloy can be used to activily engage the learner. Type I technology is supported by Dale's cone because the teacher can become a better teacher by using Dale's cone to choose the best technology choices to enhance student learning. Type II is supported because students can use the computer as a tool to enhance their experiences which will result in the student recalling more of the lesson. Type III is supported because at the bottom of Dale's cone in order to achieve 90% memory of an experience a person must design and/or perform a presentation. Type III technology can help a person do this.
In 1956, Bengjamin Bloom developed levels of intellectual behavior involved in learning, this is called Bloom's Taxonomy. He developed three overlapping domains which include cognitive, psychomotor, and affective. Within the cognitive domain he developed six levels. These domains and levels are helpfull in developiong critical thinking skills in our students.
I feel that Bloom's Taxonomy supports technology integration for learing in an early elementary classroom.Bloom's Taxonomy can relate to all three types of technology. Type I can be used to help a student master Bloom's lst level of cognitive domain which is knowledge. Type II can be used as a tool to help a student master the next level which is comprehension. Type III is supported because the computer can be used in the last 4 levels (application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation).
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Your thoughts on how technology can be implemented according to Bloom's theory were very good I thought. I think that type I can very much be used to gain knowledge and that type II can help with comprehension and type III can help with evalutions. I feel that out of all of the theories we learned about that Bloom's would be the easiest to use technology with. I don't know if anyone else felt that way or not. I also liked what you said about how the teacher could use the computer for musical activities with a student who is more musically intelligent. I had not thought about that before. I think it is a really good idea especially since most computers would have headphones so that the music playing from the software program would not bother the rest of the class.
I liked how you discussed Type I technology and how teachers can use appropriate software to help teach children. I also liked how you talked about the musical aspects, because children do learn in different ways and it's important for us, as teachers, to recognize this.
I think you did a good job of expressing how Dale's Cone of Experience relates to the different types of technology. For example, I liked how you related type one technology helping the teacher become a better teacher by knowing which technology choices are the best and in result, that will enhance student learning. Also, I think you did a great job of tying Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory to Type I technology and how that could help children who have a musical intelligence. I never thought of it in that way. Good Job!
I agree with the ways that you suggested a teacher use the technology in the classroom. Type III is great for presentations and really helping children understand and know what they have been studying, not just memorizing it. It really helps the children learn effectively.
I really like how you explained Gardner's theory. I also think that his theory can relate to all three types of technology. However, I never thought of it as a way of that people each have their own blend of intelligences. This was really interesting to me and I thought that this was a good way of putting it. Great Job!
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