If you are going to provide
students with the opportunity to choose ICT tools that exploit their learning style preferences it’s a good idea to identify your own learning preference. Which of the eight areas of intelligence is your preference and what does this mean in terms of how ICT might support your lesson design?”

  1. Navigate to Multiple Intelligences for Adult Literacy and Education at  http://www.literacyworks.org/mi/flash.html or access the non-interactive version from the CD here.
  2. The tutor group should review the Introduction section and specifically, the “We Have Many Intelligences” page which outlines the areas of intelligence and discusses each area in turn. Ensure that everyone is clear about how each area emphasizes a different trait.
  3. With tutorial participants working in pairs, navigate to the Assessment page and, first one member and then the other, complete the online questionnaire.
  4. As a group, discuss how different technologies and/or software might support each of the different learning preferences. Remember, however, that the technology must also support the achievement of knowledge, understanding and application objectives/outcomes.
  5. Record the group’s observations in your Word Processor Journal.
Teachers should be able to incorporate appropriate ICT activities into lesson plans so as to support students’ acquisition of school subject matter knowledge. (TL.3.)
120 min
Total 4.5 hrs
Technology Literacy