Connecting Technology and Multiple Intelligences

I am a firm believer in the ways student learning relates to Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences. In my mind: All students can learn ... that learning takes place in different ways and is expressed in different ways. When in the classroom, I tried to create lessons to go along with the ideas of Multiple Intelligences. I now work each day to help teachers find ways to utilize technology for student instruction and learning. I have recently started thinking about the ways those two things (Multiple Intelligences and Technology in the Classroom) can go together.

I have started gathering articles and websites about connecting technology and Multiple Intelligence. I have not yet decided on the best ways for me to connect these area, but here are some of the resources I have found (the first few are articles and/or research papers that can be difficult to read through ... sorry ... I like those):

• Multimedia and Multiple Intelligences by Shirley Veenema and Howard Gardner
• Can Technology Exploit Our Many Ways of Knowing? by Howard Gardner
• Multiple Intelligences and Educational Technology by Michael McBeth
• Technology and Multiple Intelligences from TeacherTap (There is a list of intelligences and technology tools that support classroom activities from TeacherTap Pages)
• Do Technology Based Lessons Meet the Needs of Student Learning Styles? - This article focuses on learning styles, technology, and lesson planning.
• How Technology Enhances Howard Gardner's Eight Intelligences - This article focuses on each intelligence and provide technology ideas.
• Multiple Intelligences Activities - Lesson plans with lots of ideas.
• Multiple Intelligences and Technology - Find ways to link technology and multiple intelligences
• Multiple Intelligences and Technology - This online article focuses on the theory behind multiple intelligences and technology.

"Technology can be used to facilitate learning in each intelligence area.There is no "right way" to integrate intelligences or technology into the classroom. The key is to provide the most effective learning environment for students, remembering that we all learn in different ways." from MI & Technology

If you have other resources and/or ideas on this topic, I would love for you to share them with me. Maybe we can work together to figure out ways these areas can work together.