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Brittany - Synthesis
Chapter 13 of //Multiple Intelligences// centers on three main areas where muliple intelligence theory can be used: technology, cultural diversity, and career choices. Technology may seem limiting in the intelligences that is uses but then a person looks at the web sites and the applications that are being used and they can see where each of the intelligences fit. Where MI theory and cultural diversity fit together is in that every culture uses all eight of the muliple intelligences. This is extremely helpful for teachers in that we are no longer looking at where a student's culture is limiting them in the classroom but they are looking at the strengths that culture has and how they can use those strengths. Finally, it is important to emphsis all the different intelligences that exist in the different careers that a student will be looking at.
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The things that we picked up on in this chapter was the technology and the cultural aspects of using the multiple intelligences. Being in Maine, however, means that we have the advantage/disadvantage (however you view it) of having a laptop in the hands of almost every high school and middle school student. Like it or not, we as teachers have to adapt to having this technology in our classrooms and use it to take what we are teaching to the [|next level]. After talking about laptops, [|cultural diversity] was the other subject that was discussed. True, we do not see much if any cultural diversity in rural Maine but what will happen if we decide to teach in a different state or if different people decide to move here. Thanks to knowing our muliple intelligences we may be one step closer than some of the other teachers out there to answering that question.
 * Synthesis**

Brody
The thirteenth chapter of //Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom//points out that the MI theory is not solely used for curriculum and classroom management. The MI theory can also relate to computer technology, cultural diversity, and career counseling. In spite of the assumption that computers largely help people with the Logical/Mathematical intelligence, computers are actually “intelligence-neutral machines” (174). It’s the software programs that coincide with all eight intelligences. One of my favorite childhood computer games for example was called Amazon  Trail. It’s a nature simulation program that offers knowledge on plants and animals found in the Amazon  rainforest. This is a brilliant way to appeal to students with high naturalist intelligence when it is not suitable to go outside. Another avenue that the MI theory can benefit is cultural diversity. The MI theory is culturally sensitive as all cultures make use of the eight intelligences. Teachers must harness this and celebrate the value of the intelligences in other cultures, a lesson suitable for a Social Studies class in particular. The MI theory can also benefit career counseling. Self-assessment can determine what students are suited for in the job marketplace and the multiple intelligences that are needed for each job. I would use MI theory in relation to career counseling in my classroom so students can have an idea where they may be going and how developing intelligences in the classroom will assist them in getting there.

Brittany
Now comes the best part, taking the multiple intelligences and using them to impact areas that exist outside of the classroom. Students are learning to use computers and about other cultures and even about different careers. Think about it: students will be learning to use their learning style to understand how the world works and not just the curriculum that is handed to them because they have to know it for a test. There is always talk about preparing students for the world that exists outside of the four walls of the school and this is talking about bringing the outside world into the school. It would change the way schools were thought about by both the teachers and the students. Perhaps students would see their school day as preparing them for something more than just the next big test that they had to take.

Mike
This chapter talked about how the MI Theory connects to the development of lessons and a unit. Of course the author talked about different strategies for students of multiple intelligences. Basically what a teacher needs to do when developing a lesson is think to themselves if the lesson is addressing all learners. The chapter also focused a lot on how you can incorporate technology into your classroom. Teachers can use technology as a new creative way to present your lesson to your students and grabbing their attention. Teachers should not rely entirely on technology for teaching, but it can definitely be used as a guideline for how you are going to teach. During my time at MBHS so far, technology has been huge for students because each student has a laptop where they use everyday for doing various projects and homework assignments. Computers will be forever apart of teaching, but our jobs as teachers is to constantly be informed on how what you can do with computers and other technology while also helping students of all learning styles adapt or learn how to use technology.

Seth
Computer technology is something secondary teachers in Maine live with every day. Cultural diversity? Not so much. With every student in Maine’s secondary schools having access to a laptop it is important for teacher’s to be “tech savvy.” However, I absolutely **hate** the computers in the classroom, they are nothing but a distraction. After having a long discussion with the other Block I students we all noticed that while in the class the students are always on their computers and a majority of the time aren’t paying attention. They’re either on Skype, looking at pictures online or using Photo Booth to fix their hair. I don’t like them and it’s a big reason I’m not so enthusiastic about teaching in Maine. “Over the past two decades, the United States has seen tremendous demographic changes that have created a student population more radically, ethnically, and culturally diverse than ever before” (176). And, being honest, Mount Blue is one of the last places you would find cultural diversity.

**Kim**
This chapter describes several different professions and explains what multiple intelligences are connected to each. One point that this chapter brought up is that exposing students to just one or two careers at an early age is detrimental to their future career choice. By giving students a variety of careers to explore, they are not locked into focusing on one multiple intelligence area and can instead choose a career that encompasses multiple intelligences. I think the list of careers and multiple intelligences associated with them will be helpful in guiding students to select careers that they are not only interested in, but also allow them to use more than one of their intelligences. I think it might be interesting to have students use the lists and create some kind of product that compares their intelligences to those that each career they are interested in requires.

Kaitlyn Bartlett
In chapter 13 of Multiple Intelligences, it reiterates the ideas of how powerful laptops in the classrooms are. I never thought of an iMovie being able to incorporate all 8 intelligences. I feel doing iMovie and projects like it in class would not only be a good way to let students excel at their strongest intelligence later in the curriculum, but it would be an awesome way for teachers to learn what the students’ strongest intelligences are. I will definitely use computers in my class to help students get engaged but to also help myself learn my students better. The more a teacher learns about ways to teach students, the better classroom experience they will have. As anyone can recognize, the better classroom experience students have, the better the learning is.

Lily
Chapter 13 covers a lot, including computer technology, cultural diversity and career counseling. Maine is a great state where in 90% of the middle and high school there are laptops offered to all students. This is such a great way to help with multiple intelligences! There are many programs and applications that are available and helpful for the classroom. Cultural diversity is covered and points out the need to design your curriculum and lesson in a way that involves the way that many cultures think. The last point that is covered is carer counseling and explains the need to show the many choices that students have in the their future and not just one or two choices. We as teachers need to expose students to the real world and how they can impact it in whatever way they want to! Students just need to put their mind to it and use their intelligence to their benefit.

Jasmyn
This chapter on //MI theory and the Classroom Environment// poses many questions to the reader about how the MI theory is being created in the classroom. The questions, listed under each of the intelligences, ask the reader to consider the quality of the classroom and how it provides students with appropriate opportunities to engage through different intelligences. I was particularly interested in the section of this chapter that discusses “activity centers” throughout the classroom. I found the idea of having different stations that provided engaging activities that served each of the eight intelligences to be a great idea. I would love to take part in setting up a classroom that had these centers and also have the time to allow students to work in each of the areas. Even the students who are weaker in some intelligence could have the chance to try every area and possibly strengthen themselves in that weak area.

Max
This chapter focused on a few key elements in targeting many different intelligences. We as teachers have to incorporate technology into our classroom because it is a great way to target many different kinds of intelligences. We have incorporated many different kinds of technology in our lessons we are working on in class. We also broke into groups and researched different types of technology, I looked up the iPad, and do a presentation on it. The book also said we have to incorporate cultural diversity. The book talks about how every culture has all eight intelligences. This was common sense to me because we have learned how everyone learns differently but we all have all eight intelligences. Changing cultures doesn't change the fact that you are not a person so if all people have all eight intelligence then people all over the world do too. The last topic the book discussed was career choices. This will help student put meaning behind the material and have a drive to get good grades. It is good to have goals in life and if use some information in class to inspier a student then that's what it's all about.

Casey
This chapter focused on the fact that there are many other applications of the MI theory to education. One good example that they used was cultural diversity. This is extremely important because of how diverse the United States has becoming and is still becoming. A good point that Armstrong made was when he stated “it is important to repeat, however, that every culture has and uses all eight intelligences.” What Armstrong means here is that we cannot just assume that a certain race carries a certain intelligence or intelligences because of their race. It is important that educators have broad perspectives and do not make assumptions concerning intelligences because every is different.

Jen
This chapter discussed the importance of the multiple intelligences in technology, with potential careers, various cultures, etc. It is said that multiple intelligence are what influence people to be who and what they are and that it is a multi cultural idea. It discusses how many of the intelligences relate to the various multiple intelligences. What really caught my attention in this chapter was the fact that in the career counseling section the authors discussed how certain things that students are good at help influence them to decide what they want to do in life. I guess that was something I had to really think about and question. Should adults and teachers be conveying to students that because they are good at something that should be something they pursue? Well maybe yes, but maybe no. I think it's up to the student and they should be aware of their multiple intelligence and understand their learning style but not make that their main focus.

Leighlan
MI can enrich student’s experiences with computers, cultural diversity, and career counseling. Computers have the capability to work with all of the intelligences in one presentation, helping the students really cement the material in their minds. All cutlers use all eight intelligences and learning how they do that can culturally include students that are often excluded. Knowing what intelligences a student is strong and interested in can benefit career counseling by matching student’s strong intelligences with careers that require strength in those intelligences. The really cool thing about these applications of MI theory is that they don’t really on a teacher. A student can create a MI super product on a computer about one of their interests without it being for a school project. They can learn about how their own culture and their friend’s cultures use and value the different intelligences. They can also do their own research on which jobs might be good for them based on MI.

Jasmyn
I believe that cultural diversity has a HUGE impact on how anyone receives their information. This chapter section on diversity discusses how one intelligence may be “valued” more than another. This is strong idea that must be kept in mind when working with diverse classrooms. I think that if I had a class with multiple students representing different cultures that it would be in the best interest of those students for me to learn about their culture and values in order to tailor my instruction to better suit them. I feel that this will be an important consideration to my classroom instruction. Before reading this chapter on other applications for the MI theory, I had thought about the importance of recognizing your stronger intelligences when considering career choices. It would be great if we all were tested on our strengths in MI so that could then search out the jobs that will allow us to work with our strengths. I think everyone knows someone that “just isn’t right for the job”, that person may be good at their job, but the personality just doesn’t fit. For example: the waitress who is prompt, remembers everything and cleans well, but just can’t seem to be personable. Maybe this waitress’ interpersonal skills have not fully been developed, making her not right for the job. I think that if everyone had the opportunity to explore the intelligences they were strongest in and found jobs that allowed them to use those intelligences.