Intrapersonal Intelligence

Intrapersonal Intelligence

Intrapersonal intelligence involves the capacity to understand oneself, to appreciate one's feelings, 
fears and motivations. Also it is the ability to use such information to regulate our lives.

Using Technology to Teach the Multiple Intelligences: Intrapersonal

Using a computer is a very individual task. We only make technology group-based because we want 
students to be able to work together under limiting conditions, or we just might not have the funds 
available to provide each student in the classroom with their own PC (imagine that!). So computer 
technology always fosters this intelligence, just with the way it's designed to work. Some ideas for 
activities to help even more include:

Typing journal entries or reflective essays on word processing programs.

Working on tech-rich projects which help the students explore issues that touch them personally, or 
that they have strong opinions about.

Using grammatical evaluation software to help students write creatively.

Creating a database of self-assessment, including completed rubrics for past projects and units. 
(http://www.mcmel.org/erica.mi/technology.html)

Internet Links

http://www.ericdigests.org/1998-1/multiple.htm
http://www.ericdigests.org/1998-1/multiple.htm

http://www.mcmel.org/erica.mi/technology.html
http://www.mcmel.org/erica.mi/technology.html

Other Resources

Woolfolk, Anita E. (1998). Educational Pyschology. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
Eggen and Kauchak. (2007). Educational Psychology. Colombus, OH: Pearson.