Howard Gardner developed eight different multiple intelligence types. He says that every individual falls under one if not more of his eight intelligence types and each individual has different strengths and weaknesses for each type. The different types are: Linguistic, Logical-mathematical, Musical, Bodily-kinesthetic, Spatial, Interpersonal and Intrapersonal intelligence. Throughout all the different websites I looked at, they all pretty much agreed with the same intelligences although there were one or two different sites that listed one more intelligence: Existentialist and they also called some of the intelligences differently. Technology could be used with all the different types of intelligences. For example, with musical intelligence children could use different instruments (a form of technology) to play music, also when children get on different educational websites, a lot of them have music to different links on the website. Another example is children could play educational games on the computer that would help them with the logical/mathematical intelligence. Although technology could be intertwined in all the different intelligences, it could also detract from some as well, for example with bodily-kinesthetic, children whose strength is this would detract because they like to be up and moving and using their body rather than sitting and looking at a computer screen. Type I, II & III uses of technology can relate to all the different types of intelligences. Type I focuses on practices so with each different intelligence everyone has a drill or a practice so type I fits into them all. Type II focuses more on the student than the teacher so when children are working on a computer, focusing on a specific intelligence like logical/mathematical it is related in that way. And last but not least type III use of technology focuses on solving problems and that can even relate to my type II example when children are solving problems on the computer etc.
Benjamin Bloom developed the Bloom’s Taxonomy. He basically uses six different levels that are ranked from lowest to highest within the cognitive domain. He found that 95% of test questions are only based on the lowest level which is recalling the information. The different levels are: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. He says that students start out in the lowest level and work their way up to the highest. His theory supports technology integration for learning in an early elementary classroom because students can start out on computers and acknowledge the information and learn things from the computer and work their way up on different levels just like you work your way up on using a computer and gaining different computer skills. This theory relates to type I, II & III uses of technology because each type can be used within each level: computer as a tutor, using technology as a tool and also to help solve problems. Within each level I think you need all different types of uses of technology especially to help the children move up from one level to the next.
Edgar Dale developed the Dale’s cone of experience. It is basically a theory that describes the experiences we face outside of school as well as inside of school, and how we learn from each of those experiences. He says that people generally remember …
• 10% of what they read
• 20% of what they hear
• 30% of what they see
• 50% of what they hear and see - video
• 70% of what they say or write
• 90% of what they say as they do something
This theory is supported by technology because within technology you can read things, hear things, see etc. A good example of this is the show Dora the Explorer. They have the children interact with the show by repeating what Dora says, and has children say things with her and also solve problems while thinking out loud. This is just one example too of how technology really supports this theory. Each type of technology again is related to this theory because each type can be related to hearing, seeing, writing, saying things etc.
