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Multiple Intelligences: The Visual/Spatial Learner

What are multiple intelligences?

In the 1980’s, Howard Gardner went on a quest of sorts to answer his question” Is intelligence a single thing or various independent intellectual faculties?”(Gilman) While working with adult stroke victims and children as part of Harvard’s Project Zero he… Continue

Added by Timothy Gangwer on November 22, 2010 at 11:39pm — No Comments

Visual Discrimination

Visual discrimination involves the ability to perceive words accurately by noting likenesses and differences in words. There are several ways in which readers, especially beginning readers,…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on November 18, 2010 at 11:03am — No Comments

Picture Analysis/Decoding Skills

Picture Analysis…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on November 15, 2010 at 3:26pm — No Comments

Music Training for Dyslexic Children

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on November 4, 2010 at 11:39am — No Comments

Thinking In Pictures

I THINK IN PICTURES. Words are like a second language to me. I translate both spoken and written words into full-color movies, complete with sound, which run like a VCR tape in my head. When somebody speaks to me, his words are instantly translated into pictures. Language-based thinkers often find this phenomenon difficult to understand, but in my job as an equipment designer for the livestock… Continue

Added by Timothy Gangwer on November 3, 2010 at 1:17pm — No Comments

Project-Based Learning

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on November 2, 2010 at 10:17am — No Comments

Great Students' Works Link

http://www.mediadivide.org/bluff_baf/

Added by Timothy Gangwer on October 26, 2010 at 12:31am — No Comments

Pyramids of Power: Character Strengths in the Classroom

Pyramids of Power: Character Strengths in the Classroom…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on October 11, 2010 at 11:13am — No Comments

Gifted Children with Learning Disabilities : Lost Treasures

Linda Kreger Silverman, Ph.D.…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on October 4, 2010 at 11:55am — No Comments

Twice Exceptional

If I could speak, these might be my very words….to the students of GHS

I was blown away Friday night when you chose to crown my friend Jared and I…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on September 23, 2010 at 11:46pm — No Comments

Lift the Cell Phone Ban

Lift the Cell Phone Ban…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on September 14, 2010 at 10:45am — No Comments

Transcript of Commencement Speech at Stanford (given by Steve Jobs)

Transcript of Commencement Speech at Stanford given by Steve Jobs…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on September 8, 2010 at 11:23pm — No Comments

Worth1000.com

Worth1000.com An ad-supported website running dozens of contests simultaneously to find the "best" in altered images, in many different themed categories (such as Visual Puns, and Stupid Protests) that change constantly. Viewers may post… Continue

Added by Timothy Gangwer on September 7, 2010 at 9:54am — No Comments

"Fix Our Schools"

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on August 31, 2010 at 12:18am — No Comments

How To Stop Cyberbullying

The first things you need to know about cyberbullying are that it’s not an epidemic and it’s not killing our children. Yes, it’s probably one of the more widespread youth risks on the Internet and yes there are some well publicized cases of cyberbullying victims who have committed suicide, but let’s look at this in context.…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on August 25, 2010 at 11:47pm — No Comments