Multiple Intelligences

Some of you may have encountered the work of Howard Gardner and his theory of "multiple intelligences." You can learn about multiple intelligences from the infographic and/or from the video which you will find at the bottom of this post, both by Marek Bennett. I really like this approach as a way to think about the different talents you can grow if you work on them: there are so many skills you can grow if you take the time to practice and improve!

I've also created a series of cats to illustrate the intelligences; here they are as a Flickr slideshow:

Multiple Intelligence Cats

Multiple Intelligences. You can grow all of your intelligences!

1. Use your brain: read!
2. Use your brain: write!
3. Use your brain: talk!
4. Use your brain: listen! 
5. Use your brain: quantify!
6. Use your brain: think critically!
7. Use your brain: be logical and experiment! 
8. Use your brain: see!
9. Use your brain: draw and color! 
10. Use your brain: visualize!
11. Use your brain: map!
12. Use your brain: build!
13. Use your brain: be an actor!
14. Use your brain: touch!
15. Use your brain: move!
16. Use your brain: dance and rap!
17. Use your brain: sing! 
18. Use your brain: drum!
19. Use your brain: make music!
20. Use your brain: share!
21. Use your brain: teach! 
22. Use your brain: collaborate!
23. Use your brain: interact!
24. Use your brain: connect to self!
25. Use your brain: make choices!
26. Use your brain: reflect!
27. Use your brain: experience nature!
28. Use your brain: connect to living things!
29. Use your brain: care for a creature!
30.  Use your brain: explore!
    
    
    
    

YesICan Cats

#YesICan Cats. These are inspired by Laura Ritchie's wonderful book, Fostering Self-Efficacy in Higher Education Students (2015).

1. Ask yourself: How confident am I that I can do this?
   
2. Before I reply, I think and reflect so that I can understand.
3. First, I make a plan.
4. I can do it too!
5. I don't let the past bring me down.
6. I'm confident that I can go high.
7. I need space to question and explore.
8. Commit to a goal.
9. Consider what you are capable of.
10. Deeper learning calls for an impulse from the student.
11. Deeper learning calls for creativity of thought. 
12. I engage and I learn.
13. I shape the technology; it does not shape me.
14. I watch with deliberate attention.
15. I'm ready for a challenge!
16. Learning requires initial experimentation.
17. My peers can be my teachers.
    
18. My skills bring success.
19. Observe others: the task is possible!
20. Ponder your potential.
    
 

Comfort Zone

Comfort Zone: being like everyone else - insecure - surviving - fear - just getting by - a dull life - play it safe - procrastination - regret - settling for less

Outside the Comfort Zone: going for your dreams - confidence - exploring new things - choosing happiness - fulfillment - getting the most out of life - embracing the unknown - excitement - liking change - living without limits - abundance - act in spite of fear

English. Creative people.

An infographic by Sylvia Duckworth:

English. Embrace risk.

English. Today I am wise.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

English. In every triumph, there's a lot of try.

In every triumph, there's a lot of try. — Frank Tyger

Your mind is always eavesdropping on your self talk.

"Your mind is always eavesdropping on your self talk." Jim Kwik

Self-Control

This mind map comes from Learning Fundamentals.

Get Motivated

This mind map comes from Learning Fundamentals.

6 Quotes

English What could go ... right.

English: A self is becoming.

English: The Places You'll Go

What Learners Think about Agency

English: Right decision come from wrong decisions.

English: What you want most.

English. Still room for improvement.

English. Life is like a camera.

The Box

Here is some advice, not so much to think "outside" the box, but instead to IMAGINE the box ... is not a box.