body smart - a challenge!
What in the world..!?! you may ask yourself. Why a picture like this? What does it have to do with body smart? Well, I naturally thought about adding a picture with movement, but I came across this picture and realized that it shows movement, and someone needed to place them there and get the camera to take a picture. A very kinesthetic person who enjoys manipulating objects and can imagine the movements in his head.
The kinesthetic aspect of online teaching is a challenge. Is it enough to supply drag and drop options for the kinesthetic learner? In my opinion it is not. How then can one cater for the body smart? First, Body smart is not just the act of moving. There is the aspect of agility and it also encompasses an awareness of space.
Another question is whether online teaching must happen on the computer? Even in its purist form, the main functionis to supply information and activites online.
My first suggestions are quite low-tech, supplying an impulse.
Stop what you are doing! Now get up and balance a book on your head. See if you can walk to the kitchen and pour yourself a glass of water without letting the book fall? Come back and write a comment.
Easter is at the door, and it has motivated me for the following task. Read this text and try to feel what you are reading.
Imagine you are holding an egg in your hand. Hold it very gently so as not to break it. Feel the weight of this egg.
It is warm - feel the warmth radiating from the egg.
Now cover it with your other hand. Turn your hands so that the egg is lying in the other hand. Move your hand up and down and feel the egg move with your hands. Roll the egg gently in your hand. Feel the way it moves.
Now gently place the egg next to the computer and see how long you can remain aware of this egg next in front of you.
Write a comment about the effect this task had on you and to what extent and how long you were able to 'feel' the egg.
Finally, here is a blog which will appeal to not only the kinesthetic, but also the gustatory senses.
Happy Easter!
(The next post will focus on more high-tech options.)
posted by Illya @ 6:20 AM
3 Comments:
I was under the impression that the bodily-kinaesthetic intelligence referred to feelings as well as bodily movement... Wouldn't taking feelings into account, and creating ways for expressing them be a feasible way of teaching for this intelligence online?
Just wondering (please remember I'm no expert in the field)...
Humbly,
Gladys
Hi, Illya,
Thanks for sharing sambaEFL with other bloggers! I just loved your blog and the kind of discussions and activities you proposed. You are certainly those rare types of teachers who try to understand teaching and learning through different angles and approaches.
And the photos? Well, they are fantastic and I can "feel" what you mean!
Great job here and I'm anxious to see more!
carla arena straight from Brazil
Thank you Gladys and Carla for your comments. Gladys, you ask about feelings when being body smart. I don't think feelings in the sense of emotion are a part of this kind of smart, although using your body can certainly set free a lot of emotion! The same with other 'smarts'. Emotions are more reflected in the areas of inter- and intra personal intelligence. You are aware of the feelings of the persons around you and of your own.
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