Module #3

What strengths were highlighted in the results of your multiple intelligence test? How do you interpret these results? What technologies might you incorporate to augment your personal learning based on these results?

Highlighted strengths:
Musical
Spatial-Visual
Intrapersonal
Bodily-Kinesthetic
Logical Mathematical

Interpretation of results:
I feel that the results of the multiple intelligence are fairly close to how I see myself. The order was just off a bit. I kind of thought logical-mathematical would have ended up higher in the ranking. I like figuring out how things work and devising methods of improving their performance. I also really enjoy certain types of math (not biostatistics!) and problem solving. I was really surprised to see musical performance rank #1. I play guitar/bass, there is always music on at home, and I love music. None of the typical roles associated with this intelligence type sound appealing to me all. It was also quite interesting that interpersonal ranked so low for me, it was tied for last place with linguistic. The typical roles associated with interpersonal intelligence are pretty much what I am doing right now as nurse. Maybe I should abandon the DNP program and redirect all my energy towards becoming a musician.

Technologies to consider incorporating for augmentation of my personal learning:
>Listen to music more often during my studies. Set up some Pandora stations with classical, jazz, and misc instrumental music. I'm pretty sure that I should avoid anything with lyrics while attempting to study. I can use the results of this test to justify getting an iPod Touch.
>Develop pictures, diagrams, symbols to synthesize concepts/information into a format I can remember easily. What technologies are available to help me with this? Word, Adobe, SmartDraw, etc.
>Create podcasts that cover relevant information for exam prep or content review. Listen to these while doing core work, hiking, biking to school, and running.