Bodily-kinesthetic

Bodily-Kinesthetic-

 * Excerpt from Thomas Anderson's book:**

Expertise in using one's whole body to express ideas and feelings (e.g. as an actor, a mime, an athlete, or a dancer) and facility in using one's hands to produce or transform things (e.g. as a craftsperson, sculptor, mechanic, or surgeon). This intellignece includes specific physical skills such as coordination, balance, dexterity, strength, flexibility, and speed, as well as proprioceptive, tactile, and haptic capabilities.

This area has to do with bodily movement and physiology. In theory, people who have bodily-kinesthetic intelligence should learn better by involving muscular movement, i.e. getting up and moving around into the learning experience, and are generally good at physical activities such as sports or dance. They may enjoy acting or performing, and in general they are good at building and making things. They often learn best by doing something physically, rather than reading or hearing about it. Those with strong bodily-kinesthetic intelligence seem to use what might be termed muscle memory - they remember things through their body such as verbal memory or images. Careers that suit those with this intelligence include athletes, dancers,musicians, actors, surgeons, doctors, builders, police officers, and soldiers. Although these careers can be duplicated through virtual simulation they will not produce the actual physical learning that is needed in this intelligence.
 * Wikipedia:**

//** Learning Situations: **// These "body smart" people learn best through physical activity such as dance, hands-on tasks, constructing models, and any kind of movement. They are able to manipulate and control objects, as well as express their ideas through movement. Give these students a video camera and let them record their movement such as a wood working activity or a skit. Add other intelligences such as taking still pictures and writing about the steps in the process.

//**Roles:**// They like to create and move around. Get them involved with gathering and organizing physical materials, keyboarding, acting out roles, or manipulating objects. They would like to run the camera, operate the mouse, or take the pictures. @http://www.lth3.k12.il.us/rhampton/mi/MI%20&%20Technology.htm


 * Movement || Geo Caching, Wii games ||
 * Build and construct || Google Sketchup Google Maps Google Earth ||
 * hands on materials || Math manipulatives, Science Manipulatives ||
 * hand eye coordination || Games, Keyboarding ||
 * Animation || Animoto, Powerpoint animation, ||
 * Manipulate Objects || Geobra, ||
 * Run equipment || cameras, video cameras probes ||
 * Use handheld devices || iPods, Palms, GPS ||
 * Create Demonstrations || Jing, CamStudio, web cam software (Debut) ||
 * Virtual Fieldtrips || List Videoconferencing ePals ||
 * Live Communicaton || Skype, chat, social network (ning) Twitter ||
 * Fantasy Sports or simulations || ESPN, Fox, CBS Yahoo ||