Welcome to Fran Mauney's Wiki 

I hope you will write and visit often.  We can collaborate on projects, share ideas, post photos, presentations, and student work on the wiki.  I share this site with teachers all over the district and state so we can learn from one another.

As you can tell, I'm a huge fan of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory.  I strongly believe in meeting the needs of all students and encourage teachers to look for the strengths in each child they teach. 

So many times teachers only recognize or teach to the Linguistic Intelligence, which is great if all of your students are Word Smart, but what about those who are Body Smart, Nature Smart, Math Smart, Music Smart, People Smart, Self-Smart, or Picture Smart? 

We need to design lessons for those students as well.  These students excel in other areas besides reading or writing.  Our job is to incorporate these multiple intelligences as we teach reading, writing, science, social studies, math to let all students experience success in the classroom.  That's my goal as a teacher!

Here are a few Multiple Intelligence tests, checklists, and activities that you can use to help you become the best teacher you can be.

Click here to view Bloom's Taxonomy and the Multiple Intelligences to help with lesson planning and writing menus for students. 

Multiple intelligences.pdf

Here are 2 Multiple Intelligence Inventories that you can take online:

Multiple Intelligence Inventory

Multiple Intelligence Inventory

Here are 2 more helpful Multiple Intelligence Checklists to use in your classroom.

Checklist for multiple intelligences

Multiple Intelligences and Technology Activities

Another area that I feel strongly about is using 21st Century Skills in the classroom to prepare our students for jobs that haven't even been created yet. 

By working in cooperative learning teams and using problem solving skills, students are able to create projects that combine life skills with technology skills. 

Read this blog entry about becoming a teacher of 21st Century Skills.  http://tcubed.wordpress.com

Have you seen the video "Did You Know?"   You have to see this one, it is amazing!

Which kind of teacher are you?

21st Century Classroom Projects

The Flip Video Camera is "one of the most siginificant electronic products of the year" as reported in the New York Times.  If you haven't used the Flip Camera in your classroom, go buy one today.  I use it every day when I work with students and record them using the Activexpressions, working on research projects, and  creating digital stories.  Check out a few of the videos I made using the Flip Video Camera.  Videos of students

Here is an excellent Biomes Power Point Project that we did in a 4th grade classroom. Biomes Power Point Project.pdf

Listen to 2nd graders podcasts on Black History: www.gcast.com/u/fmauney/main

Do you have a delicious account?  If not, create one today and organize all your favorite websites.  You'll love it! http://delicious.com/fmauney    Another great website: allmyfaves.com

Here are some webquests that I found online that you might be interested in:

http://members.tripod.com/hfeher/ZooWebQuest.htm

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/insects/process.htm

http://questgarden.com/52/36/4/070612201403/index.htm

http://www.yorkville.k12.il.us/webquests/webquests.htm

This is a webquest I made and my first graders loved it! Rainforest Researchers

Please feel free to share ideas and student projects with me.  If you don't have access to the wiki, just email me at fmauney@greenville.k12.sc.us.  I look forward to hearing from you!

Emotion drives attention which drives learning, memory, problem solving, and just about everything else."