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The dialogue for this cultural journalism project happened in Sunset Recreation next to the Hill. I talked to a girl who went swimming in the pool; she told me about that coming here once in a while helps release her stress from school, and this place is her favorite spot on campus. She describes the whole Sunset Recreation area as a wonderland, as an escape of life. After the talk I walked around taking pictures and tried to understand her feeling. It was actually not hard to figure out why this area is her favorite: when the sunshine gently landed on every leaf, when the water reflected the golden light with its waves whistling, when the heat leaked from the wood, you knew the magic was there, the magic that slowed down everything automatically and cleaned up all the dusts in your heart. I finally took the picture from a perspective of a completely observer where I could see the water in the pool, the people playing on the field, and all the tree leaves gently dancing in the wind. I then decided to create a color palette to recreate the overall calming atmosphere.

#Ria Luo (Wanxin)

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It was hard to start the poem for me since I was unsure on how serious these facts about me should be; after reading people’s poems I decided to write some sentences that I sometimes wish I could tell people about (but never said to anyone because I thought they did not matter for anyone else). It feels great to have such a platform to express these little statements that I used to only be able to speak to myself, especially the fact that I do not regret getting the name tattoo (on a really visible place)  although my mom got soooo mad at it :p (I’ve been through struggles after getting that tattoo, doubting if it was really too much and too impulsive but now I feel like getting it has already become a chance from which I learned how to get along with myself better and take it easy with life).

#Ria Luo (Wanxin)

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From taking the multiple intelligence text my two highest ranking intelligences were naturalistic and visual-spatial. So for my video I chose to upload some footage from the first time that I was able to immerse myself in nature at a natural park. The footage is from Monument Valley and I chose it because being in a natural setting was really transformative for me. I was amazed by the vast expanse of the park and the enormous rock formations and it was one of the first times that I've really felt mindful and been able to take in everything around me. Something Ive only been able to experience a few times in classroom settings. 

#QuincyIrving

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I found it impressive that emotional connection can be such a powerful tool to open up students’ minds and make them more focused and interesting to the class content. The activities during class (self-expression shaker game, in-class poem writing and “meaning-making” self-introduction) materialized or visualized the intangible feelings and abstract emotion. For me those activities brought me much more interested in the class content. And I made my collage with a few spongeBobs with different facial expressions to represent the mental state that I had during class. And in my opinion, having such flashes of different emotions helps one explore and discover more about him or her self.

#Ria Luo (Wanxin)

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https://splice.gopro.com/v?id=X22m24

When I took the Multiple Intelligences test, I scored highest in the naturalistic category, second highest in intrapersonal, and third highest in interpersonal intelligence. For my video I decided to thread together video clips of my life in order to reflect how these intelligences are present in my day to day activities. When looking through the moments that I document it was really interesting to note that a lot of them are of plants and nature. I have a lot of plants in my room and instantly feel more comfortable when surrounded by nature. For me, there is something so soothing and therapeutic about tending to plants and I think I take a similar approach to my interpersonal relationships. As much as I love people though, I am an introvert so I’ve learned that I need a lot of personal time to recharge. One of my favorite ways to do this is by filling my eyeballs with beautiful and incredible things, such as nature, art, architecture, etc. Oftentimes I enjoy going to museums or galleries alone, to be able to interact with the art and myself as opposed to others. The clip at the end is from an projection piece I viewed at the Bradbury House by artist Arthur Axeleod. It was such a magical performance and felt fitting for this video since I went by myself (intrapersonal), felt the energies of those around me (interpersonal), and laid down on the grass in a beautiful park (naturalistic). 

#Ingrid Sorenson

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https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rMJNu4fhYu3pQ2EHJBOkO72gV6M4t9IR

Self-Assessment Results:

Linguistic

50%

Logical-Mathematical

63%

Visual-Spatial

75%

Intrapersonal

44%

Interpersonal

31%

Musical

56%

Bodily-Kinesthetic

17%

Naturalistic

75%

My Self-Assessment Results showed that my highest categories were visual-spacial and naturalistic. I think it was pretty accurate to describe myself. For this theory of multiple intelligence Video I decided to create a video with a musical expression. In this video, it shows my visual-spacial, naturalistic, and musical part. I took the video when I was on the way to go back my home from school. The nature environment was beautiful. The background music was not my original, but I really like how the musician created the song in a natural way. Even he does not use any technique to sing the song, his voice is full of emotion, and it makes me feel comfortable. With the rhythm of the music, I used some video effects to create a visual connection and expression of the music. I really enjoyed this assignment because it allowed me to show how I see this world in my way and perspective.

#AiJian #Submission

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On my Multiple Intelligences test, I scored highest in four categories: Musical, Naturalist, Interpersonal and Intra-personal. I thought these results were impeccably accurate. And so, I chose to represent these results in a video recording of 'Kaleidoscope Heart' by Sarah Bareilles. Obviously, I chose to sing a song to show my musical inclinations. Moreover, I chose to sing this particular song because it is about introspection and reflecting about what is inside oneself, so I thought it accurately reflected my intra-personal intelligence side. I often sit and think about who I am and whether what I am doing is write or wrong, and engage in quite a bit of self-reflection. Also, I chose to sing along with two friends of mine because I scored highest in the Interpersonal category. I care about creating harmonious relationships (hence the harmonies!), and I have a good ability to listen and understand others. Lastly, I chose to film the video in front of a bamboo garden because I love being out in Nature, and find it quite healing and energizing. This was a very fun assignment that confirmed what I already thought to be true of myself and my different forms of intelligences. #Malena Charreton

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The scores for my multiple intelligence are distributed pretty evenly. I am not surprised that my highest two scores are of visual-spatial and intrapersonal catagories. So I majorly investigate these two catagories in my video. However, the video also demonstrates my low score in bodily-kinesthetic catagory as you can see my clumsy dance in the video. In the video, I am dancing against the changing background, representing my changing world. I dance to my visual and spatial perception of the world, and also maintaining my own pace. The little character appearing from time to time represent the alternative version of me. #KenixLiang

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This week we were tasked with creating a video regarding where we fell within Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. Upon taking the test, I scored 94% for Intrapersonal, 81% for Interpersonal, and 67% for Linguistic. I thought about how these three categories take shape in my life, and immediately I was drawn back to the play that I am currently in. Performing Shakespeare requires the cohesion of these intelligences, and provides an outlet that I never knew I needed. When I thought about how I would create a video to highlight these factors in my life, I thought about my script for the show: The scansion of iambic pentameter required of every line, the notes marking the internalization of meaning and production of genuine emotion and the performative quality of bringing the words off the page and interacting with fellow actors and the audience. For my video I decided to give a quick tour of the script that has been by my side all quarter, showing the text, my blocking notes & analyses in the margins, and the notes given by the director at the end of rehearsals at the back of the script. This stack of papers perfectly emulates my mind in progress: Analyzing literature, picking it apart and applying it to me specifically in the creation of a character, and then bringing that character into a rehearsal space to interact with others in the production. Kaiulani Kennealy

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This project caused me to examine my experiences in education throughout my life. I realized just how much my “intelligences” have shaped my journey thus far without me even realizing it. I didn’t conclude that this was the reason my interests were, well, interesting to me. I have always, whether in theater or choir or Acapella, been most happy when working in a primarily collaborative ensemble. Solos or one man shows never interested me outside of the scope of a team “set”. I’m realizing that my desire to teach youth musical theater stems from a desire to share the emotional, collaborative experience that theater inherently embodies. I have begun to question how I might learn to teach students who are not necesssarily musically and/or interpersonally inclined. How can I convey the same joy in collaboration for students who may not be as excited to collaborate? I think a great first step is to recognize that my passion combines my two intelligences, and to find ways to encourage other types of intelligences to find connections to theater.

#stefanihester

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EhYs_TtHsk&feature=youtu.be

On my Multiple Intelligences test, I scored highest in four categories: Musical, Naturalist, Interpersonal and Intra-personal. I thought these results were impeccably accurate. And so, I chose to represent these results in a video recording of 'Kaleidoscope Heart' by Sarah Bareilles. Obviously, I chose to sing a song to show my musical inclinations. Moreover, I chose to sing this particular song because it is about introspection and reflecting about what is inside oneself, so I thought it accurately reflected my intra-personal intelligence side. I often sit and think about who I am and whether what I am doing is write or wrong, and engage in quite a bit of self-reflection. Also, I chose to sing along with two friends of mine because I scored highest in the Interpersonal category. I care about creating harmonious relationships (hence the harmonies!), and I have a good ability to listen and understand others. Lastly, I chose to film the video in front of a bamboo garden because I love being out in Nature, and find it quite healing and energizing.

This was a very fun assignment that confirmed what I already thought to be true of myself and my different forms of intelligences.

#Malena Charreton

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z8USjPrXUiMHf2pNN1Y6zIK4vJPl9Uti/view

I was curious to see what the multiple intelligence test would say about me. The results were not a surprise. The results just reaffirmed what I already knew about myself.

The video expresses the results of the test. The background contains an image of a city in England. It represents my love for traveling. Although I have not been there yet, it is included in my bucket list of places I want to travel to. The video starts with the image of the city and within it are several clues of the multiple intelligence test results. The camera starts with the focus being on the overall city scene. The background is playing the music by Antonio Vivaldi. The camera will take the viewer through the city scene and move around different places within the picture in order to indicate the results.

The first clue lays in the picture of a waterfall in the window display. This indicates my love for nature. The second clue is placed on top of the phone booths. This indicates language. My third clue is placed on the floor and it is algebraic numbers. This indicates my strength in math. The fourth piece is found towards the back of the city scene. This is a group of people. This is an indication that I am a people person. The last clue lies within the music. This demonstrates my pleasure for it.

#Monica Sanchez

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The results of my test were not too surprising: I scored highest in musical and interpersonal intelligences, with linguistic and interpersonal not too far behind. For my video, I decided to film myself playing my (newly acquired) erhu (Chinese two-stringed fiddle) and translate its simple melody onto the saxophone.

I noticed that I interpreted the same melody differently on these two instruments, just as I would adjust the way I communicate with different people. Because I’m fairly new to the erhu, having just picked it up less than 5 months ago, I found my expressivity (and pitch accuracy) still limited. On the other hand, I’ve been playing the saxophone for over a decade, and though I’m now a little rusty, I am much more familiar with the instrument and thus able to express myself better through it - just the same way I feel more comfortable expressing my thoughts to an old family friend who has known me for years than to a friend I have just met.

I also strongly believe that music was a big reason that I developed stronger interpersonal intelligence, as musicians rarely play on their own. It not only gave me confidence to stand on stage and play to an audience, it also taught me leadership qualities and - best of all - gave me my first taste of inspiring someone to play an instrument. When I think about crucial moments that led to me wanting to teach music, I often think of that first time a friend told me she’d decided to learn the saxophone because of my performance had inspired her.

#LauraJaneYee

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My highest scores on the tests were in the interpersonal, intrapersonal, and linguistic intelligence categories. I think the combination of these three really speak to my ability to connect with myself and other people. 

Thus I chose to make a trailer about my world and the people in it. It features clips of my friends and family since these are the people that represent my interpersonal intelligence, clips of me filming myself which exhibit intrapersonal intelligence, and some of my traits represents my linguistic intelligence. The video is humorous because, well, so am I (or at least I'd like to think so). 

Creating a video was difficult for me, and I wish I could have dedicated more time to the project to execute it as well as I think I could have. It was a cool medium to work with, and I think it pushed me to time manage certain aspects of video that I was going to focus on and certain ones that would take too long for me to learn and execute. For example, I wish I could have done better quality voice over, but I simply haven't played with the video medium enough to get it the way I want it. Overall, this project was fun, and I hope you learn more about me from watching it! 

#kiirea

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“Cognition and Emotions in the Creative Process” was the first article I’d read about the cognitive processes that distinguish creative individuals, and as someone who has struggled with being creative, it completely reframed my relationship with creativity. Despite having chosen a musical/artistic career path, I’ve ironically not seen myself as a creative person because I rarely engage in acts of creating/composing music. Being creative is difficult for me, especially in a world where time constraints and stress continually keep my cortical energy at high arousal levels. The apparent necessity of low neural activity during the creative process was most thought-provoking of all to me, as someone who has been continually conditioned to believe in the virtue of productivity and work ethic. After digesting this reading, I realize now that I have often sacrificed original thought and creativity for the sake of maintaining high productivity and meeting deadlines. With this new information, it is no wonder that I do not consider myself a highly creative person.

With this in mind, I decided to give myself the time and space to come up with an idea I was excited to execute. Visual arts are not my forte, and even after cutting out images from magazines and trying to come up with a concept, I decided to scrap it all because I did not feel able to express my creativity through this medium. It took me an extra week to submit this, but I finally decided to record myself singing the different parts of a Bulgarian song I have been rehearsing for an upcoming concert, and put them together in a type of musical collage. The process was fun and made me excited about the assignment, rather than dread it, as I often have with creative assignments with tight deadlines. The lyrics are about a young woman named Petrunka, who leads the village ‘horo’ ring dance. A young man joins the ring next to Petrunka and takes her hand…

#LauraJaneYee

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This is the link to my video: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wXF0c0Scml8MsR0gzpa9kF_mMPsjwBMh

#GenesisHerrera #THEORYOFMULTIPLEINTELLIGENCES

My result of multiple intelligences was interpersonal. At first I was confused because I do not like socializing and I feel like I am socially awkward. However, after I reflected, I realized that I am and one of the ways that I am is with my children. I am constantly engaging, understanding (I try), and helping them find the words to express themselves. With the people that I interact with, I am often the person that they seek advise, confide, and vent to. I also learn better when I can connect the material to life examples. I accepted my intelligence and that it is a big part of me.  For my video, I recorded what an average waiting for the bus with my children would be. They have a lot of conflict and I have to be able to understand both of their views, perceptions, and needs. I have to also reinforce that they both need to be respectful of each other and learn to cooperate. It is not always easy or accomplished, it is a work in progress. I do get frustrated and have to constantly check myself. However, this is my learning process, to improve my methods of helping them to be considerate, express themselves, and be respectful. 

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Theory of Multiple Intelligences

https://youtu.be/83eouP6ZLi0

I wasn't surprised to find my highest ranking intelligence to be musical, which was 94%. I am a very musical person; I actually recorded this video during my Spring Sing rehearsal. I am always singing songs in my head and coming up with new melodies. Incorporating songs into my learning as a child always aided me-- I still remember my 6's time tables by reciting a song. Intra-personal was my second-highest rating intelligence. I rely a lot on human connection in my life and cherish it within my studies, my various clubs and communities that I involve myself with. I'm curious to see how this knowledge of my intelligence with impact my learning in the future. 

#Sofie Sheldon