Throughout this chapter, it became evident to me that educators understanding their own multiple intelligences is important for every successful classroom. It is possible to build up you lesser of the multiple intelligences, and still maintain your higher intelligences. Both levels however, are affected by activators and deactivators. An example of an activator is someone being positively encouraging when a multiple intelligence is exhibited. The same goes for a deactivator, the exception being that the behavior is associated with a negative emotion usually cause by someone else. Teachers can also use each other as resources to build up their undeveloped intelligences.
In my classroom, I think I will use other teachers as a tool to benefit my own classroom. Personally, when I took the multiple intelligences test, I scored low on logical-mathematical, and naturalist intelligences. However, I know many students of mine will have those two intelligences as one of their most developed intelligence, and to help them succeed in my classroom, it is important that I incorporate those two categories into social studies. So, using technology as a resource, and other teachers to come up with a plan for those students, is very important to me. I would be displeased if one of my students was not interested in social studies because of my personal shortcomings. However, there is still time, and it is good not only for myself, but for other educators to be able to admit their underdeveloped multiple intelligences so their students will be successful.
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