What is Interpersonal intelligence ?

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What is Interpersonal intelligence ?

The “people smart” students learning is a social experience; capacity to detect and respond appropriately to the moods, motivations and desires of others. The "social smart" students learn best through interaction with other people through discussions, cooperative work, or social activities. They are able to create synergy in a room by being aware of the feelings and motives of others. They can be excellent leaders because they enjoy being part of a group.

Students with strong interpersonal intelligence enjoy, and have success, working with email/chat projects, word processing - chain writing, group editing, peer writing, brainstorming, listservs, forums, and discussions, video and teleconferencing, group decisions software, WebQuests with collaborative elements, video recording - sharing with others through skits, debates, role plays, collaborative computer software or games, group presentations (Impress-slide shows), telecommunications projects - Flat Stanley, Peer tutoring.

Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities. You can download and use it on any computer you have handy (including webhosts), yet it can scale from a single-teacher site to a 50,000-student University.

Impress -Open Office IMPRESS is part of the Open Office suite, for Linux and Windows, and it is a truly outstanding tool for creating effective multimedia presentations. Your students presentations will stand out with 2D and 3D clip art, special effects, animation, and high-impact drawing tools.

Google Apps for Education

	Gmail - Give students email with huge storage capacity, less spam, search tools to help them find information fast and built-in instant messaging.
	Google Talk - Keep students in contact even when not on campus with instant messaging and voice calling over the Web.
	Google Calendar - Help students stay on top of their schedules, share plans with others and keep up-to-date on campus events.
	Google Page Creator - Create and publish web pages for your domain quickly and easily with this what-you-see-is-what-you-get website design tool.
	Google start page - A central place for students to preview their inboxes and calendars, access essential school content, and search the web.

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