LD Resources

Seven Kinds of Intelligence
Multiple intelligences has been popularized by the psychologist Howard Gardner.
Musical
The ability to discern meaning in rhythmically arranged sets of pitches — and to reproduce them.
Logical – Mathematical
Skill with numbers and a fascination with their patterns and operations; scientific ability; formal reasoning.
Linguistic
Skill with words characterized by a sensitivity to their meaning, order, function, [...]

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Orthographic skills = spelling skills
Orthography is the study of spelling and how letters combine to represent sounds and form words.
From orthos ‘correct’ + -graphia ‘writing.’

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Problems coordinating sensory input.
Problems with sidedness, coordination, motor planning, tactile defensiveness, and other sensory processing.
Informal FAQ

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Compact disc or Compact Disc Read Only Memory. A storage medium for large amounts of data (music, files, movies).
One might copy some music or pictures to a CD and then “burn” it, which permanently encodes the information on it.

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A camera that records a picture digitally instead of on film.

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A high speed connectivity protocol used to connect external devices to a computer. Like USB only better.

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An Apple brand digital music player that integrates with OS X and Windows through the iTunes music program.

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An application or program for making, playing, and storing digital music. Essential for connecting an iPod to a computer, either Mac or Windows.

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A compressed image file format. Most digitial cameras store images in this format so they take up less space.

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One of many compression codecs for compressing digital music and sound.

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