I have been working on a new rubric for storyboards for production of a video. My students are developing an advertisement and part of the production process is the development of a suitable storyboard or plan which provides structure and flow to the final product. The storyboard must have a start, middle and end. They [...]
Thursday, I was down in sunny Nelson for a one day leadership conference with the link learning cluster, working with Charles and Allanah and the principals and lead teachers of the 20+ primary schools that make up this ICTPD cluster. The keynote was Key competencies in the 21st Century. In work that we (21st Century [...]
I have just updated my Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy quicksheets. These are resources I have created as a quick and easy summary of the six different taxonomic levels of Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy. They define the different taxonomic levels, provide the Digital Taxonomy Verbs with some possibilities for classroom use. Bloom’s quicksheets These are produced under the [...]
I just got tweeted a nice diagram showing iPad applications against different levels of Bloom’s revised taxonomy. Its a good and well considered diagram and I like it. Some applications there that I haven’t seen yet and I will have to look up. The only thing I would say is that the applications are just [...]
I am preparing for a keynote in 6 weeks time, on teaching and learning in a digital world and it occurs to me that technology can be the death of lower order thinking. As a teacher, I strive to have my students working in the upper reaches of thinking skills; to be analytical, evaluative and [...]
This week has been an great one as Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy and the educational origami wiki have both had positive write ups. The first was from the guru of technology Richard Byrne in his Free technology for teachers Blog (a blog I subscribe to and thoroughly enjoy) – http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/04/hotts-higher-order-thinkingtechnology.html Richard is amazing, the quantity of [...]
I recently read a blog post talking about Bloom’s Digital taxonomy. The person describe it as a step ladder, which I felt was in some ways an apt description but in others a little limited. The limitation with it is that you must start from the bottom rung and progress up. This isn’t correct You [...]
Tomorrow is going to be fun – I have a Elluminate meeting to present and discuss Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy with Queensland teachers.. I have done Elluminate meetings before and its a very powerful tool for distance education. I like the fact that you can record the presenation and make it available for people who could [...]
David Warlick posted in his 2c worth blog an interesting graph mapping Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy against Daggett’s Application model. Essentially this is mapping the activity you undertake against the context itsundertaken in to give an idea of the best learning outcomes. I though this was an interesting and useful tool, but a couple of things [...]
As part of preparing for a series of presentations at various conferences this year, I have developed six quick sheets for Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy. These resources outline the different taxonomic levels and provide the Digital Taxonomy Verbs with some (this is not exhaustive) possibilities for classroom use. For the complete Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy go to [...]
