Digital Bloom's

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Thank you for joining me today to discuss Digital Bloom's. Let's start by looking at the essential questions we'll be able to answer by the end of today's tutorial. We're going to be able to answer, what are the levels of the revised Bloom's Taxonomy? How does the traditional Bloom's Taxonomy compare to Digital Bloom's? And what are some digital skills I can use to effectively implement Digital Bloom's in my classroom?

So we're all familiar with Bloom's Taxonomy. We also want to look at the thinking skills. Remember at the lower level, which is in orange, we start at lower order thinking skills. And there, we have remembering. Remembering is when students do things like list, recall, name, and sequence.

Then we move up to understanding. Understand is when students can explain, predict, discuss, or give examples of their new knowledge. Then we're moving up the chart to apply. And this is where students can assess, demonstrate, show, and solve based on their new knowledge.

Then we move up to analyze. And this is where students are able to break down new knowledge, make correlations, create outlines, prioritize, distinguish the new knowledge, and more. For evaluate, students are able to interpret their knowledge, judge, predict, compare and contrast, and critique.

And at the top of Bloom's Taxonomy, we have create. And this is where students are able to perform, produce, rewrite, formulate, design, and more. They're creating something new based on their new knowledge.

So let's look at these Web 2.0 tools in Bloom's Taxonomy. So on the very left-hand side here, we have Bloom's thinking skills. And then we have the regular verbs that are used for the regular Bloom's Taxonomy. And then we have the technology verbs. And these are where the Web 2.0 tools come in.

Let's take a closer look at an example. For remembering, students might be doing things like bookmarking a website that they saw as well as searching or googling a topic. They might also be social networking to find out information on a topic.

For understanding, students might be doing things like commenting on a blog or having advanced searches or using Boolean search terms. They might also be categorizing or twittering. For apply, students might be doing things like editing a website that they saw, or they could be hacking in some instances, uploading, or even sharing information. For analyzing, students might be doing things like mashing, or they could be linking to other websites, tagging things, or validating reverse engineering.

For evaluating, students might be doing things like moderating a blog or a video blog. They might be reviewing comments that are posted. They might be refactoring. Or they might even be doing alpha/beta testing. For creating, students are creating things like blogs, video blogs, wikis, podcasts, and more.

So let's take a minute to reflect. Think of a topic you know a lot about. What level of Digital Bloom's are you comfortable with regarding this topic?

So what I mean here is if we go back to the Web 2.0 tools in Bloom's and we're thinking about a topic we know a lot about-- so I might know a lot about baking. To what level am I comfortable with the technology verbs? Am I comfortable enough to edit a wiki about baking? At the highest level, am I comfortable enough to maybe create a blog of my own baking experiences? So I'll give you a minute to reflect on that.

OK. Next, I want you to name one kind of Web 2.0 tool your students are currently using in or out of the classroom. And this can be, are students web browsing? Are students creating blogs? We know that we have students doing this.

And it doesn't have to be every student. Just name one kind that you know a couple of students in your class might currently be using. After you name that, I want you to think about how you can incorporate that into your discipline.

Today, we talked about what the levels are of revised Bloom's Taxonomy. And we talked about how they compare to the traditional taxonomy. We also talked about some digital skills that we can use to effectively implement Digital Bloom's in our classroom.

As you reflect on how this new information can be applied, you may want to explore the additional resources section that accompanies this video presentation. This is where you'll find links to resources chosen to help you deepen your learning and explore ways to apply your newly-acquired skill set. Thank you for joining me today. And happy teaching.