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New Blooms There's a new Bloom's in town.
When we think of Bloom's Taxonomy, we might start to examine the
last lesson we'd taught. "Was it just
factual knowledge? Or did we go for deeper understanding?"
OldBloom's Taxonom was de!eloped in #$%. With all this talk of a
new era of millennials and school
culture, it might &e a good time to re!ise this classic.
What was once old is now new!
emem&ering ( )reating*nderson and +rathwohls newBloom's
makes some su&tle changes to the taxonom, making it easier
for
teachers and instructional designers to use. +e to the new
taxonom are new labelsfor the le!els-
emem&ering
/nderstanding
*ppling *nal0ing
1!aluating
)reating
2earning 3oreThis new taxonom is often called the RBT, or
"e!isited Bloom's Taxonom." There are authors &etter
than 4 that can share some of the details with ou. 4 wrote
a&out some of them online &ack on 5ecem&er %
inHendron's Digest-
http-66www.johnhendron.net6digest678896768%6updating:&looms6
4 especiall liked this page
;http-66social.chass.ncsu.edu6slatta6hi7%6learning6&loom.htm<
that ga!e some
examples for each le!el, and how that might e=uate into lessons
and lesson o&jecti!es.
4t's not surprising that technolog can &e a tool of choice
for man educators when we mo!e &eond the
&ottom laers of the taxonom. >or *ppling through
)reating, digital technologies can make short work
of learning ;producti!it< and offer a rigorous multimedia
en!ironment ;!ideo, podcasts, We& 7.8 tools
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only come as the last step in the RBT, putting more emphasison
theunderstanding of the topic, then
anal0ing and e!aluating sources in the research process.
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Whats important now, is considering when ou use technolog@what
cogniti!e le!el are ou
approaching? The software examples a&o!e are not complete,
nor are the concrete. But generall
speaking, when we ask students to create a !ideo production,
there at the reatingstage, and if the
acti!it does not include other cogniti!e domains, and we ha!ent
co!ered them in class alread, it may
not be the best choice or use of our time with students .
On the other hand, if we ha!e students who are progressing at
different speeds, some students ma &enefit& going ahead of
others to an acti!it@using a particular software application@for
differentiation.
There are, of course, many ways for approaching instruction. But
Blooms Taxonom is one that has
&een around a long time, for good reason. 4ts eas for us to
profess that students ought to &e doing projects
for the sake of so:called A7st )entur kills,C &ut these
higher!tech ways of learning also need to come
at the appropriate time for students in their cognitive cycle.
4m hoping ou are empowered &
theRevised Blooms Taonomyand chec"!out some of the lin"s4!e
included, a&o!e.
peaking of chec"ing!out, its time to considerwhat technology
classesou need and want for the rest of
the school ear.Dlease do !isit our Wikiand sign:up todaE
*s alwas, thanks for reading.
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