How can someone's idea from so long ago possibly have anything to do with technology or be advanced by it? Well, of course, that is the very meaning of timeless truth. Benjamin Bloom gave us the building blocks to help students climb to higher levels of thinking skills. Technology can be one of the means by which they rise.
As we begin at knowledge, the entry level, we can assign students to look up all sorts of things on line. They can look for information for projects. They can even browse information to see what topic most interests them in order to choose which project to do.
For comprehension, students can visit sites where they can practice skills learned in class. This can be for students struggling so they can have extra practice in a fun way, or it can be homework for the entire class instead of assigning worksheets.
To enhance application, the class can make a graph on line. They can do a survey and display the results. They can do work through an interactive simulation of a historical event.
Moving on to analysis, we can search various person's reactions to the same historical event. Students can enter their own research topic on line and build their outline for the remainder of their project.
For synthesis, the students can take the analysis of various person's reactions to an event and put them together to gain site into a movement. They can also search for and put together ideas from across the subjects.
To top it off with evaluation, the students can help design grading rubric checklists. They can also interact with other students across the country studying the same things they are.
While we bring our students to higher levels of thinking, technology is there to aid us.
For comprehension, students can visit sites where they can practice skills learned in class. This can be for students struggling so they can have extra practice in a fun way, or it can be homework for the entire class instead of assigning worksheets.
To enhance application, the class can make a graph on line. They can do a survey and display the results. They can do work through an interactive simulation of a historical event.
Moving on to analysis, we can search various person's reactions to the same historical event. Students can enter their own research topic on line and build their outline for the remainder of their project.
For synthesis, the students can take the analysis of various person's reactions to an event and put them together to gain site into a movement. They can also search for and put together ideas from across the subjects.
To top it off with evaluation, the students can help design grading rubric checklists. They can also interact with other students across the country studying the same things they are.
While we bring our students to higher levels of thinking, technology is there to aid us.
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I like the question you pose at the very beginning here. We should be encouraged to merge the past and present through our use of technology in the classroom and not be afraid of adding something new to the classic lessons of the past.
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ReplyDeleteI appreciated how you moved progressively through the six levels of learning with very concrete examples and ideas. There was so much information in what we read, but you put it together very concisely. Nicely done!
Nice background. I want one.
ReplyDeleteGood job in your methodical explanation of the six levels of learning. It is very linear and easy to follow.
I also am a fan of Bloom. Besides his cool name, it's neat how (as far as I know) he was the first one to come up with that list that just seems so obvious.