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ThisistheintroductiontoBloom'sDigitalTaxonomy.Thedifferenttaxonomicallevelscanbeviewed
individuallyviathenavigationbarorbelowthisintroductionasembeddedpages.

Synopsis:
ThisisanupdatetoBloom'sRevisedTaxonomywhichattemptstoaccountforthenewbehavioursand
actionsemergingastechnologyadvancesandbecomesmoreubiquitous.Bloom'sRevisedTaxonomy
describesmanytraditionalclassroompractices,behavioursandactions,butdoesnotaccountforthe
newprocessesandactionsassociatedwithWeb2.0technologies,infowhelm(theexponentialgrowthin
information),increasingubiquitouspersonaltechnologiesorcloudcomputing.
Bloom'sDigitalTaxonomyisn'taboutthetoolsortechnologiesratheritisaboutusingtheseto
facilitatelearning.Outcomesonrubricsaremeasuredbycompetenceofuseandmostimportantlythe
qualityoftheprocessorproduct.Forexample.Bookmarkingaresourceisofnovalueiftheresource
isinappropriate,invalid,outofdateorinaccurate.
Bloom'sDigitalTaxonomylendsitselftoproblemandprojectbasedlearningwherethestudentmust
workthroughtheentireprocessofdevelopmentandevaluation.The21stCenturyFluencyProjects 6D
modelforSolutionFluency isanexcellentexampleofhowtoworkthroughtheprojectorproblem
basedlearningframework.
Bloom'sDigitalTaxonomyhasbeentranslatedintoSpanishbyClaudiaUribedePiedrahita,theDirector
ofEdutekaandisavailableathttp://www.eduteka.org/TaxonomiaBloomDigital.php

KeyResources
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TableofContents
Synopsis:
KeyResources
Bloom'sDigitalTaxonomy
QuickSheets.
IntroductionandBackground:
Bloom'sDomainsoflearning
TheCognitiveDomain
Bloom'sTaxonomy
Bloom'sRevisedTaxonomy
Bloom'sRevisedTaxonomy
SubCategories
Bloom'sasalearning
process.
Isitimportantwhereyou
start?MustIstartwith
remembering?
Bloom'sDigitalTaxonomy
Bloom'sDigitalTaxonomy
SummaryMap
Bloom'sDigitalTaxonomy
andCollaboration.
Resources:

bloomselluminate.pdf
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Web2.0Tutorials
Acknowledgements:

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Bloom'sDigitalTaxonomyQuickSheets.
TheBloom'sDigitalTaxonomyQuicksheetsareresourcesIhavecreatedasaquickandeasysummaryofthesixdifferenttaxonomiclevels
ofBloom'sDigitalTaxonomy.Theydefinethedifferenttaxonomiclevels,providetheDigitalTaxonomyVerbswithsomepossibilitiesfor
classroomuse.
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IntroductionandBackground:
Bloom'sDomainsoflearning
Inthe1956,BenjaminBloom, aneducationalpsychologistworkingattheUniversityofChicago,
developedhistaxonomyofEducationalObjectives .Histaxonomyoflearningobjectiveshasbecomea
keytoolinstructuringandunderstandingthelearningprocess.
Heproposedthatlearningfitsintooneofthreepsychologicaldomains(seebelowillustration1):
theCognitivedomainprocessinginformation,knowledgeandmentalskills.
theAffectivedomainemotions,attitudesandfeelings.
thePsychomotordomainmanipulative,manualorphysicalskills.

TableofContents
Synopsis:
KeyResources
Bloom'sDigitalTaxonomy
QuickSheets.
IntroductionandBackground:
Bloom'sDomainsoflearning
TheCognitiveDomain
Bloom'sTaxonomy
Bloom'sRevisedTaxonomy
Bloom'sRevisedTaxonomy
SubCategories
Bloom'sasalearning
process.
Isitimportantwhereyou
start?MustIstartwith
remembering?
Bloom'sDigitalTaxonomy
Bloom'sDigitalTaxonomy
SummaryMap
Bloom'sDigitalTaxonomy
andCollaboration.
Resources:
Web2.0Tutorials
Acknowledgements:

BloomsDomainsoflearning.MadewithCMap
BloomsDomainsoflearning.MadewithCMap

BenjaminBloom isbestknowfor,Bloom'sTaxonomywhichexamineslooksatthecognitivedomain.Thisdomaincategorizesandorders
thinkingskillsandobjectives.Histaxonomyfollowsthethinkingprocess.

TheCognitiveDomainBloom'sTaxonomy
Thiscategorizedandorderedthinkingskillsandobjectives.Histaxonomyfollowsthethinkingprocess.Youcannotunderstandaconceptif
youdonotfirstrememberit,similarlyyoucannotapplyknowledgeandconceptsifyoudonotunderstandthem.ItisacontinuumfromLower
OrderThinkingSkills(LOTS)toHigherOrderThinkingSkills(HOTS).Bloomdescribeeachcategoryasagerund.Theyarearrangedbelowin
increasingorder,fromlowerordertohigherorder.

Drawing1.Bloom'sTaxonomy
Drawing1.Bloom'sTaxonomy

Bloom'sRevisedTaxonomy
Inthe1990's,aformerstudentofBloom,LorinAndersonandDavidKrathwohl ,revisedBloom'sTaxonomyandpublishedthisBloom's
RevisedTaxonomyin2001.Keytothisistheuseofverbsratherthannounsforeachofthecategoriesandarearrangementofthesequence
withinthetaxonomy.Theyarearrangedbelowinincreasingorder,fromLowerOrderThinkingSkills(LOTS)toHigherOrderThinking
Skills(HOTS).

Drawing2.Bloom'sRevisedTaxonomy

Drawing2.Bloom'sRevisedTaxonomy

Bloom'sRevisedTaxonomySubCategories
Eachofthecategoriesortaxonomicelementshasanumberofkeyverbsassociatedwithit.
LowerOrderThinkingSkills(LOTS)
RememberingRecognising,listing,describing,identifying,retrieving,naming,locating,finding
UnderstandingInterpreting,Summarising,inferring,paraphrasing,classifying,comparing,explaining,exemplifying
ApplyingImplementing,carryingout,using,executing
AnalysingComparing,organising,deconstructing,Attributing,outlining,finding,structuring,integrating
EvaluatingCheck ing,hypothesising,critiquing,Experimenting,judging,testing,Detecting,Monitoring
Creatingdesigning,constructing,planning,producing,inventing,devising,mak ing
HigherOrderThinkingSkills(HOTS)
Theelementscovermanyclassroomactivitiesandobjectivesbuttheydonotaddressthenewobjectivespresentedbytheemergenceand
integrationofInformationandCommunicationTechnologiesintotheclassroomandthelivesofourstudents.
ThisrevisionisfundamentallybasedontherevisedtaxonomyproposedbyAndersonetal,butismoreinclusiveofdigitaltechnologiesand
digitalcognitiveobjectives.

Bloom'sasalearningprocess.
Bloom'sTaxonomyinitsvariousformsrepresentstheprocessoflearning.IthasbeensimplifiedinsomecaseliketheThreeStoryIntellect
(OliverWendellHolmesandArtCosta),butitstillessentiallyrepresentshowwelearn.
Beforewecanunderstandaconceptwehavetorememberit
Beforewecanapplytheconceptwemustunderstandit
Beforeweanalyseitwemustbeabletoapplyit
Beforewecanevaluateitsimpactwemusthaveanalysedit
Beforewecancreatewemusthaveremembered,understood,applied,analysed,andevaluated.
Somepeoplemayargueaboutthatyoudonotrequiresomeofthestagesforeachandeverytask,actionorprocesssometoomayargue
aboutthenecessitytoreachthecreationlevelforallactivities.Thisisthechoiceoftheindividual.

Isitimportantwhereyoustart?MustIstartwithremembering?
Idon'tthinkitis.Thelearningcanstartatanypoint,butinherentinthatlearningisgoingtobethepriorelementsandstages.

Bloom'sDigitalTaxonomy
Bloom'sDigitalTaxonomySummaryMap

Bloom'sDigitalTaxonomyConceptmap.
Bloom'sDigitalTaxonomyConceptmap.

Bloom'sDigitalTaxonomyandCollaboration.
IntheDiagramabove,Collaborationisincludedasaseparateelementaswellassomeelementsbeingshared.Collaborationcantakemany
forms(seeabove)andvalueofthecollaborationcanvaryhugely.Thisisoftenindependentofthemechanismusedtocollaborate.Also
collaborationisnotanintegralpartofthelearningprocessfortheindividual,youdon'thavetocollaboratetolearn,butoftenyourlearningis
enhancebydoingso.Collaborationisa21stCenturyskillofincreasingimportanceandonethatisusedthroughoutthelearningprocess.In
sometaxonomiclevelsthecollaborationverbsareincludedasanelementofBloom'sDigitaltaxonomyandinothersitsisjustamechanism
whichcanbeusetofacilitatehigherorderthinkingandlearning.
Collaborationisnota21stCenturySkill,itisa21stCenturyEssential.
Inarecentblogpostfromtheofficialgoogleblog,Googleidentifiedthefollowingaskeytraitsorabilitiesin21stCenturyEmployees:
...communicationskills.Marshallingandunderstandingtheavailableevidenceisn'tusefulunlessyoucaneffectivelycommunicateyour
conclusions.
...teamplayers.VirtuallyeveryprojectatGoogleisrunbyasmallteam.Peopleneedtoworkwelltogetherandperformuptotheteam's
expectations.
Source:http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/ourgoogleyadvicetostudentsmajorin.html
IfwelookatUNESCO'spublicationThefourpillarsofEducation, Learning:TheTreasurewithinCollaborationisakeyelementofeachof
thefourpillars.
Learningtoknow
Learningtodo
Learningtolivetogether
Learningtobe
(http://www.unesco.org/delors/fourpil.htm )[10]
Sotoprepareourstudents,ourteachingshouldalsomodelcollaboration.Avastarrayofcollaborativetoolsareavailablewikis,classroom
blogs,collaborativedocumenttools,socialnetworks,learningmanagementsystemsManyareavailableatnocost.Ifyouhavenotyettried
them,lookat:
Wikiswetpaintandwikispaces
Classroomblogsedublogs,classroomblogmeister,blogger,WordPress
CollaborativedocumenttoolsGoogledocuments,zohodocuments,icloud
SocialNetworksning,facebook,twitter,instagram,
LearningmanagementssystemsMoodle,Blackboard,edmodo,Canvas,JoomlaLMS,SharepointLMS,Ning,LAMS
SocialbookmarkingDelicious,DIIGO,Digg,Reddit,Pinterest,StumbleUpon
Thesetoolsareenablersofcollaboration,andpotentiallyenablersof21stcenturyteachingandlearning.

Remembering
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Remembering

Remembering
AndersonandKrathwohl's
taxonomy
Remembering
KeyTerms
Remembering:
Rubricsandresources

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Whiletherecallofknowledgeisthelowestofthetaxonomiclevelsitiscrucialtolearning.Rememberingdoesnotneccesarilyhavetooccur
asadistinctactivity.
Forexample.Therotelearningoffactsandfigures.
Rememberingorrecallisreinforcedbyapplicationinhigherlevelactivities.
Recognising
Listing
Describing
Identifying
Retrieving
Naming
Locating
Finding

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AndersonandKrathwohl'staxonomyRemembering
1.Remembering:Retrieving,recallingorrecognisingknowledgefrommemory.Rememberingiswhenmemoryisusedtoproduce
definitions,factsorlists,orreciteorretrievematerial.
Thiselementofthetaxonomyinferstheretrievalofmaterial.Inadigitalage,giventhevastamountofinformationavailabletousitisnot
realistictoexpectstudentstoremembereveryfactorfigure.However,itiscrucialthatstudentscanusedigitalmeanstofind,record,
organise,manageandretrievetheimportantresourcestheyneed.Thisisakeyelementgiventhegrowthinknowledgeandinformation.
Thedigitaladditionsandtheirjustificationsareasfollows:
BulletpointingThisisanalogouswithlistingbutinadigitalformat.
HighlightingThisisakeyelementofmostproductivitysuites,encouragingstudentstopickoutandhighlightkeywordsand
phrasesisatechniquesforrecall.
Bookmarkingorfavouritingthisiswherethestudentsmarkforlaterusewebsites,resourcesandfiles.Studentscanthen
organisethese.
Socialnetworkingthisiswherepeopledevelopnetworksoffriendsandassociates.Itforgesandcreateslinksbetweendifferent
people.Likesocialbookmarks(seebelow)asocialnetworkcanformakeyelementofcollaboratingandnetworking
Socialbookmarkingthisisanonlineversionoflocalbookmarkingorfavourites,itismoreadvancedbecauseyoucandrawon
othersbookmarksandtags.Whilehigherorderthinkingskillslike,collaboratingandsharing,cananddomakeuseoftheseskills,this
isitssimplestformasimplelistofsitessavedtoanonlineformatratherthanlocallytothemachine.
SearchingorgooglingSearchenginesarenowkeyelementsofstudentsresearch.Atitssimplestfor(here)studentarejust
enteringakeywordorphraseintothebasicentrypaneofthesearchengine.Thisskilldoesnotrefinethesearchbeyondthekeywork
orterm.

KeyTermsRemembering:
Recognising,listing,describing,identifying,retrieving,naming,locating,finding,Bulletpointing,highlighting,bookmarking,socialnetworking,
Socialbookmarking,favouriting/localbookmarking,Searching,googling,

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Rubricsandresources

bookmarkingrubric.pdf
deliciousv2.pdf

Understanding

Understanding

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Understanding
AndersonandKrathwohl's
taxonomy
Understanding
KeyTerms
Understanding:
Rubricandresources

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Understandingbuildsrelationshipsandlinksknowledge.Atthistaxonomiclevelthestudentsshouldunderstandtheprocessesandconcepts
essentiallytheyareabletoexplainordescribethese.Theycansummariseandrephrasetheseintotheirownwords.
Thereisacleardifferencebetweenremembering,therecalloffactsandknowledgeinitsvariousformslikelisting,bulletpoints,highlighting
etc,andunderstanding.Oneonlyhastolookattheyoungchildwhocancountfrom1to10butcannottellyouhowmanyfingersyouare
holdingup.Orthestudentwhocanreciteforyouthefirst20elementsoftheperiodictableinsequencebutcannottellyouabouteachor
relatetheirpositioninthetabletothenumberofelectronsintheoutershellandfromthereexplainthebehaviouroftheelement.This
Understandingisbuildingrelationshipsandconstructingmeaning
ThefollowingaresomeofthekeytermsforthisaspectoftheTaxonomy.
Interpreting

Summarising
Inferring
Paraphrasing
Classifying
Comparing
Explaining
Exemplifying

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AndersonandKrathwohl'staxonomyUnderstanding
2.Understanding:Constructingmeaningfromdifferenttypesoffunctionbetheywrittenorgraphic.
Thedigitaladditionsandtheirjustificationsareasfollows:
AdvancedandBooleanSearchingThisisaprogressionfromthepreviouscategory.Studentsrequireagreaterdepthof
understandingtobeabletocreate,modifyandrefinesearchestosuittheirsearchneeds.
BlogJournallingThisisthesimplestoftheusesforablog,simplyastudenttalkswritesortypeadailyortaskspecific
journal.Thisshowabasicunderstandingoftheactivityreportupon.Theblogcanbeusedtodevelophigherlevelthinkingwhenused
fordiscussionandcollaboration.
Categorising&Taggingdigitalclassificationorganisingandclassifyfiles,websitesandmaterialsusingfolders,usingDel.ico,us
andothersimilartoolsbeyondsimplebookmarking.Thiscanbeorganising,structuringandattributingonlinedata,metataggingweb
pagesetc.Studentsneedtobeableunderstandthecontentofthepagestobeabletotagit
Commentingandannotatingavarietyoftoolsexistthatallowtheusertocommentandannotateonwebpages,pdffilesand
otherdocuments.Theuserisdevelopingunderstandingbysimplycommentingonthepages.Thisisanalogouswithwritingnoteson
handouts,butispotentiallymorepowerfulasyoucanlinkandindexthese.
SubscribingSubscriptiontakesbookmarkinginitsvariousformsandsimplereadingonelevelfurther.Theactofsubscriptionby
itselfdoesnotshowordevelopunderstandingbutoftentheprocessofreadingandrevisitingthesubscribefeedsleadstogreater
understanding.

KeyTermsUnderstanding:
Interpreting,Summarising,inferring,paraphrasing,classifying,comparing,explaining,exemplifying,Advancedsearching,booleansearching,
blogjournalling,tagging,categorisingandtagging,commenting,annotating,subscribing

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Rubricandresources

bloggingrubric.pdf
threadeddiscussionrubric.pdf(ThisisatwopartrubricwithEvaluatinginthemorecomplexformat)
advancedsearchrubric.pdf
StartersheetAdvGooglesearch.pdf

Applying

Applying
"Alanlook edatthebeak erofclearliquidthathadturnedalightshadeofredasheaddedlitmusliquid.
Herecalledthefactsaboutlitmuspaperwhichchangescolourwhenexposedtoanacidorabase
(alk aline).Heunderstoodthattheredchangeindicatedanacidandblueabase.Heappliedthis
k nowledgetodiscoverwhathecouldabouttheunk nownliquidhehadfoundintheoldsoftdrink bottle.
Hequick lyrealisedthattheliquidwasnotjustwaterandwasunsafetohandle."

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Applying
AndersonandKrathwohl's
taxonomyApplying
KeyTermsApplying:
Rubricsandresources

Inthisexampleastudentappliedfactsandprocesshehadlearnttoasituation.Applyingcouldbeusing
aprocess,skillorsetoffacts.
ThefollowingaresomeofthekeytermsforthisaspectoftheTaxonomy.

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Carryingout
Using
Executing
Implementing
Showing
Exhibiting

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AndersonandKrathwohl'staxonomyApplying
3.Applying:Carryingoutorusingaprocedurethroughexecutingorimplementing.Applyingrelatedandreferstosituationswherelearned
materialisusedthroughproductslikemodels,presentation,interviewsandsimulations.

Thedigitaladditionsandtheirjustificationsareasfollows:
RunningandoperatingThistheactionofinitiatingaprogram.Thisisoperatingandmanipulatinghardwareandapplicationsto
obtainabasicgoalorobjective.
PlayingTheincreasingemergenceofgamesasamodeofeducationleadstotheinclusionofthisterminthelist.Studentswho
successfullyplayoroperateagame/sareshowingunderstandingofprocessandtaskandapplicationofskills.
UploadingandSharinguploadingmaterialstowebsitesandthesharingofmaterialsviasiteslikeflickretc.Thisisasimpleformof
collaboration,ahigherorderskill.
Hackinghackinginitssimplerformsisapplyingasimplesetofrulestoachieveagoalorobjective.
EditingWithmostmedia's,editingisaprocessoraprocedurethattheeditoremploys.

KeyTermsApplying:
Implementing,carryingout,using,executing,running,loading,playing,operating,hacking,uploading,sharing,editing

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Rubricsandresources
wikiedittingrubricv2.pdf
collaborationrubric.pdfusingelluminateetc
Skyperubric.pdfalsoevaluatingelement
iwb_use_rubric.pdfTeachers

IWBtaxonomystudents.pdf
googlemapsrubric.pdf
startersheetgooglemaps.pdf
collaborativeeditingusingonlineWPrubric.pdf

Analysing

Analysing
"AlisonsentanemailtoherclassmateswiththeURLorwebaddressofthegoogleformshehad
created.TheGoogleformask edherpeers10basicquestionsaboutthemselves.Theseincludedtheir
age,ethinicity,sex,suburbtheylivedinandwhethertheyhadamobilephone.Shecollectedinthedata
(Rawfactsandfigures)andprocessedtheseintoinformation(processedandorganiseddata).Shewas
abletopresentherfindingsasaseriesofgraphsincludingapiegraphforsex,andahistogramorbar
graphforage,andasamapshowingthelocalsuburbsandthenumberofherpeersineach.Shehas
link edthedataintheform,spreadsheetandgraph."

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Analysing
AndersonandKrathwohl's
taxonomyAnalysing
KeyTermsAnalysing:
RubricsandResources:

Alisonhasappliedaprocesstodevelopagoogleformtocollectinformation.Oncetheinformationiscollectedshehasprocessedthedata
intoagraphicalformatandisabletoorganise,structureandcomparetheinformationshehasprocessed.Shehasselectedsuitablegraphs
andmodeofpresentationbasedonthedatatypescontinuousanddiscontinuousdata.Shehasusedavarietyoftechnologiestoenableher
tocollect,process(structureandorganise)andcompareherresults.
ThefollowingaresomeofthekeytermsforthisaspectoftheTaxonomy.
Comparing
Contrast
Organising
Deconstructing
Attributing
Outlining
Finding
Structuring
Integrating

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AndersonandKrathwohl'staxonomyAnalysing
4.Analysing:Breakingmaterialorconceptsintoparts,determininghowthepartsrelateorinterrelatetooneanotherortoanoverall
structureorpurpose.Mentalactionsincludedifferentiating,organizingandattributingaswellasbeingabletodistinguishbetween
components.
Thedigitaladditionsandtheirjustificationsareasfollows:
Mashingmashupsaretheintegrationofseveraldatasourcesintoasingleresource.Mashingdatacurrentlyisacomplexprocess
butasmoreoptionsandsitesevolvethiswillbecomeanincreasinglyeasyandaccessiblemeansofanalysis
Linkingthisisestablishingandbuildinglinkswithinandoutsideofdocumentsandwebpages.
Reverseengineeringthisisanalogouswithdeconstruction.Itisalsorelatedtocrackingoftenwithoutthenegativeimplications
associatedwiththis.
Crackingcrackingrequiresthecrackertounderstandandoperatetheapplicationorsystembeingcracked,analyseitsstrengths
andweaknessesandthenexploitthese.

KeyTermsAnalysing:
Comparing,organising,deconstructing,Attributing,outlining,finding,structuring,integrating,Mashing,linking,reverseengineering,cracking,
mindmapping.

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RubricsandResources:
startersheetgoogleforms.pdf

Evaluating

Evaluating
"Oliviareadthroughthecommentsleftontheprojectblogbyherclassmatesandthestudentsin
Frank linCountyHighSchool.Theoriginalpostontheeffectoftechnologyontheclassroomhaddrawn
WikispacesClassroomisnowfree,social,andeasierthanever.
manyresponses.Somewerepositiveandsomewerenegative.Shereadeachoneandconsidered
Tryittoday.(http://www.wikispaces.com/t/y/classroom
whetherornotsheshouldapprovethem.Sheevaluatedthepointstheyputforward,thelanguageand
switch/banner/2/)
tonetheyarewrittenin,thepossibilitythattheycouldbemisconstrudedorofferoffense,judgingthe
worthofthecomments."

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Evaluating
AndersonandKrathwohl's
TaxonomyEvaluating
KeyTermsEvaluating:
Rubrics

Blogsarepowerfultoolsforlearning.Theyprovideamediumwithwhichtocommentandcritique.InthisexampleAlisionisevaluatingthe
commentsinthemoderationprocess.Sheisessentiallycritiquing,judging,checkingandmonitoring.Thestudentswhopostcommenttothe
postsarealsoevaluatingthepostorthereplysubmitted.
ThefollowingaresomeofthekeytermsforthisaspectoftheTaxonomy.
Checking
Hypothesising
Critiquing
Experimenting
Judging
Testing
Detecting
Monitoring

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AndersonandKrathwohl'sTaxonomyEvaluating
5.Evaluating:Makingjudgementsbasedoncriteriaandstandardsthroughcheckingandcritiquing..
Thedigitaladditionsandtheirjustificationsareasfollows:
Blog/vlogcommentingandreflectingConstructivecriticismandreflectivepracticeareoftenfacilitatedbytheuseofblogsand
videoblogs.Studentcommentingandreplyingtopostingshavetoevaluatethematerialincontextandreplytothis.
Postingpostingcommentstoblogs,discussionboards,threadeddiscussionsareincreasinglycommentelementsofstudentsdaily
practice.Goodpostingslikegoodcommentsarenotsimpleonelineanswersrathertheystructuredandconstructedtoevaluatethe
topicorconcept.
ModeratingThisishighlevelevaluation,themoderatormustbeabletoevaluateapostingorcommentfromavarietyof
perspectives,assessingitsworth,valueandappropriateness.
CollaboratingandnetworkingCollaborationisanincreasingfeatureofeducation.Inaworldincreasinglyfocusedon
communication,collaboration,leadingtocollectiveintelligenceisakeyaspect.Effectivecollaborationinvolvesevaluatingthestrengths
andabilitiesofthetheparticipantsandevaluatingthecontributiontheymake.Networkingisafeatureofcollaboration,contactingand
communicatingwithrelevantpersonviaanetworkofassociates.
Testing(AlphaandBeta)Testingofapplications,processesandproceduresisakeyelementinthedevelopmentofanytool.Tobe
aneffectivetesteryoumusthavetheabilityofanalysethepurposeofthetoolorprocess,whatitscorrectfunctionshouldbeandwhat
itscurrentfunctionis.
ValidatingWiththewealthofinformationavailabletostudentscombinedwiththelackofauthenticationofdata,studentsoftoday
andtomorrowmustbeabletovalidatetheveracityoftheirinformationsources.Todothistheymustbeabletoanalysethedata
sourcesandmakejudgementsbasedonthese.

KeyTermsEvaluating:
Checking,hypothesising,critiquing,experimenting,judging,testing,detecting,monitoring,(Blog/vlog)commenting,reviewing,posting,
moderating,collaborating,networking,reflecting,(Alpha&beta)testing,Validating.

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Rubrics

Skyperubric.pdfalsoapplyingelement
validatingrubric.pdf
2threadeddiscussionrubric.pdf(Thisisatwopartrubricwithunderstandinginthesimplerformat)

Creating

Creating
"Theconceptwasdetailedandtheoutcomesclearlyidentified.Thestoryboardwasconstructedand
transitions,timingandscenedetailed.Thepicturesweretak enandthemusicsourced.AliandKendall
uploadedthecontenttoAnimoto,theonlinevideotool,andstructuredtheproduct,addingtextand
transitionstoillustratetheirmessageinthe30secondtimeframetheyhad.Applyingtheprocessesthey
hadlearntearlier.Theyranandrerantheclip,evaluatingtheimpactoftheirmessage,modifyingthe
sequenceandjudgingthechangestheyhadmade.Finallysatisfiedtheypublishedtotheblogtheclip
theyhaddesigned,constructed,directedandproduced."

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Creating
AndersonandKrathwohl's
taxonomyCreating
KeyTermsCreating:
Rubricandresources

Creativityinvolvesalloftheotherfacetsofthetaxonomy.Inthecreativeprocessthestudent/s,remembers,understands&applies
knowledge,analysesandevaluatesoutcomes,results,successesandfailuresaswellasprocessestoproduceafinalproduct.Thefollowing
aresomeofthekeytermsforthisaspectoftheTaxonomy.
Designing
Constructing
Planning
Producing
Inventing
Devising
Making

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AndersonandKrathwohl'staxonomyCreating
6.Creating:Puttingtheelementstogethertoformacoherentorfunctionalwholereorganisingelementsintoanewpatternorstructure
throughgenerating,planningorproducing.
Thedigitaladditionsandtheirjustificationsareasfollows:
ProgrammingWhetheritiscreatingtheirownapplications,programmingmacrosordevelopinggamesormultimediaapplications
withinstructuredenvironments,studentsareroutinelycreatingtheirownprogramstosuittheirneedsandgoals
Filming,animating,videocasting,podcasting,mixingandremixingtheserelatetotheincreasingtrendandavailabilityof
multimediaandmultimediaeditingtools.Studentsfrequentlycapture,create,mixandremixcontenttoproduceuniqueproducts.
Directingandproducingtodirectingorproducingaproduct,performanceorproductionisahighlycreativeproduct.Itrequiresthe
studenttohavevision,understandthecomponentsandmeldtheseintoacoherentproduct.
Publishingwhetherviatheweborfromhomecomputers,publishingintext,mediaordigitalformatsisincreasing.Againthis
requiresahugeoverviewofnotonlythecontentbeingpublished,buttheprocessandproduct.RelatedtothisconceptarealsoVideo
bloggingtheproductionofvideoblogs,bloggingandalsowikiingcreating,addingtoandmodifycontentinwikis.Creatingor
buildingMashupswouldalsofithere

KeyTermsCreating:
designing,constructing,planning,producing,inventing,devising,making,programming,filming,animating,Blogging,Videoblogging,mixing,

remixing,wikiing,publishing,videocasting,podcasting,directing/producing,creatingorbuildingmashups

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Rubricandresources
Publishingpodcastingrubric.pdf
digitalpublishingrubric.pdf
startersheetvoicethread.pdf

Resources:
Anderson,L.W.,andD.Krathwohl(Eds.)(2001).ATaxonomyforLearning,TeachingandAssessing:aRevisionofBloom'sTaxonomyof
EducationalObjectives.Longman,NewYork.
Crockett,L.Jukes,I.Churches,A.(2011)Literacyisnotenough.CorwinPress
GlobalDigitalCitizenshipFoundation.21stCenturyFluencies.http://globaldigitalcitizen.com
http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Bloom's_Taxonomy
http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/bloomrev/
http://www.ops.org/reading/blooms_taxonomy.html
http://teachingacademy.wisc.edu/archive/Assistance/course/blooms2.htm
http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.php?articleID=196605124

Web2.0Tutorials
Withoutadoubtoneofthebestresourcesonthewebforweb2.0Technologiesisthecommoncraft show.LeeLeFever'sproductionsare
clear,simpleandtothepointmostofalltheyare"InPlainEnglish".Herearethelinks:
http://www.commoncraft.com/Twitter
http://www.commoncraft.com/photosharing
http://www.commoncraft.com/bookmarkingplainenglish
http://www.commoncraft.com/videosocialnetworking
http://www.commoncraft.com/videowikisplainenglish
http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_show
http://www.commoncraft.com/blogs
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