Bloom’s Taxonomy 2.0

Over the few months that I’ve been blogging, my post on Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy has been the biggest hit.  And, what interests my readers interests me.  Here’s more on the subject:
Probably every classroom teacher in this country has at least come across Bloom’s Taxonomy at some point.  Most of us can recite the ‘level’s by [...]

Bloom’s Taxonomy for the Digital Age – Integrating Technology

Integrating technology into curriculum has been a popular topic in the blogosphere for some time now.  I’m starting to find more and more concrete, applicable ideas that have the potential to be easily integrated – thank goodness for collaboration.  I feel like we’re getting somewhere.
Check this out -    Andrew Churches’  “Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy v.2.12“.

Procedural Knowledge

Tony Karrer posted an interesting article yesterday: “Know Where You Can Find Anything” which brought up the point that, these days, there is a much greater need for students to have ’search skills’ and ‘network skills’ than to master a ton of content.
This reminded me of a post by Michael Staton in February called “Content [...]

Through the Grapevine – AP change is a-comin’

I found a very exciting and uplifting blog post on Karl Fisch’s blog.
Apparently, the College Board is reviewing the AP History and Science curricula to reduce the breadth of content and increase emphasis on inquiry and scientific reasoning.
I taught AP Biology for two years and thought that the amount of material and the scarcity of classtime to [...]

The future, according to Steve Hargadon

In the few short weeks that I have been exploring the world of ‘Web 2.0-Education 3.0′, I have come to understand that there is one man who definitely knows what’s going on: Steve Hargadon.  Though I have yet to communicate with him, I have been using his blog as a starting point for my daily [...]