Trying to decide what technology you need for class?
First Ask yourself if you need technology?
Look at the flowchart, at the left, to decide if technology is the best solution for your instructional needs.
Next decide if you need a Content Specific Resource?
If you need a content specific resource, choose your content area from the list below:
If you need a web tool Consider:
- What level of Bloom's Taxonomy are you targeting? (Remembering / Understanding / Applying / Analyzing / Evaluating / Creating)
- What do you want students to do with the tool?
- What will be the output of using the tool?
Look at the chart below of Bloom's Taxonomy to find a tool that aligns to your needs.
Remembering / Knowledge: Recalling or recognizing from memory.
Verbs and Tools
Arranging (Ordering)Copying (Duplicating)Defining Describing Discovering
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Understanding: Constructing meaning from different types of information.
Verbs and Tools
AskingAssociatingCitingClassifyingComparingContrasting
Converting Demonstrating DescribingDifferentiating DiscoveringDiscussingDistinguishing Estimating ExplainingExpressing Extending Generalizing Giving Examples Grouping
Illustrating Indicating Infering Interpreting Judging Observing Ordering Paraphrasing Predicting Relating Reporting Representing Researching Restating Reviewing Rewriting Selecting Showing
Transforming Translating |
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Apply: Learning material is used to create products.
Verbs and Tools
Acting
Administering Applying ArticulatingCalculating ChangingCharting
Computing ConstructingDemonstratingDetermining Developing DiscoveringDramatizing Employing Establishing Examining ExecutingExhibitingExperimenting ExplainingIllustratingImplementing Interpreting InterviewingJudging Listing Manipulating Modifying Operating Painting Practicing Predicting Preparing Producing Recording Reporting Relating Scheduling Showing Simulating
Teaching Transferring Using Writing |
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Analyze: Breaking content into parts and determining how those parts related to one another and how those parts fit within the overall concept.
Analyze Verbs
Advertising
Appraising Analyzing Breaking Down Calculating Categorizing Classifying Comparing Concluding Connecting Contrasting Correlating Criticizing Deducing Devising Diagraming Differentiating Discriminating Dissecting Distinguishing Dividing Estimating Evaluating Experimenting Explaining Focusing Illustrating Infering Ordering Organizing Outlining Planning Pointing Out Prioritizing Questioning Selecting Seperating Subdividing Surveying
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Evaluate: Making judgements through critique
Evaluate Verbs
Appraising
Arguing Assessing Choosing Comparing Concluding Considering Convincing Criticizing Critiquing Debating Deciding Defending Discriminating Distinguishing Editorializing Estimating Evaluating Finding Errors Grading Judging Justifying Measuring Ordering Persuading Predicting Ranking Rating Recommending Reframing Scoring Selecting Summarizing Supporting Testing Weighing |
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Create: Putting content together to produce a coherent and functional product
Create Verbs
Adapting
Anticipating Arranging Assembling Choosing Collaborating Collecting Combining Compiling Composing Constructing Creating Designing Developing Devising Expressing Facilitating Formulating Generalizing Hypothesizing Imagining Infering Integrating Intervening Inventing Justifying Making Managing Modifying Negotiating Originating Organizing Planning Preparing Producing Proposing Rearrange Reorganizing Reporting - Video Creation, Word Processing, Audio Creation Revising Rewrite Role Play - Video Creation, Schematizing Simulating - Simulation Tools, Solving Speculating Structuring - Substituting - Supporting - Internet Search Testing Validating Writing - Word Processing, |
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Sources
Andrew Churches, Bloom's Digital Taxonomy, http://edorigami.wikispaces.com
Anderson and Krathwohl's Taxonomy
Andrew Churches, Bloom's Digital Taxonomy, http://edorigami.wikispaces.com
Anderson and Krathwohl's Taxonomy