Friday, September 6, 2019

Bloom's Taxonomy in the 21st Century

I enjoyed this module and learned quite a lot about myself as a teacher.  As an experienced teacher, I often use the "old" model of Bloom's.  I planned lessons based on the original terms.  However, as society changes we must also change our approaches in the classroom.   
I found the video on Digital Taxonomy very enlightening.  I noticed that Create was moved to the top and is also the center of the cognitive process.  One profound statement I heard and will embrace is, "Digital tools are vehicles used to transform student thinking".   


This module has helped me connect Bloom's Taxonomy to 21st-century skills in the following ways...

1.  I need to provide my students with specific goals, however let them own their learning by being creative. 
2. I want to use the 4Cs in my daily instruction/activities:  critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity.  
3.  I will allow my students to assess in a variety of ways, not just paper and pencil.  Students will embrace their learning when they are allowed to be creativity.  I really took in the new terminology: design - blog; invent - remix; construct - program.  I also want to incorporate the 4Cs within assessments. 
4.   I plan to use data journals with my learners so they can take ownership of their learning.  I would like to hold Learner, Parent, and Teacher conferences and have the learner lead the conference using their journal. 
5.   I want to make my lessons purposeful and meaningful to engage my leaners.  While preparing to teach a standard, I want to focus on the literary terms and backwards design. 

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