Saturday, March 23, 2013

Week 10

Bloom's Taxonomy, this link may not work as I retrieved it from NU's site. 
TechLearningBloomRevision is another one that I pulled up.

Bloom's taxonomy refers to the order of thinking starting with the basic knowledge then building into comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and ending in evaluation. As technology has moved greatly in the past decade, we can see how it has also surfaced in education in the same linear movement as Bloom's taxonomy. While technology had previously been used to introduce information, it has certainly reached the peak of helping students and users, evaluate themselves in that arena (in both a positive and negative manner)

Technology has first introduced our ability to access information. This information made it possible for us to understand the definitions of things (through the world wide web). This made it possible for users to use that information as solid points of research. Information has then moved to the interactive piece, where others were able to offer their perspective and knowledge. Along with this, we saw a greater rise of online journals and blogs where people attested to being knowledgeable about specific topics. With the rise of technology and user ability, we found that information could be falsified, inciting the need to first analyze then synthesize the information. Finally we know that many people have created their own identities in technology. This has allowed others to not only evaluate information but themselves in the context of technological abilities.

Krathwohl, David R. "A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy: An Overview." Theory Into Practice 41.4 (2002):212.  Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection. Web. 23 Mar. 2013

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