Bloom's Revised Digital Taxonomy: Digital Tool Descriptions

Digital Tool Descriptions

Welcome to the page where potential ways to use the digital tools with students are described. According to the articles "6 Hot Trends in Educational Technology", "5 Technologies to Watch: Personalized Learning is Here", and the "2012 Horizon Report", some of the biggest educational technology trends are:

Bloom's Revised Taxonomy Level

Tool Name (Emerging Trend) - Description of how to use the tool in a classroom lesson.

Creating:

Google Docs (Collaboration) - Free word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation tools with the ability for people to collaborate and work together on the same document! Teams of students could be tasked with working together to create review guides for each unit in preparation for a final exam or an AP test.
Animoto (Videos) - Use pictures, videos, and slides to create professional videos. In the classroom, students could create an Animoto video for their persuasive speeches on why America needs more fuel efficient cars.
Blogger (Collaboration) - Students could work together to write a story that is posted in an online blog. Students could then visit each other's blogs and provide feedback and suggestions for improvement.
Prezi (Collaboration & Videos) - Students can work at the same time to create a zooming presentation about the different methods to solve a quadratic equation. The students can link to external websites and videos to enhance learning.

Evaluating:

Socrative (Online Assessment) - Create online assessments that can be used formatively or summatively. Students can submit responses through any device that has internet access. I have used Socrative for both free response and multiple-choice warm-up problems to collect data on what Calculus problems they are struggling with.
Turnitin (Cloud) - Have students turn in papers digitally and quickly offer them online feedback and opportunities for improvement. Use voice comments and the forums to improve collaboration and emphasize your points. Turnitin is a great way to storestudent work and should be used with all essays to speed up grading and provide quicker and specific feedback.

Analyzing:

Spiderscribe (Cloud) - Create mind maps to organize your resources, share them with others, and promote active learning. In AP Calculus AB, I could have students work in teams to post resources for the big theorems that we study, like the MVT, EVT, Fundamental Theorem of Calculus I and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus II.

Applying:

Poll Everywhere (Online Assessment) - Poll everywhere can be used anytime and anywhere to instantly gather data. Students need a device that send text messages or has internet access. Poll Everywhere can be used as a formative assessment, as students apply their knowledge to find the right answers to the questions. Open-ended responses could be used in a History class to ask students to summarize the causes of WWII.

Understanding:

Desmos (Adaptive Learning) - Use the free online graphing calculator to analyze a graph. Replace your $120 graphing calculator with the free desmos app for your iPad! While some students love their graphing calculators, other students will benefit from the superior abilities of Desmos, giving students an instant visual of a mathematics problem. Desmos is extremely effective when graphing quadratic functions of the form y = ax^2 + bx + c, as sliders can created for a,b, and c so that students can figure out that "c" is always y-intercept and that "a" determines whether the parabola opens up or down.

Remembering:

Quizlet (Gamification) - Create online flash cards and then practice by playing the Scatter and Race games! Turn learning into a game. Quizlet is a great resource for foreign language classes, as students can practice matching terms in a variety of ways, like flash cards, multiple-choice tests, and games.

Bloom's Revised Digital Taxonomy