Bloom’s'Digital'Taxonomy:'

The'Swiss'Army'Knife'of'21st'century'
learning!
Remembering

Applying
Understanding

Analysing
Creating
Evaluating

Mark Richardson, ICT Coordinator

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 What’s the purpose of this session?
• Think about the teaching and learning that happens in your
classroom.
• It contains students and devices!
• The year is 2013!

• How can you organise teaching and learning in a way that

• Keeps some of the old, while strongly

supporting the new?

• Embraces 21st Century Learning?

• Embraces Digital Citizenship?

• Engages Students?

• Demonstrates Sound Pedagogy?

 So what is 21st Century
Teaching and Learning?
• Lots of different definitions. My definition is simple, it is
the 5 C’s

• Finding Digital Content [and Curating it].

• Critical Thinking about that content.
• Communicating [F2F and online].
• Collaborating and Creating using technology.
• Digital Citizenship, being a safe and ethical user
of the internet.
A really useful curriculum model
for 21st century teaching and learning.

Bloom’s Digital
Taxonomy
 Old Bloom’s & New Bloom’s

Bloom, 1956 Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001

References:
Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy
Andrew Churches
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom's+Digital+Taxonomy

The Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=40270

Kelly Tenkely’s Posters

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-learning-genome-project?
website_name=thelearninggenomeproject

Kathy Shrock’s Posters

http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html

Apps and Bloom’s Taxonomy

https://sites.google.com/a/creightonschools.org/csd-iachieve/home/ipod-blooms-taxonomy

http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/08/21/blooms-taxonomy-and-ipad-apps/

Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy & the Ultranet

http://www.ictedservices.info/styled-11/index.html
Why is Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy like a Swiss Army
knife for 21st century teaching and learning?

Here are the levels 1. Remembering

3. Applying
2. Understanding

4. Analysing

5. Evaluating
6. Creating

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 Why is Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy like a Swiss Army
knife for 21st century teaching and learning?
One tool can do it all!

It’s easy to remember

It can be used for
all subjects and
levels
It’s easy to understand
It encourages the use
of 21st century skills

It encourages Higher Technology can be used to

Order Thinking create in authentic ways

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 Why is Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy like a Swiss Army
knife for 21st century teaching and learning?
1. Remembering

Thinking Skills
• list
• relate 21st Century Skills
• write
• name • Word processing
• tell • Re-calling
• find • Bookmarking
• describe • Listing
• Searching
• Mind mapping
http://ilearntechnology.com Kelly Tenkely 2010 Kathy Shrock http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html

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 Why is Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy like a Swiss Army
knife for 21st century teaching and learning?

Thinking Skills
21st Century Skills
• re-state • Categorising
• compare • Annotating
• explain 2. Understanding • Tweeting
• predict • Subscribing
• discuss • Blogging
• Explaining
• outline

http://ilearntechnology.com Kelly Tenkely 2010 Kathy Shrock http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html

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 Why is Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy like a Swiss Army
knife for 21st century teaching and learning?

Thinking Skills 21st Century Skills

• Simulating
• solve • Interviewing
• show 3. Applying • Illustrating
• use • Editing
• classify • Presenting
• examine • Demonstrating
• complete
• illustrate

http://ilearntechnology.com Kelly Tenkely 2010 Kathy Shrock http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html

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 Why is Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy like a Swiss Army
knife for 21st century teaching and learning?

Thinking Skills 21st Century Skills

• compare • Structuring
• Surveying
• contrast • Mashing
• examine • De-constructing
• explain 4. Analysing • Outlining
• investigate • Organising
• identify

http://ilearntechnology.com Kelly Tenkely 2010 Kathy Shrock http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html

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 Why is Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy like a Swiss Army
knife for 21st century teaching and learning?

Thinking Skills 21st Century Skills

• Networking
• recommend • Posting
• justify • Moderating
• choose • Critiquing
• prioritise • Collaborating
• assess • Conferencing
• decide
• rate 5. Evaluating

http://ilearntechnology.com Kelly Tenkely 2010 Kathy Shrock http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html

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 Why is Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy like a Swiss Army
knife for 21st century teaching and learning?

Thinking Skills 21st Century Skills

• compose • Video editing
• create • Mixing
• Animating
• construct
• Videocasting
• imagine • Storytelling
• invent • Podcasting
• design
• plan
6. Creating

http://ilearntechnology.com Kelly Tenkely 2010 Kathy Shrock http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html

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 Bloom’s & Stuff

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/07/interesting-graphic-on-blooms-taxonomy.html
 Bloom’s
Digital
Taxonomy

http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html
 Bloom’s
Digital
Taxonomy
&
Computers

The DEECD
eduSTAR
image
 What’s eduSTAR?
All schools have computers that have a variety of both licenced and free or open source software
[FOSS]. In DEECD schools this software is bundled under the name eduSTAR. There are
Windows and Mac versions

There are currently over 80 software applications available on the eduSTAR [Windows] software list.The
broad range of applications covers: animation, concept and Mind Mapping, digital video and image
creation, drawing and painting, interactive curricular resources, logic and problem-solving, 3D modelling
and game-making, presentation and multimedia tools, sound and music making, thinking skills, typing
tutors, web authoring tools and writing tools.

For complete lists see

http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/showcase/edustar_win/list_win
and
http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/showcase/edustar_mac/list_mac

The next two slides will concentrate on using the software that is always loaded with the
operating system or using free or open source software. This means that, as the software is free, if
the schools you are working in don't have the software on their computers, hopefully you can get
the school technician to load it for you!

You can also load it freely on your home computer to play with.
What if I don’t know how to use the
eduSTAR software?

• Allow students to use and share their expertise

• DEECD ePotential Digital Learning Showcase

http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/showcase/edustar_win

http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/showcase/edustar_mac

• Sandpit time
Bloom’s and 21st Century Skills
eduSTAR • Simulating
Software • Interviewing
[Win] • Illustrating
or Open Office
• Editing
• Presenting
21st Century Skills • Demonstrating
• Categorising
• Annotating
• Explaining 21st Century Skills
• Re-calling
• Bookmarking
Lower • Searching
Order • Mind mapping
Thinking
Skills
Bloom’s and 21st Century Skills
eduSTAR • Animating
Software • Storytelling
[Win] • Podcasting
or Open Office

21st Century Skills

• Collaborating

21st Century Skills

Higher • Structuring
Order • Surveying
Thinking • De-constructing
Skills • Outlining
How do I use this software?

Self explanatory

http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/showcase/
resource.php?res_id=646

http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/powerpoint-help/
create-your-first-presentation-RZ001129842.aspx

http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/
showcase/edustar_win/scratch
Self explanatory
How do I use this software?
http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/showcase/edustar_win/audacity

http://freemind.sour Tutorial_effort ceforge.net/wiki/index.php/

http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/showcase/edustar_win/google_sketchup

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows-vista/using-paint

http://www.jakesonline.org/photostory3.pdf

http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/showcase/edustar_win/photostory
Bloom’s and 21st Century Skills
eduSTAR • Simulating
Software • Interviewing
[Mac] • Illustrating
or Open Office
• Editing
• Presenting
21st Century Skills • Demonstrating
• Categorising
• Annotating
• Explaining 21st Century Skills
• Re-calling
• Bookmarking
Lower • Searching
Order • Mind mapping
Thinking Use a web based encyclopedia such as
Wikipedia for schools

Skills
http://schools-wikipedia.org
Bloom’s and 21st Century Skills
eduSTAR • Animating
Software • Storytelling
[Mac] • Podcasting
or Open Office

21st Century Skills

• Collaborating

21st Century Skills

Higher • Structuring
Order • Surveying
Thinking • De-constructing
Skills • Outlining
How do I use this software?

Self explanatory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=9KOVgLsvHYM

http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/powerpoint-help/
create-your-first-presentation-RZ001129842.aspx

http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/
showcase/edustar_win/scratch

Self explanatory
 How do I use this software?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF2wsfcQGG8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bf0474JIjc

http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/
showcase/edustar_win/google_sketchup

http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/showcase/
edustar_mac/imovie_interface
http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/showcase/edustar_mac/
imovie_importing
http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/showcase/edustar_mac/imovie_editing
http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/showcase/edustar_mac/ Self explanatory
imovie_titles_transitions_music
http://epotential.education.vic.gov.au/showcase/edustar_mac/imovie_exporting
 Bloom’s
Digital
Taxonomy
&
Computers

Web 2.0 tools

Bloom’s
and
Google
Apps

http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html
Bloom’s
and Web
2.0
Apps

http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html
Bloom’s
and iPad
Apps

http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html
 Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy & iPads

http://www.edudemic.com/2013/05/integrate-ipads-into-blooms-digital-taxonomy-with-this-padagogy-wheel/
 Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy & iPads

http://www.appitic.com/index.php/bloom-s/resources-for-bloom-s-taxonomy

K-5 iPad Apps for Remembering: Part One of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/ipad-apps-elementary-blooms-taxomony-diane-darrow

K-5 iPad Apps for Understanding: Part Two of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/ipad-apps-elementary-blooms-taxomony-understanding-diane-darrow

K-5 iPad Apps for Applying: Part Three of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/ipad-apps-elementary-blooms-taxomony-applying-diane-darrow

K-5 iPad Apps for Analysing: Part Four of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/ipad-apps-elementary-blooms-taxomony-analyzing-diane-darrow

K-5 iPad Apps for Evaluating: Part Five of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/ipad-apps-elementary-blooms-taxomony-evaluating-evaluation-diane-darrow
Using Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy as a curriculum
audit tool.
1. Remembering

3. Applying
2. Understanding

4. Analysing

5. Evaluating
6. Creating

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 What sort of thinking skills are
in your planning? Let’s audit!
• You need:
• Lesson plans or unit planners
• Six different colored highlighters
• Print out the next six slides, so that
you have an easy reference as to the
Thinking Skills & 21st Century Skills
in
Remembering Understanding Applying
Analysing Evaluating Creating
 What sort of thinking skills are
in your planning?
• Use these colored highlighters for each thinking skill.
Creating

Evaluating

Analysing

Applying
Understanding
Remembering
 What sort of thinking skills are
in your planning?
• Read through your lesson plans or unit planners.

• When you see evidence of a Thinking Skill or a

21st Century Skill activity listed highlight it with the
appropriate color.
• When you have finished what do you notice?
• Is there a good balance between lower order and
higher order thinking skills?
• Or do some adjustments need to be made?
 Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy & Mind mapping
• Add some activities you use to the appropriate layer of
Bloom’s

Remembering Analysing

Understanding Bloom’s Evaluating

Applying Creating
 Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy & Questioning
• Great questioning should encourage the use of
lower order and higher order skills in answers by
students.
• Questions which build on lower order thinking
skills should come first.
• This will provide a scaffold for students to
answer with higher order skills in answers.
• Modelling of questions and appropriate answers
by teachers is important. Teach the language of
great answers!
 Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy & Questioning

• This whole topic needs some more unpacking at

another time!

• Useful links:
http://www.uni.edu/coe/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/BloomRevisedTaxonomy.pdf

http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/file/view/NoelleCombsInquiryLesson.pdf

http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/assessment/pages/assessmentstrategies/taxonomy/?reFlag=1
 Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy & Questioning
• What are the six levels on Bloom’s Digital
Taxonomy?

• What value do you think that Bloom’s Digital

Taxonomy could bring to you teaching?

• What are the thinking skills that relate to applying?

• Can you think of one way of using Bloom’s Digital
Taxonomy in your planning?
 Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy & Questioning
• What is the difference between analysing and
evaluating?

• Why do you think that creating is at the top of

Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy?

• What are the 21st century skills that relate to

evaluating?

• Would you need to modify Bloom’s Digital

Taxonomy to make it more useful?