Bloom's Digital Taxonomy Pyramid

I wanted to share this great link that one of the other Media Specialists in my district shared with me.

It is Bloom's Taxonomy pyramid with links to technology that can be used for each catagory, such as creating, evaluating and analyzing. Some of the links were familar to me but many of them were new. Many of them would be great ways to incotporate technology in to the classroom.



Bloom's Digital Taxonomy


Let me know what you think.

As a Media Specialist, one of my jobs is to support the teachers in using technology in the classroom. I am always looking for new things to teach them about programs they may already use or new ones that they have never seen before. This semester I would love to share the things I learn with you and would appreciate any ideas you might want to share with me. I also love the iPad, so I will be sharing some of the great apps I have found to use on my iPad. Here's a few to start out. iPad Apps Spellboard - $4.99 (when I purchased it last year) It allows you to practice your spelling words. I use it for my 3rd grader. I create the word lists, record my voice saying the word, and record a sentence using the word (optional). My son listens to the word and types it in. The app gives him a green check if he is correct or a red x if he is wrong. After he takes the quiz, he can go to a practice board and write the words he missed with his finger or a stylus. Then he can go back and quiz again on just the ones he got incorrect. Mathboard - $ 4.99 (by the same company as Spellboard) This app allows students to practice their addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts. The teacher (or parent in my case) can set to test just one set of facts or mix them up. The range of number can also be set - such as problems using number 0-9 or numbers 0-99 - therefore adjusting the difficulty level. We just purchased this one so I may have more to add later, after we have used it for a while. Let me know what you think!

Learning Summary

When I first started Fundamentals of Technology for Educators, I didn’t think I would learn much that I did not already know in this course. I have a lot of experience with technology and use new technology in my job on a regular basis.
But I was happy to find that I learned so much in this course, especially new ways to use technology that I was already familiar with.

I am exited about using blogs and wikis with my students and this course has taught me ways to incorporate them in to the lessons I teach them in the library. In this technology age, I think it is important for students to learn how to be responsible with digital information. I have learned great ways to teach them the value of technology in learning and how it can make learning really fun.

As for myself, increasing my knowledge of services like Blogger and Diigo, and learning new ones like Prezi, has inspired me. I have already scheduled a date in January to have an in-service day for our teachers and teach them some of the great tools I have used in this course.

Finally, this course has taught me not to think that I already know everything I need to know about technology. There is always some new way to use technology.

A Book Talk Project

Here's the link to my Final Project.

http://pageternerwiki.wikispaces.com/

A Digital Storytelling Rubric

I have been on the student end of using rubrics many, many times. I usually like having a rubric because it tells exactly what is expected from your assignment. It is helpful from student to read the rubric before they start creating their project and then again after they complete it, so they can be sure they didn't miss anything. I thought creating my own was going to be relatively easy, but I did have a few bumps in the road.

I actually created two rubrics for this assignment. One follows the the instructions concerning the number of scoring categories we had to have, the content items and the grading scale. This rubric is an expanded version of the rubric I would use when I actually use this assignment. I only intended the Book Talk videos to be 3-5 minutes long and count for 10 points. Since the Book Talk project is really intended to promote books to fellow students, I do not want it to become a large project that takes weeks to complete.

Creating the basic rubric was easier once I made a list of items I wanted included in the Book Talk. This gave me the content criteria. In order to meet the requirements for our class, I expanded the required elements in 3 categories from 3 items to 5 items and my final category is the appearance of the project.

I am including both rubrics and would welcome comments on either or both examples. I can see the benefits of having a more detailed rubric for a larger more detailed project but for my little projects; I think the 10 point rubric would be just fine.

Book Talk Rubric - 10 Pts





Book Talk Rubric - 100pts

A Simple Book Talk

I really enjoyed creating the storyboards for my digital storytelling example. It gave me hands on experience with what my students are going to aim to create. I am excited to turn my storyboards into an actual Book Talk that can be shown in the library.

I did have a couple concerns as I put it together. I am trying to keep it pretty simple, so students with different levels of technology experience can still participate. The students with more technology skills can use those skills to add different effects to their project. I, also, want the students to promote the book they choose without giving the whole story away. Part of accomplishing that, will be my lesson on giving your audience a small piece of the story that captures their imagination and makes them want to read the book. My concern is I am making it to simple in an effort to not give the story away.

My other concern is the student video portion of the Book Talk. I have designed it so the video and student created visuals will alternate to some degree but I wonder if it will just come across as choppy instead of a smooth presentation.

I would love anyone's comments about these issues.

Creating a Curriculum Page

I have used Wikispaces before, so I wasn't worried about the technical piece of this week's assignment to create a curriculum page. But having never created this type of page before, I wasn't sure where to start. I looked at the links that were provided and came up with an outline of what I wanted to include about the Digital Storytelling Book Talk project. This included the basic instructions of the project, some links to websites that would help my students if they got stuck and what I planned to do with the finished projects. Even though I felt I was just starting with the basics, it still took me a good amount of time to create the home page and the three information pages that link back to the home page. As I worked on my wiki, I started making a list of what kinds of things I would add to this curriculum page. I realized that this would be a great tool to use for my Student Book Club. I would use it to have a Main Page that listed the books we are reading and have sub pages dedicated to each book. On these sub-pages, we could provide information about the author, a short summary of the book, and additional information the club would want potential readers to know. From there, I could create a link to our Book Club wiki from the Media Center's website for everyone to access. I am looking forward to continuing to improve my wiki and find other ways to use it in the Media Center.

If you would like to see how I am doing so far, please check out my wiki on creating Book Talks.

Thanks.
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