Learner Focused

Bloom's resources with flash tutorials.

"Preparing Students to Learn Without Us" My new essay in this month's ed Leadership.

"...six quick sheets for Bloom's Digital Taxonomy. These resources outline the different taxonomic levels and provide the Digital Taxonomy Verbs with some (this is not exhaustive) possibilities for classroom use."

"Here's another poster to help get you thinking about how you can apply Bloom's higher-order thinking skills in your classroom. This poster shows the segments of an orange with each segment relating to a thinking skill and some helpful verbs to serve as prompts."

A visual representation of Bloom's Taxonomy with web tools for each level.

Questions aligned to Blooms (older version) for higher order thinking.

Analyze learning activities against Bloom's in a spreadsheet setup.

"Beginning next fall, Scott's new Renaissance Academy will be home to more than 100 freshman and sophomore students selected to participate in the new student-centered, project-based program that encourages students to use 21st Century skills, think outside the box and question the "why" and "how" of what they're learning in the classroom."

"Lots of schools are talking about the importance of preparing their students for an increasingly inter-connected, Web-centric world. Here are some districts that are "doing" it. Some of their advice may be able to help the reader avoid mistakes, etc."

"Imagine walking into a public library filled with PlayStations, Wii game consoles, and electric keyboards pumped up to maximum volume."

"When you move an entire district into a digital environment a lot of things change. What doesn't change is the fact that everything revolves around academic achievement."

Life in a Technology Embedded Classroom: Science http://t.co/2T936NQP via @zite

21st Century Digital Skills for Teachers

"Students Want Social Media in Schools"

iPad a Solid Education Tool, Study Reports

"The development of new technology continues to have an impact on learning. While on the one hand, new technology allows schools and instructors to offer learning in new ways, educators nonetheless continue to face limitations imposed by technology, and sometimes the lack of technology. While access to the internet has increased greatly over the last decade, some schools continue to experience bandwidth shortages and most schools do not have enough computers for every student. Yet, this is changing, and the pace of this change will continue to accelerate."

"On this particular day, they were asked to tweet about what they remembered about 9/11."

"In August, the FCC clarified an earlier ruling that led to widespread blocking of social media networks by school districts receiving discounted internet access through federal e-Rate dollars."

"Inkling redefines your textbook for iPad. Save money, do better, and study more efficiently-all with a book you can't wait to dive into. Curious yet? Try a free sample chapter from any title."

"Los Angeles history teacher Enrique Legaspi disagrees with the naysayers. Last year he went to a workshop that discussed ways to use Twitter in teaching and now his students-even the shy ones-at Hollenbeck Middle School in East L.A. are speaking up more."