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Online researchers will be pleased to note that Google’s Book Search Project has now expanded to include print magazines. Google has partnered with titles such as New York magazine, Men’s Health, Popular Science and others to digitize past issues and present full articles which can be found via keyword searching.

During the 1990's, a former student of Bloom's, Lorin Anderson, led a new assembly which met for the purpose of updating the taxonomy, hoping to add relevance for 21st century students and teachers. This time "representatives of three groups [were present]: cognitive psychologists, curriculum theorists and instructional researchers, and testing and assessment specialists" (Anderson, & Krathwohl, 2001, p. xxviii). Like the original group, they were also arduous and diligent in their pursuit of learning, spending six years to finalize their work. Published in 2001, the revision includes several seemingly minor yet actually quite significant changes. Several excellent sources are available which detail the revisions and reasons for the changes. A more concise summary appears here. The changes occur in three broad categories: terminology, structure, and emphasis.

CyberSmart! offers K-12 schools a research-based curriculum to help prevent cyber harassment