Thursday, July 31, 2014

Prompt #2

I believe with the small adaptations, Bloom's taxonomy is still just as relevant for the digital classroom. Although students are using different technological tools and resources to learn and to share their own knowledge with the world, their minds are still mastering new information in the same way. When we begin to learn something new, the first step is always to become informed of the fact. Then we can begin to understand the concept, and only after that are we able to judge and apply it. Even if we are discovering, learning, sharing opinions, and creating new things in very different, digital ways, our minds are still going through the same general process in order to fully grasp a new idea. However one thing I don't understand in both versions of Bloom's taxonomy is why analyzing does not come before comprehension/understanding. To me it seems like nothing can be completely understood until it has already been broken apart and each component is understood. But despite this, I do believe the path to higher thinking skills is just as perfect in the 21st century as it was in the past, and can still be utilized in the digital classroom.

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