Brad McDiarmid's List: EDIT 302

PBL sites and links galore!!

“Bloom’s taxonomy is a classification of learning objectives within education.” (Wikipedia)  While earning my undergrad degree, there was much focus placed on Bloom’s Taxonomy, higher order thinking skills, lower order thinking skills and finding the right balance between the two within the classroom.   As I was doing some research, I was introduced to Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy.  Andrew Churches has written a document entitled Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy.  In this document, Churches takes Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy and adds to it.  For each category of the revised taxonomy, Churches adds in verbs and ideas of how digital activities fit in each category.  In his explanation of this taxonomy, Andrew Churches states that, “This taxonomy is not about the tools and technologies, these are just the medium, instead it is about using these tools to achieve recall, understanding, application, analysis, evaluation and creativity.”

This fall I've had the opportunity to lead many teachers on classroom walkthroughs in schools across the country. My approach is a "roving Socratic seminar" that uses brief glimpses of learning as a discussion starter for educators to reflect on their craft. For more on my walk through technique see my blog post  "Teacher-Led Professional Development: Using Classroom Walk Throughs"

The biggest question about technology and schools in the 21st century is not so much "What can it do?" but, rather, "When will it get to do it?" We all know life will be much different by 2100. Will school? How close will we be to Edutopia?

odern science continues to develop in such a way that the older generation is constantly trying to catch up with the younger generation's adaptation to new developments and technologies. It is only logical that we should utilize our students' familiarity with technology from a young age to maximize their engagement and learning by integrating it into our curriculum.

Blogs, Wikis, Docs: Which is right for your lesson?
A Comparison Table

Several years ago, I embarked on a pilgrimage. Rather than voyage to a far away city or place, I sought out the best constructivist approach for integrating technology into the curriculum.