iCreateUsing iPads to Move up Blooms Taxonomy

Martha Andersen

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Martha AndersenPleasant GroveKindergarten Teacher -4 years Pilot group of iPad teachersPresenter at iPossiblities 2012Presenter at ISTE & NSBA

Theories Multiple Intelligence -

Howard Gardner, Professor at the Harvard School of Education.

Help students to recognize their own strengthes.

All children are intelligent, but they are intelligent differently.

If students are intelligently differently, they also learn differently.

Blooms Taxonomy - In 1956 Benjamin Bloom's

Identified 3 levels or domains. These domains were called The Cognitive Domain, the Affective Domain and the Psychomotor Domain.

Cognitive Domain - Bloom identified 5 levels.

Established an upward momentum for thinking and learning.

Info from : http://www.mybrightbox.co.za/index.html

Bloooms Taxonomy

revised

http://www.schrockguide.net/index.html Kathy Schrock, Educational Technologist

Blooms Taxonomy – Kathy Schrock

Remembering Recalling

previously learned information

Picking a right answer

Key words: define, describe, identify, match, recognize, reproduce

Phototouch Sight Words

All About Letters Approach to Mont

essori – Numbers Flashcards++ Word Cub Letters

& Sounds

Understanding Comprehending,

explaining Open ended

questions Key words: infers,

interprets, predicts, rewrites, summarizes, comprehends, provides an example

Writing Pad BookReport What Does Not Bel

ong Show me interacti

ve whiteboard

Applying Using a concept in

a new situation Key words:

changes, computes, constructs, demonstrates, manipulates, prepares, solves

Butterfly Math ABC Magnetic Alp

habet Doodle Buddy Flip It! Screen Chomp KickBox

Analyzing Separating

material or concepts into components parts

Key words: compares, contrasts, identifies, differentiates

MindMash Popplet iCardSort Doodle Buddy

Evaluating Making

judgements about the value of ideas or materials

Key words: describes, compares,criticizes, interprets, summarizes

MomentDiary ScribblePress TallyPad SurveyBoy Lemonade Tycoon

Creating Building a structure or

pattern from diverse elements. Putting parts together to form a whole with new meaning

Key words: composes, reconstructs, reorganize

Scribble Press Book Creator Toontastic Faces iMake Faces iMake ABC Storywheel

Scribble Press Typing, drawing, stickers or photo Save in iBooks Language – alphabet book, nouns/verbs/

adjectives, expand a sentence, retell, create a different ending

Math – shape hunt, number book, Science – seasons, tree journal Social Studies – holidays/celebrations,

needs/wants

Book Creator Type, photo, record sound Save in iBooks Story retell with different endings ABC book, Tree Journal

Other Examples Toontastic -video Storywheel – The Rainy Day BookReport – emailed copy Stickpick

Make sure you know how to work the app

Get extra hands – parents or buddy up with older students

If possible, provide free time to practice the app

Make sure your version matches what’s on the student ipads

TipsI learned these the hard way!

Blooms Taxonomy app by Maggie Fossum

StickPick by Buzz Garwood

Common Core Standards by Mastery Connect

Apps for Common Core by Flatter World Inc.

Helpful Apps

Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything http://www.schrockguide.net/index.html

Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/ipad-apps-elementary-blooms-taxomony-diane-darrow

Resources