Learning Unplugged: iPads in Higher Education

Kimberly LaPrairieCurriculum and Instruction

How do you decide what

tech tools to use & when?

Bloom’s Taxonomy (Revised 2001)

Exhibit memory of previously-learned materials by recalling facts, terms, basic

concepts and answers.

Remembering

Demonstrate comprehension by explaining ideas or concepts

Understanding

Using new knowledge. Solve problems to new situations by

applying acquired knowledge, facts, techniques and rules.

Applying

Examine and break information into parts by identifying motives or causes.

Make inferences and find evidence to support generalizations.

Analyzing

Present and defend opinions by making judgments about information, validity of ideas or quality of work based on a set of criteria.

Evaluating

Generate new ideas, products, or ways of viewing things

Creating

APPLICATION OF

BLOOM'S REVISED

TAXONOMY

Example

Bloom’s App

Remember Describe where the 3 little pigs lived Penultimate

Understand Summarize what the 3 little pigs story was about Inspiration

Apply Construct a theory as to why the wolf blew down the houses Animation HD

AnalyzeDifferentiate between how the pigs reacted and how you would react to the events

iCard Sort

Evaluate Assess whether or not you think this really happened to the 3 pigs PaperHelper

CreateCompose a song, skit, poem, video, etc. to convey the 3 little pigs story in a new form

VoiceThread

Apps: Not just for students…Instructors want to “have fun" too!

How Do You Find All These AMAZING

Apps?

http://www.21innovate.com/blooms-apps.html

http://www.schrockguide.net/ipads-in-the-classroom.html

And Don’t Forget About Your PLN

What are your favorite APPs for teaching and learning?

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