For this week's assignment, I continued with the idea of teaching U.S. History as an online course or blended course, which is a class that meets online and face to face. Next year, I will not teach U.S. history in this format, but I am am going back to teaching U.S. history.
I struggle with using Bloom's "old" verbs because I am a fan of Bloom's revised edition. In the revised edition, CREATE is the highest level of learning. Allowing students to create a product, video, presentation, etc. is now the highest level, and I believe most rewarding level of learning. This cannot be measured by 100% accuracy in which some suggest we should write learning targets/objectives. Also, learning is a process and can often be demonstrated in several ways. Some of my students turn in all work with 100% accuracy because they truly care (let's call that kid Student A) about every single point, and some just turn it in because it is due (Student B). Student B can have an intelligent conversation about what they learned, but they just don't stress over the 100% accuracy of the learning objective. However, when I ask them to create something to demonstrate learning all my students will create and do so with passion! So, if you are not currently using Bloom's revised verbs, I challenge you to do so!
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| Image from Florida State Univ Web Site |
Some useful links:
http://visualblooms.wikispaces.com/
http://www.usi.edu/distance/bdt.htm
For those interested in my Bloom's Taxonomy for a U.S. History class, here it is:
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