Our digitally native students will not need us to stand in front of the classroom as 'purveyors of knowledge.' They have many tools and resources available to them; with smart phones, I pads and net books, what they will need from us, as educators is to give them the skills to navigate this technology effectively. If we are going to use Bloom’s taxonomy efficiently, we must make our classroom a place that is comfortable with the use of technology. I can remember a time when we went to the library to gather books to write term papers, we navigated the encyclopedia for information. My teachers took my classrooms into the library to teach us how to use the Dewey decimal system and navigate the ‘stacks.’ My classroom will need to be a place where I expose my students to ubiquitous learning. I will use the technology that they are already familiar with to enhance their learning and expose them to additional technological tools that will deepen their understandings. They will not have the same confines and restraints that I once had, and my classroom should reflect that openness to the way digital natives learn. For me, part of teaching my students to more critically think and understand, will also include using technology in a meaningful, developmentally appropriate way.
Monday, July 21, 2014
A Blooming Classroom
As I think
about Bloom's taxonomy and its practical uses in the classroom, I also started
to think about what really 'sticks' with my students when they leave the
classroom. They do not progress from year to year gathering an additional
semesters' compilation of facts. What we hope that they are acquiring as
educators, are those higher order-thinking skills (HOTS) that Bloom outlines.
We hope that we are giving our students the tools that they will need to
succeed in society. In the 21st century those skills will also need to
include technology.
Our digitally native students will not need us to stand in front of the classroom as 'purveyors of knowledge.' They have many tools and resources available to them; with smart phones, I pads and net books, what they will need from us, as educators is to give them the skills to navigate this technology effectively. If we are going to use Bloom’s taxonomy efficiently, we must make our classroom a place that is comfortable with the use of technology. I can remember a time when we went to the library to gather books to write term papers, we navigated the encyclopedia for information. My teachers took my classrooms into the library to teach us how to use the Dewey decimal system and navigate the ‘stacks.’ My classroom will need to be a place where I expose my students to ubiquitous learning. I will use the technology that they are already familiar with to enhance their learning and expose them to additional technological tools that will deepen their understandings. They will not have the same confines and restraints that I once had, and my classroom should reflect that openness to the way digital natives learn. For me, part of teaching my students to more critically think and understand, will also include using technology in a meaningful, developmentally appropriate way.
Our digitally native students will not need us to stand in front of the classroom as 'purveyors of knowledge.' They have many tools and resources available to them; with smart phones, I pads and net books, what they will need from us, as educators is to give them the skills to navigate this technology effectively. If we are going to use Bloom’s taxonomy efficiently, we must make our classroom a place that is comfortable with the use of technology. I can remember a time when we went to the library to gather books to write term papers, we navigated the encyclopedia for information. My teachers took my classrooms into the library to teach us how to use the Dewey decimal system and navigate the ‘stacks.’ My classroom will need to be a place where I expose my students to ubiquitous learning. I will use the technology that they are already familiar with to enhance their learning and expose them to additional technological tools that will deepen their understandings. They will not have the same confines and restraints that I once had, and my classroom should reflect that openness to the way digital natives learn. For me, part of teaching my students to more critically think and understand, will also include using technology in a meaningful, developmentally appropriate way.
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Your last sentence says is big and powerful! So, HOW will technology help us to achieve those goals?
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