Using Cool Tech Tools in the Classroom

This session was all about tech tools to use that coincide with Bloom's Taxonomy.

Know

• Googling
• Bookmarking
• Tools: Doc.Jax.com (document search engine), Kidrex

Understand

• Advanced Searching
• Blog Journaling
• Twittering - Twiducate
• Tagging (Diigo)
• Commenting (WallWisher)
• Annotating
• Subscribing
• Tools: Inspiration, Popplet

Applying

• Running (a program)
• Loading (a program)
• Playing
• Uploading
• Sharing
• Editing
• Tools: Prezi, VoiceThread, Animoto, Podomatic, Screencast-O-Matic, Sound Cloud, Audacity, PBWorks, SlideRocket, Skype

Analyzing

• Mashing
• Linking
• Validating
• Media Clipping
• Tools: Inspiration or Popplet (comparisons), Skype (conduct interviews), GoogleForms,

I love using Google Forms with my class. Here is a quick video how-to so you can start using them in your classroom easily.

Evaluating

• Blog Commenting
• Reviewing
• Posting
• Moderating
• Collaborating
• Networking
• Testing
• Tools: SimCity (simulations), Biology in Motion, 3rd World Farmer, Illuminations, 

 Creating

• Programming
• Filming
• Animating
• Video Blogging
• Mixing
• Wiki-ing
• Publishing
• Videocasting
• Podcasting
• Tools: YouTube (built in video editing tools), MovieMasher,  Xtranormal, ToonDoo, Kerpoof, Animoto, Scratch, UStream, Wix

You can also Google "Bloom's Digital Taxonomy Pyramid" and see several examples of digital tools separated out into each taxonomy level. Click here to see an example.