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This compendium of ICT-related skills for the 21st century is worth scrutinizing – Blooms digital taxonomy.
The original version of Bloom’s taxonomy, and the revised version, are fine as far as they go.  But, as author of the digital taxonomy, Andrew Churches, notes:
“The elements and actions cover many of the actions we undertake in our classroom [...]


Posted at: November 20th, 2008 - 9:49 pm - Number of Comments » 1

I recently came across a post by Darren Kuropatwa, who was reflecting on his evolution over the last few years in using web2.0 technology in his classrooms.  Have a look!  
Darren is a Maths teacher but his experiences have relevance for teachers of any subject.  I found it very heartening that even web2.0 savvy gurus like Darren [...]


Posted at: November 20th, 2008 - 3:59 pm - Number of Comments » 0

Upon creating my first blog and being plagued and frustrated by all sorts of problems when attempting to edit, I put out an S.O.S. Sure enough, my colleague and friend, Marie Salinger relplied with this message:
“Not sure why these issues are happening. I have always found the interface very easy to use. Don’t recall any [...]


Posted at: November 15th, 2008 - 4:54 pm - Number of Comments » 0

Are we adequately equipping our students to confidently and competently navigate the complex and changing world in which they find themselves now and in which they will find themselves in the future?

 
It is a question that educators the world over have asked themselves since time immemorial and a question that perhaps has an urgency [...]


Posted at: November 12th, 2008 - 8:15 am - Number of Comments » 0