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__**Bloom's Revised Taxonomy of Apps**__

I came across some great advice for catagorizing apps. Both I Learn Technology Blog and Langwitches Blog are among many of the fabulous educational technology blogs that describe this concept. So I will leave them to explain! Be sure to check their blogs for more details!

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 * What it is:**

From Langwithches Blog: Following in [|Kathy Schrock’s]and [|Kelly Tenkeley’s] footsteps of assigning iPad apps to the different levels of the Bloom’s Taxonomy, I created the following table with apps that I have tested out and am recommending. (Click to see a larger version of the image) In order to make the cut, the app had to fulfill the criteria ([|from Wikipedia] and according to the Blooming Orange’s verbs) set out for each level. You will notice that several apps that are in the same app category (ex. screencasting: ShowMe, ScreenChomp and ExplainEverything) are represented on different levels of the Bloom’s. The explanation is that each one of the apps can be used for the different levels. It is //not// to say that the ShowMe app could //not// be used on the “Analyzing” level. Also, be aware that simply by using one of the above mentioned app DOES NOT mean that you are working on the specified thinking level. Ex. you could ask your students to use the ScreenChomp app to simply list and record themselves “remembering” facts that they previously had memorized. I want to encourage/challenge you, to take a look at the iPad apps on YOUR iPad and to categorize these apps with the different thinking levels and THEN take the next step to SHARE your list with other educators. Leave a comment below to link to your list/graphic/table.
 * How do we connect the Bloom’s Taxonomy with the iPad?**
 * Remember:** Exhibit memory of previously-learned materials by recalling facts, terms, basic concepts and answers.
 * describe
 * name
 * find
 * name
 * list
 * tell
 * Understand**: Demonstrative understanding of facts and ideas by being able to:
 * explain
 * compare
 * discuss
 * predict
 * translate
 * outline
 * restate
 * Apply**: Using new knowledge. Solve problems to new situations by applying acquired knowledge, facts, techniques and rules in a different way
 * show
 * complete
 * use
 * examine
 * illustrate
 * classify
 * solve
 * Analyze**: Examine and break information into parts by identifying motives or causes. Make inferences and find evidence to support generalizations
 * compare
 * examine
 * explain
 * identify
 * categorize
 * contrast
 * investigate
 * Evaluate**: Present and defend opinions by making judgments about information, validity of ideas or quality of work based on a set of criteria
 * justify
 * assess
 * prioritize
 * recommend
 * rate
 * decide
 * choose
 * Create**:
 * plan
 * invent
 * compose
 * design
 * construct
 * imagine

In the apps, I have given you a little guide. If an app cost money, I’ve added a $$ on the app. The others are free. The free apps are just as wonderful as some of the paid!
 * How to integrate [|Bloom’s Taxonomy of apps] into the classroom:** Bloom’s Taxonomy is by no means the best or only way to categorize websites, apps or other educational tools. However, I often find that for my purposes, it is a really nice way to organize tools so that I can find them later. It also keeps me (and my students) thinking about the learning process and keeps us all from getting stuck in a one-type-of-learning rut. Bloom’s is also extraordinarily handy for categorizing apps that don’t fit neatly into a subject matter or that fall into several different subject categories.

Keep the guide of apps handy for those parents who ask for your best app recommendations!

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 * Tips:** Use the Bloom’s Taxonomy app guide with my [|Bloomin’ posters]! Stay tuned for BIG versions of the posters coming soon with my launch of the [|Learning Genome project] on Kickstarter! Woot!

http://teachwithyouripad.wikispaces.com/Blooms%20Taxonomy%20with%20Apps [] [] - thorough overview [] http://kathyschrock.net/ipadblooms/ http://www.scoop.it/t/bloom-s-taxonomy-for-21st-century-learning/p/415293703/bloom-s-taxonomy-and-ipad-apps-langwitches-blog http://langwitches.org/blog/
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