Learning Unplugged: iPads in Higher Education

Kimberly LaPrairie

Curriculum and Instruction

How do you decide which

apps to use & when?

Bloom’s Taxonomy

(Revised 2001)

Exhibit memory of previously-learned

materials by recalling facts, terms, basic

concepts and answers.

Does the app help user:

• Locate facts or ideas

• Recite facts or details

Demonstrate comprehension

by explaining ideas or concepts

Does the app help user:

• Summarize information

• Retell events

• Give examples

• Explain ideas or concepts

• Interpret relationships

• Determine importance

Use acquired knowledge, facts, techniques and

rules to solve new problems

Does the app help user:

• Discover a new purpose for skills or knowledge

• Employ knowledge in new situations

• Experiment with concepts in a different setting

Examine and break information into

parts.

Does the app help user:

• Discriminate fact from hypothesis

• Select important elements

• Determine biases

• Deconstruct content

• Organize content

• Outline content

Present and defend opinions by making judgments based on

a set of criteria.

Does the app help user:

• Check for accuracy

• Evaluate procedures

• Critique results

Generate new ideas, products, or

ways of viewing things

Does the app help user:

• Construct designs

• Generate possibilities

• Produce solutions

• Design products

• Assemble plans

APPLICATION OF

BLOOM'S REVISED

TAXONOMY

Example

http://writeouschick.com

Bloom’s App

Remember Describe where the 3 little pigs lived Noteshelf

UnderstandSummarize what the 3 little pigs story was about

Animoto

ApplyConstruct a theory as to why the wolf blew down the houses

Educreations

AnalyzeDifferentiate between how the pigs reacted and how you would react to the events

Inspiration

Evaluate Assess whether or not you think this really happened to the 3 pigs

PaperHelper

CreateCompose a song, skit, poem, video, etc. to convey the 3 little pigs story in a new form

Toontastic

How Do You Find All These AMAZING

Apps?

http://www.21innovate.com/blooms-apps.html

http://www.schrockguide.net/ipads-in-the-classroom.html

And Don’t Forget About Your PLN

What are your

favorite APPs

for teaching

and learning?

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