Comments on: Webspiration Classroom From Bloom’s Perspective

By: Bloom’s Doom – The misapplication of an important taxonomy « Life-Long Curious

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:03:42 +0000

[...] that was placed at the Understanding level of Bloom’s on Samantha Penney’s graphic. On their blog, Inspiration graciously expressed gratitude to Samantha for placing their tool at the Understanding [...]

By: Jen G

Jen G — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 01:31:08 +0000

I love the diagram, although I agree with Heidi’s argument that some web tools could be placed at multiple levels. Also, I love Google for its one-stop-tech-shopping, but this diagram does seem a bit Google-heavy.

It has made me stop & think – where does my site fall on the taxonomy? Since I maintain a site for readers to discuss & critique books, I think I would place it at Analyzing or Evaluating.

I have linked many of these tools on my website, including VoiceThread, Glogster & YouTube. I was wondering, which ones are your favorites, Sarah (and anyone else that would like to share)?

By: Sarah Cargill

Sarah Cargill — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:01:20 +0000

Thanks for stopping by Heidi! I really appreciate what you said here. The Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy infographic caught our attention and interest, but I think you’re right. Maybe a more representative diagram would show how each of these tools can be used to fulfill the various levels and cognitive structure of Bloom’s Taxonomy.

By: Allison’s Space 03/10/2011 | Allison's Space

Allison’s Space 03/10/2011 | Allison's Space — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:31:53 +0000

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By: Heidi Beezley

Heidi Beezley — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:15:58 +0000

“This infographic places digital, Web 2.0 tools into Bloom’s Taxonomy, making it Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy. While reviewing the diagram, I was thrilled to see our newest online writing, visual thinking and collaboration tool, Webspiration Classroom™ service under the “Understanding” category.2.”

You are absolutely right to argue that Inspiration software can be used in activities that require students to think at each level of cognitive complexity of the taxonomy. That infographic is extraordinarily misleading and is the product of lazy thinking. Flickr is placed at the lowest level of cognitive complexity but asking students to find images that represent democracy or decay on Flickr would be an activity at a very high level of Bloom’s.

Equally, Wikispaces and Prezi that have been placed at the very highest level of Bloom’s can be used for activities that promote basic recall and understanding. Bloom’s was never meant to be about the tools that a student uses but is about the task that students are asked to complete and about the kind of thinking they need to do to complete it.