Andrew Churches

Most of the information on the Bloom's Digital Taxonomy post was gleamed from Andrew Churches Wiki. For a detailed analysis of Bloom's Digital Taxonomy check out his wikispaces site. Not only has he given explanations of Blooms Elements of Learning but he provides examples of the types of tools that teachers could use whilst implementing digital technologies.


Andrew's Educational Philosophy:
The world is not as simple as saying teachers are digital immigrants and students digital natives. We have to change how we teach, how we assess, what we teach, when we teach it, where we are teaching it, who we are teaching and with what. Its a tall order, but these are exciting times. This is not just about the integration of technology into the classroom, though this is certainly a critical area. It is about shifting the entire paradigm of education.

http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/

Block Posters

Make a huge poster out of any image you like. It is as simple as selecting your image, uploading to the Web 2 tool, deciding how it gets split and then downloading it again. The tool slices the image into the correct number of individual pages so you just hit print and each one is printed ready to be lined up on the wall.  Presto - huge poster.

This would be great for stimulus materials for new units of work, printing scenes for role plays or small theatre productions, you could also scan and then print out artworks at their original size so the students get an idea of the impact of the original. So many great uses for this tool.

http://www.blockposters.com/default.aspx