McMahon Tech

This Blog is an attempt by Colonel Killackey and Peter Sommer to discuss various issues within the idea of 21st century learning. We want to display the tools that will help us better communicate with students, manipulate content and the thoughts on process that will be changing our profession. We encourage any and all from the staff to send questions, ask for help, suggest resources, and author posts.------------ "It is not that the world will change, it already has"

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Sunday, May 19, 2013

Nine Characteristics of 21st Century Learning...To Get You thinking About It

9 Characteristics of 21st Century Learning

9 Characteristics Of 21st Century Learning

1. Learner-centered (AKA Student Centered)

2. Media-driven (this doesn’t have to mean digital media)

3. Personalized

4. Transfer-by-Design

5. Visibly Relevant

6. Data-Rich

7. Adaptable

8. Interdependent

9. Diverse

Saturday, April 20, 2013

An updated Bloom's Taxonomy, based on technology in the classroom.

There has been some conversation about updating Bloom's Taxonomy. Here is an example from the Med Kharbach's blog Educational Technology and Mobile learning. http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/04/a-new-poster-on-blooms-digital-taxonomy.html

In another entry Med lists digital tools that could be used in each of the layers. It is not comprehensive and has a few too many ipad tools but it is a start- http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/01/web-based-version-of-blooms-taxonomy-30.html