Over the past few weeks I have been sharing some of my Boom’s Taxonomy re-imagines. I created these for my classroom so that I could share Bloom’s with my kids in different ways that would make our classroom fun, but also give them a different way of viewing the information. Today I am sharing my Bloomin’ Pinwheel. As I started making my Bloom’s re-imagines, students started coming to me with ideas of how to display the information. The pinwheel was a student recommendation. I think it turned out pretty cute! Some of you have asked what program I used to create my pictures. I use Apple’s Pages for almost everything, the Bloom’s Taxonomy was no exception. I use the free hand drawing tool, the shapes, fill tool, text box, and inspector to make my version of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Below you will find my original Bloomin’ Pinwheel, along with my digital version. Many of you have asked for a printable version of these Bloom’s Taxonomy re-imagines, you can now find a bundle of 4 (Bloomin’ Peacock, Um-bloom-ra, Bloomin’ Pinwheel, and Bloomin’ Tree) in my store. You will get 8 8.5″x11″ posters, this includes the digital version of each.
Here are links to the digital tools in my Boomin’ Pinwheel:
Remember:
BBC Skillwise- http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/
Spelling City- http://spellingcity.com
Starfall- http://starfall.com
Discovery Streaming- http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com
Lexipedia- http://lexipedia.com
YouTube- http://youtube.com
Gamegoo- http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
PBS Kids- http://pbskids.org
Understand:
Into the Book- http://reading.ecb.org
Skype- http://skype.com
Treasures- http://activities.macmillanmh.com/reading/treasures/
Book Adventure- http://bookadventure.org
Twitter- http://twitter.com
Apply:
Kerpoof- http://kerpoof.com
PhotoBooth- Software
Scholastic- http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/learn.jsp
Fotobabble- http://fotobabble.com
Google Earth- http://google.com/earth
Analyze:
Read Write Think- http://readwritethink.org
Cool Iris- http://cooliris.com
Wordle- http://wordle.net
Creaza- http://creaza.com
Mindomo- http://mindomo.com
Evaluate:
Shelfari- http://shelfari.com
Wikipedia- http://wikipedia.com
Think.com- http://think.com
Nota- http://notaland.com
Create:
Pic-Lits- http://piclits.com
Kerpoof- http://kerpoof.com
ZimmerTwins- http://zimmertwins.com
Wiki Spaces- http://wikispaces.com
DomoNation- http://domonation.com
Glogster- http://edu.glogster.com
Creaza- http://creaza.com
Voicethread- http://voicethread.com
Kidblog- http://kidblog.org
Wetpaint- http://www.wetpaint.com
edublogs- http://edublogs.org
Stage’d- http://stagedproject.com/
Garageband- Software
iMovie- Software
Love this Kelly! Thanks so much for sharing!
I love Pages too, but Kelly, you make it sing!
Kelly, Great job posting on the taxonomy. It is an often overlooked method of characterizing the content of different types of lessons. It’s perhaps the best methods of distinguishing lessons about knowledge, skills, and analysis.
I’m of course delighted that you included SpellingCity. But I’d like to add that I think we have digital exercises for many steps in the hierarchy.
Remember – SpellingCity’s TestMe & TeachMe
Understand – Alphabetize
Apply – Sentence Unscramble & WhichWord
Analyze – MatchIt – Requires both vocabulary knowledge and often, a logical process of elimination to first match the easy ones before solving the remaining harder ones.
Evaluate – ….
Create – Sentence & Paragraph Writing
Thanks for sharing these Kelly. They are far more interesting for students than others I’ve seen. I think this one – the pinwheel – is my favourite!
Kelly–This is SO COOL! What a striking visual. You should contribute your Bloom’s Taxonomies to the Wikipedia entry. I can’t wait to use one with my own classes.
Thanks for sharing, and for including us 😉
Zoe from Fotobabble
Thank you Zoe, good idea to contribute to the Wikipedia entry. Happy to include Fotobabble, my students love using it!
Thank you Pam, the pinwheel is one of my favorites to, it did turn out cute!
Thank you Susan, I used it a lot with my students. We had such fun with it!
I love the way that you share the examples of how students can attain these skills. (Also very impressed with your creativity, Pages mastery and your obviously very big brain!)
I’m not sure about the big brain bit but I appreciate the kind words!