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Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy

Microsoft Tools that can be used Based on Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy Teachers use Bloom’s Taxonomy and Bloom’s revised Taxonomy in developing teaching and learning experiences .Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy is a way of linking Bloom’s revised taxonomy with the key verbs to use of digital tools. Benjamin Bloom developed his taxonomy of learning objectives ,in understanding the learning process.He proposed that learning fitted into one of the three psychological domains;  cognitive domain-processing information, knowledge and mental skills Affective domain – Attitudes and feelings Psychomotor domain – manipulative, or physical skills Bloom’s Taxonomy examines at the cognitive domain and this categorizes and orders thinking skills and objectives.The taxonomy follows the thinking process. " You can not understand a concept if you do not first remember it.And you can not apply knowledge and concepts if you do not understand them. "(    edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%...

Using Microsoft tools in Project Based Learning

Using Microsoft tools in  Project Based Learning Engaging students in PBL activities make both, teaching and learning interesting,free of tension,more students's active engagement,use of digital tools to create artifacts and present findings/products digitally.The most important fact I notice is that students find their learning more interesting as they use a various types of computer applications like Microsoft office package, AutoCollage,Kodu,Movie Maker,OneDrive, and Google and Bing search engines.Even though there are more advanced tools are used by students in other parts of the country,majority of the Sri Lankan students use an average set of Microsoft tools.But they are being used creatively. Create a collage quickly and easily AutoCollage uses face and object recognition to swiftly create a collage of several images. You choose the collage that delights you and best displays the relevant content. With three easy clicks, you open, select, and save your image...
Mix and Present with Office Mix-Add-In for PowerPoint 2013 My first exercise on Metamorphosis using Mix. https://mix.office.com/watch/1186e6xvagjbm More information on  https://mix.office.com/Home/GettingStarted