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Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year!!

Understanding

Advanced and Boolean Searches -This is a continuation from the previous stage.A very good understanding is essential for creating ,modifying and refining searches to suit the searching requirements. (Eg:Bing) Blog writing -The learner can type,write or talk on a specific topic or a daily journal.Reporting is done through basic understanding.The blogs can be used for discussion and collaboration,which develop higher level thinking of the learner. (Windows Live Writer) Twittering -Twittering helps understanding and collaboration,although facilitates simple forms of messages based on " what are you doing?" Categorizing -Digital classification-organizing and classifying files.Using folders and other tools. (Windows Operating Systems-file management,Auto Collage) Tagging,commenting.Annotating -Learner develops understanding by tagging commenting and annotating on the pages. (Microsoft Word-Ink tool,Review tab options-New Comment)     Mic...

Remembering - Lowest in the LOTS

Remembering is in the lowest level  or the first in the LOTS of the Bloom’s Taxonomy. Yet remembering is important in the process of thinking and learning.The verbs been introduced in the Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy are ;  Bullet pointing    Highlighting Bookmarking   Social networking Searching Googling                                                                                                         The actions indicating by the first two verbs are simply facilitated in many  tools in Microsoft Office Package such as MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Publisher .In addition switching between the font styles where important facts are in the digital reading material helps the learner to ...