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Bloom's Taxonomy Presented Visually
Scoop.it - Collect and Share Information Visually
Scoop.it is a curation service that
allows users to collect information about a topic of interest and
display it all on one attractive visual page. The tool integrates
instantly with Twitter and Facebook, allowing you to share
with the click of a button, and a newly added feature allows users to
embed a preview of your Scoop.it page into any blog, wiki or website. See the Cool Tools for Drawing sample I created below..Tag Galaxy
The Blooming Orange
I've always been interested in new ways to view and think about Bloom's Taxonomy and the folks at Learning Today
have created a poster worth sharing. To help teachers get thinking
about ways to apply Bloom's higher-order thinking skills in the
classroom, they've put a spin on the traditional hierarchy and limited
the number of verbs in each section to create The Blooming Orange.
They've popped Bloom's verbage into the segments of an orange and intentionally depicted it as a circle to illustrate the fact that often these skills do not occur in isolation, they often occur simultaneously. This Blooming Orange presents itself as a teacher-friendly tool for planning and possibly an easier way for everyone to think about Bloom's. Be sure to click on the link below to visit the Learning Today blog and print a copy of this poster to hang in your classroom.
They've popped Bloom's verbage into the segments of an orange and intentionally depicted it as a circle to illustrate the fact that often these skills do not occur in isolation, they often occur simultaneously. This Blooming Orange presents itself as a teacher-friendly tool for planning and possibly an easier way for everyone to think about Bloom's. Be sure to click on the link below to visit the Learning Today blog and print a copy of this poster to hang in your classroom.
Present.Me
Simplify and Summarize Digital Text
Cool Tools for Teaching Vocabulary
WordStash: Build Vocabulary Cards
At first glance, this seems like a handy tool for reviewing vocabulary, but after experimenting with the tool myself, I realized that the tool can also be used to help students build their own knowledge about vocabulary terms and concepts, which makes it a much more appealing tool.
At it's most basic level, users can create a word card in a few quick and simple steps.
- Add term
- Choose the appropriate part of speech from a list.
- Click on the appropriate definition to add it to the card.
- Add an image from the Flicker or Wikipedia database.
- Add term
- Choose from a list to determine the part of speech
- Read the given definitions, then search for an article on the Internet that uses the word in context. Word stash has a button to find context clues, but I found it easier to do my own search.
- From the context, develop your own definition of the word. Type that definition on the word card..
- Add a more accurate image from the database by typing in a more manually adjusting the search term. In this case, the term "territory" yielded a generic image, but type in "Louisiana Purchase" did the trick.
Sign up for a free teacher account and try WordStash for yourself.
Lingro - Turn digital text into a clickable dictionary
Lingro is easy to use. Just copy and paste any web address into Lingro's web browser and click on a word, or use the file viewer to upload a document and translate it in the same way. One of the most impressive features of Lingro is that it stores and remembers all the words you click on and allows you to easily create and store words lists. Then, with the click of a button, Lingro turns your word lists into an online flash card game.
This tool does not require a login to use the most basic features so it can be a handy tool for students without an email address, but teachers should create a free account to take advantage of additional features, such as storage, history and word lists.
.Try Lingro for yourself
Pulse for iPad: A Gorgeous News Feed Reader
Pulse is an iPad app that collects multiple sources of your favorite news feeds and displays them in a convenient and attractive way to create a highly enjoyable reading experience.
News sources you select are arranged as a stream. Just drag the screen vertically to scan all your sources, then drag it horizontally to view particular articles within each source. Tap the screen to read an article in text view or view it as a full webpage. Pulse will even collect and display your Twitter stream. Sharing is as easy as a couple of taps.
To get a glimpse of what Pulse can do, please watch the video below and try Pulse for yourself, available from the iTunes store.
To get a glimpse of what Pulse can do, please watch the video below and try Pulse for yourself, available from the iTunes store.
VocabGrabber: Generate Vocabulary Lists from Digital Text
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VocabGrabber is a Cool Tool that makes it easy to generate vocabulary lists from digital text. Just copy and paste text into a box and watch the tool generate a word cloud in which the most frequently used words appear larger in size. Those words are sorted into categories so users can extract specific content-related words from the cloud, or generate a general vocabulary list. Clicking on a word displays a definition, examples from context and a visual word map generated through the company's Visual Thesaurus Tool.
Be sure to use the handy toolbar add-on for maximum efficiency when you try VocabGrabber for yourself.
Be sure to use the handy toolbar add-on for maximum efficiency when you try VocabGrabber for yourself.
Twurdy: Search by Appropriate Readibility Levels
Twurdy is a Google powered search tool that displays results at appropriate readability levels. Just enter a search term to get color-coded results which determine how easy the page will be to understand. This is certainly a useful tool to help all learners succeed and also a good tool to add to any teacher's toolkit of resources.
If you think the name of this search engine will be difficult to remember, perhaps knowing that it was derived from a play on words, "Too Wordy?", will help you remember it.
Try Twurdy
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