Power Point n' Bloom

I definitely think that a power point presentation can completely enhance a lesson in the classroom. This is a great tool, it can be very interactive and can grab a student's attention at any age. One thing that I found out to be the greatest thing was the creative aspect of using power point. This was demonstrated last class when I saw how you can use power point to play a creative interactive game of jeopardy. This keeps the children more organized as well as the teacher. I think that the children would respond much better to this because you could project the game up on the screen and it looks huge like a real game show, this is something that couldn't be created as well on paper and with the same feel. Not only is this great for the use by teachers, but this is a great tool for children to learn how to use. Students can definitely benefit from using this program as well. This is a great way to teach your class how to give a presentation and make it look professional.

On another note I thought that the Bloom's Taxonomy was a bit interesting and perhaps true. Most tests are set up so that the student must memorize a bunch of facts and material and then they are asked to repeat it back in some form. Learning this way I really don't think that students are really learning the material. Chances are that if you ask them a question on the material weeks later they might not even be able to answer the question because they have already forgotten it. I like Bloom's approach because he proposes that there are different levels in which we learn when most tests only address on aspect of it. I like how it is broken up into different competencies with different skills that should be demonstrated by it. This is a neat theory and every teacher should at least take this into consideration. There is a whole entire hierarchy of learning and we should take advantage of it so that we know that our students are really getting to know the information.