TPACK and Bloom's Taxonomy

I found TPACK and Bloom's Taxonomy a little confusing at times but what I understand I will blog about. I noticed in the tutorial when we discussed this topic, there were a few that needed more time to understand :)


TPACK
Working with 4 year olds, I wish I had other resources that I can use to encourage them to want to learn more about something we have a lot of interest about, let's say 'The solar system.'  I believe if I had the knowledge to use the TPACK framework in my early childhood planning/programme, the children may have more interest. The reason I believe this may be the case, is because I would be able to give the children an opportunity to learn more through using different technology resources. I might have the ability to have the classroom environment more interesting where I would be sharing my knowledge on 'The solar system' and have the opportunity to expand the learning through practical knowledge by using various technology. It would give me a different approach on the learning style to the 4 year olds where I am teaching them through verbal and practical learning style which would make 'The solar system' more interesting and more about what's out there other then 'that's the moon because we see it at night time and that's the sun because we see it in the day time.'

TPACK-http://www.innovativelearning.com/instructional_technology/tpck.html

Bloom's Taxonomy
Bloom's taxonomy simply means to classify and form a level of learning. Bloom's taxonomy is divided into 3 domanins; congnitive (knowing facts), affective (values) and psychomotor (attempt to complete). It's one of the best way to meet the needs of the students in the classroom to help them learn at the best of their ability. There are 6 levels known in Bloom's taxonomy, from lowest to highest, are: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. It's an useful tool for teachers to help plan lessons for the classroom. A great way to teach a great lesson in the class for the students to adapt and learn without having difficulties understanding the lesson because the teacher will ensure every individual has their learning style method.

I see this a lot in my daily work where congitive is about knowledge, yes the kids may not want to listen but they are smart among other topics. Affective is how they are feeling among learning. Not all students want to learn and we can't reinforce them to learn but we give them the opportunity to be in the group and listen or not. Psychomotor is about physical so depending on their attitude to the learning they will somehow build their attitude to learn even if they don't want to.

Bloom's Taxonomy- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom's_Taxonomy

Reference:* Article Alley, "What is Blooms Taxonomy?" 2005. Retrieved from http://www.articlealley.com/what-is-blooms-taxonomy-18775.html
* Wikipedia, "Bloom's Taxonomy" 2011. Retreived from(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom's_Taxonomy)
* Wikipedia, "Technology Pedagogical Content Knowledge", 2011. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_Pedagogical_Content_Knowledge

* PUNYA MISHRA, MATTHEW J. KOEHLER, Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A Framework for Teacher Knowledge. Teachers College Record Volume 108, Number 6, June 2006