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Bloom's Taxonomy -- Personal Analysis media type="custom" key="6973339" This is a personal analysis of Bloom's Taxonomy in chart form as it applies to my education. As you can see, the majority of my education centered around remembering information. I was exposed to learning in the other levels, but as the levels increased (as did higher-order thinking in those levels), I was exposed less and less.

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media type="custom" key="6914541" In this comic, three students are trying to decide on a topic for their group project. The problem is, with technology having given them so many ways to communicate, before they can get started on the project, they first must agree on how to share their ideas for topics. It is meant to be humorous, but I can honestly say that I have found myself in this same scenario more than once. Technology can connect people in ways like never before, giving them the chance to share more ideas and learn more from their educational experiences, however, technology can also get in the way sometimes, clouding the real purpose of assignments.

In Chapter 1 of //Democracy and Education// by John Dewey, he states that "consensus demands communication." What I take this to mean is that teaching, learning, and education altogether is not possible or effective if we do find a common ground on which to base our educational philosophies, styles, and groundwork through effectively communicating with each other (community*). This, I believe, is the reason for educational standards and the emphasis of 21st Century Skills. Technology is how we communicate today--period. Whether we like it or not, e-mail is winning over telephone, and, in the classroom, SmartBoards are winning over [|chalkboard], Webquests over lengthy at-home projects, and iPads over pen and paper. Technology should supplement classroom learning, but it seems that soon, all learning will be technology-based.


 * CONCEPT MAP**: Chapter 1, //Democracy and Education// by John Dewey