Diigo, PowerPoint, and Technologies

Using Diigo has taught me quite a few skills. I've learned more ways to annotate things that I never would have before. I've also learned how to use Diigo to capture adn save video, which I believe would be incredibly useful if I were analyzing a film or episode of a TV Show. I also like the organization of topics, which I believe would help my future students keep track of lessons and the topics discussed in class.

PowerPoint for Bloom's Taxonomy

Remember - Creating PowerPoint slides for definitions and facts, like data from case studies.

Understand - Using presentations that allow students to explain ideas or concepts, like a game of Jeopardy.

Apply - Show students a presentation and then have them use the information that was presented in new situations. For example, a presentation showing some elements of Shakespearean writing and having students pick out those elements in a play.

Analyze - Using a PowerPoint Presentation to draw connections among new ideas or concepts, like using a presentation detailing similarities between Southern Literature, and having students search for a novel that share those similarities.

Evaluate - Having students defend or stand with a decision using facts from PowerPoint presentations.

Create - Encouraging students to create their own PowerPoint presentations as a method to complete an assignment.

Wired.com's technology focus area is somewhere where the latest and greatest technologies make their debut. A lot of these technologies are trending, and while some of them aren't very relevant to education, there are still a lot of resources available for educators to keep up with any new tech that can potentially be used in the classroom. Here's a screenshot with some headlines!