Bloom's Taxonomy

I remember learning about Bloom's Taxonomy in my teacher prep program, but it's not necessarily something I think about each time I plan a lesson.

I think these visuals are great for making sure that when I do my lesson planning I am engaging myself in all of the different levels of Blooms. I typed Bloom's Taxonomy into a google images search and there are tons of related visuals. 

These are my three favorites.

http://www.curriculet.com/blog/38-question-starters-based-blooms-taxonomy/

The visual above is very simple and would be a great addition to my teacher planbook. I like how this particular visual is narrow at the bottom and wider at the top, reminding me to call upon students to engage in the levels at the top more than the levels at the bottom. 

http://www.magicalmaths.org/what-is-blooms-taxonomy/

 I also really like this visual because it includes specific verbs and question starters that can be used with all of the levels. I really think I may start printing things like this and create an inspiration page in my planbook next school year.

http://edublog.amdsb.ca/star/ipad-apps/

By far, my favorite is this wheel of apps that relate to all of Bloom's stages. It's a pretty cluttered visual, but I LOVE the concept. This wheel includes action verbs, suggested activities, and suggested apps for all the levels of Blooms. I have not fully digested the contents of this wheel, but I would be interested to make my own version based on the apps that we use in Kindergarten. That just may be a another summer project! I am not very visually creative, but using this as a template, I could probably design a Kindergarten version. 

Here's another iPad version of Blooms

http://langwitches.org/blog/2012/03/31/ipad-apps-and-blooms-taxonomy/

I am interested to check out some of these apps. We no longer have funds to purchase apps because our iPad grant officially ended with the culmination of the school year, so I will probably be hunting for more free apps this year.  That being said, quality apps are usually worth the money, so I wouldn't rule out an app just because it wasn't free! The only ones out of these apps I have used in Kinder are Popplet, Pages, and iBooks, but I use Goodreads, Skype, and Wunderlist myself. It's always fun

Is Bloom's on your mind when you plan your lessons?
Do you find it easy to incorporate the higher levels in your lessons?