January 2014 Blog Posts (65)

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2014/01/15/entrepreneur-nominated-to-direct-small-business-administration-would-become/

La semana pasada, Presidente Obama nominó a una mujer hispana para dirigir la Asociación de negocios pequeños (SBA), María Contreras-Sweet. La SBA ofrece ayudas a las pequeñas empresas en todo el país,…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2012/01/120112_eeuu_latinos_recuperacion_economica_vp.shtml

En este artículo, el autor hablaba sobre el crecimiento y bien salud en general de los negocios latinos en comparación con los de los otros americanos en los estados unidos. El autor citó muchas estadísticas para apoyar sus puntos. Por ejemplo, Forbes dijo que los negocios…

http://www.cnnexpansion.com/economia/2014/01/21/argentina-restringe-compras-online

Argentina tiene la tercera economía latinoamericana, pero está experimentando muchas problemas porque hay escasez de dólares. El gobierno impuso limitaciones de cambios en 2011. Ahora, también prohíbe el uso de tarjetas de crédito y la compra de servicios turísticos para viajar fuera de…

http://www.bnamericas.com/news/insurance/hyperions-latin-american-acquisitions-boost-spanish-business-revenue-30

Recientamente, la empresa de seguros se llama Hyperion compró unas empresas suramericanas pequenas de seguros. La empresa filial de Hyperion, se llama Howden, compró veinticinco por ciento de la empresa chilena de seguros se llama Patagonia, y…

http://www.bnamericas.com/news/insurance/hyperions-latin-american-acquisitions-boost-spanish-business-revenue-30

Recientamente, la empresa de seguros se llama Hyperion compró unas empresas suramericanas pequenas de seguros. La empresa filial de Hyperion, se llama Howden, compró veinticinco por ciento de la empresa chilena de seguros se llama Patagonia, y…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2012/05/120509_latinos_eeuu_aumentan_poder_adquisitivo_vp.shtml

     Los hispanos en los Estados Unidos son el grupo minoritario más grande, y por lo tanto juegan un papel importante en la economía de EE.UU. A pesar de que la…

In learning about how to find, understand and analyze Acceptable Use Policies (AUP), I looked at the Pueblo School District 70 AUP and compared it to the National Education Association’s (NEA) suggestions of six key elements of an effective AUP to see how it compares. The six suggested key elements are: A preamble, a definition section, a policy statement, an acceptable uses section, an unacceptable uses section and a violations/sanctions section.  Below is a table for a quick glance to…

The National Education Association has determined that an effective Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) contains six elements: a preamble, a definition section, a policy statement, an acceptable uses section, an unacceptable uses section, and a violations/sanctions section.  Jefferson County School District has written an Acceptable Use Policy.  This blog will compare Jefferson County’s AUP to the six elements that have been suggested by the National Education…

By Richard Cole

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My knowledge about Bloom's taxonomy and Marzano's research will affect my lesson planning in a big way. I can see the importance of implementing the new Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy as a way to prepare my students for the changing digital world. Although technology seems to be ingrained in our students at an increasingly younger age, classroom uses for these technologies still require teachers to prepare lessons to help students integrate technology into their learning as well. Blogs and Wikis…

If I were to suggest an addition to Bloom’s Taxonomy, I would include sharing/collaborating as a Key Term. Although several of the digital tools and uses in the digital taxonomy imply sharing, they do not explicitly say so. Sharing and collaborating with others requires some…

This week my online technology class at Regis University did a comparison between the revised Bloom's Taxonomy and the new Digital Bloom's Taxonomy. I was intrigued by the new verbs that were introduced as part of this study. It made me reflect on how I could integrate some of these exciting changes into my classroom.

Being a third-grade teacher and looking forward to the introduction of, The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), testing Colorado…

• How will your knowledge about Bloom's taxonomy and Marzano's research affect your lesson planning?

While I learned about Bloom’s taxonomy under its original state, the main idea has remained the same until the addition of new verbs to help implement instructional…

By Richard Cole

Bloom’s Taxonomy has become an important part of my planning process.  My school has a leadership team that works with an outside company to make instructional improvements.  Our current goal is to create objectives that require students to complete tasks at a higher depth of knowledge.  As a part of our training on improving depth of knowledge, we have done a lot of work with Bloom’s Taxonomy and have made it a regular part of our planning process.  Previously, I had used Bloom’s to plan,…

How Bloom & Marzano Have Impacted My Teaching

Because I received my teaching license in an unconventional way, through the Alternative Teacher Licensure Program, I did not have a strong understanding of Bloom’s Taxonomy and Marzano’s Instructional Strategies.  Even though they were mentioned during my alternative program, I did not begin to understand how important they were to the learning process until I started my masters program at Regis…

 During our Frogger Programming Unit, we use many of Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy and Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy.  Students are taught computational thinking patterns that hit on higher order thinking skills like applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating.  For instance, the computational thinking pattern of ABSORB is used in programming when one agent absorbs another agent.  

As a class we discuss real world examples of absorbing, for instance when a car enters a tunnel or a…

By studying Bloom’s Taxonomy (Revised and Digital) and Marzano’s theories on classroom instruction, I have found many ways that I can implement their theories into my current job as well as possible classroom situations. 

By reading Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy theories I realize that I need to try and get my students to higher order thinking skills to make sure they understand what is being taught and to help them develop in their learning. In my current position I am often asked to give…

Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy vs. Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy

               Having had ample opportunity to explore Marzano’s Nine Instructional Strategies in my university classes, I was pleased to start my new teaching assignment this year with this tool in my toolbox. My school district has placed a fine focus on the Teaching-Learning Cycle (TLC) and even established a model specifically for schools in our district. Based heavily on Bloom’s taxonomy, the WSD3 TLC framework asks all teachers to create learning intentions to complement our…