Multi-media and Bloom's Taxonomy

In the future I have every intention of using multi-media in my classroom. It may not be all the time (as I think that it probably does take up a lot of prep time beforehand to get everything ready, and that may not always be possible) but I think that it provides one more way for students to learn and understand the concept being taught. I really liked how the powerpoint of Jeopardy was shown in class. I remember playing Jeopardy in elementary school in a similar manner; however, it was the presentation made possible by the powerpoint that struck me as impressive. It certainly looks more professional than just writing the categories and numbers on the whiteboard. By using multi-media, it just shows that this person put in the time and effort to make the presentation of the lesson better.

Bloom’s Taxonomy, as a student is something that really makes perfect sense to me. From my own experience, I can say that there has been a great deal of learning on my part that was primarily “knowledge” based (the lowest form of learning). How is it that I can say that? If what I had learned in the past was of a higher level of learning I would be much smarter today. For example, I have taken U.S. history in college and did very well in the class. I even had to learn about each one of the presidents of the United States. If you asked me to tell you about almost any of that information today, I wouldn’t be able to. At the time, I simply memorized what I needed to know and then moved on. It’s really as simple as that. I like that there are so many examples shown though of different ways to ask questions in order to get the student to really learn things at a deeper level. Personally, I do wish I had more of that in my own schooling.