When you Unpack the Standards this type of analysis will help you to add rigor to your lesson plans. You should begin with the grade level standards that you are teaching and read them vertically. Ask yourself the questions: What am I already teaching?, What do I need to teach?, and What training or resources do I need? Then read your standards horizontally to determine what the students should have learned in the previous year and what they need to learn for their next year. Once you have completed this procedure, you can continue your analysis working with Bloom's Taxonomy and Depth of Knowledge (DOK).
Bloom's Taxonomy and DOK models allow you to infuse critical thinking at a variety of thinking levels, thereby adding the correct amount of rigor for the specific level.
When you look at our Bloom's page you will discover three tools:
1. Bloom's Taxonomy that provides the type of technology you can use.
2. Bloom's for developing lesson objectives
3. Teachers' Planning Toolkit.
We organized the Depth of Knowledge pages to provide what information and the how information. Therefore if you are already familiar with Depth of Knowledge, you will want the Resources to Use DOK in Planning page.
After you unpack the standards, you are ready to integrate technology!
Bloom's Taxonomy and DOK models allow you to infuse critical thinking at a variety of thinking levels, thereby adding the correct amount of rigor for the specific level.
When you look at our Bloom's page you will discover three tools:
1. Bloom's Taxonomy that provides the type of technology you can use.
2. Bloom's for developing lesson objectives
3. Teachers' Planning Toolkit.
We organized the Depth of Knowledge pages to provide what information and the how information. Therefore if you are already familiar with Depth of Knowledge, you will want the Resources to Use DOK in Planning page.
After you unpack the standards, you are ready to integrate technology!