February 2021 archive

A few notes on making web sites

Tools for making webpages (web sites). WordPress. (blog) Posts – more timely, often shorter, specific to one topic. Have categories and tags. Pages – often more long-term. Could be more lengthy. (Pages do not have categories or tags.) Can use blocks or not use blocks To edit, append /wp-admin (there is more than one editing …

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Instrumental and Relational Understanding

Good article on instrumental and relational understanding. Focus on Relational Understanding

Putting Synthesis back in Bloom.

Benjamin Bloom published his taxonomy in 1956. In 2001, the categories were revised. Synthesis was taken out and Creating put in (among other smaller changes). Erik Francis points out (article link below) the importance for learner to synthesize and puts it back in.  Creating is kept. Now there are 7 levels of understanding. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/return-synthesis-connecting-critical-creative-thinking-francis/