{"id":277499,"date":"2025-05-28T04:23:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T04:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/28\/a-blooms-digital-taxonomy-for-evaluating-digital-tasks\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:15","slug":"a-blooms-digital-taxonomy-for-evaluating-digital-tasks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/28\/a-blooms-digital-taxonomy-for-evaluating-digital-tasks\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bloom&#8217;s Digital Taxonomy For Evaluating Digital Tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p>            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"983\" height=\"750\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Blooms_Digital_Taxonomy.jpg\" alt=\"Blooms_Digital_Taxonomy\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>by <strong>TeachThought Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At TeachThought, we\u2019ve described Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy as \u201ca hierarchical ordering of cognitive skills that can, among countless other uses,\u00a0help teachers teach and students learn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re designing instruction, evaluating an assessment, or observing a classroom, Bloom\u2019s remains a powerful tool for understanding how thinking happens\u2014and how we can better support it through intentional lesson design.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bloom\u2019s Digital Taxonomy<\/strong> builds on this framework by aligning those same cognitive levels\u2014Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate, and Create\u2014with common digital tools, media, and tasks. In doing so, it helps educators design technology-rich lessons that promote thinking, not just digital busywork.<\/p>\n<p>The chart below is a visual version of this concept. It maps common digital activities\u2014like blogging, podcasting, bookmarking, tagging, networking, and wiki-building\u2014to Bloom\u2019s levels of thinking. Originally created by Andrew Churches on the now-defunct edorigami Wikispaces, this adaptation continues to offer a helpful way to visualize how cognitive demand varies across digital tasks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Looking for practical classroom verbs instead of task types? Explore our companion list of <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/critical-thinking\/blooms-digital-verbs\/\">126 Bloom\u2019s Digital Verbs For Technology-Rich Teaching<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-using-bloom-s-digital-taxonomy-in-the-modern-classroom\">Using Bloom\u2019s Digital Taxonomy in the Modern Classroom<\/h2>\n<p>While Bloom\u2019s is often used to plan assessments or differentiate instruction, this version encourages teachers to also <strong>evaluate the cognitive complexity of digital work<\/strong>. Are students just searching and repeating, or are they synthesizing, designing, and reflecting?<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Communication Spectrum<\/strong> on the right of the chart further emphasizes how learners engage with others in digital spaces\u2014from messaging and posting to more nuanced forms of collaboration.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What About AI Tools Like ChatGPT?<\/h2>\n<p>AI tools like <strong>ChatGPT<\/strong> present new challenges and opportunities when viewed through Bloom\u2019s lens. For example, prompting ChatGPT to <em>summarize an article<\/em> might fall under <strong>Understanding<\/strong>, while asking it to <em>generate interview questions<\/em> could land in <strong>Applying<\/strong> or even <strong>Creating<\/strong>\u2014depending on how the output is used by the student. The key is in the <strong>design of the task<\/strong> and how learners are expected to interact with the tool.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-takeaway\">A Takeaway<\/h2>\n<p>This version of Bloom\u2019s isn\u2019t just about matching tech tools to \u2018tasks.\u2019 Instead, it (hopefully) helps educators see the <strong>thinking demands<\/strong> embedded in digital activities\u2014making the less visible skills in ChatGPT, streaming, social sharing, podcast creation, and more.<\/p>\n<p><em>Want a full list of verbs based on this framework? Check out <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/critical-thinking\/blooms-digital-verbs\/\">126 Bloom\u2019s Digital Verbs For Technology-Rich Teaching<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Need a traditional version for lesson planning and assessment? 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