1. Learning Unplugged:
The iPad Effect
Dr. Kimberly LaPrairie
Dr. Marilyn Rice
Sam Houston State University

2. How do you
decide what tech tools
to use in the classroom
and when?

3. Bloom’s Taxonomy (Revised 2001)

4. Bloom’s Taxonomy
Drawing by A. Churches
01/04/09

5. Remembering
Exhibit memory of previously-learned materials by
recalling facts, terms, basic concepts and answers.
 Flashcardlet
 Wunderlist
 Penultimate
 Dragon Go
 Wikihood

6. Understanding
Demonstrate comprehension by explaining ideas or
concepts
 Groupboard  Quick Graph
 Adobe Ideas  Voicethread
 Idea Sketch  Animoto
 Voicecards

7. Applying
Using new knowledge.
Solve problems to new situations by applying acquired
knowledge, facts, techniques and rules.
 MeeGenius
 Animation Creator HD Lite
 Show Me

8. Analyzing
Examine and break information into parts by identifying
motives or causes.
Make inferences and find evidence to support
generalizations.
 iCard Sort
 3D Cell Stain
 Xperica HD

9. Evaluating
Present and defend opinions by making judgments
about information, validity of ideas or quality of work
based on a set of criteria.
 Science 360
 Side by Side
 PaperHelper
 Storyboards

10. Creating
Generate new ideas, products, or ways of viewing
things
 Puppet Pals  Audioboo (podcasting)
 StoryKit  Splice (video editing)
 Picturebook  Fotobabble (mixing)
 Tinkerbox HD  Toontastic (animating)

11. APPLICATION
OF
BLOOM'S
REVISED
TAXONOMY
Example

12. • Remember • Describe where the 3 little • Doodlelicious
pigs lived
• Understand • Summarize what the 3 little • Animoto
pigs story was about
• Apply • Construct a theory as to why • Show Me
the wolf blew down the houses
• Analyze • Differentiate between how the • iCard Sort
pigs reacted and how you would
react to the events
• Evaluate • Assess whether or not you think • PaperHelper
this really happened to the 3
pigs
• Create • Compose a song, skit, poem, video, • Puppet Pals
etc. to convey the 3 little pigs story
in a new form

13. Apps: Not just for kids…
Teachers want to “have fun" too!
Dropbox
Evernote
Splashtop Whiteboard

14. How Do You Find All These
AMAZING
Apps?
21st Century Innovations
http://www.21innovate.com/blooms-apps.html
Kathy Schrock’s Guide to… iPads in the Classroom
http://www.schrockguide.net/ipads-in-the-classroom.html
AppShopper

15. And Don’t Forget About Your PLN
What are your
favorite APPs
for teaching
and learning?

16. @DrLaPrairie

17. Questions?
Contact Us:
Kimberly LaPrairie
KNL007@shsu.edu
Marilyn Rice
EDU_MPR@shsu.edu