Design Phase/ Class on Blogger

Once again a lot of information, but I think that I'm getting a handle on things. I am gaining a deeper understanding of things I'm familiar with, like Bloom's Taxonomy, and scope and sequence. More importantly, I'm seeing how I can use the deeper knowledge and new concepts in my own classroom.

Too often in my classroom I only use one aspect in the Bloom's Taxonomy model (The Cognitive Domain.) Our group is only on the analysis stage, but I would like to keep the affective domain in mind when analyzing the learners. We have all had students that struggle in science because their low level of interest in the subject. When our group gets to the designing stage in our project I would like to try and incorporate the other domains. I'm also going to propose using Blogger as one of the instructional tools and or homework.

I really liked the idea of using Blogger as an extra item in homework. I understand that not every student will have a computer or the internet, but I feel that it will help the student that needs a fresh look on things. I've always enjoyed helping my students develop a love for learning, but I have had a few students that I was unable to reach. This past year I had a girl that didn't like reading, but now that I have a better understanding of instructional design and how to use the elaboration modal, I think that I will be able to work with kids that have negative views on the given subjects. If I take those students that don't care about certain subjects and use complex thinking in its simplest form, I think that I will be able to help the non-believers to see the light. I will do this by identifying those students that struggle in a subject because of an affective deficiency. Then I will identify fun experiences in that subject that the students can receive and respond to. I would then design ways to connect these experiences to things that the students already value (i.e. Science connected to Art).