I thought this might be of interest. According to Wikipedia:

“The Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, often called Bloom's Taxonomy, is a classification of the different objectives that educators set for students (learning objectives). The taxonomy was proposed in 1956 by Benjamin Bloom, an educational psychologist at the University of Chicago. Bloom's Taxonomy divides educational objectives into three "domains:" Affective, Psychomotor, and Cognitive. Like other taxonomies, Bloom's is hierarchical; meaning that learning at the higher levels is dependent on having attained prerequisite knowledge and skills at lower levels (Orlich, et al. 2004). A goal of Bloom's Taxonomy is to motivate educators to focus on all three domains, creating a more holistic form of education.”

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You have probably seen some of the coverage in the news about the use of Twitter by Iranians recently.  This time line from Newsweek clearly shows the power of such social networking technologies.  It reminds me of the use of fax machines and cell phones during other upheavals around the world.  It has now gotten impossible to limit people reaching out to others  when there is the need.  Twitter is truly much more than a 140 text characters.

Newsweek: A Twitter timeline of the Iran election:

http://bit.ly/aITkT

2010 Census: A New Portrait of America

This is a very interesting video from the US Census Bureau. It describe why the 2010 census is probably the most important one in US history.  It explains how the census is used by all levels of government to allocate funds for services.  This would be appropriate for use in many classes and groups.

 http://tinyurl.com/krqqwv

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