Bloom's taxonomy,the TPACK model and the SAMR model

In Monday's class we learnt about Bloom's taxonomy, the TPACK model and SAMR model.When I heard about Bloom's taxonomy I was surprised. I had always thought that when it came to learning creativity did not have much importance. In fact, I was under the impression that Bloom would have given more importante both to evaluate and understand concepts, as it seems like nowadays those are some of the most important abilities to have when it comes to learning. However, this taxonomy surprised me as it shows how creativity or having the capacity to analyse come in a higher position than this old-fashioned idea of learning everything by heart.

We also saw the SAMR model which measures the classroom integration technological tools into 4 degrees:modification, substitution, augmentation and redefinition. This model focuses on how technology is enhanced and transformed and it is of great help in order to be able to use technology depending on whether we want to create new tasks or to employ these tools as a helpful tool in our classes.

Finally, the other model that we commented and that I found interesting was the TPACK model as it says that in order to be successful as an educator you need to combine pedagogical knowledge(PK), content knowledge (CK) and technological knowledge(TK). In this model, we can observe how on their own each knowledge is important but how only when we have all three together are we able to have a successful technological use integration in our classes.

To sum up, I find both these models and this taxonomy to be vital for the class organisation and the integration of technology in class as well as a great help to measure our technological abilities.