This document discusses how to design class objectives using digital tools. It recommends using Bloom's Taxonomy and Bloom's Digital Taxonomy verbs to write learning objectives that combine educational goals and technology. The SAMR model is presented as a framework to help integrate technology in meaningful ways, from substitution to redefinition. Examples are provided to illustrate how to write objectives targeting different levels of Bloom's Taxonomy and applying the SAMR model to select appropriate digital tools. The conclusions emphasize investing time to identify learning needs, choosing tools to go beyond just substitution, and networking with others.

1. ANUPI-COPEI 2015 International Conference
Excellence in English Teaching:
From Theory to Practice
How to Design Your Class
Objectives with Digital Tools
David Camps, Aideé Damián, Viviana Toledo
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Estado de México
Los Cabos, BC
19 November 2015

2. INTRODUCTION
Pedagogy first, technology second. Tech is not the
end, it is the means.
To write our learning objectives combining educational
objectives + technology:
1. Bloom’s Taxonomy
2. Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy Verbs
3. SAMR Model
4. Knowledge and experience trying different tech
tools

3. Traditional vs Revised Bloom’s

4. BLOOM’S DIGITAL TAXONOMY VERBS
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5. THE SAMR MODEL

6. SAMR MODEL IN A GEOGRAPHY CLASS

7. SAMR model in an
EFL class

8. BLOOM’S OBJECTIVE: REMEMBER
.
You want your students to
“memorize the meaning of the
vocabulary taught in class”.
Discuss an objective
expressing what you want
your students to do.

9. BLOOM’S OBJECTIVE: REMEMBER
Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition
Memorize
the
meaning
of the
vocabulary
taught in
class.
Write a list of
words you don’t
know, google
their definitions
and copy-paste
them on a Word
document.
Write a list of
words you don’t
know on your blog,
hyperlinking them
to their meanings
in an online
dictionary.
Write a list of
words you don’t
know on Study
Blue. Memorize
them by
visualizing,
matching, naming,
repeating and
listening to them.
Collaboratively,
write a list of
words you don’t
know on Quizlet.
Add this study set
to a class and
compete with your
classmates by
matching, naming,
repeating,
identifying and
dictating the words
learned.

10. BLOOM’S OBJECTIVE: UNDERSTAND
.
You want your students to
“Understand a spoken text”.
Discuss an objective
expressing what you want
your students to do.

11. BLOOM’S OBJECTIVE: UNDERSTAND
Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition
Understand
a spoken
text.
Demonstrate your
understanding of a
YouTube video by
solving the listening
comprehension
quiz on paper.
Demonstrate your
understanding of a
YouTube video;
solve the listening
comprehension
quiz on Hot
Potatoes to receive
immediate
feedback.
Demonstrate your
understanding of
a YouTube video;
solve the listening
comprehension
quiz on Zaption.
Show your
understanding
answering the
questions that are
placed along the
text.
Demonstrate your
understanding of a
YouTube video;
share it on your
blog with a short
description of it
and your opinion
about it. Invite
more people to
comment it.

12. BLOOM’S OBJECTIVE: APPLY
.
You want your students to
“Talk about a famous painter”.
Discuss an objective
expressing what you want
your students to do.

13. BLOOM’S OBJECTIVE: APPLY
Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition
Talk
about a
famous
painter.
Show and describe
an artist’s work
presenting a Power
Point presentation
in front of the class.
Show and guide a
virtual tour to the
artist’s work in a
360ª view Art
gallery
Show and
describe an
artist’s work to a
foreigner via
Skype.
Show and describe
on streamline an
artist’s work being
at the art gallery
to any person who
has access to
Periscope.

14. BLOOM’S OBJECTIVE: ANALYZE
.
You want your students to
“Identify the mistakes of
grammar structures
within a sentence”.
Discuss an objective
expressing what you want your
students to do.

15. BLOOM’S OBJECTIVE: ANALYZE
Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition
Identify the
mistakes of
grammar
structures
within a
sentence.
Use Focus on
Grammar to
practice a
grammar structure
in the language
lab.
Solve a quiz on
Socrative, identify
the mistakes and
receive immediate
feedback.
Receive and give
feedback on
Google Apps by
looking at your
classmates’ work
done in the
language lab.
Analyze some tweets
containing the target
grammar structure;
identify any mistakes
and tweet people back
with the corrections.

16. BLOOM’S OBJECTIVE: EVALUATE
.
You want your students to
“assess two different opinions
about a hot issue”.
Discuss an objective
expressing what you want your
students to do.

17. BLOOM’S OBJECTIVE: EVALUATE
Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition
Assess
two
different
opinions
about a
hot issue.
Compare and
evaluate opposite
opinions of two
news articles about
a hot issue from the
Internet, and write
a report on a Word
document to show
them to your
partner.
Review two news
articles online,
share them on the
school virtual
platform forum
Defend a position
commenting your
classmates’ reviews
online.
Choose a hot
issue from AJ+
and share it on
your Facebook
wall posting your
position. Debate
this position and
rate the best
comments
Join a debate on
www.debate.org,
network with
people interested
in the same hot
issue. Participate
actively by
persuading,
arguing and
moderating it.

18. BLOOM’S OBJECTIVE:CREATE
.
You want your students to
“design a tutorial on how to do
something.”
Discuss an objective
expressing what you want your
students to do.

19. BLOOM’S OBJECTIVE:CREATE
Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition
Design a
tutorial on
how to do
something
Write instructions
of a tutorial on a
Power Point slide.
Record a video
explaining the
instructions of your
tutorial on
YouTube.
Construct a
tutorial combining
written
instructions and
videos and share
them on Tildee to
be rated by your
partners.
Design a live
tutorial combining
written
information,
students’ voice,
drawings, pictures
using Showme or
Educreations.
Share it to the web

20. CONCLUSIONS
How to design your class objectives with digital tools:
1. Invest time.
2. Identify learning needs.
3. Choose a digital tool.
4. Go beyond Bloom’s taxonomy.
5. Network.

23. Thank you for your attendance!
Further information:
damian.aide@itesm.mx
dcamps@itesm.mx
jvtoledo@itesm.mx