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Trying to keep things conceptually simple, I see schools needing to make 3 big shifts: From Low-Level Thinking to High-Level Thinking. From an
Beth Dichter's insight:
Scott McLeod share three shifts he believes need to be implemented by schools: * Move from lower-level thinking to higher-level thinking (often called Lower Order Thinking and Higher Order Thinking or LOTS and HOTS) * Move from analog to digital * Move from teacher directed to student directed. In his post he provides a short description of each and asks where you would put your school. This post would be a great tool for a faculty discussion on these issues? Are teachers in your building aware that these discussions are taking place in the field of education? How many teachers might feel threatened by the idea of student-directed learning? There is food for thought in this post. 
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This pdf file is fairly large and looks at the original version of Bloom's Taxonomy but it is an in-depth look that moves from the lower ordering thinking skills to the higher order thinking skills and includes a definition for each level as well as:
* Key Words - an extensive list for each level
* Actions and Outcomes for each level
* Questions specific to each level
To access the full pdf:
http://educatingmatters.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/blooms_taxonomy_teacher_planning_kit1.pdf