Thinking Toolbox & ICT Blueprint
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Teachers
Thinking Strategies & Tools
Understandings of:
 Bloom’s Taxonomy
 Use of Bloom’s Taxonomy in planning and student
activities
 Graphic Organisers (as below)
 Thinkers Keys
 De Bono’s Hats
 Habits of Mind
 Developing student understandings of the levels
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Blooms
Taxonomy
Students
Junior
Remembering
Understanding
Creating
+
Middle
Applying
Analysing
+
Senior
Evaluating
Questioning
Who, What,
Where, When,
Which, How?
Open and
closed questions
Graphic
Organisers
ICTs
Developing
skills:
Digital camera
Data projector
Smartboard
School network
SMS
asTTle
Internet &
Skype
Email
Outcomes
Word
Art software
Photo software
Movie Maker
Audactiy
PowerPoint
Photo Story 3
Online
environments
De Bono’s
Hats
Thinkers Keys
PMI
Y Chart
T Chart
Venn
Diagram
Alphabet
What If
Brainstorming
White
Red
green
+ 7 Servants:
include Why?
Fat and Skinny
questions
Question Matrix
+
+
+
Bubble maps
KWHL
Cause and
effect
Flow chart
Question
Reverse
Commonality
Yellow
Black
+
Levels 4-6
Questioning
+
+
+
Tree
Tournament
prioritiser
SWOT
Alternative
Interpretation
BAR
Prediction
blue
Key Competencies, HoM and Values
 The computer is used on a daily basis
for modelling and administration
 Teacher and student files are stored in a
systematic way.
 Thinking tools & ICTs are introduced,
understood and used across the school.
 ICTs are used for planning, assessment,
presenting and reporting
 Thinking and ICT cultures are developed
in the classroom
 Teachers are skilled in using the ICTs
and software used by students (below)
Habits of Mind
Persisting
Managing
Impulsivity
Listening with …
Gathering data
through all senses
Finding humour
Striving for accuracy
Questioning
Wonderment & awe
Creating, innovating
Working with others
Thinking about
thinking
Think flexibly
Create and innovate
Use past knowledge
ICTs
Digital camera
Paint
Audacity
Photo Story 3
Comic Life
Data projector
PowerPoint
Word
Umajin
Photo Filtre
Blog (Web 2.0)
Internet search
Movie Maker
SlideShare
Wiki
Google Docs