Bloom's Blooming Orange Taxonomy

     At the beginning of the school year, my department chair had asked us to submit a document listing our goals and expectations for professional development.  I mentioned the "Blooming Orange", an updated version of Bloom's taxonomy - very familiar to all of us who studied either elementary or secondary education.  This newer version, created by the people at Learningtoday.com depicts the verbs in a circular form as opposed to a hierarchical list, given that these skills don’t often occur in isolation and are interconnected.  This is how I have used it: instead of beginning at the (old) bottom of the hierarchical level and work up, with this model I have implemented two (or three) verbs opposite each other, much like using a color wheel, to present, teach, and assess information.