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     When we  went to the Sports Psych Lab we saw many different types of technologies I could use the Thought Technology’s biofeedback in my classroom to measure student's physiological functions. For example, I will be able to measure and analyze my students' physiological variables such as: Skin Conductance Response, Heart Rate Variability, Electroencephalogram, and Electromyography to understand what is going on within the students. Especially for students who can't talk or express their emotions and feelings, this could really help me and other teachers understand their children better.
     According to 
http://www.bloomstaxonomy.org/Blooms%20Taxonomy%20questions.pdf, Bloom’s Taxonomy provides an important framework for teachers to use to focus on higher order thinking. By providing a hierarchy of levels, this taxonomy can assist teachers in designing performance tasks, crafting questions for conferring with students, and providing feedback on student work. A teacher needs to plan a lesson, including a variety of activities and questions, making each student think & function at each level of the taxonomy. This allows teachers to be creative. When discussing the topic of animals: 

• Level I: Knowledge: Create a slide that reviews the information that the students have learned about animals.
• Level II: Comprehension: On the next slide create a chart that compares and contrasts the animals (eg. venn diagram: one circle for dogs and another for cats). Relate the similarities and differences of the animals in the venn diagrams to larger animals. For example, talk about the differences between domesticated cats and tigers, cheetas, and lions. 
• Level III: Application: Have students interview class guests who own pets. On the next slide help the students create a survey about what pets people in the class and the class guests and record it on the slide. Have the students construct a collage all about animals.
• Level IV: Analysis: Compare and contrast the number of different kinds of pets from the survey with the students. On a new slide make a chart comparing the different number of two types of the animals such as the number of cat and dog owners.
• Level V: Synthesis: Develop a list based on the relationship between the type of animal that gets the highest number (ex: dog) and a child.
• Level VI: Evaluation: Lead a discussion on the different number of each type pet. Ask the students how they would evaluate the data.

     This is a website that has outlined 10 technology trends that will shape higher education in the coming years. These trends are adaptive learning, predictive analytics, CRM, exostructure, open microcredentials, digital assessment, smart machines, OER Ecosystem, listening and sensing technology, and collaboration technology.