Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose....

Autonomy, mastery, and purpose align with Bloom's revised Taxonomy for the digital age because it addresses students having the ability to be creative and find purpose in their work through the use of technology. HOTS explains the importance of students being able to bookmark their favorite sites or talk about their learning process by using blogs. Students must be personally invested in order to be motivated to reach Bloom's higher order thinking skills. I believe that HOTS cannot exist without intrinsic motivation. In Dan Pink's TED Talk it becomes apparent that autonomy, mastery, and purpose is instrumental in people's ability to have higher order thinking. Though he was talking about productivity in a business market, I feel the same concept applies in the classroom. Students need to know how academic material relates to them in their own personal life in order for them to be personally invested. Incorporating technology in the classroom does just that because we are preparing students for the future and also using programs that they use in their everyday lives. By following Bloom's revised Taxonomy for the digital age model students can find purpose in their work and begin to think outside of the box where creativity can flourish.