I like to put goodies in my blog that will help me later at work. This is one of those things– measurable verbs that will help teachers write measuable objectives. There’s nothing worse than instruction that isn’t measured/assessed meaningfully! Politely stolen from here.

For those of you that come to this blog for nothing more than giddy laughs and cheap thrills, I have added some of my own verbs at the bottom. You may feel free to add your own in the comments. Though why you would do so is beyond me.

Cognitive domain

KNOWLEDGE
define, describe, identify, label, list, match, outline, reproduce,
select, state

COMPREHENSION
convert, defend, distinguish, estimate, explain, extend, generalize,
give example, infer, paraphrase, predict, rewrite, summarize

APPLICATION
change, compute, demonstrate, discover, manipulate, modify, operate,
predict, prepare, produce, relate, show, solve, use

ANALYSIS
break down, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, identify,
illustrate, infer, outline, point out, relate, select, separate,
subdivide

SYNTHESIS
categorize, combine, compile, compose, create, devise, design,
explain, generate, modify, organize, plan, rearrange, revise,
categorize, combine, compile, compose, create, devise,
design, explain, generate, modify, organize, plan, rearrange, revise,
rewrite, summarize, tell, write

EVALUATION
appraise, compare, conclude, contrast, criticize, discriminate,
explain, justify, interpret, relate,summarize, support

Affective domain

RECEIVING (willingness to attend)
ask, choose, describe, follow, give, hold, identify, locate, name,
point to, select, reply, use

RESPONDING (active participation)
answer, assist, compile, conform, discuss, greet, help, label,
perform, practise, present, read, recite, report, select, tell, write

VALUING (worth or value a student attaches to a particular object)
complete, describe, differentiate, explain, follow, form, initiate,
invite, join, justify, propose,read, report, select, share, study,
work,

ORGANIZATION (bringing together different values)
adhere, alter, arrange, combine, compare, complete, defend, explain,
generalize, identify, integrate, modify, order, organize, prepare,
relate, synthesize

CHARACTERIZATION BY A VALUE
act, discriminate, display, influence, listen, modify, perform, practice, propose, qualify, question, revise, serve, solve, use, verify

Naughty domain

PORN SITES
browse one-handed, jerk, whack, choke chicken

PIMPIN’
bitch-slap, shakedown, pimp, ho, impregante, abort, roll

BODILY FUNCTIONS
scratch, sniff, vomit, hurl, poop, pee, crap, vomit

Having washed a handheld device before, as well as one cell phone, I can safely say that I live in terror of washing my iPod. Now my terror is doubled, because not only would I hate to wash the iPod, but attempting a rescue once washed could kill me!

How do we keep online courses from sucking? Quality assurance, people. Quality assurance. This is a real article on quality assurance in online courses:

http://www.center.rpi.edu/PewSym/Mono3.pdf

These are some fake steps to take to ensure quality in online courses:

• Have lots of synchronous chats, especially several in a day. Require them all.
• Have more than 40 people in chat sessions. That way, everyone hears what everyone has to say!
• Use lots of video. People really miss the “face-to-face” feeling of lecture, so you can videotape your lecture.
• Avoid online discussion forums. Someone might say something inappropriate while you are not logged in.
• Assume, when working with K-12 students, or even college and grad students, that they should know enough about technology that you don’t have to explain how the Learning Management System works. They can figure out when you say that the assignment is due that they have to go to Tools–> Options–> Assignments–> Assignments–> Submit Assignment.