I do not believe that Bloom's Taxonomy is an outdated taxonomy to use in the digital classroom. I do still think that there are steps to learning, but I also believe that a lot of those steps are happening simultaneously instead of starting at lower order thinking skills (LOTS) and working up to higher order thinking skills (HOTS). So, take the first two LOTS, in order to remember a fact you would have already had to have some understanding of that fact to know that it is connected to what you are trying to remember it for. For example, in the nursing profession there are different specialties. I specialize in intensive care, but patients will ask me questions about other specialties such as surgery. I may not be able to analyze their procedure, but I can remember what the procedure is based on the name of the procedure and understand what the purpose of the procedure is by the patient's diagnosis.
Therefore, with today's technological advances, I do not think that Bloom's Taxonomy is obsolete, but I do feel like the steps to learning are blurred. Students can learn at an unbelievable rate related to how quickly they make connections. I know that even my brain is operating very quickly from the time that I wake up to the time that I lay my head down. It is because in today's society I am forced to multitask on a continuous basis because society can operate at higher speeds because technology has made things faster, more efficient, and more available. Students are not any different. They are forced to multitask, and therefore need to be taught in a way that encourages multitasking and learning more than one step at a time or else they will get bored.
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