SAMR Success!#VSTE15 by Pam Mabry

What does it stand for?SubstitutionAugmentationModificationRedefinition

Why consider the SAMR Model?There is NO substitute for a great teacher. Technology enhances curriculum. It does not replace rigorous and relevant instruction delivered by highly qualified educators.SAMR is a model that allows teachers to evaluate how technology enhances or transforms the learning experience. SAMR is meant to encourage teachers to think about why they are choosing the technology they are utilizing. Is the technology truly meaningful to the learning experience?

The SAMR Model Explained by Students

SubstitutionUse apps to1. Automate skills practice

2. Create True/False and other basic assessments using Google Forms

3. Create self-grading tests

4. Read digital textbooks and respond to multiple choice or short-answer questions

5. Type essays, report, or PowerPoint (using Microsoft Word or Apple Pages, for example)

AugmentationUse apps to6. Streamline data collection by using simple tools like spreadsheets

7. Leverage learning algorithms (like Knowji)

8. Google responses to answerable questions

9. Maintain a digital portfolio of academic work

10. Have students crowdsource their own study and subsequent self-assessments (every test is a digital social gathering or wiki)

ModificationUse apps to11. Establish a need to be creative

12. Startand endwith a connection. Connect student to student, teacher to student, student to teacher, teacher to parent, or student to parent

13. Create a dialogue with communities to grapple with unanswerable questions, then curate the results (through a community like reddit or Quora)

14. Elegantly design a digital portfolio of authentic work students have affection for

15. Socialize thinking through twitter or Google+

16. Help students gather spontaneously for mobile and self-sustained study groups** http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/11/12/the-10-skills-employers-most-want-in-2015-graduates/

RedefinitionUse apps to17. Help students design and self-direct their own learning pathways

18. Embed students in authentic localphysical and digitalcommunities

19. Connect students with experts through Google Hangouts or Skype (heres a handy framework for that as well)

20. Use mobile, scenario-based or project-based learning

21. Establish school think-tanks catalyzed by digital connectivity and justified by a persistent need to know, connect, and act

What does SAMR look like at the elementary level? the secondary level?

Resources to Consider:Kathy Schrocks Resources to Support SAMRhttp://www.schrockguide.net/samr.html

Using Book Creator with SAMRhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOQ47eXbWUM

SAMR Model Prezihttps://prezi.com/embed/r1-_udbvf6kb/

*Please share activities relevant to any part of SAMR- I would LOVE to hear about the wonderful learning taking place in your schools!

Please contact me with any questions, suggestions or resources that you find as you become excited about incorporating the SAMR Model. Pam Mabry, Instructional Technologist

pmabry@henry.k12.va.us

Twitter: @PamMabry

Website: http://web.henry.k12.va.us/Domain/1463