1:1 in the Math Classroom: The SAMR Model The hot new topic at Waukesha North High School is the SAMR model. This model was developed by Dr. Ruben Puentudura to guide teachers with integrating technology to increase overall student understanding, success, and achievement. The four levels of the SAMR model are as follows: Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition. In the substitution level, the technology acts as a direct substitute. The next level is augmentation. In the modification level the technology allows for significant task redesign. In the redefinition level the technology allows us to do things that were never before possible. SAMR Model Explained for Teachers Below is a great video explaining the SAMR model in 120 seconds. SAMR is a framework through which you can assess and evaluate the technology you use in your class. Here is how the video below shared by Candace M explains the SAMR's four levels: Substitution In a substitution level, teachers or students are only using new technology tools to replace old ones, for instance, using Google Docs to replace Microsoft Word. the task ( writing) is the same but the tools are different. Augmentation Though it is a different level, but we are still in the substitution mentality but this time with added functionalities. Modification This is the level where technology is being used more effectively not to do the same task using different tools but to redesign new parts of the task and transform students learning. Redefinition If you are to place this level in Blooms revised taxonomy pyramid, it would probably correspond to synthesis and evaluation as being the highest order thinking skills.
S.A.S.S.Y. SAMR: Toolkit for Educators to Transform Instruction TCEA is upon us and clearly SAMR is a hot topic. I had the pleasure to meet the father of the SAMR model (check out recaps of his sessions HERE), Dr. Ruben Puentedura ***, last year at iPad Summit and have spent the past few months digesting, research, and curating SAMR resources for teachers. (Don’t Miss “Groovy Graphics in the iClassroom”!) Met Dr, Ruben with Fellow ADE’s: Michelle Cordy, Lisa Johnson, Dr. In order to provide teachers with an easy to follow framework to digest and apply the model to their own practices and instruction, I decided to create my own acronym, S.A.S.S.Y. based on an adaptation of Dr. S: STUDENTS and StorytellingA: Awesome ASSESSMENT (Teacher-Driven and Student-Driven)S: SOCIAL (Voice and Collaboration)S: SEEK: Research and Visualization (Finding it, Citing it, and Displaying it)Y: YOU: Think about Your Own Thinking… Once the acronym was in place, I built an infographic and then thing linked app-tivities and instructional resources on top of it.