What is the SAMR Model and what does it look like in schools?

Assessing Maker Education Projects Institutionalized education has given assessment a bad reputation; often leaves a sour taste in the mouths of many teachers, students, and laypeople. This is primarily due to the testing movement, the push towards using student assessment in the form of tests as a measure of student, teacher, principal, and school accountability. Educators should be clear about why they include assessment in their instruction; be strategic and intentional in its use. For me, assessment really should be about informing the learner about his or her performance so that increased learning and future improvement result for that learner. Assessment is the process of gathering and discussing information from multiple and diverse sources in order to develop a deep understanding of what students know, understand, and can do with their knowledge as a result of their educational experiences; the process culminates when assessment results are used to improve subsequent learning. Maker Education and Assessment

Teaching with"APP"-itude! □ - Blog #2 This is the SECRET to my success...Seriously, it has changed my WHOLE classroom. I download all my products from Teachers Pay Teachers on my iPad. Whatever I plan to use for the week, I download into my iBooks. These first two tips alone will change your life and will save you from running to the copy machine. The four apps that we use each and everyday are all free. Seesaw allows me to communicate with my parents, see all assignments, and grade projects at home. EPIC! This next incredible app is Classkick. For more information about this app, contact me or go to This is the app that I have used the most in the 6 years that I have had iPads. I didn't learn all of these wonderful things overnight. So, need MORE ideas on how to go PAPERLESS in your classroom?

8 Examples of Transforming Lessons Through the SAMR Cycle The SAMR Model for integrating technology into teaching, developed by Dr. Ruben Puentedura, has gained a good deal of exposure in recent years. “SAMR” is an acronym that stands for Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition. The SAMR model provides a technique for moving through degrees of technology adoption to find more meaningful uses of technology in teaching and move away from simply using edtech for tech's sake. We recently discussed the SAMR model during an Academic Technology Work Group meeting at The College of Westchester. Following are 8 examples of the SAMR process, each taking an example of a typical classroom exercise that does not use technology and walking it through each phase of SAMR. The goal of this exercise was to help me (and readers) better understand the SAMR model, and to really see how lessons and assessments can be transformed while considering the benefits of evolving them through these stages. Lesson: Writing a Short Paper Lesson: Art/Painting

SAMR – MITIC & Education La multiplication des beamers, tableaux blancs interactifs ou écrans interactifs en classe font naître en moi quelques réflexions. Ce n’est en effet pas parce que l’enseignant utilise un beamer ou un TBI en classe qu’il intègre les MITIC. En effet, in fine, l’intégration des MITIC doit être faite par les élèves, dans des cours préalablement prévus et conçus pour cela. Ce n’est qu’alors que l’intégration sera complète. En réalité, cela ne se fait pas tout seul. Cette évolution a été décrite par Ruben Puentedura dans son modèle SAMR, c’est-à-dire Substitution, Augmentation, Modification et Redéfinition. Le modèle SAMR est divisé en quatre étapes, qui définissent deux approches pédagogiques: Pour rendre plus claires ces étapes, voici une petite métaphore: Les explications suivantes sont une citation du site ecolebranchee.com:

Differenciation-Grille d aide pour les eleves ayant des difficultes ou des troubles — Wikiversité Ce tableau peut servir à transmettre des informations sur un élève ayant des difficultés observées et relevées : à un remplaçant, à un stagiaire, au futur enseignant, lors des équipes éducatives, pluridisciplinaires... Il servira également à cibler la persistance ou non des difficultés. Les exemples de remédiations sont à rechercher dans cette Mallette "Que différencier ? Pour télécharger ce document et pouvoir l'adapter à vos besoins, vous pouvez cliquer (en appuyant en même temps sur ctrl) sur le lien suivant : grille modifiable.

12 (mostly cheap) Teacher Tricks that Work in an Elementary Library Learning practical teaching tips and tricks is one of my favorite forms of professional development. I love when others share simple things that can be applied quickly and easily to my teaching and improve learning for my students. Here are twelve tips and tricks that work in my library: A Magic Wand – This can truly be magic! A Mystery Box – Yes, this was once an ordinary tissue box, but now holds questions, vocabulary words, objects, or letters. Give Me Five – This was a dollar store find! Sit Spots – These are not as cheap as the other tips in this list, but they are totally worth the price! A Puppy (or other stuffed animal) – This little dog makes noise when you squeeze his tummy. A Chime – Our school uses the Responsive Classroom Model, and this chime fits with that model. Return my book next week, Next week, next week, On _____________ (insert day of the week) I have to bring my book back, Book back, book back, I want to get a new one, On __________ (insert day of the week) Like this:

Categories Coming to you from the Canadian Maritimes ( Halifax), Educational Technology and Mobile Learning is an educational blog dedicated to curating, reviewing and sharing EdTech tools and mobile apps. The purpose is to help teachers and educators effectively integrate digital technologies into their day-to-day teaching, learning and professional development. For any questions regarding our website or the content we publish, please contact EdTech admin, editor and blog owner, Med Kharbach at: info@educatorstechnology.com. Med Kharbach is a doctoral researcher and a former teacher with 10 years of classroom teaching experience. Med's research interests include: language learning, linguistics, Internet linguistics, critical linguistics, discourse analysis, new (emerging) literacies, and educational technology. Here is how to cite any of our blog posts in APA style : Kharbach, M. Example: Kharbach, M. (2016, December 30). 9 Fundamental digital skills for 21st century teachers [Blog post].

How SAMR and Tech Can Help Teachers Truly Transform Assessment I read an interesting article in EdSurge last week about how current educational technologies do little to move learners beyond rote recall of knowledge and it caught me off guard. It was not the belief that technology has yet to be harnessed to its highest potential that surprised me. It is true that many fields are only starting to see the benefits technology brings to their work. What struck me most was the narrative in the article, which seemingly compared the role of technology to the role of pedagogy. As educators and curators of educational technology we know that technology is a tool that complements instruction. A Tale of Two Taxonomies The referenced article cites Bloom’s cognitive taxonomy, a scale of increasingly complex levels of thinking that students demonstrate as they learn—moving from rote recall to higher order skills like creation and evaluation. By contrast, Reuben Puentedura’s SAMR model suggests increasingly complex ways that technology impacts the classroom.

Le modèle SAMR : une référence pour l’intégration réellement pédagogique des TIC en classe | École branchée Le modèle SAMR, élaboré par Ruben Puentedura, est une référence théorique très importante pour les éducateurs qui souhaitent réfléchir à l’intégration efficace et réellement pédagogique des technologies en classe. En voici un résumé. Le modèle SAMR offre une méthode permettant de mieux saisir comment la technologie peut avoir un réel impact sur l’enseignement et l’apprentissage. Les lettres signifient Substitution, Augmentation, Modification et Redéfinition. Allons voir de plus près chacune des composantes du modèle SAMR, mis en place par Ruben Puentedura. Substitution Définition : La technologie est utilisée pour effectuer la même tâche qu’avant. Exemple : L’élève utilise un traitement de texte au lieu d’un crayon pour écrire un texte. Changement fonctionnel : Aucun changement fonctionnel dans l’enseignement ou l’apprentissage. Augmentation Définition : L’informatique propose un outil plus efficace pour effectuer des tâches courantes. Modification Redéfinition En résumé