Thing 5

The SAMR model is an acronym for four categories. These categories include; substitute, augment, modify, and refine.
To ‘Substitute’, teachers must change from the traditional style of teaching and using a pen and paper, creating the same content on programs such as powerpoint.
To ‘Augment’, is to enhance content by using different apps, incorporating pictures brings life and allows an improvement to the students work.
By ‘Modifying’ the students will be able to change the type of content from simply writing things down to things that are accessible through digital technology. For example an video.
To ‘Refine’ a lesson is to completely transform the lesson so that it is not possible without digital technology.

Kathy Schrock’s guide to everything has a bunch of apps easily compiled. It’s really easy to navigate and has all the best apps for learning, collaboration, video editing and organising – plus more information with relation to the SAMR model.
A link to her page for further information is here http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html

There are a number of ways I would incorporate this within my classroom. Many resources, such as video, allows for students to film and analyse different physical activities which could be slowed down and further dissected for learning. With apps allowing students to annotate or voice over allows for them to create new pieces of work which are creative and enhance learning through greater engagement. Kathy’s website with the list of apps is something that would be very useful when finding something suitable for your topic or activity.