Dear Parent,
Thank you so much for your concern over your child's education and use of technology. I do agree that pencil and paper were just fine in past years but I'm sure you want your child to do greater things and learn so much more than you did as a child.
By using SAMR, students are able to do just this! They can take a basic assignment and truly make it awesome and dive deeper into learning. Imagine a simple writing assignment in which students create an argumentative essay. By incorporating SAMR into my lesson plans, the students can take that basic essay and publish in a blog entry where others can express their opinions and the students can argue their opinion.
The SAMR initials stand for:
S - Substitution
A- Augmentation
M- Modification
R- Redefinition
Here's a pretty cool illustration showing where I would ideally like to incorporate SAMR in my classroom. I want to strive to get my students into the "deep end" of the pool which means that they will be engrossed in technology.
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