SAMR Model

Writing a Short paper

• Original Assignment: A hand written paper.
• Substitution: A Word Processor replaces a Pen/Pencil in a Writing Assignment.
• Augmentation: A Word Processor and text-to-speech function are used to improve the writing process.Modification: The document created using the Word Processor and text-to-speech function is shared on a blog where feedback can be received and incorporated to help improve the quality of writing.
• Modification: The document created using the Word Processor and text-to-speech function is shared on a blog where feedback can be received and incorporated to help improve the quality of writing.Redefinition: Instead of a written assignment, students convey analytic thought using multimedia tools.
• Redefinition: Instead of a written assignment, students convey analytic thought using multimedia tools.

Geography & Travel

• Original Assignment: An overview of a location consisting of hand written content supplemented with compiled cut-and-pasted magazine clippings.
• Substitution: Use presentation software (like Powerpoint or Prezi) to construct a presentation providing information about a selected locale.
• Augmentation: Incorporate interactive multimedia – audio, video, hyperlinks – in the presentation to give more depth and provide more engaging presentation.
• Modification: Create a digital travel brochure that incorporates multimedia and student created video.Redefinition: Explore the locale with Google Earth; seek out and include interviews with people who have visited the local.
• Redefinition: Explore the locale with Google Earth; seek out and include interviews with people who have visited the local areas.

Understanding Shakespeare

• Original Assignment: Read a Shakespeare play in traditional printed format.
• Substitution: Read Shakespeare texts online.
• Augmentation: Use online dictionaries, study guides, history sites, to supplement reading.
• Modification: Use multimedia resources like text, audio, and video tools to jointly construct knowledge, learning, and understanding of a portion of a play, or a character, as a group project.
• Redefinition: Answer the Question, “What did the culture of the time have on the writing of Shakespeare’s plays?” by using a Concept Mapping tool and constructing a mind map demonstrating key elements through words and images.

Assessment

• Original Assignment: Take a quiz, answers handwritten in a printed form.
• Substitution: Distribute the quiz in a Word Processor file format and have student fill in answers on a computer.
• Augmentation: Use a Google Form to deliver and complete the quiz. “There is some functional benefit here in that paper is being saved, students and teacher can receive almost immediate feedback on student level of understanding of material. This level starts to move along the teacher / student centric continuum. The impact of immediate feedback is that students may begin to become more engaged in learning."
• Modification: As an alternative form of assessment, students could be asked to write an essay around a relevant theme. The written essay could then be narrated and captured as vocal recording.
• Redefinition: A classroom is asked to create a documentary video answering an essential question related to important concepts. Teams of students take on different subtopics and collaborate to create one final product. Teams are expected to contact outside sources for information.

Geometry

• Original Assignment: Learning about geometrical shapes
• Substitution: Students use geoboard app to create geometrical shapes.
• Augmentation: Students draw geometrical shapes then justify their reasoning using a recording such as Educreations.
• Modification: Students have a challenge to design a structure using geometrical shapes via digital tools. They collaborate together to design and teach others about geometrical shapes.
• Redefinition: Students solve a structural dilemma. Students design a resolution to the program via an online application such as Tinkercad and print out the structure on a 3D printer or present their creation to an authentic audience.

Art/Painting

• Original Assignment: Drawing a picture using traditional brush, paint, paper. Of course, there is a a big difference between doing this “by hand” in the traditional manner and doing it digitally – digitally is by no means “better”, it is just different and opens up some interesting possibilities.
• Substitution: Use a digital drawing/painting program (like MS Paint) to draw/paint a picture.
• Augmentation: Use a tool that allows the creation of your masterpiece to be “played back” (like Educreations, for example).
• Modification: Pull a background image to use as a “canvas” – you could even scan something hand drawn and use that.
• Redefinition: Create Artwork Collaboratively using a Collaborative Online Whiteboard (like Twiddla).

Email Etiquette

• Original lesson: Review printed copies of Email Etiquette concepts and guidelines.
• Substitution: Students read an online article discussing Email Etiquette concepts and guidelines.
• Augmentation: Student read an online article discussing Email Etiquette concepts and guidelines that includes links to examples, and offer comments online indicating their top 5 favorite tips.
• Modification: Student watch a video discussing Email Etiquette concepts and guidelines and after reviewing the guidelines, they create a Twitter account and Tweet their top 5 tips.
• Redefinition: Student watch the guidelines video, then assess examples of Email Etiquette ‘violations’ and indicate which guidelines should be applied to correct/improve on the examples. Students create their own guidelines video.