AlphaPlus Community Questions - What is SAMR?

The goal with modification strategies is to embed the use of technology into tasks and activities in a way that engages learners, empowers them with choice and voice, enhances critical thinking and independent learning skills and makes knowledge construction a collaborative experience. [...] Good technology integration isn’t about living at the top of the SAMR model; it’s about being aware of the range of options and picking the right strategy—or strategies—for each context and learning outcome. [...] Puentedura proposed that curriculum becomes more learner-centred and activities become more learner-driven as we move from substitution to redefinition but, teachers have to consider the capacity of the program to support inventive uses of technology and the capacity of learners to use technology in inventive ways. [...] As teachers and learners become comfortable in a technologically enhanced learning environment, the last two levels of the SAMR model— modification and redefinition—can be added to the mix. [...] Each page includes a wealth of information about a specific tool (e.g., price, ease of use, description of the tool, innovative ways to use the tool for teaching and learning, how the tool fits with the SAMR model) to help you evaluate the tool and determine whether to use it in your practice.