The document discusses the SAMR model, which is a framework for evaluating how technology enhances or transforms learning. It stands for Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition. The model encourages teachers to think about why they are choosing specific technologies and if they truly enhance learning. Examples are provided for each level of SAMR, from substituting paper tasks with digital ones, to modifying tasks through creative design, to redefining education through student-directed learning and connections to experts. Resources are shared for learning more about implementing SAMR at different grade levels.

1. SAMR Success!
#VSTE15 by Pam Mabry

2. What does it stand for?
• Substitution
• Augmentation
• Modification
• Redefinition

3. Why consider the
SAMR Model?
• There is NO substitute for a great teacher. Technology
enhances curriculum. It does not replace rigorous and
relevant instruction delivered by highly qualified
educators.
• SAMR is a model that allows teachers to evaluate how
technology enhances or transforms the learning
experience.
• SAMR is meant to encourage teachers to think about why
they are choosing the technology they are utilizing. Is the
technology truly meaningful to the learning experience?

4. The SAMR Model Explained by Students

6. Substitution
Use apps to…
1. Automate skills practice
2. Create True/False and other basic assessments using Google Forms
3. Create self-grading tests
4. Read digital textbooks and respond to multiple choice or short-answer questions
5. Type essays, report, or PowerPoint (using Microsoft Word or Apple Pages, for example)

7. Augmentation
Use apps to…
6. Streamline data collection by using simple tools like spreadsheets
7. Leverage learning algorithms (like Knowji)
8. Google responses to answerable questions
9. Maintain a digital portfolio of academic work
10. Have students crowdsource their own study and subsequent self-assessments (every
test is a digital social gathering or wiki)

8. Modification
Use apps to…
11. Establish a need to be creative
12. Start–and end–with a connection. Connect student to student, teacher to student, student to teacher, teacher to parent, or
student to parent
13. Create a dialogue with communities to grapple with unanswerable questions, then curate the results (through a community
like reddit or Quora)
14. Elegantly design a digital portfolio of authentic work students have affection for
15. Socialize thinking through twitter or Google+
16. Help students gather spontaneously for mobile and self-sustained study groups*
* http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/11/12/the-10-skills-employers-most-want-in-2015-graduates/

9. Redefinition
Use apps to…
17. Help students design and self-direct their own learning pathways
18. Embed students in authentic local—physical and digital–communities
19. Connect students with experts through Google Hangouts or Skype (here’s a handy framework
for that as well)
20. Use mobile, scenario-based or project-based learning
21. Establish school think-tanks catalyzed by digital connectivity and justified by a persistent need
to know, connect, and act

11. What does SAMR look like at the
elementary level? the secondary level?

12. Resources to Consider:
• Kathy Schrock’s Resources to Support SAMR
http://www.schrockguide.net/samr.html
• Using Book Creator with SAMR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOQ47eXbWUM
• SAMR Model Prezi
https://prezi.com/embed/r1-_udbvf6kb/
*Please share activities relevant to any part of SAMR- I would LOVE to hear about the wonderful
learning taking place in your schools!

13. Please contact me with
any questions,
suggestions or resources
that you find as you
become excited about
incorporating the SAMR
Model.
Pam Mabry,
Instructional Technologist
pmabry@henry.k12.va.us
Twitter: @PamMabry
Website:
http://web.henry.k12.va.us/Domain/1463