3. SAMR in Action
SAMR: Puentedura, R.
R., Ph.D., SAMR model.
Follow Dr. Puentedura
on Twitter
4. Using the 4C’s to Teach Above the Line
Incorporate 3 of the 4 C’s
creativity+critical thinking+collaboration
critical
thinking+collaboration+communication
creativity+collaboration
critical thinking+communication
Redefinition
Modification
Augmentation
Substitution
might only reach
on your way to
see an example next...
5. Example of the 4C Rule
Activity 4C’s represented SAMR Level
1st graders take pictures of flowers,
embed them in note taking app and
write about them
Creativity, Collaboration Substitution - tech acts a tool
substitute, replacing old flower
poster lesson
1st graders embed native flower
pics in Educreations app, record
themselves describing the flower
and post to class wiki with
collaborators from another 1st
grade class in Brazil
Creativity, Collaboration,
Communication
Redefinition - tech allows for
creation of new tasks
6. Checking for Understanding
What SAMR level is this lesson?
Students track pigeon sightings around the
school using a bird watching app, then input
this data into a graphing app to track variations
in population over the school year.
Example from “The iPad in Practice: Design Flows and Ladders for the Classroom” Ruben R. Puentedura, Ph.D.
7. Thinglink
A free app that makes images come alive
SAMR Level: Modification or Redefinition-you can modify and
significantly redesign tasks. Students are not just writing
about an image, they are adding media links, text comments
and interacting with others through “tags” or commenting
9. Annotating
Teachers can annotate
primary source documents
and make them interactive.
Direct students to readings,
videos, and resources.
On thinglink-->Battle Hymn
of the Republic
14. Re-defining the Lab Report
camera - take images and video of stages of science
experiment
pic collage - create collage of images
thinglink - use collage and add text, links & video
explaining the experiment (hypothesis, conclusions)
blogger - post thinglink image and compare results
with other classrooms in the world
creativity + critical thinking + communication + collaboration = Redefinition of a lab
report
15. Skills for careers
Tools like these are used in advertising and news reporting
via euronews media
16. Campaign ends December 31, 2013.
The ThingLink Premium Account will be valid until December 31, 2014.
Educators receive a ThingLink Premium Account FREE
To get this free upgrade to ThingLink Premium Account:
1. Create a ThingLink Free Account (preferably using their school/university
emails) here www.thinglink.com/action/register.
2. Register a ThingLink Educator Account (for free) here www.thinglink.
com/action/register?teacher=1.
3. Send an email to education@thinglink.com with the email title: "ThingLink
Education Campaign #Premium". The email content should include their full name,
their school/institution name and address, and the link to their ThingLink Account.
17. Book Creator
An app that lets you create beautiful
books on the iPad. Free and paid versions
available. Available through the app store VPP
SAMR Level: Augmentation, Modification or Redefinition
Students can create dynamic books, collaborate on a global
scale and become published authors.
5 Free at end of my presentation!
18. Create a book with text, drawings, images, video, and sound.
You can print the book, email it, view it in iBooks or other apps.
19. So easy, even kindergarteners can do it
Do you need to teach kids to use Book
Creator? Probably not.
Kids teaching kids with Book Creator.
@KristiMeeuwse
Let’s check out Book Creator and Pete the Cat by one of
Kristi’s students.
21. If they teach it, they will remember
● Get students sharing their knowledge
● Present books in class
● Encourage student voice and video (app
smash!)
● Collaboratively author with classes from
around the globe (a task never before
conceivable - redefinition of a lesson)