Presentation for Highland Christian School, February 2017

1. IPAD INTEGRATION: HAVING
FUN WITH THE SAMR MODEL
AND MORE
Anastasia Trekles, Clinical Associate Professor
School of Education and Counseling
Purdue University Northwest
atrekles@pnw.edu
http://www.pnw.edu/education

2. AN OVERVIEW OF SAMR
• Simple model that many have adopted
to help understand technology
integration
• Stands for:
• Substitution – replace something you
normally do with a tech solution
• Augmentation – add tech to improve
the lesson
• Modification – changing the task to
include tech as a primary part of the
lesson
• Redefinition - significantly modify the
task to become something not
previously possible Picture by Patricia Brown

3. THINKING ANOTHER WAY…
• SAMR helps us figure out how much
technology really plays a role in what
we’re doing
• Do we always need to use tech in some
way? Of course not
• Do we always need to use tech at the
redefinition level to be “good” with it?
Of course not
• The key is to take advantage of what
technology can offer when you can,
and when it make sense
Picture by Tim Holt

4. FOR EXAMPLE: CIVIL WAR HISTORY
• Objective: Students will analyze the
causes of the American Civil War and
be able to discuss three of these
causes.
• Substitution: Students use Google
Docs or Microsoft Word to type a paper
(replace handwriting with typing)
• Augmentation: Students collaborate
by sharing their Docs with others and
use the comments to provide feedback
to one another
• Modification: Students work together
as a group to create a multimedia
presentation on the causes of the Civil
War using video, links, text, and images
• Redefinition: Students create
multimedia presentations that include
video, audio, and text to describe their
findings and stance, and share with
Civil War historians to discuss in a
Skype session

5. MORE EXAMPLES AND RESOURCES
• SAMR Explained:
https://edofict.wikispaces.com/SAMR+Exampl
es
• Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything:
http://www.schrockguide.net/samr.html
• More example lessons with SAMR:
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2015/04/ex
amples-of-transforming-lessons-through-
samr/
• iPad Bootcamp:
http://www.ipadbootcampforteachers.com/sa
mrtpack.html
• A guide for SAMR and iPads:
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-02-06-
a-guide-for-bringing-the-samr-model-to-
ipads

6. APPS – SOME BASICS
• There are, of course, literally millions of
apps in the App Store today
• How do you figure out what to try and
what to avoid?
• There are not always easy answers, but
it does pay to be patient, and do some
research

7. TWO MAIN TYPES OF APPS
Content
• Based around a subject area
• Often finite in scope as far as activities
available
• Often free, with a paid option to
download more lessons or content
• Example: Little Fox, Montessori
Numbers
Productivity
• Based around a task or tool type
(presentations, writing, movie-making,
etc)
• Can be used in many different types of
lessons to facilitate project creation
• Many free and many paid
• Example: Keynote, iMovie

8. SCAVENGER HUNT
• Find three CONTENT apps and three PRODUCTIVITY apps you could use
• Use the App Store or any of the following resources to help find the best stuff
• Graphite app reviews: http://www.graphite.org
• Edshelf: https://edshelf.com/
• TeachThought:
• http://www.teachthought.com/apps-2/38-best-elementary-learning-apps-for-students/
• http://www.teachthought.com/apps-2/36-math-apps-for-elementary-school-students-from-
edshelf/
• http://www.teachthought.com/apps-2/15-literacy-apps-to-create-books-on-the-ipad/

9. A GREAT LIST
• Google Doc: http://bit.ly/nocostapps
• Let’s add to this list!
• Why are these your favorites?
• What have you used already?

10. CREATING LESSONS USING APPS
• Basic rules:
• Content apps are great for drill and
practice, RTI, and building a knowledge
base
• Productivity apps come in when students
are ready to create, design, share, or
present
• Higher-level attainment comes when
higher-level objectives are matched with
tools that help students get there
• See
http://www.appitic.com/index.php/bloom-
s/apps-for-bloom-s-taxonomy

11. ISSUE: DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
• Classroom management and questions
of digital citizenship are always a
concern when devices are in kids’ hands
• What are your best tips for managing
your classroom technology?
• What are your classroom rules and how
are they enforced?
• Helpful apps:
• NearPod
• Remind
• Socrative, Kahoot, and PollEverywhere
(keeps them participating and
engaged)
• ClassDojo
• EdModo/Canvas/Google Classroom
(helps you and students stay organized)

12. LET’S MAKE SOME LESSONS!
• First, set your objective – what do you
want students to be able to do?
• Use measurable verbs like “discuss” or
“create” instead of less concrete verbs
like “know” and “understand” for
greater clarity
• Next, think of ways to integrate an app
(or more than one) meaningfully to
accomplish the objective