SAMR Model blogs

1. THE SAMR MODEL IN THE
MATHS CLASSROOM
Blogs

2. SUBSTITUTION
• Blogs could be utilised for a location for posting and collation of Mathematical work –
including assignment details and weekly questions. The blog will provide an online location
where the subject resources are held for easy use outside of class. In this case, blogs would
serve as a substitution for a class handout detailing the same information. Example:
Week 3 Year 10 Maths:
• Read Chapters 3.1 and 3.2
• Complete Questions 1-9

3. AUGMENTATION
• Blogs could be utilised as a location for posting Mathematical lecture videos of upcoming
work. In other words, the teacher would record their introduction to a topic and upload the
video to the blog. This will enable students to access the work prior to the classroom and
ensure students who miss class time are not left behind academically. This would be used in
conjunction with the face-to-face discussions in class.

4. MODIFICATION
• Blogs could be utilised for Mathematics teachers and students to present, observe and
understand content through a multitude of mediums (Tolisano, 2014) – for example;
constructing and combining videos, images, sounds, music and text to represent the
content. This will assist in accommodating for a variety of learners and allow them to
demonstrate their understandings in more ways than one.

5. REDEFINITION
• Blogs could be utilised for connecting and building upon Mathematical learning and work.
Links can be made between previous assignments and current or future work. This is
important in Mathematics because of the continuous nature of the subject – it builds upon
itself, always drawing from previous content. For the students, this will allow continual
access to “feedback and resources” (Tolisano, 2014).

6. REFERENCES
• Tolisano, S. R. (2014). Upgrading blogs through lens of SAMR. Retrieved from
http://langwitches.org/blog/2014/05/23/upgrading-blogs-through-lens-of-samr/