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SAMR is an easily digestible way to see where one is with tech integration in their curriculum. It dovetails well with Bloom's Taxonomy. As the years progress, I find myself more and more in the Redefinition level of SAMR. With STEAM PBL, my students are using technology to create new thing that were previously not possible. It is not simply an augmentation of existing tasks.

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After watching the informational video, I realized that the SAMR model is what we do every day, especially as tech teachers. I’m glad that I am not able to put a name to this practice. The SAMR Model is similar to Danielson in that it is a great way to help frame your instruction and thinking about engaging and effective lessons.

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The SAMR is a very good model for us to reflect and apply to our teaching and learning. Using information technology to integrate in our teaching and learning is so important. There are so much important information for me to use and inform my colleagues. I am happy to join the PD today.

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I really like the SAMR model as a way to reflect on our tech integration and look at how we should be improving. It is a useful paradigm for discussion between teachers so we can evaluate and strategize how we use tech within the school. In my technology class, I think I've been in the Modification level, but in my math class I was mostly in the Substitution and Augmentation levels. As I discuss tech integration with other teachers in my school, I think most of our teachers are in the Substitution and Augmentation levels.

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Kerry M.                            It was good to review SAMR because I am entering into a new PD cycle with some teachers in my school. I got some great resources to use with the teachers during PD.

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Kerry M.                            It was good to review SAMR because I am entering into a new PD cycle with some teachers in my school. I got some great resources to use with the teachers during PD.

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Erika L. The SAMR model is a useful framework to name things I'm already doing with my curriculum, and different areas I can work towards.  It makes me reflect more on what I can do to incorporate it more when I'm planning lessons.  

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Erika L. The SAMR model is a useful framework to name things I'm already doing with my curriculum, and different areas I can work towards.  It makes me reflect more on what I can do to incorporate it more when I'm planning lessons.  

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The SAMR model is such a relevant and pragmatic tool for transforming instructional practices and learning tasks to fit the needs and wants of our 21st century digital learners. This tool enables teachers to design, develop, and infuse digital learning experiences that utilize technology. In short, SAMR is a game changer

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I relate the SAMR model to Gordon’s Music Learning Theory. In both cases, students are building and developing a vocabulary in order to scaffold into higher order thinking skills for anazlyzing and creating. The model is a great tool for reference to assess student confidence and ability level with technologies.

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I think the SAMR model is a useful tool for teachers to evaluate their teaching practice with the use of technology. They can see where they fall on the scale and what they need to do in order to keep moving forward. I believe I fall into the modification part of the scale. I am just starting to reach out further with technology incorporating the "global" aspect to redefinition.

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The SAMR model helps me to connect technology resources to Bloom's Taxonomy.  I keep the Pedagogy Wheel displayed in my classroom and connect what we are doing to it for students and my own reference.

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With the Padagogy Wheel Model, teachers have an at-hand reference that ties apps to specific learning outcomes directly connected to modern pedagogies and theories. They can easily sit with the wheel during lesson planning time to find tools that will best aid their students or use it during class time to extend or deepen learning towards a specific 21st century skill or content area. This connection of theory, practice, and application makes the Padagogy Wheel an invaluable resource that should be on the wall of every classroom".

Matt Harris, Ed.D.
Past Chair of ISTE, EdTech Leader and Teacher

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I'm happy to have learned about SAMR and excited to apply it to my lesson planning. It is a straightforward lens to look through when making decisions about incorporating technology into the classroom/curriculum.

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The SAMR model will bring technology to another level when it applies.

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I found the SAMR model to be very eye opening and am looking forward to sharing this with my staff as a whole. The question about how and why to integrate and utilize technology in the course of the academic day is a constant thought for my teachers, and I think this model will help direct their explorations and growth.

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I love the SAMR Model.  When planning my lessons, I always refer to it.  I try to stay within redefinition.

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SAMR is a great tool to help students engage in higher order thinking and student creativity. It really helps educators customize and scaffold learning for students.

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The SAMR model is a useful reference to use when you are planning lessons to incorporate technology in your classroom. I believe I use a lot of the Modification level. However, I want to move on a more GLOBAL SCALE with collaborating with students across the globe.

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I think the SAMR model is a great way to guide the implementation of technology in the classroom. It is a great guide to assess where you are with technology within your instruction. Seeing where you fall as an educator helps to take action in making the necessary modifications towards using technology most effectively in the classroom.

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Stephanie Theodorou- I like how clear the visual for SAMR is. As a teacher it allows me to assess what I have been doing in my teaching and how I can move towards the redefinition stage. Being that I have 1:1 Chromebooks and utilize Google Classroom daily, I often find myself in the augmentation stage. One way I would like to move up the scale this year and reach redefinition is by creating a Youtube channel for each of my classes. For example, after I have my students write their realistic fiction stories and assess each other by sharing their doc's, I would like to plan for them to create a storyboard representation and then narrate it using Screencastify. Lastly, I will have them publish it on their classes Youtube channel. 

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Stephanie Theodorou- I like how clear the visual for SAMR is. As a teacher it allows me to assess what I have been doing in my teaching and how I can move towards the redefinition stage. Being that I have 1:1 Chromebooks and utilize Google Classroom daily, I often find myself in the augmentation stage. One way I would like to move up the scale this year and reach redefinition is by creating a Youtube channel for each of my classes. For example, after I have my students write their realistic fiction stories and assess each other by sharing their doc's, I would like to plan for them to create a storyboard representation and then narrate it using Screencastify. Lastly, I will have them publish it on their classes Youtube channel. 

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I find myself with hopes of reaching the "R" model for most learning intentions.  I need to accept that there are many factors that impact not reaching this...learning styles, time management, melt downs :)

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I think the SAMR model is a good way to visualize how I am using technology in the classroom.  I will use it to help guide my use of technology in my lessons.

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I think that it's helpful to keep the SAMR model in mind when planning lessons involving technology. I have found that it's relatively easy to find substitution and augmentation activities and more challenging to climb up the ladder to modification and redefinition activities.

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The SAMR model is an excellent way to implement and scaffold technology use in the classroom. It provides an opportunity for customization as the teacher and the students.

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The model is definitely worth considering when developing a lesson using a piece of technology. The best way to know if technology is being utilized appropriately and enhancing your lesson or activity is when it is unrecognizable/unseen. This not only helps with your rationale, but your overall implementation.

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The SAMR model reminds me of “Music Learning Theory” by Gordon as well as Bloom’s Taxonomy. In these cases, students are building a vocabulary and then are scaffolding their knowledge in vocabulary to create their own product. It shows clear guidance for higher learning needs from substitution through redefinition. Ultimately the goal is for students to gain more confidence in this language of technology and be competent in creating new ideas.

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I think SAMAR is great becuSe it really lets us as educators see how we are using technology. We want to make sure we aren’t just using it as a filler or to say we are using technology but that we are using it effectively for the benefit of our students to engage them in learning and optimize their learning

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The most important thing is to focus on the skills and knowledge you want your students to acquire. If technology enhances this - I'm all for it!

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I think the SAMR model is great and lets teachers see how to allow for student creativity, higher order thinking skills, and whether or not technology is actually the best medium for the skill/product.

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This model will assist me in planning my lessons as I work towards differentiating my lesson to help my students engage in higher ordered thinking.

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It's Eileen in da house!

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I think the SAMR model is a good way to see how to use technology in your classroom to climb up the taxonomy. I find myself mostly on A, but i am hoping that this upcoming year, I can move up to M & R more often. I will move up the scale this year by utilizing resources I have learned during this PD.

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Nicole

I think the SAMR model can be used as a guideline when introducing technology in the classroom. The SAMR model helps us critically think about how we can integrate technology into our classrooms while making it age appropriate for our students so we can best meet their needs.

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I think the SAMR model is a useful tool to see where I fall as far as utilizing technology within my lessons. I feel that I currently fall between the substitute level and and the augmentation level. Now after seeing where I fall on the scale, I will now be more aware of making those modifications to my tasks.

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I think the SAMR Model is interesting.  I typically find myself on the S or A part of the scale

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The SAMR model seems to be a straightforward rubric to assess level of learning. I believe that my lessons are functioning at the Augmentation level, with a couple of tasks at the Modification level. I need to find the time and resources to implement more research and creativity into the tasks.

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In terms of learning and cognitive development, the SAMR model follows standard approaches. It is helpful in ensuring that students receive opportunities to develop crucial tech skills through meaningful engagement, but it is also the case that non-tech activities permit students to develop a set of critical skills, and thus should not be abandoned.

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I think that the SAMR model is a great gauge to help us think critically and carefully about what tech tool we are integrating in the classroom and why. I find myself often in the Substitution Augmentation stages, but am working towards moving up in the scale. I intend to do so by creating more Problem Based Learning units that have an end product that involves technology.

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It was eye-opening to see that there is even a scale that exists. I was aware of assistive technology as a tool because of my special ed background. However, I had not expanded much beyond that. Seeing this scale gives me a stronger understanding of different ways to implement technology in the classroom. It makes me want to reflect on past lessons I have done to see where I could have moved up the SAMR scale. I like it's relation to Bloom's Taxonomy as well since that is something often stressed in the classroom.

Kimberly

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This fits in well with levels of engagement, and I hope that I can move multiple lessons "up a level" this year and open up the conversation with my school's tech committee about where we fall most frequently. --Melissa

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The introduction of the SAMR model has made me aware of where I stand with my use of technology in the classroom. I will now use it as a self-assessment rubric when creating/planning lessons. I find myself at the Substitution and Augmented stages, however I have tapped into the Modification level. I will now plan my lessons with the Modification and Redefinition levels in mind.
Diane P.

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I will definitely use the SAMR model as a guide when I am introducing a technology in my library, and consider ways I might elevate my lessons to the Modify or Redefine levels.

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I find myself being at augmentation and modification most of the time. Definitely more aware