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"My colleague, Silvana Meneghini, and I have been working on developing a Professional Development framework for embedding technology use and modern learning litercies based on Ruben Puentedura's SAMR model. The template consists of 4 Focus Areas. Each stage of the SAMR model consists of 4 focus areas in the template, that support vision, planning, and evaluation in activity  and task design as well as a professional development framework."

"The SAMR model was developed by as a framework to integrate technology into the curriculum.  I believe it can also serve as a model to establish and assess if and how technology is being used to reinforce an old, often archaic Education 1.0 or being used to promote and facilitate what many are calling 21st century skills, i.e., creativity, innovation, problem-solving, critical thinking; those skills characteristic of Education 3.0.  Many look at SAMR as the stages of technology integration.  I propose that it should be a model for educators to focus on Modification and Redefinition areas of technology integration.  Why should educators spend their time recreating Education 1.0 using technology at the substitution and augmentation levels when there are tools, techniques, and opportunities to modify and redefine technology integration for a richer, more engaging Education 2.0 or 3.0?"

The graphic outlines the different steps teachers and educators can follow to apply SAMR model to iPad apps used in the classroom. " This graphic is not an exhaustive list but gives you an idea of how you can integrate the SAMR Model into your teaching and learning. "

"I was thinking today that I had to make it clear that competency with technology is not the first issue you should worry about if you want to make SAMR progress. The issue to tackle first is the teaching conventions and mindsets amongst the staff, and for this you need some pretty simple and effective arguments. So here are some I've used to move staff on a little:"

"Teaching at higher SAMR levels doesn't guarantee greater educational benefit. Instead, it more likely results in different educational benefit."

"Look, I love SAMR as much as the next person, but when something comes along that is easier, that's better, right? RIGHT."

A great tongue in cheek SAMR poster

AJ Juliani suggests that there is a missing letter with SAMR relating to practises which.are simply no longer relevant

"This is a quick introduction to the SAMR Model, developed by Dr. Ruben Puentedura. It is not meant to be an in-depth view of the model." on YouTube

"SAMR has been an incredibly useful framework for conversations around, and implementation of, educational technology in schools and districts. I mean, goodness, just look at a Google image search on the term. But there's something about it, or rather, the way it is often promoted, that has always given me that feeling like a piece of food is stuck in the back of my teeth."

A great tongue in cheek SAMR poster

"RubenPuentedura introduces his SAMR model and also discusses TPACK and the Horizon Report headings"

"An important step in the process of effective integration of technology in education is having a pedagogical approach supported by a theoretical framework to ground your technology practices inside the classroom. Of course there are several frameworks to help you teach using technology but three approaches  in particular stand out from the rest. These are SAMR model, TPACK model, and Marslow model."

Ruben Puentedura's slidedeck on Framing Goals for Transformation

A fantastic post by Ian Guest looking at how we assess teachers capabilities in regards to technology so as to help them progress.