This week we had a presentation from a teacher that teaches in a one-to-one environment at his school. He had some great ideas for integrating technology in a meaningful way.
He talked about SAMR which is an acronym for Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition.
The first two are basically about using technology the same way you would use a paper an pencil. For example, making a PowerPoint just to display information.
The latter two make students use higher level thinking. One requirement of modification and redefinition is that the work is available to a public audience. I've talked about this on my blog before, how I believe that when students are doing something that they are showing to more than just the teacher they are more likely to put more effort into it.
One thing that was stressed in the presentation was not to use technology just to use it. It is important to ask "what are you going to do?" rather than "what tool are you going to use?". This was in response to a question from a student that we have all heard..." can I just make a PowerPoint?"
This presentation gave me great tools to try out. I haven't looked at all of them but I want to post this list so that I can look them over and save the ones I like.
Twitter Chats, Padlet, Spotify, Schoolology, vines, tingling, chatterpix, popcorn maker.
This presentation was extremely worthwhile and I look forward to trying some of the things we were shown. Particularly using twitter.
This presentation gave so many different tools we could use in the classroom, and the great part about the tools is that they are so easy to use. Padlet, Twitter, Vines, and Popcorn Maker are all really cool and for a person as un -tech savvy as myself, even I can use them. Incorporating them into my classroom will be easy, fun, and most importantly engaging.
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