We are attending a fabulous course, called Surviving and Thriving, taught by Leah Treesh at the American School in London’s Learning Institute. The course is designed to guide us in incorporating technology into our curriculum with the premise of: Technology is the Tool and Learning is the Goal.
Leah gave us a wonderful resource called the SAMR Model. There are 4 levels to the model (with the top one being the ultimate goal for integrating technology). This gives a good description of each level and why we want to move toward redefinition.
- Redefinition
- Modification
- Augmentation
- Substitution
Here are a couple of links to blogs that discuss the SAMR model: