SAMR is a model that helps teachers integrate technology into their teaching. The goal is for teachers to design technology experiences for their students that involve higher order thinking. The SAMR framework has four levels where it classifies the use of technology: Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition. Substitution and Augmentation focus on enhancing the learning while, Modification and Redefinition focus on transforming the learning.

Substitution- Technology acts as a direct tool substitute with no functional change.

Example: Replace reading a book with reading a book on an iPad or laptop.

Augmentation- Technology acts as a direct tool substitute with some functional improvement.

Example: Replace reading a book aloud to practice fluency with using a videocamera to record students' reading for a "fluency bootcamp."

Modification- Technology allows for significant task redesign.

Example: Replace writing a book report with using iMovie to record a book trailer.

Redefinition- Technology allows for creation of new tasks that were inconceivable without technology.

Example: Replace a book report with students collaboratively creating a Kidblog on various books.

Here you will find a lesson that I elevated using the SAMR Model. In the original lesson students were solving multiplication word problems using arrays and equal groups. The original lesson had very limited technology. I used the document camera in order to project the guided practice for the Envisions worksheet. The students didn't use any technology in the original lesson.

For my SAMR lesson, students will create their own 3-Act Tasks. I chose to implement the Modification stage of the SAMR model because this stage situates the students as creators. The students are using the iPad to film and create videos, in order to create their own 3-Act Tasks. The students are consumers when they watch the 3-Act Task videos, and having the students create their own videos takes the learning to the next level, and makes them creators. Incorporating technology at this level allows for significant task redesign.