Kristen's Learning Blog

The Substitution, Augmentation, Modification and Redefinition or SAMR Model is a guideline for educators to use as they make fundamental changes in their teaching and assessment practices through the use of technology. The higher the level the greater the educational benefit for the student. This central idea is what schools, system leaders and teachers need to remember as they begin to make shifts in their pedagogy. If schools want to promote the adoption of one of the models there are a few considerations they need to make. To begin, they need to educate their staff members on what SAMR is by providing PD opportunities related to both   learning about SAMR and putting its ideas into place . People fear change. Many teachers fear technological change. So, if schools want their teachers to make the change they need to educate them, give them example and  time to practice concepts on their lessons so the fear can replaced with confidence in their lessons and abilities. ...

A month of learning has come and gone. I have a few take-away points from this course that I would like to highlight. The first comes from Module 5. I had never heard of commonsense media before and I am so happy that I was exposed to this resource. The first thing that grabbed my attention was the information it had to offer on Google Classroom features- specifically the feature it had on how to create a collaborative document. Check out the video here . Furthermore, there was so much information on how to teach students about digital literacy that it is worth it for every teacher (and parent) to know about. A definite resource to checkout. The other takeaway I had was in regards to all the research I was able to do on resilience. I conducted an inquiry on resilience and was able to find a plethora of research articles and resilience apps  (many of which are featured on this mind-map)  which might be beneficial for students. I  was able to complete a blog post on my ...