As a student I grew up using technology in the majority of my elementary, middle, and high school classrooms. Before watching The SAMR Model By Students I was not aware of the different levels of technology integration. The students in SAMR Model By Students took the time to teach me what each letter stands for in the SAMR acronym and provided a great example about writing a paper by hand versus a technology transformation. When thinking about the different uses of technology by levels, it became very clear to me that technology is not about the tool itself, but how the teacher uses it. In order for me to understand the important information of all levels I reached out to 8 Examples of Transforming Through the SAMR Cycle by Kelly Walsh, where she provides excellent examples of each level, such as writing an essay by hand versus creating a movie o act out the essay. In SAMR and Bloom’s Taxonomy, Puentedura described the acronym SAMR as “S” stands for substitution of technology, “A” stands for augmentation of technology, “M” stands for modification of technology, and “R” stands for redefinition of technology” (Puentedura, 2014). When reading SAMR and Bloom’s Taxonomy, I made great connections with my past experiences involving technology. In my past I could think of plenty of examples of using technology on the “S” and “A” level of the ladder, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. But, one technology transformation stood out to me the most. During my time here at Northern, I participated in an interactive blog forum in an education class. After each activity I participated in, I was instructed to blog about what I did during the activity and how I could incorporate those activities into my classroom. My teacher would read my blog and make comments to me in class or on my blog site. Not only could my teacher and classmates read my blogs, but future employers could too! The blog that I used is called Blogger. I believe that Blogger is the type of technology that is found in the transformation section under the category of modification. Modification was described in 8 Examples of Transforming Through the SAMR Cycle as, “technology used for significant task redesign” (Walsh, 2015). In my scenario I could have written down that activities I participated in on a piece of paper, but my teacher taught me how to use blogger and transformed my educational experience by integrating technology in a way to improve the assignment. In my opinion, after thinking of the SAMR cycle, I was questioning the majority of my past assignments and what category they would fall in. I think starting at the S on the SAMR cycle is okay, but eventually moving up in the cycle towards the M and R section will be more beneficial for the students as well as the teacher. After further research into 8 Examples of Transforming Through the SAMR Cycle, examples were popping into my head like crazy: good and bad, functional and dysfunctional, new and old. The integration of technology and using technology is making a better connection from last week after reading SAMR and Bloom's Taxonomy and 8 Examples of Transforming Through the SAMR Cycle, and watching The SAMR Model Explained By Students. I am looking forward to learning ways to integrate technology into my future classroom and climbing my way up the SAMR structure. My blog URL for Blogger: http://katelynnjmsed.blogspot.com/ Works Cited Puentedura, R. (2014, September 24). SAMR and Bloom's Taxonomy: Assembling the Puzzle. Retrieved September 06, 2016, from https://www.commonsense.org/education/blog/samr-and-blooms-taxonomy-assembling-the-puzzle The SAMR Model Explained By Students [Video file]. (2014, June 20). Retrieved September 6, 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBce25r8vto Xnevad, S. (2013, July). SAMR Ladder- A Wonderful Graphic for Teachers ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. Retrieved September 06, 2016, from http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/07/samr-ladder-wonderful-graphic-for.html Walsh, K. (2015, April 20). 8 Examples of Transforming Through the SAMR Cycle. Retrieved September 06, 2016, from http://www.emergingedtech.com/2015/04/examples-of-transforming-lessons-through-samr/
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