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"Technology will not replace great teachers but technology in the hands of great teachers can be transformational"
G. Couros
October 2021
#EdTech Updates
Happy October MCVTS Faculty and Staff!
Hopefully, by this point, use of Chalk for your planner has become smoother. Keep in mind the best practices of titling lessons well, (for example, #105 Intro of Linear Systems) and having all needed content in the lesson not in attachments. In the month of October the focus of our Educational Technology is to think about SAMR. SAMR is the "Bloom's Ladder" of EdTech integration and allows you get incredible boosts to student success across domains. SAMR stands for Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition. Substitution is at the bottom and Substitution is when the integrated tech in class is simply replacing some non-tech counterpart (ex: typing your essay instead of writing it), and at the top Redefinition is where the tech is used to completely transform the assignment into something that couldn't have been done before and hits both content and technology standards and gives students 21st Century skills along with your class material.
Hopefully, by this point, use of Chalk for your planner has become smoother. Keep in mind the best practices of titling lessons well, (for example, #105 Intro of Linear Systems) and having all needed content in the lesson not in attachments. In the month of October the focus of our Educational Technology is to think about SAMR. SAMR is the "Bloom's Ladder" of EdTech integration and allows you get incredible boosts to student success across domains. SAMR stands for Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition. Substitution is at the bottom and Substitution is when the integrated tech in class is simply replacing some non-tech counterpart (ex: typing your essay instead of writing it), and at the top Redefinition is where the tech is used to completely transform the assignment into something that couldn't have been done before and hits both content and technology standards and gives students 21st Century skills along with your class material.
More information on the SAMR Model.
Have a great month everyone!
Have a great month everyone!
VIDEO CAPTION: SAMR model explained with clear examples of each level.
VIDEO CAPTION: Schoolytics - Fantastic Add-on for your Google Classroom
GoogleVerse
Increasing your student's effective use of Google Tools is also something you want to work into your classes. Here is a fun activity that gives an idea of how you might bring Google Training into your class in a team based activity that walks though the different Google Apps.
Guardians of the GoogleVerse
Guardians of the GoogleVerse
