The following is from the Downers Grove District #58 web site on SAMRi.  They have taken Dr Ruben Puentedura’s work describing the stages of technology integration and put their own special spin on it for their teachers.

Professional Development: Become SAMRi / What is a SAMRi?

The SAMR Ladder of Questions and Transitions
Substitution:
• What will I gain by replacing the older technology with the new technology?

Substitution to Augmentation:
• Have I added an improvement to the task process that could not be accomplished with the older technology at a fundamental level?
• How does this feature contribute a design?

Augmentation to Modification:
• How is the original task being modified?
• Does this modification fundamentally depend upon the new technology?
• How does this modification contribute to my design?

Modification to Redefinition:
• What is the new task?
• Will any portion of the original task be retained?
• How is the new task uniquely made possible by the new technology?
• How does it contribute to my design?

via Professional Development: Become SAMRi / What is a SAMRi?.

1:1 Classroom Management
Something I ran across that seemed to ring true. The article reminds me of a colleague of mine that would say “Smartboards don’t make for smarter kids.” It’s what’s done with the technology that counts.

Try a more immediate collaborative text editor. When I first started sharing and collaborating with others I though GoogleDocs was the best thing since sliced bread. You would first create a text document and add the contact information of whomever you wanted to share and collaborate with. With the online text editor there is no logging on, no contacts to enter just share the URL and your are off and running.

Online Text Editor – Collaborate With Friends.