Credit: Stacy Olson from the Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton School District
SAMR Goal Setting
About this self-assessment:
The purpose for this self-assessment is to reflect on your current teaching practice using technology and to create your own instructional goal(s) for
the school year that focus on building capacity in identified gaps in your current instructional practices based on the SAMR Model. To help create
your individualized goal(s) follow the steps below.
1. Read through the examples on the following pages and highlight any that are already occurring in your classroom. (To complete digitally,
right-click on the cell you would like to highlight, choose “Table Properties”, then select the “Cell Background Color” drop-down menu and
choose a color to highlight the cell.)
2. After you are finished highlighting what you already do in your classroom, look at the following as you decide your goal for the upcoming
school year:
a. Look at the level(s) (columns) and identify which level(s) you could build capacity on. For example, if almost all the highlighted cells are in
the “Substitution” column, look at creating a goal in another level.
b. After identifying the level you would like to goal to focus on, choose a specific goal. You can choose from the examples in the related
column, modify one of the examples to better fit your classroom and list in a blank cell of the related column, or create your own goal and list on the
column you believe it falls into.
3. Goal setting for this school year - fill out the table on the following page with your goal and supporting information.
*The SAMR Model for technology integration shows different “levels” of technology integration into classroom instruction and
activities. You could look at the SAMR model as similar to Bloom’s Taxonomy, whereas the goal is always to incorporate to the highest
level but knowing all levels belong in some capacity of classroom instruction.
Goal Level Goal Activity/Action (What Occurrence (How often How will you measure Action Plan (Trainings to
(Substitution, you have chosen from the will this activity/action progress? (Data from Schoology, attend, people/resources
Augmentation, selected activities below or occur in your classroom, Google form that students fill out needed to achieve goal)
Modification, or one you have created) i.e. weekly, quarterly, etc.) about their classroom experience
Redefinition) with your specific goal)
Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition
Technology acts as a direct Technology acts as a direct tool for Technology allows for significant task Technology allows for the creation
tool for substitution. substitution with some functional redesign. of new tasks that were not
improvement. conceivable.
*Teachers will collect student *Using digital tools, teachers will *Students working together Students connect with an outside
assignments electronically(i.e. deliver formative assessments on a collaboratively using technology on expert through the use of
using email, sharing Google regular basis and use the resulting an assignment or project. technology. Information collected
Docs, or the data to address students’ needs and from the expert will be used to
dropbox/assignment feature plan further instruction. create a finished project about a
in Schoology) selected topic.
*Teachers post their core *Individual students creating a *Students choose from a short list(3- Students blogging about
curriculum materials digitally multimedia presentation combining a 5) of digital tools to create a project classroom activities and an
for students to access. mix of pictures, text, video, and audio on a selected topic. audience outside of the school is
recordings about a selected topic. responding and providing
feedback.
*Using Schoology, teachers *Students will maintain a digital Students participating in an online Students make individual choices
will post major assignment portfolio of work by selecting and discussion posting ideas and from a variety of tools(5+) to
directions and due dates for posting at least 3 thoughts and responding to other create a project on a selected
student access. assignments/projects a quarter to a student’ ideas and thoughts. topic.
selected digital portfolio tool.
*Teachers will establish a Students compile research requiring Students blogging about classroom
weekly digital form of them to conduct effective searches activities and other students in the
communication with parents. and demonstrate the ability to locate, same class responding and providing
and students. Examples access, and evaluate information and feedback.
include: creating a newsletter resources from the internet.
to post on their website and/or
email, facilitate setup for
parent access to Schoology to
view assignments and due
dates.
Students typing an Students word processing using Using digital tools, teachers will
assignment instead of writing embedded tools like spell check, provide opportunities for students to
it out.(word processing) dictionary, and thesaurus. give/receive peer feedback on
assigned work and use peer
feedback to improve upon work.
Students annotating(writing) Students using shortcuts in word
on a digital worksheet or processing like ctrl+c for copy, ctrl+v
document. for paste, etc..
Students reading a digital Teachers having videos of
book, article or other digital lessons/lectures for students to
text. access outside of class time.
Students using digital flash Students completing an assessment
cards for remembering of using Google Forms or another digital
information. tool that collects students’ results
digitally.
Creating a collage of pictures Students create a project on a
and text using a digital tool. selected topic using a digital tool
selected by the teacher.
Students using website/app Students using websites/apps
activities for remembering of activities for remembering of
information. Student information. Student performance
performance data on these data on these activities is kept and
activities is not used to plan used to plan future instruction. (i.e.
further instruction. (i.e. games/drills for math facts,
games/drills for math facts, vocabulary/spelling words.)
vocabulary/spelling words.)
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