SAMR - Learning to Use Technology to Redefine Learning

I am really looking forward to attending the SAMR event at Meadowbrook Primary School this evening. SAMR is a relatively new and innovative approach to using technology to help redefine what is possible with technology. Using technology effectively and creatively in the classroom is one of the biggest challenges facing schools and the SAMR model is a really exciting and transformative approach to doing this.

From technology used to substitute previous approaches to learning, all the way through to using technology to redefine the possibilities of teaching and learning; this is a field of practice that all teachers would benefit from understanding and using in their classroom.

Personally, I cannot wait to see it in action and pick up some new tips and techniques to use in my own classroom. Not to mention being able to then pass this on other teachers to widen their own practise. Having used the SAMR model for a while now, it is something I am continually working to refine and tonights CPD event will be the perfect place to do that.

The course is being run by primary Master Teacher Matt Smith at Meadow Brook School, a Regional Apple Training Centre. It runs from 16.30 and is a free event. So, if you want to find out about this important new approach, you can find more details about the event here. 

However, if you are unable to make the event itself, I hope to write a review as soon as I am able. So please check back in a day or so to find out how it went and how SAMR can work for you.

If you cannot make this event you might want to have a look at some others that are happening this week that you might have missed. These include:

Primary Computing with L-Plates  - 10th March (Wimborne Dorset)

Classic Algorithms for Sorting and Searching - 12th March (Bristol)

Start to Teach Python - 18th March  (Cirencester)