Integrating Technology in Education

 This week I am taking a closer look into the world of technology that I use in the Special Education Resource room under the  SAMR Model  developed by Ruben Puentedura in 2010, an education researcher.  Image Source: edutopia.org                                                                                      What is the SAMR Model? There are four different layers of SAMR - Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition. This framework assists educators in seeing how they are using technology in the classroom and how they are helping to examine the level in which students are learning with the the technology.  Substitution  focuses on something that can be done digitally instead of on paper. For example, a student uses an online ...