SAMAR model

 

SAMAR Model

SAMAR model is one of the ICT integration tools created by Dr.Ruben Puentedura mainly to help teacher create a personalized teaching and students to understand the complex ideas and concepts. Thus, SAMAR model is a planning tool that helps in designing a better learning tool that is suitable and interactive for all the learners. This tool helps teacher go beyond replacing traditional methods with technology. It encourages tutor to augment, modify, and even redefine the learning experiences. Thus, SAMAR stands for Substitution, Augmentation, Modification and Re-definition.

1.       Substitution: This the most basic level of technology integration, where technology is used as direct substitute for traditional tools or methods without any functional change. For example, using a word processor instead of pen and paper to write nursery rhymes or using ppt instead of textbook without any changes front sizes.

2.       Modification: At this level, technology is used to enhance or improve the learning experience. It provides some functional improvement over traditional methods. For example, using a digital voice recorder to record and listen to nursery rhymes, allowing for playback and self-assessment or changing front sizes and background of the ppt background of the ppt making it interactive.

3.       Modification: Technology at this level allows significant task redesign and provides new learning opportunities. It goes beyond enhancement and enables students to do things that were not possible before. For example, using multimedia tools to create interactive presentations or videos of nursery rhymes, incorporating visuals, music and animations or incorporating videos and images in the ppts to make it more engaging and interactive to learners.

4.       Re-definition: This is the highest level of technology integration, where technology allows for the creation of new tasks and learning experiences that were previously inconceivable. It transforms the learning process and opens up new possibilities. For example, using online collaborative platforms to create and share nursery rhymes with children from different parts of the world, fostering global connections and cultural exchange or using of PhET simulations or instead of using ppts to create something like blog related to the concept taught to them.

SAMAR model encourages educators to move beyond substitutions and strive for higher levels of technology truly enhancing and transforming the learning experiences.

 

 

Lesson Plan

 Teacher Name: Pema Euden

Subject: Science

Topic: Human Blood Circulatory System

Class: VI

Time: 45 minutes

Teaching Learning Material: Video links, Power Point,, textbooks

ICT Model: SAMR Model

Previous Knowledge: They already have the general concept of the heart and its function, as well as the concept of blood and its purpose in the body.

 

Lesson Objectives:

 By the end of the lesson, students should be able to;

1. demonstrate the flow of blood through the model correctly without help from peers (Psychomotor domain)

2. identify the key components of the human circulatory system clearly without referring to text (Cognitive domain)

3. develop enthusiasm in learning about the human body curiously with friends(Affective domain).

Lesson Introduction (5 minutes)

- Greet the students.

-Begin lesson by engaging students in a discussion about the circulatory system. Ask questions like” what do you know about blood circulation?” or “why is blood circulation important for our bodies?”

 

Lesson Development 

Information Input (10 minutes)

Instead of using textbooks to teach the students, teachers will use ppt to introduce and teach the students about the human circulatory system. (Note: The ppt should be interactive and interesting)

-Show short video clips to provide visual representations of the circulatory system.

https://youtu.be/qk8gw2rDGj8

-Explain the key components of the circulatory system: the heart, blood vessels (arteries, veins, capillaries), and blood.

-Discuss the functions of each component and how they work together to ensure proper blood circulation. 

 

Activity 1 (15 minutes)

In order to further help them to understand more about the concepts, the teacher will form a group of 4 members in each group where they have to participate in a quiz on the human circulatory system. 

Anyone in the group should scan the QR code given below.

Everyone in the group should collaboratively work together to answer the questions.

Activity 2 (10 minutes)

In order to check the students' understanding of the human blood circulatory system, the teacher will ask students in the group to discuss the key components of the human blood circulatory system and their function. 

 

Lesson Closure (5 minutes)

Let a few students summarize what they had understood from the lesson and ask them a few questions to find out how much they have learned. In order to help them to stay on topic, give them a home task asking them to write on why the human blood circulatory system is important in 250 to 300 words.