THIRD QUARTER EDITION JANUARY 7, 2019

Technology Newsletter
Collaboration ~Creativity ~Critical thinking
Communication

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teachers.html

Substitution
“In a substitution level, teachers or students are only using new
technology tools to replace old ones, for instance, using
Google Docs to replace Microsoft Word. the task ( writing) is
the same but the tools are different.

Augmentation
Though it is a different level, but we are still in the substitution
mentality but this time with added functionalities. Again using
the example of Google docs, instead of only writing a Click the link to watch the video to learn more about SAMR
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auto syncing, and auto sharing in the cloud.

Modification
This is the level where technology is being used more
effectively not to do the same task using different tools but to
redesign new parts of the task and transform students learning.
An example of this is using the commenting service in Google
Docs, for instance, to collaborate and share feedback on a
given task task.

Redefinition
If you are to place this level in Blooms revised taxonomy
pyramid, it would probably correspond to synthesis and
evaluation as being the highest order thinking skills.
 "Redefinition means that students use technology to create
imperceptibly new tasks. As is shown in the video below an
example of redefinition is "when students connect to a
classroom across the world where they would each write a
narrative of the same historical event using the chat and
comment section to discuss the differences, and they  use the
voice comments to discuss the differences they noticed and
then embed this in the class website".

Apple announced its Everyone Can

Create curriculum is now available on
Apple Books. Designed to help
unleash kids’ creativity throughout
their school day, Everyone Can Create
teaches students to develop and communicate ideas
through drawing, music, video and photos on iPad”.

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