The SAMR model focuses on the intersection of technology and

pedagogy. The model supports and enables teachers to design,

develop and infuse digital learning experiences that utilizes
technology.

It has 4 different layers.

And 2 different sections. The first two layers focuses on

enhancing the learning task while the third and fourth layer
focuses on actual transformation.

In the substitution step, technology acts as a direct substitute with

no significant change.
A student typing an essay on a computer is merely swapping out
paper for a laptop. In this step, ask yourself what students stand to gain
by replacing traditional tools with technology. 
In the augmentation step, there is a functional improvement in the
use of a technological tool.

So that same essay is done on the google document with the

ability to have classmates leave comments on one another’s
work. In this step, ask yourself if the technology increases or augments
a student’s productivity and potential in some way.

In the modification step, you are beginning to move from enhancement

to transformation. With modification step, technology allows for
significant task redesign. Instead of replacement or enhancement, this is
an actual change to the lesson’s design and its learning outcome. 
So that same essay is now a blog post. Students are doing research
online, editing on a shared document and publishing to an authentic
audience.
So it is no longer an essay. It is an article crafted for the world.

With the redefinition step, technology allows the creation of a

new concept that has not been previously conceptualized and
allows for new tasks that were previously inconceivable.

So that same essay is now a multimedia package. Students are

not only searching online but also connecting with experts
through video conferencing. They are co-writing their posts
with a digital blogging cohort from around the world. They are
producing not only a blog post but also a corresponding
podcast and an edited video

Notice that the higher up you move through the SAMR model
the more transformative the technology task becomes both in
terms of multimedia creation and in terms of communication
with the rest of the world.

Here are examples of apps that can be used in teaching that is

classified by the SAMR Model.