SAMR.... What hasn't been SAMRed a hundred times already? I'll tell you what, the grade book. Sure we have substitutions and maybe augmentation when it comes to putting them online and letting them be accessible to parents and students at anytime, but we haven't really made it any better or more useful to students other than dreading it.
My solution: Use all this new tech that we've learned to make grades and improvement a better process. Google classroom and slides is an awesome place to try this out. Rather than turning items in to a teacher they can turn them in the way that we are by linking them to their own slide portfolio. Grading can be done there by adding comments and then giving some outline if you want to let the student redo an assignment.
No more crinkled papers in backpacks and huge stacks of papers for you to grade at home, plus students and teachers can quickly see progression from assignment to assignment. We can identify problem areas that keep occuring and can easily assist students at a much quicker pace than having to go over paper copies. Ans as an added bonus we can add gifs to their slides when they do something awesome.
I feel that moving to this more interactive grading system and getting feedback quickly to help our students is what SAMR was made for.
I LOVE this idea!! The google doc is basically a living, breathing document. If students need to turn in work, they can do it here. Revisions need to be made? Awesome, make the changes straight to the document. Not only does this mean cleaner desks and backpacks, but teachers don't have to cart around files, papers, notebooks, and folders filled with student work! Now will there be certain things that are easier to turn in that way and more practical? Sure. But for the most part, if we did it this way, as long as the tech is working, seems to be much more efficient. Great idea!
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