Design Principles

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• Technology should never be centre-stage - it always exists to serve pre-existing objectives.

• Technology should enhance our pedagogies – making it easy to reflect on oracy, develop real world learning or deepen subject knowledge 

• Students are digital natives (they have been born into the world of iPads). They should help lead teachers in the effective use of technology.

• We will have a few apps that everyone will use for work flow and to ensure consistency.

• All teachers will work to integrate technology into their practice using the SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition) approach.

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SAMR is a useful model to discuss the ways in which technology can be used - over time, technology becomes most powerful when it redefines learning and genuinely enhances the experiences for pupils.

Definition​

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Direct swap - no functional change

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Direct swap - with functional improvement

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Significant task redesign

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Creation of new tasks that were previously

unimaginable

Before

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Paper register

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Homework written in diary

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Storing work in physical exercise books

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N/A

After

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Register on iPads

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Homework set on Google Classroom

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Storing work in online note taking apps

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Students create animated movie explaining 2D shapes

Improvement

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Administrative improvement

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The use of Google Calendar and hyperlinked work means it is harder to forget or lose homework

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Teacher and student

can access work from

anywhere, and can easily

search for key work

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Without technology this

task would be impossible

Design Principles​

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Substitution

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Augmentation

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Modification

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Redefinition