24- SAMR and LMS

An SAMR (Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition) Model is used to see how computer technology might impact teaching and learning. Teachers of primary and secondary education should be educated in ways to use different forms of technology in the classroom. In order to this, we (I say we because I am a future educator, myself) must first be educated in the different technologies available. Then, when we feel comfortable with them, we should then use them in the classroom to add a technological component. Children are going to use technology anyway, so we might as well teach them good ways to use it, and ways that will foster learning and creativity. That is not to say, however, that a classroom should become fully digitized, either. SAMRs are a good way to find out if certain technologies will be useful in the classroom.
A Learning Management System (LMS) should also be implemented in high schools. These are systems that allow for the tracking and documentation and reporting/delivering of electronic materials that are to be submitted online. Most colleges use some form of LMS so high schools should start implementing them so that the students are more prepared to use them. I had never used one before I came to college and I had a hard time trying to figure out how to navigate it. If there had been some kind of course at my high school that used one, I would not have so many problems because I would be used to it.