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Sample Lessons
The rest of this site teaches one tool at a time. These lessons show what it looks like when the tools disappear into good teaching: a real standard, a clear objective, and technology placed exactly where it helps students learn.
Start from the standard, not the tool
Every lesson here began with a content standard and an objective. The tech was chosen afterward, only where it made learning faster, more visible, or more accessible. That's the habit worth copying.
What every lesson includes
- At a glance — grade, subject, time, standards, tech, and SAMR level
- Standards and objective — a content standard plus an ISTE Student Standard
- A timed sequence — each step says what the tech does and why it helps
- Differentiation — support, English-learner, and stretch options
- Assessment — a formative check and an exit ticket
- A no-tech backup — so a dead network never sinks the lesson
- Print view — a clean printout for your planning binder or a sub
Reading the SAMR level
Each lesson is tagged with a SAMR level — a simple way to describe how much the technology changes the task. Higher isn't automatically better; the right level is the one that serves the objective.
| Level | What the technology does |
|---|---|
| Substitution | Replaces a tool with no real change (typing instead of handwriting). |
| Augmentation | Replaces a tool with a functional improvement (a quiz that grades itself). |
| Modification | Lets you significantly redesign the task (drafting by voice, then publishing with narration). |
| Redefinition | Makes possible a task that wasn't possible before (designing and printing a working prototype). |
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About the standards
Content standards are from the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS); technology standards are the ISTE Standards for Students. If your state uses its own standards, most of these map closely — check your state's crosswalk.
Sources & further reading
- The SAMR model — Ruben R. Puentedura, who developed SAMR.
- Common Core State Standards — official CCSS site.
- Next Generation Science Standards — official NGSS site.
- ISTE Standards for Students — International Society for Technology in Education.