Reflecting on the SAMR Model, Modification refers to "significant task redesign" and Redefinition refers to tasks that were "previously inconceivable" without technology.
Considering this, what specific activities have you tried this school year to use Modification and Redefinition with your students? What has been successful, and what would you do differently?
Today I actually had students doing this erosion lab that we've been working on. Students have created models of a section of the earth that include some type of landform. We've experimented with ice, wind and then today we were seeing how water would erode their landforms. We took before and after pictures and then I had one student from each class record the event in time-lapse to show how the water eroded the landform. They included all of that into a Google Slide to show the change, and let them have visuals that supported what they said happened and could compare that to their predictions. I really liked it.
After doing it, we definitely need more practice with doing time-lapse. We're clearly not skilled with it. We also need practice with taking better photographs for the particular task in order to make these better next time. I think the practice would make it more effective and helpful.
