SAMR, LMS, Whiteboard, BYOD

     From just reading this article, I would not be able to tell you what SAMR or LMS stood for. I would have to do extra research for that. However, by reading further into it, the article gives a little insight into what they are. I perceived them to be tools for teachers that have different levels. I could agree with whoever wrote the paragraph including the SAMR model because they talk about teachers being thrown tool after tool and not knowing how to actually integrate these tools into their classrooms. I feel the exact same way with some of my classes. In some classes I am given examples of when and how to use certain applications or models to help enrich my students' learning. Then in other classes I feel as if I learn how to do these things and never see the applicability of them for a classroom, students, or even myself. Then I am left guessing what a LMS is. By the paragraph I would assume that it is something similar to the Blackboard that we use here at southern. I do see where something like this would be useful for the rest of our careers and also for our future students as well. I think the fact that so many classes use Blackboard, that having to continue to use them and teach others how to use them would be a breeze because we are becoming so familiar to it. I think interactive Whiteboards are good for some things, and then not as useful in other ways. I think it is a great way to gain students' attention because the start of it is pretty interesting, but with all of the up and coming tech tools, our students will not continue to be impressed. I sort of like the idea of BYOD in a sense, but not totally. I can see where that would seem like we should go to that, but I just think about all of the students that do not have access to devices to bring to class then making them feel left out, which is not what I want to do as a teacher.