What happens when SAMR vs TPACK vs November ICT Model?

Have you ever thought about this? I have listened to Alan November mention that SAMR didn't exactly fit the description necessary for teachers to evaluate their use of technology, yet it provided an incredibly useful scaffold nonetheless. His reasoning was that if you get to the R-Redefinition stage then one could say they have reached the top and he then went on to say that there is no limit to technology integration (I hope i've paraphrased him accurately). Alan November has Automating (reproducing traditional classroom practise with technology) and Informating, with the latter being the word to describe more authentic use of technology in education. In addition, attendees at BLC14 mentioned that they thought that the TPACK model was particularly useful.

I have read some blogs on the web by Julie Balen about Digital Literacies that then got me onto Silvia Tolisano's site that has compared the steps of SAMR to the relevant terms in November's Automating, Informating. Have a read, it is truly worthwhile, but as a simple summary it is SA(Automate), MR(Informate). I like the use of language and have said in previous posts that language from models and scaffolds give us a dialogue from which to converse with each other objectively about our teaching in order to develop our skills. So, I give you the 3 Dimensional cone that describes the association of the language used in all three. Below is roughly the net of a cone, with tabs on the side to glue it together. The picture gives us language and the positions for which the depth of those terms represent are most useful to us.

Diagram 1.1 - SAMR vs TPACK vs November ICT Model

The above diagram is something that ICT Managers and eLearning Coordinators might find interesting and useful as it compares the differing levels of ICT integration between the three models. After discussing this image our ICT Committee wanted to create a simpler model that would enable staff that were still at the beginning stages of being comfortable and confident with technology integration to have a scaffold for comparison and reflection. The below staged Diagram 1.2 provides a synthesis of the language used by SAMR, TPACK and November, which allows staff to have a more comprehensive metalanguage for use in reflective dialogues between staff members.

Diagram 1.2 - Bishop Druitt College's ICT Model Scaffold