LoTi Onsite Training Support

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

MassCUE & METAA Technology Leadership Symposium 2011

SESSION: Engaging the Unengaged—Using Digital Age Best Practices to Elevate Achievement in the Core Content Areas

Support Links:
- Monster Exchange
- Make A Police Sketch
- Thumb War
- H.E.A.T. Framework
- LoTi Lounge
- LoTi Classroom
- LoTi Connection
- Digital Age Best Practices Flyer
- Digital Age Best Practices White Paper
- LoTi Implementation Model
- Stage 1: Building Capacity Checklist
- Stage 2: Implementing Change Checklist
- Stage 3: Sustaining Independence Checklist
- Sample LoTi Digital Age School Report
- Sample Custom Online Course Project Report

- Engaging the Unengaged: Using 21st Century Skills/Themes to Elevate Student Academic Achievement PowerPoint PDF

SESSION: 21st Century Walkthroughs: Using iPad Technology to Improve Student Achievement and Digital Age Learning

Support Links:
- LoTi Lounge
- LoTi Classroom
- LoTi Connection
- Sample Monthly Walkthrough Report
- H.E.A.T. Walkthrough Form (Regular PDF)
- H.E.A.T. Walkthrough Form (Editable PDF)
- Custom Walkthrough Form Sample - H.E.A.R.T. ACBOE
- Custom Walkthrough Form Sample - H.E.A.R.T. Salina

- 21st Century Walkthroughs: Using iPad Technology to Improve Student Achievement and Digital Age Learning PowerPoint PDF

To view posts previously at this site as well as other LoTi Connection, LoTi Training and other LoTi Resources please visit http://loticonnection.blogspot.com/

Also consider visiting Dr. Chris Moersch’s blog—the LoTi Guy Speaks—at http://lotiguyspeaks.blogspot.com

Thank you for visiting!

Monday, August 24, 2009

Teach 2.0 Resource Blog

Agenda

• Teach 2.0 Quiz
• Big Ideas
• Today's Interactive Generation
• Teach 1.0 vs Teach 2.0
• H.E.A.T.
• H.E.A.T. Analyses
• Research-based Best Practices
• H.E.A.T. Strategies
• Teach 2.0 In-Action: EBAM

General Resources:
• 21st Century Learning Revisited
• HEAT Observation Form
• LoTi Sniff Test
• LoTi Framework

Web 2.0 Resources
• GoToWeb20

H.E.A.T. Strategies:
• LoTi Digital-Age Survey
• Lesson Makeover
• Lesson Plan Reviews
• Graphic Organizers
• Questioning Toolkit
• Bloom's Taxonomy
• Sample Classroom Walkthrough
• Rubrics
• Peer Observations
• Differentiated Instruction
• Differentiated Instruction for Advanced Learner
• Focus Strategies
• 21st Century Performance Assessments
• online Learning

Creating Websites
Wikispaces for Teachers
Blogger
SchoolNotes
Scholastic Home Page Builder

Interactive Maps
Intute World Guide
National Geographic Map Machine
Google Earth

Video Editing
Movie Maker (Windows)
iMovie (Mac)

Google Docs
Take a Tour
Google Docs Help
Google Docs in Plain English

Publishing Student Work
Publishing Students Resources

Family and Consumer Science
Online Resources
Family and Consumer Science Website
Thinkfinity -Search by Content for Resources, Lessons

Math Resources
Get Real: Math in Everyday Life
Math Projects
Applying Math Skills to a Real World Problem
Funny Math Videos on Teacher Tube

Virtual Field Trips
Take or Create One
Internet 4 Classrooms Trips
Tramline

Photo Sharing
Photobucket
Flickr
Shutterfly

Screen Capture Recording
Cam Studio
i Show U (Mac)

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Extreme Lesson Makeovers

Agenda

• H.E.A.T.

• H.E.A.T. Analyses
• LoTi Levels & Sniff Test

• Lesson Makeovers

Friday, August 14, 2009

Provided below is the LoTi Refresher Agenda for today which includes the objectives, agenda items, and resource links.

Objectives:
• Identify LoTi Levels using the LoTi Sniff Test
• Apply H.E.A.T. strategies to classroom lessons
• Approximate the amount of H.E.A.T. from any learning experience

Agenda
• Welcome and Overview: LoTi Digital-Age Survey

• Digital-age Learning

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

LoTi Leadership Symposium - HISD

• Next Steps Action Plan Template

• Next Steps Action Plan Sample

Research:
As requested, I have included the citations from "Current Research" from last week's program.

A. Technology use coupled with effective instructional strategies can improve student achievement.

Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology (CARET)
LoTi Connection
The George Lucas Educational Foundation
eMints National Center

B. Technology increases the complexity of the tasks that students can perform successfully, raises student motivation, and leads to changes in classroom roles and organization.

Baker, E. L., Gearhart, M., & Herman, J. L. (1994). Evaluating the Apple classrooms of tomorrow. In E. L. Baker H. F. O'Neil, Jr. (Eds.), Technology assessment in education and training (pp. 173-197). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Dwyer, D. C., Ringstaff, C., & Sandholtz, J. (1990). The evolution of teachers' instructional beliefs and practices in high-access-to-technology classrooms. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston.

Means, B., Blando, J., Olson, K., Middleton, T., Morocco, C.C., Remz, A.R., & Zorfass, J. (1993, September). Using technology to support education reform. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.

C. Technology can enhance both what and how children learn when used in conjunction with: (1) active engagement, (2) participation in groups, (3) frequent interaction and feedback, and (4) connections to real-world contexts.

Roschelle, J.M. Pea, R.D., Hoadley, C.M., Gordin, D.N. and Means, B.M. (2000). Changing how and what children learn in school with computer-based technologies. The Future of Children, 10:2, 76-101

Papanastasiou, E., Zemblyas, M., & Vrasidas, C. (2003). Can computer use hurt science achievement? Journal of Science Education and Technology, 12 (3), 325-332.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

LoTi Refresher - Irving ISD: February 20th, 2009

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

21st Century Professional Development = Empowered Teachers

Good Afternoon! Provided below are links to H.E.A.T. Strategies mentioned in the TCEA Break-out Session, "21st Century Professional Development = Empowered Teachers."

H.E.A.T. Strategies:
• LoTi Digital-Age Survey
• Collaborative Learning Environments
• Questioning Strategies
• Peer Observations
• Peer Observations
• Differentiated Instruction
• Differentiated Instruction for Advanced Learner
• Focus Strategies
• 21st Century Performance Assessments
• online Learning
1. Go to: www.loticlassroom.com

2. Click on the "Login" link in the upper right corner of the screen. Login with the demonstration user account:
Username: lotiguest
Password: lotiguest

3. Click on the LoTi Classroom Demo Course link to browse the course.