LoTi Mentor Certification Day 3 - Las Vegas, NV - Sept. 12th, 2008

Good Morning and welcome to Day 3 of our LoTi Mentor Certification Institute. Provided below is today's agenda.

H.E.A.T.Classroom Walkthroughs
Lesson Plan Analysis
Certification Task #3
Certification Task #4
Focus Strategies & Engaging Questions
EBAM & Certification Task #5
Certification Task #8
5 C’s of Instructional Leadership
LoTi Mentor Submission Date/Process
Evaluation

Have a great day!

Chris & LeeChel

LoTi Mentor Certification Day 2 - Las Vegas, NV - Sept. 11, 2008

Greetings and welcome to Day 2 of the LoTi Mentor Certification Institute. Provided below is today's agenda.


LoTi 3 Experience - Reaction Time #1
LoTi 3 Experience - Reaction Time #2
LoTi Mentor Certification
7th Grade Earth Science: Solar System - LoTi 4+
Certification Task #1
5th Grade Writing: Voice - LoTi 2-4+
21st Century Learning
8th Grade Resource Students: Algebraic Expressions - LoTi 4
H.E.A.T.
Certification Task #2
Professional Development Intervention: LoTi Trainers

Please leave a comment about any questions from yesterday's program or today's agenda.

May the LoTi Be With You!

Agenda: Day 3

• LoTi/CIP Data Collection Strategies
• Sample Lesson Plan
• Sample Performance Assessment
• Sample Performance Task
• Sample Portfolios
• Sample Observation
• Teacher Observation/Interview

• online LoTi Courses

• Closure and Next Steps

Resources:
• LoTi Observer
• Sample Methods
• Sampling Chart

Agenda: Day 2

• EBAM Evaluation

• Next Steps Action Plans

• Mini-Professional Development Intervention

• Personal Interviews

Mini-Makeover

In this activity, you will review the learning experience called "How Crowded are our States?"and then complete the following tasks:

1. Approximate the current Level of Technology Implementation (LoTi) prior to the makeover including a detailed rationale for your approximation.

2. Explain in detail the changes you would make with the existing learning experience to move it one level higher on the LoTi Framework.

3. Explain in detail the changes you would make with the existing learning experience to move it two levels higher on the LoTi Framework.

On a separate sheet of paper, record any of your thoughts, assumptions, ideas, or insights relating to the lesson plan makeover.

Note:
Make sure to identify and defend the new LoTi Levels for the learning experience, "How Crowded are our States?" based on your recommended changes.

PowerPoint Exercise

In this activity, you and your colleagues will modify an existing PowerPoint presentation for a meeting with a school district's administrative team. The multimedia presentation should last no longer than 10 minutes, but should give the targeted audience (e.g., superintendent, assistant superintendents, directors) a broad and persuasive understanding of the benefits that LoTi can provide their district in terms of improving student achievement in science and mathematics at Grades 5-8.

In this activity, you will need to complete the following tasks:

1. Download the existing PowerPoint presentation. "LoTi Powerpoint Presentation"

2. Review the PowerPoint presentation for content and purpose.

3. Make changes to the existing PowerPoint presentation that will produce a convincing argument as to why the school district's administrative team should implement the LoTi Program in their school system for Grades 5-8.

4. Deliver the PowerPoint presentation to your targeted audience.

Chris Moersch will serve as representatives of the school district's administrative representative.

Video Case Study: High School Science

Students were using digital probes to collect data samples from a local stream.

Video Case Study: Middle School Math

Students were reviewing measures of central tendency in their math classroom.

Video Case Study: 4th Grade Science

Student were learning about the rainforest in their 4th Grade Science class.

Video Case Study: High School Language Arts

The teacher is using an Interactive White Board as part of her instructional unit on MacBeth.

Video Case Study: 3rd Grade Science

The teacher is using an Interactive White Board to introduce and reinforce students' understanding of food chains, food webs, prey/predator relationships, and animal classifications.

LoTi Observations (G)

In this activity, you will work with your colleagues to approximate the Level of Technology Implementation (LoTi) for a series of learning experiences. The examples cover all grade levels, K-12. After previewing each video clip, you will have 5 minutes to discuss the LoTi and H.E.A.T. implications and then 1 minute to record your responses

Click on the comment link for each Video Case Study to enter (1) the LoTi level, (2) a one-sentence rationale for the LoTi level, and (3) your name for each learning experience.

Note: Be careful to base your LoTi approximations on the classroom processes you actually observe. Do not assume activities that may or may not be occurring beyond the scope of each learning experience.

Agenda: Day 1

9:00 am NLTCI Overview and Introductions

10:00 am LoTi Observations (G)

10:45 am Break

11:00 am PowerPoint Exercise (G)

12:00 pm Lunch

1:30 pm Mini-Makeover Exercise (I)

2:00 pm LoTi Connection

3:00 pm Personal Interviews

LoTi Mentor Certification Day 1 - Las Vegas, NV - Sept. 10, 2008

Today, we will begin Day 1 of the LoTi Mentor Certification Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada. The agenda will consist of the following events:

Issues with Digital-Age Technology
Extreme 21st Century Makeover
LoTi Framework
LoTi Classroom Observations
Think about Thinking - Bloom's Taxonomy
LoTi Survey Overview

Let me know of any concerns or questions you have with the agenda or the institute itself. Your comments are greatly appreciated. By the way, check out some of the links below:

21st Century Resources:
LoTi Connection
Partnership for the 21st Century
Questioning Toolbox
LoTi Schools Bookmarks
Thinkfinity
WebQuest
LoTi Lounge