LoTi Leadership Symposium - State of Indiana

Dear Colleague,

Provided below is the agenda for the LoTi Leadership Symposium in Indianapolis, Indiana on Friday, January 29th, 2010.

• LoTi Overview
• H.E.A.T.
• LoTi
• LoTi Sniff Test
• LoTi/H.E.A.T. Input/Output Model
• LoTi Continuous Improvement Cycle
Assess
- LoTi Digital-Age Survey
- LoTi Profiler
Plan
- Next Steps Action Plans
- Individualized Professional Development Plans
Implement (H.E.A.T. Strategies)
- Sample Web 2.0 Resource: Finding the Right Tool
- The LoTi Classroom (Online Learning)
User Name: lotiguest
Password: lotiguest
Sustain
- Classroom Walkthroughs with H.E.A.T.
- LoTi Observer
• LoTi Digital-Age Schools
• 5C's of Instructional Leadership
• Summary and Reflection

Important Links:
LoTi Connection
LoTi Lounge
LoTi Classroom (Online Learning)

Resources:

Video Samples - Early Childhood Level
• Early Childhood - Lifelong Learning
• Early Childhood: Science - Worms
• Early Childhood: Math - Counting
• Early Childhood: Social Studies - Community
• Early Childhood: Science: - Zoo Trip
• Early Childhood: Science: - Exploring Balls and Ramps

Video Samples - Elementary School Level
• Elementary Math: Fractions
• Elementary Science: Food Chains
• Elementary Science: Ecology
• Elementary Science: Space Day Design Challenge
• Elementary Science/Math/Language Arts: Weather
• Elementary Science: Electricity
• Elementary Math: Tessellations
• Elementary Science: Weather
• Elementary Science: Maui's Coral Reefs-Echinoderms
• Elementary Science: Stopping Distances
• Elementary Science: Monarch Butterflies
• Elementary Science: Solar System
• Elementary Science: Ecosystems
• Elementary PE: Pulse Rates
• Elementary Math: Luxury Hotel
• Elementary Science: Hermit Crabs
• Elementary Science: Iron Oxide Experiment

Video Samples - Middle School Level
• Middle School Math: Stock Market
• Middle School Math: Archimedes Spiral
• Middle School Language Arts: Literature Review - Tuck Everlasting
• Middle School Science: Properties of Matter
• Middle School Science: Air Pressure
• Middle School Science: Elements Commercial
• Middle School Science: Science Journals

Video Samples - High School Level
• High School Technology Elective: Video Editing
• High School Math: Pythagorean Theorem
• High School Math: Geometry in the Real World
• High School English: MacBeth
• High School Social Studies: Theodore Roosevelt and Progressivism
• High School Physics: Projectiles
• High School Science: Starry Night Simulation

Please leave a comment about any questions from the LoTi Administrator Institute presentation.

Thank you for attending!

Chris Moersch, Ed.D.
LoTi Executive Director
chris@loticonnection.com

LoTi Snapshot for Goose Creek ISD

Provided below is the agenda for our LoTi "Snapshot" in Goose Creek ISD

Let's first explore digital-age learning by viewing three short video clips below.

• Elementary School Classroom: Food Chains

• High School Classroom: Biology

• Middle School Classroom: Elements Commercial

Now, rank the videos from Lowest (1) to Highest (3) in terms of representing digital-age teaching and learning.

• Digital-Age Ranking Survey
• Digital-Age Ranking Survey Results

• Discussion: Add a comment at the bottom of this blog post now about the specific "look-fors" that separated your highest rated video from your lowest rated video.

What is H.E.A.T.?

• H.E.A.T. Framework

• H.E.A.T. Rubric

• Discussion: Conduct a H.E.A.T. analysis of the Food Chains video. Was it bringing the H.E.A.T. to student learning in terms of Higher order thinking, Engaged learning, Authentic connections, and Technology use. Discuss with your colleagues how you would have scored this video based on the H.E.A.T. rubric.

What is LoTi?

• Digital-Age Framework

• Dissertation Studies involving LoTi

• Research-based Results

• School Improvement Model

• LoTi Sniff Test

• Discussion: Conduct a LoTi Sniff Test of the Elements Commercial and Biology videos. What was the LoTi Level of each video? Enter the LoTi Level of each video case study below by clicking on the LoTi Rating link.

• LoTi Rating
• LoTi Rating Results

• LoTi/H.E.A.T. Input/Output Model

• Discussion: How does LoTi relate to H.E.A.T.? Discuss with your colleagues the relationship between LoTi and H.E.A.T.

What is the LoTi Continuous Improvement Cycle?

• Assess

- LoTi Digital-Age Survey

- Texas Teacher STaR Chart

- 21st Century Skills MILE Guide

• Plan

- Sample Next Steps Action Plan

• Implement

- Sample H.E.A.T. Strategy: Online LoTi/H.E.A.T. Classes (User ID: lotiguest/Password: lotiguest)

• Sustain

- Classroom Walkthroughs with H.E.A.T (User ID: lotiguest/Password: lotiguest)

* LoTi Observer (also compatible with Eduphoria's PDAS application)

* Sample Classroom Walkthrough

* LoTi/HEAT Observation Form

* Sample Observer Report

• Discussion: What criteria or "look-fors" does your school district currently use to gauge acceptable "digital-age learning" best practices? How do these criteria compare with the H.E.A.T. look-fors? 

* Sample LoTi Project School Report

Professional Development Opportunities:

• LoTi Administrator Institute

• LoTi Administrator Institute Course Syllabus

• LoTi Mentor Certification Institute

Resources:

• LoTi Connection

• LoTi Lounge

• LoTi Classroom

Viking Academy School: Adding More H.E.A.R.T.

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 Agenda

1:00 pm: Opening Presentation: Chris Moersch
1:15 pm: Breakout Session Rotations
• Creating Collaborative Projects using ePals (Tracy Slattery) - Computer Lab
• Accessing the resources in eChalk (Joe Bochniak) - Classroom 1
• Using Web 2.0 resources to bolster student learning experiences (Chris Moersch) - Classroom 2
2:30 pm: Closure/Final Remarks

Web 2.0 Resources

Survey Monkey
My Webspiration
Backboard
Audacity

GarageBand
Wordle

Writeboard 

Collaborative Project Resources

ePals

Gaggle

General Resources

eChalk

Engaging Students in the Year 2010

Students have a wide array of tools at the fingertips in the year 2010 and we may think that it is difficult to compete for their attention in the classroom. So how can teachers engage their students in the year 2010? The second target area in the H.E.A.T./H.E.A.R.T. process is Engaging Students. This represents the level in which students are actively involved in the learning process. Are they merely reporting back distilled information to the teacher or are they involved in identifying a problem and finding a solution that possesses both personal and social importance. Engaging the learner extends beyond simple compliant behavior, but moves the learner toward active involvement in the classroom. Students generating their own essential questions relating to the content is one measuring stick used to determine the amount of engagement in a classroom.

Luckily, there are also a wide array of tools for teachers at their fingertips to help engage students. Outlined below are commendations and recommendations focusing on the second target area of H.E.A.T./H.E.A.R.T.: Engaging Students

Engaging Students Commendations
As always you want to start off on a positive note so identifying specific strategies that the teacher used is very useful and mention specific students that you noticed that were engaged. Be thinking about passive versus active engagement. Are students just being attentive and well behaved or are they actively engaged in the activity? Are there examples you can provide of students asking questions? Is there a focus type of activity? It is also helpful in a post-conference to ask the teacher to summarize the level of engagement of the students.

Engaging Students Recommendations
One of the simplest things to remind teachers is location, location, location. Where are they in the room? Are they standing in the front of the room continually delivering information to the whole class at once or are they moving around constantly, facilitating learning, asking questions and providing guidance to students? This provides a good measure of the level of engagement in the room. Additionally, a warm-up or focus activity usually at the start of the lesson is an effective strategy for engaging students. These activities are meant to capture the students' interest and attention for what is to come. A short video clip or image is a great way to launch a lesson. Some great examples of focus activities follow:

• Reflective Discovery: Tower of Hanoi and Marble Mania
• Current Events: Scholastic News or any news site
  
• Staged Scenarios: Edutopia Lesson
  
• Surveys/Questionnaires : Survey Monkey Create your own!
• Discrepant Events: Examples in Science

Elevating student engagement in the classroom will certainly attribute to student success in 2010!