LoTi Administrator Orientation: Salina, KS

Dear Colleague,

Provided below are the requested links from our LoTi Administrator Orientation session in Spring, 2010.

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

Resources:

General Resources:

• 21st Century Learning Revisited

• LoTi Sniff Test
• LoTi Framework

• H.E.A.T.

• Thinkfinity

• Ning

• A-Z List of Informal Assessment Strategies

• Questioning Toolkit

• 21st Century Performance Assessments

Math Resources
Interactivate
NLVM
Illuminations
Math Tools

Thinkfinity

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

ELA Resources
Read-Write-Think

Thinkfinity

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

Science Resources
Virtual LabsChemistry
Simulations

Social Studies Resources
270toWin
National Budget Simulation

Fine Arts Resources
The Audition Room
SFS Kids

Web 2.0 Resources
• GoToWeb20
• Web 2.0 Tool: Survey Monkey
• Web 2.0 Tool: Zoomerang
• Web 2.0 Tool: Survs
• Web 2.0 Tool: Dabbleboard
• Web 2.0 Tool: MyWebspiration
• Web 2.0 Tool: Wordle
• Web 2.0 Tool: TagCrowd
• Web 2.0 Tool: Blogger
• Web 2.0 Tool: 21 Classes
• Web 2.0 Tool: Writeboard
• Web 2.0 Tool: Wikispaces
• Web 2.0 Tool: ePals
• Web 2.0 Tool: Gaggle
• Web 2.0 Tool: GoogleDocs

• Web 2.0 Tool: EditGrid
• Web 2.0 Tool: Audacity
• Web 2.0 Tool: GarageBand

Website Construction Resources
Wikispaces for Teachers
Blogger
SchoolNotes
Scholastic Home Page Builder

Jog the Web

Interactive Map Resources
Intute World Guide
National Geographic Map Machine
Google Earth

Video Editing Resources
Movie Maker (Windows)
iMovie (Mac)

Publishing Student Work Resources
Publishing Students Resources

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

Photo Sharing Resources
Photobucket
Flickr
Shutterfly

Screen Capture Recording Resources
Cam Studio
i Show U (Mac)

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

LoTi Orientation Session: Salina USD 305

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

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

Thank you for attending!

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

LoTi Administrator Orientation: Irving ISD - July 27th, 2010

Provided below is the agenda for today's LoTi Administrator Orientation.

• Texas Prairie Dog Simulation
• Monster Exchange
- Make a Police Sketch
• 21st Century Teaching & Learning
• Big Ideas for Today
• Megatrends Impacting 21st Century Learning
• What is H.E.A.T.?
- Bloom's Taxonomy
• What is LoTi?

- LoTi Sniff Test
• What is CIP?

• Discussion: How does LoTi relate to H.E.A.T.? Add a comment at the bottom of this blog post now about the relationship between LoTi and H.E.A.T.

• LoTi/H.E.A.T. Input/Output Model

• What is the LoTi Continuous Improvement Cycle?
• LoTi Implementation Checklist
- LoTi Assessment

- Next Steps Plan

- LoTi/HEAT Observation Form

- Sample Classroom Walkthrough

- Reaction Time Simulator
- Reaction Time Spreadsheet
• What is educational followership?
• Retrofitting LoTi

Resources:

• LoTi Connection

• LoTi Lounge

• LoTi Classroom

• Sample LoTi Project School Report

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

LoTi Administrator Institute: Pittsgrove TSD - July 12th, 2010

Provided below is the agenda for Day 1: LoTi Administrator Institute.

• Big Ideas
• 21st Century Skills & Themes
- Reaction Time Simulator
- Reaction Time Spreadsheet
• H.E.A.T. Orientation
- Bloom's Taxonomy
- 270ToWin
• LoTi Orientation

• LoTi Sniff Test

• LoTi/H.E.A.T. Input/Output Model

• Discussion: How does LoTi relate to H.E.A.T.? Add a comment at the bottom of this blog post now about the relationship between LoTi and H.E.A.T.

• LoTi Digital-Age Survey

• LoTi Goal Setting
• H.E.A.T. Strategies
• Classroom Walkthroughs with H.E.A.T.

- LoTi/HEAT Observation Form

- Sample Classroom Walkthrough

• Discussion: As an administrator conducting classroom walkthroughs, what criteria or "look-fors" do you currently use to gauge acceptable instructional practices? How do these criteria compare with the H.E.A.T. look-fors?

• Retrofitting LoTi

Resources:

• LoTi Connection

• LoTi Lounge

• LoTi Classroom

ISTE 2010: Beyond Catch Phrases

Welcome to ISTE 2010!

Digital-Age Learning Best Practices Observation Form

Promoting shared expertise with networked collaboration
Complex Thinking Skills

Bolstering inquiry through student questions
H.E.A.T. Scoring Guide
5E lesson Plan Template

Making Authentic Connections

Using horizontal/vertical differentiation
Sample Learning Station/Center Template

Anchoring student learning with digital tools/resources

Implementing Formative Assessments
A-Z Informal Assessment Handout

Word Up! Using Word Frequency Visualization Tools

Do you like word games, crosswords, and playing scrabble? Do you consider yourself a visual learner? These tools connect visual and verbal learners like never before!

Word Frequency Visualization tools allow students to analyze visually the frequency of words within a passage by pasting the passage text directly into an online form. Web 2.0 Tools such as Wordle and TagCrowd are free to use and do exactly this.

Wordle, by definition on their website, "is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends". At first, it may seem like just a fun little tool, but the educational opportunities are endless that educators are finding for these tools.

Imagine having students paste the text from the Declaration of Independence into a form and then getting back a word cloud that shows the frequency of the words visually; with the more frequent words appearing larger on the screen and the less frequent words appearing smaller. How about a discussion that compares and contrasts the inaugural speeches of John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama based on the word frequency in the visual representation of these speeches? These same tools are also effective for students to analyze their own writing to explore the redundancy of word use. In the most simplest terms, it is a great way for students to express themselves with in a visually, verbally, Web 2.0 way!

Below are links to these Web 2.0 Tools as well as some links to ways educators as using these tools in the classroom.

Web 2.0 Tools
Wordle
TagCrowd

Examples
TagCrowd Example
Forty-six Interesting Ways to Use Wordle

So now that you have explored and shared the tool and the ideas, let's focus on how to continue to encourage teachers to utilize them by giving them some commendations and recommendations.

Wiki: Commendations
1. Reward efforts by highlighting Wordle creations to the rest of the staff.
2. Set up for success and take the lead on creating a Wordle to illustrate something (i.e. your next meeting agenda) to your staff or something fun to get started!!

Wiki: Recommendations

1. Start simple by presenting a task that needs to be completed by using one of these tools. Curriculum maps or content standards can be copied into a word frequency visualization tool to highlight key concepts to begin the discussion and activity at a curriculum planning meeting.
2. Keep it simple and use these tools for Student of the Week, describing character traits of the individual student.

So explore the Word Frequency Visualization Tools and see how they might be used in your classrooms to turn up the H.E.A.T.!

Turning Up the H.E.A.T.: LoTi Orientation

Today's Agenda:
• 21st Century Teaching & Learning
- Reaction Time Simulator
- Reaction Time Spreadsheet
- 270ToWin
• H.E.A.T.
- Bloom's Taxonomy
• LoTi
• H.E.A.T. Strategies
- Web 2.0 Resources
- Focus Strategies
- Lesson Makeovers
• Retrofitting LoTi

General Resources:
• 21st Century Learning Revisited
• LoTi Sniff Test
• LoTi Framework
• H.E.A.T.
• Thinkfinity
• Ning
• A-Z List of Informal Assessment Strategies
• Questioning Toolkit
• 21st Century Performance Assessments

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

ELA Resources
Read-Write-Think
Thinkfinity

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

Science Resources
Virtual LabsChemistry
Simulations

Social Studies Resources
270toWin
National Budget Simulation

Fine Arts Resources
The Audition Room
SFS Kids

Web 2.0 Resources
• GoToWeb20
• Web 2.0 Tool: Survey Monkey
• Web 2.0 Tool: Zoomerang
• Web 2.0 Tool: Survs
• Web 2.0 Tool: Dabbleboard
• Web 2.0 Tool: MyWebspiration
• Web 2.0 Tool: Wordle
• Web 2.0 Tool: TagCrowd
• Web 2.0 Tool: Blogger
• Web 2.0 Tool: 21 Classes
• Web 2.0 Tool: Writeboard
• Web 2.0 Tool: Wikispaces
• Web 2.0 Tool: ePals
• Web 2.0 Tool: Gaggle
• Web 2.0 Tool: GoogleDocs
• Web 2.0 Tool: EditGrid
• Web 2.0 Tool: Audacity
• Web 2.0 Tool: GarageBand
• Web 2.0 Tool: Zoho Writer

Website Construction Resources
Wikispaces for Teachers
Blogger
SchoolNotes
Scholastic Home Page Builder

Jog the Web

Interactive Map Resources
Intute World Guide
National Geographic Map Machine
Google Earth

Video Editing Resources
Movie Maker (Windows)
iMovie (Mac)

Publishing Student Work Resources
Publishing Students Resources

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

Photo Sharing Resources
Photobucket
Flickr
Shutterfly

Screen Capture Recording Resources
Cam Studio
i Show U (Mac)