LoTi+and+H.E.A.T.

The LoTi Framework focuses on the delicate balance between instruction, assessment, and the effective use of digital tools and resources to promote higher order thinking, engaged student learning, and authentic assessment practices in the classroom--all vital characteristics of 21st Century teaching and learning. 
 * LoTi Framework **

21st Century Skills require a mastery of the following skill-sets: Learning and Innovation Skills, Information, Media and Technology skills, and Life and Career Skills. However, as schools work towards implementing 21st Century Skills there has been an overemphasis on technology without an equal focus on integrating the other two skill-sets. For true 21st Century teaching and learning, lessons should be infused with 21st Century Skills that focus on a blending of all 21st Century skill-sets; ** H **igher-order thinking, ** E **ngaged learning, ** A **uthentic connnections, and **T** echnology use, or **H.E.A.T**.
 * Creating Lessons with H.E.A.T. to Encapsulate 21st Century Skills **

Collectively, H.E.A.T. represents the amount of 21st Century Skills //**applied by students**// within any learning enviroment. __The manner in which teachers plan, implement, and evaluate their lessons determines the amount of student-generated H.E.A.T. in the classroom__.

The Current Instructional Practices (CIP) Framework measures classroom teachers' current instructional practices relating to a subject-matter versus a learner-based instructional approach in the classroom. As one moves to a higher CIP Intensity Level, less emphasis is placed on didactic instruction, sequential and uniform learning activities, and traditional forms of assessment. In its place, teachers begin to embrace instructional strategies aligned with student-directed learning, varied assessment strategies, authentic problem-solving opportunities, differentiated instruction, and complex classroom routines (e.g., students generating and testing hypotheses, implementing cooperative learning, students identifying similarities and differences). 
 * Current Instructional Practices Framework (CIP) **

The Personal Computer Use (PCU) Framework measures classroom teachers' fluency level with using digital tools and resources for student learning. As one moves to a higher PCU Intensity Level, the depth and breadth of current and emerging digital tool use (e.g., multimedia, productivity, desktop publishing, web-based applications) in the classroom increases proportionally as does the teacher's advocacy and commitment level for their use. At the highest PCU Intensity Levels, teachers assume leadership roles that transcend the everyday use of digital tools and resources toward a level of advocacy for effective technology use in their classroom, school building, and the larger global community. 
 * Personal Computer Use Framework (PCU) **

After taking the LoTi Digital Age Survey you will be presented with a detailed profile of suggested professional development priorities aligned to the NETS for Teachers (NETS-T) or Administrators (NETS-A). In addition, this profile offers recommendations aligned to five popular instructional initiatives including (1) Level of Teaching Innovation (LoTi), (2) Partnership for 21st Century Skills, (3) Marzano’s Research-based Instructional Practices, (4) Daggett’s Rigor & Relevance, and (5) Webb’s Depth of Knowledge. Results of the survey target professional development interventions, web links, lesson plans, and other recommendations. These recommendations are based the individually-generated professional development profile generated by the survey. Here are the instructions for access the survey, which can be found at the LoTi Lounge at: [|www.lotilounge.com]: 
 * Digital Age Survey **

// You may schedule one-on-one training/coaching with Mandy Gancarz at ext. 10034. //


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