Make Teaching Not Technology More Engaging, Enchanting, and Interactive

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Make TeachingNot TechnologyMore Engaging,
Enchanting, and Interactive
NECC2005

• Christopher Moersch, Ed.D.
• National Business Education Alliance

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How to Conduct an
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• Move Instruction From Here

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• To Here

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• Levels of Technology Implementation
• Level 0 - Non-Use
• Level 1 - Awareness
• Level 2 - Exploration
• Level 3 - Infusion
• Level 4a - Integration Mechanical
• Level 4b - Integration Routine
• Level 5 - Expansion
• Level 6 - Refinement

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• Lesson Plan Bio
• Title And They Came to the Streets That Were
  Paved With Gold
• LoTi Level Level 2
• Summary Middle school social studies WebQuest
  that introduces students to Chinese
  immigrants in California during the
  19th Century
• Culminating Students record their
  researchTask summaries into a Powerpoint
  or HyperStudio presentation

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• And They Came to the Streets That Were Paved with
  Gold

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• Makeover Details And They Came to the Streets
  That Were Paved with GoldThis projects
  procedures included
• Culminating Task Augmentation
• Complex Thinking Strategies Lift
• Rubric Treatment
• Carved Instructional Design EBAM Procedure

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• Before
• And They Came to the Streets That Were Paved with
  Gold

• After
• New Student Survival Kit

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• Lesson Plan Makeover
• Title New Student Survival Kit
• LoTi Level Level 3
• Summary Middle school students
  make connections between immigration
  patterns in early 20th Century America
  and current immigration patterns in the local
  community
• Culminating Students design a survival kit
  forTask new students to use at school that
  will aid them in their successful immersion
  into the existing student population

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• Title
• New Student Survival Kit
• Key Web Links
• Experiential-Based Action Model
  (EBAM)http//www.loticonnection.com/ebam.html
• Interactive Graphic Organizershttp//www.workings
  imulations.com/graphic_organizer.html
• Survey Monkeyhttp//www.surveymonkey.com/
• Download New Student Survival Kit

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• Lesson Plan Bio
• Title First Names First
• LoTi Level Level 2
• Summary Students create bar graphs and find
  the range and mode of a set of data they
  explore the relationship of vowels
  to consonants in their names
• Culminating Students demonstrate
  theirTask understanding of graph types

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• First Names First

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• Makeover Details First Names First This
  projects procedures included
• Questioning Strategies Surgery
• Lower Order Thinking Reduction
• Relevancy Injections

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• Before
• First Names First

• After
• My Name First

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• Lesson Plan Makeover
• Title My Name First
• LoTi Level Level 3
• Summary Elementary students generate hypothese
  s about their name in in terms of its
  popularity during the last 100 years
• Culminating Students generate a
  hypothesisTask about a particular
  names popularity during the past 100 years
  and provide supporting details consistent with
  their hypothesis

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• Title
• My Name First
• Key Web Links
• The Baby Name Wizardhttp//www.babynamewizard.com
  /namevoyager/lnv0105.html
• Create a Graphhttp//nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphin
  g/
• Visit the Baby Name Wizard Website

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• Lesson Plan Bio
• Title Full Court Press
• LoTi Level Level 0
• Summary High school students investigate the
  Supreme Courts role and function in the
  federal government
• Culminating Students write a one-page
  briefTask advising the president on
  key factors he should take into account
  when making a new appointment to the
  Supreme Court and selecting a new
  chief justice

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• Full Court Press

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• Makeover Details Full Court Press This
  projects procedures included
• Relevancy Injection
• Carved Instructional Design EBAM Procedure
• Higher Order Thinking Transplant
• Technology Implementation Whitening

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• Before
• Full Court Press

• After
• Skateboarding to the Supreme Court

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• Lesson Plan Makeover
• Title Skateboarding to the Supreme Court
• LoTi Level Level 4
• Summary High school students demonstrate how
  political ideology can and does influence
  lawmaking especially in terms of
  personal safety issues
• Culminating Students present specificTask initi
  atives to the Metro Council that should be
  taken in the skate park based on their
  understanding of the judicial system

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• Title
• Skateboarding to the Supreme Court
• Key Web Links
• Experiential-Based Action Model (EBAM)
  http//www.loticonnection.com/ebam.html
• Persuasion Maphttp//www.readwritethink.org/mater
  ials/persuasion_map/
• Download Skateboarding to the Supreme Court

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• Lesson Plan Bio
• Title Electoral Votes
• LoTi Level Level 3
• Summary Students use the Electoral
  Vote Calculator to determine the
  total electoral votes for the
  Republican and Democratic candidates for
  each state
• Culminating Students will create a
  politicalTask campaign for the 2008
  presidential election that will bring their
  party to the White House based on
  their understanding of the Electoral College
  , major party platforms, and current issues

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• Electoral Votes

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• Makeover Details Electoral Votes Task
• Determine your own makeover details that will
  differentiate this task for our student, Loren
  Owens

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• Before
• Electoral Votes

• After
• Electoral Votes

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• Lesson Plan Makeover
• Title Electoral Votes
• Name Loren Owens
• Readiness
• B student who easily gets distracted
• Academic strength written communication
• Out-of-the-box thinker
• Interests
• LOVES all animals especially horses and dogs
• Thrives on the personal connection between her
  pets and herself
• Learning Profile
• Avid reader especially young adult novels
• Very articulate and is very much a group person

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• Reality TV

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• 2003-2004 LoTi Results
• The PCU (Personal Computer Use) Intensity Level
  of teachers increased from a PCU Intensity Level
  2 in 2001-2002 to a PCU Intensity Level 4 in
  2003-2004
• The CIP (Current Instructional Practices)
  Intensity Level remained relatively constant from
  2001-2004
• The predominate LoTi (Level of Technology
  Implementation) Level decreased from LoTi Level 2
  (Exploration) in 2001-2002 to LoTi Level 0 in
  2003-2004 (Non-Use)

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• High Stakes Testing

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• Societal Acceptance of Non-Technology Use

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• Ineffective Instructional Leadership

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• Ineffective Instructional Leadership

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• Ambiguous Pedagese

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• Ambiguous Pedagese
• Define the following terms
• Project-based learning
• Electronic portfolios
• Higher-order thinking (example please)
• Technology integration
• Student-centered learning
• Differentiated instruction (example please)

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• Lack of Vision

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• Lack of Vision
• Rigid with pacing guides
• Whole school reform models
• Emphasis on test-prep versus test motivation
• One-size-fits-all attitude
• Scripted teaching strategies
• Technology as a gadget

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• Makeover Resource Suggestions
• Integrate clearly-defined technology goals with
  specific targeted AYP goals tied to NCLB

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• Makeover Resource Suggestions
• Implement Dynamic Instructional Models

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• Makeover Resource Suggestions
• Implement Dynamic Instructional Models
• Experiential-Based Action Model
• Enrichment Triad Model
• 4MAT Model
• Five E Model
• Constructivist Learning Model

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• Makeover Resource Suggestions
• Promote Authentic Assessment Practices

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• Makeover Resource Suggestions
• Provide differentiated professional development
  to staff

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• Makeover Resource Suggestions
• Raise the Level of Expectations

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• Makeover Resources
• LoTi Lounge
• http//www.lotilounge.com/
• User ID demo
• Password demo
• I Keep Bookmarks LoTi Schools Page
• http//ww2.ikeepbookmarks.com/lotischools/

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• Makeover Resource Suggestions
• Emphasize higher-level thinking and higher-level
  questioning strategies

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• Pursue one great decisive aim with force and
  determination Karl von Clausewitz

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May the LoTi be with you always Chris Moersch
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• Contact Dr. Chris Moersch
• Office
• National Business Education AllianceP.O. Box
  2084Carlsbad, CA 92018-2084
• Email
• chris_at_learning-quest.com
• Web
• http//www.drchrismoersch.com/
• Voice
• 858-245-3746