Search results for: “Moersch”

  • Teaching 2.0: Engaging the Interactive Generation by Chris Moersch

    These are a few links and notes from “Teaching 2.0: Engaging the Interactive Generation” by Chris Moersch at NECC 2009. I did not attend this full session, but got in on the end. Links and resources from this session are available – Handout of PowerPoint is available in PDF format Dr Chris Moersch on HEAT…

  • Learning at the March Oklahoma STEM Consortium Meeting

    This afternoon for lunch and after lunch, I had the wonderful opportunity to join our 6th and 7th grade science teachers at the bi-monthly meeting of the Oklahoma STEM Consortium facilitated by Anissa Angier (@AnissaSmiles). Anissa is the “K12 STEM Instructional Facilitator” for Edmond Public Schools, and has been helping organize and lead this group…

  • Notes from LoTi Administrator Institute led by Dean Mantz (morning)

    I’m in Kingman, Kansas attending a one-day LoTi Administrator Institute led by Dean Mantz. USD 331 in Kingman is hosting us. I have been aware of LoTi and heard its creator, Dr. Chris Moersch, for at least the past five years. These are my notes from our morning session. This is a two day workshop…

  • LoTi: Elevating Expectations, Performance and Accountability

    These are my notes from Dean Mantz’s presentation “LoTi: Elevating Expectations, Performance and Accountability” at the TTT Conference in Wichita, Kansas, on 12 June 2008. From my work in Kentucky, rather than calling LoTi “levels of technology implementation” we started to call it “levels of technology innovation” LoTi goes back to 1994, developed by Dr.…

  • Staff Development for 21st Century Skills Using LoTi

    Chris Moersch, National Business Education Alliance www.lotilounge.com Assignment: Name 3 21st century skills, identify 2 21st century content areas, list 5 TEKS that address specific 21st century skills and content Info and Communication skills – info and media literacy – communication skills Thinking and problem solving skills – these are from the Partnership for 21st…

  • Extreme Technology Makeovers

    A workshop by Chris Moersch at TCEA 2006. Chris is all about helping teachers elevate the level of their teaching on Bloom’s taxonomy, and thereby make teaching and learning more engaging and worthwhile activities. These are my notes from his session today. Chris’ blog: http://lotination.blogspot.com/ Makeover models – Experiential-based Action model (Moersch) – Enrichment Triad…

  • Podcast29: Thinking Critically About Web 2.0

    Is enthusiasm for web 2.0 and its potential to positively reform educational teaching methods across the globe overblown? An international audience including Darren Kuropatwa in Canada, Ewan McIntosh in Scotland, Miguel Guhlin in San Antonio, Texas, and Wesley Fryer in Lubbock, Texas, engaged in a lively discussion this evening via skype to explore these and…

  • VOIP options

    Commercial VOIP services like Vontage seem to be more visible and commercially available now, at least here in stores like Radio Shack and Best Buy in Lubbock, Texas. Just search Google News for “VOIP” to see what a hot news topic this is. At some point in the not too distant future, I am considering…

  • Connectivism presentation and Articulate Presenter

    The Connectivism presentation by George Siemens (the eLearnSpace author) is a great 35 minute multimedia reflection about teaching, learning, elearning, and web 2.0. George explores how learning today is often disconnected from the informationally robust environment in which we live and work. He discusses “distributed cognition” and “learning as network creation.” Great stuff, great thoughts,…

  • Reconceptualizing NCLB

    Reconceptualizing NCLB by Dr Chris Moersch TECSIG 2005 presentation Refer also to my podcast with Dr Moersch from October 6th, when he also discussed this theme of reconceptualizing NCLB. assignment: view video clip from 1963 – research project on barbed wire What impact do these “technology” projects have on student achievement It’s all about instructional…