Short keynote for SOTF Presentation on Assessing 21st century teaching and learning...

1. ASSESSING 21ST CENTURY
TEACHING &
LEARNING
How do we know if teachers are
integrating 21st century ski"s?
How do we know if students are “getting them”?

2. 21st Century Skills: STUDENT
Creativity &Innovation
Communication & Collaboration
Research & Information Fluency
Critical Thinking, Problem -Solving &
Decision Making
Digital Citizenship

3. Student Measure - CWRA
College and Work Readiness Assessment
(CWRA)
Measures how students perform on
constructed response tasks that require an
integrated set of critical thinking, analytic
reasoning, problem solving, and written
communication skills.
Delivered over the Internet in a proctored
setting. Takes 105 minutes.

4. Student Measure - CWRA
Freshman tested in Fall/Seniors in Spring
How did our seniors do compared to college freshman after taking
into account their academic abilities?
How did our seniors score compared to other grade levels at our
school?
How did our seniors do compared to other seniors across the
nation?
How did our seniors change from freshman year?

5. CWRA ACCESS
Please visit http://cla.cae.org
When prompted, enter Session Number
27958-9319708

6. CWRA TASK
TEAM UP, EXPLORE THE TOOL AND CONSIDER THESE
QUESTIONS:
• Did you find this instrument interesting, engaging, challenging,
provocative? Would your students?
• "It's not about what you know, it's about how you think?" Do our
current classes at our schools prepare students for an instrument
like this?
• Is it worth knowing how our students do on an instrument like this?
Why or Why not?

7. 21st Century Skills for Teachers
Facilitate and inspire student learning & creativity
Design & Develop Digital-Age Learning
Experiences & Assessments
Model Digital Age Work & Learning
Promote and Model Digital Citizenship &
Responsibility
Engage in Professional Growth & Leadership

8. 21st Century Skills for
Administrators
Visionary Leadership
Digital Age Learning Culture
Excellence in Professional Practice
Systemic Improvement
Digital Citizenship

9. Origins of LOTI
Created in 1994 as a statewide technology use
survey
Over the years has expanded to measure
personal computer use, current instructional
practices and levels of teaching innovation.
Now aligned with National Educational
Technology Standards (NETS) for teachers

10. The LOTI Digital Age Survey
Provides:
An empirically-validated, personalized
Digital Age Profile that provides specific,
customized feedback in three dimensions:
Current instructional practices (CIP)
Personal Computer Use (PCU)
Levels of Teaching Innovation (LOTI)

11. ALIGNED WITH FIVE POPULAR
INSTRUCTIONAL FRAMEWORKS
Levels of Teaching Innovation (LOTI)
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Marzano’s Research-based Instructional
Practices
Daggett’s Rigor & Relevance Framework
Webb’s Depth of Knowledge

12. Other Features
Includes database of customized professional
development offerings according to assessed
needs of each individual
Includes LOTI profiler providing aggregate
school-wide needs assessment to identify
current educational technology profiles to help
establish school-wide priorities and goals.

13. One More Feature
Can opt for LOTI Observer which provides:
Checklist for walk-through observations by
peers and/or supervisors.
Instant feedback on specific lessons which
can then be debriefed to support immediate
growth.
iTouch and IPhone compatability

14. LOTI ACCESS
STEP ONE: Access the Loti Lounge at
www.lotilounge.com
STEP TWO: Click on “Member Login”
STEP THREE: User name and password -
“LOTIGUEST”

15. LOTI TASK
• TEAM UP, EXPLORE THE TOOL AND
CONSIDER THESE QUESTIONS:
Did you find this instrument interesting,
engaging, challenging, provocative? Would
the teachers at your school?
Is it worth knowing how our teachers and
school leaders do on an instrument like this?
Why or why not?