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Today we heard "The LoTi Guy" speak of ways to engage our learners by turning up the H.E.A.T. Explore ways to take what's already happening in the classroom and make it "hotter!"

Come To The Session With: Lessons/Units/Ideas that currently use to deliver instruction.

=Getting Started=

LOTI
Which level best describes your classroom? Read and reflect on the [|LoTi Levels] and then click hereto post your remarks! Consider adding an item to your action plan if you see a need to move levels. (Action Plan Template )

HEAT
Review the H.E.A.T. [|Framework]and read the [|HEAT Article]. How can you turn up the HEAT on activities in your classroom?

Let's take a look at how some classrooms in Arizona turned up the HEAT! = = =Evaluate= Use the Rubric to check the HEAT level! (Rubric link.)

Videos
1. Organize Writing in a Logical Order. (Video Link)

2. Arrays 2 (Video Link)

Activities

 * 1) Community Workers
 * 2) [|What are Numbers? Learning to Add]

=Focus Strategies=
 * Transform an Essential Question to an engaging question (Moersch, 2011)
 * Options: Staged Scenarios, Reflective Discovery, Current Events, Contests/Competitions, Video, Music, Surveys, Discrepant Events

=Activity ~ HEAT up your lesson!= = = Searching a site below for something in your curriculum and score it using the HEAT scale.
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 * [|The Hub Digital Storytelling]
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 * @http://writingfix.com/index.htm
 * [|Google Apps Lesson Plan]

OR

Take a lesson you do now and asses it using the HEAT scale. What adjustments can be made to turn up the HEAT?

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