LoTi

According to the two separate PowerPoint Presentations our class received, LoTi could stand for Levels of Teaching Innovation or Levels of Technology Implementation. Technology implementation does create innovative teaching, so it may not matter what the technical terminology is! In either case, the level of what I see currently in the school I work for is between 2-3. Sometimes, I can tell that teachers mean for a project they're exploring with students to be higher-level thinking and not all about the technology, but it ends up being that way because it's still so new. And other times, a teacher will come across some sort of WebQuest that really gets the students, thinking and inquiring into the process of what they're learning, where they are required to problem-solve and make decisions. I believe at this point, with all that I'm learning in this class, I will start out my teaching career at a level 4, where technology is integrated in such a way that it's considered routine working my way up (along with my students) to a 6. Apparently only 4.1% of NY schools are operating at this level (4), but it's only going to increase from here!