H.E.A.T. Orientation

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Five Top Reasons to Support Turning Up the H.E.A.T.:

• Digital Age Best Practices: White Paper
• 21st Century Skills
• H.E.A.T. Lesson Plan Scoring Guide
• Converging Evidence

        - Daggett’s Rigor & Relevance

        - InTASC Standards for Teacher Evaluation

        - Marzano’s Best Practices

        - Moersch’s LoTi Framework

H.E.A.T.:

• Higher Order Thinking

        - Bloom’s Taxonomy

        - Bloom’s Taxonomy Quiz

• Engaged Learning

        - Not Learning

• Authentic Connections
• - 21st Century Skills & Themes
• Technology Use

        - The 35 Best Web 2.0 Tools Chosen by You

        - GOTOWEB20

        - iPad Apps

H.E.A.T. Analysis

• Lesson Plan Reviews

H.E.A.T. Application

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Heat Video Session

Principal Lead Session

In this session your host will be showing some videos that provide opportunites for the group to discuss the H.E.A.T. Lookfors as well as how lessons might be fine tuned to increase the H.E.A.T. level.

Heat PLC Exploration Session

Principal Lead Session

In this session your host will be facilitating as you have the opportunity to explore a wide variety of tools and resources that are provided to support you as you begin to increase the H.E.A.T. in your own lessons.

Resource Lists

• H.E.A.T. Online Collaboration & Presentation Tools
• H.E.A.T. Language Arts Resources
• H.E.A.T. Math Resources
• Turning Up the H.E.A.T. with iPad Apps

Heat Trainer Stations

Station 1: Environmental Impact

Have you ever wondered what happens to those plastic soda 6-pack holders? They can be dangerous to wildlife such as ducks and seagulls, who can become tangled up in them. In this activity, your hand is going to be a seagull caught in a 6-pack holder. To begin, place a rubber band (the 6-pack holder) going over the knuckles and with each end looped through your thumb and pinky. You have 120 seconds to get yourself untangled from the rubber band before you die! Each person in the group should complete 2-3 trials and record each trial in the online spreadsheet. Time your trials with the interactive stopwatch.

• Interactive Stopwatch
• EditGrid online spreadsheet

Station 2: Response Time

Different people have different reflexes. You are going to test your reflexes in this activity.How quickly can you catch a ruler?

• This activity takes 2 people: 1 to drop the ruler and 1 to catch it.
• The dropper holds the ruler with the 1 centimeter at the bottom. At “ready, set, go” the dropper drops the ruler, and the catcher tries to catch it.
• Note the placement of the thumb by centimeters; this is the data you will graph.
• Each person should complete 2-3 trials. You will use the Excel spreadsheet to gather the data.
• You will create a chart of the data. It is your job to pick the best type of chart to display your data.
• Finally, write one analysis statement about the data you gathered.

Station 3: Lemonade Stand

Have you ever seen kids on the corner selling lemonade? Have you ever thought about about the different decisions that a successful lemonade stand owner has to make to make the most money possible? One little girl Alex decided to start her own lemonade stand to raise money for an important cause. Watch the video about Alex and then use the Lemonade Stand Application to practice running your own lemonade stand.

• Video: Alex’s Lemonade Stand
• Interactive Game: Cool Math Lemonade Stand

After you have played the Lemonade stand for 14 day go to Wall Wisher to post a brief description of how your lemonade stand went and the decisions that you had to make to be more successful.

• Link: Wall Wisher- Lemonade Stand

Station 4: Exploring Math Manipulatives

Many students learn best by doing. Please take some time to explore these online simulations and manipulatives:

• Illuminations Activities
• Interactivate Activities 

Station 5: Exploring ELA Interactives

ReadWriteThink is a high-quality resource for ELA instruction. Please take some time to explore these excellent activities:

• ReadWriteThink Interactives

Station 6: Social Studies 

• 270 to Win: Students will work in teams representing either Republican or Democratic campaign strategists for the 2012 Presidential Election and devise an action plan strategy to “flip” a targeted state for their candidate. Remember, it only requires 270 Electoral Votes to get your candidate into the Oval Office! Explore this site for ideas to use in your social studies classroom.
• K-5 Social Studies Activities: From the Smithsonian History Explorer site. Investigate these resources to energize your social studies classroom. Use the filter on the right to focus your search.

Station 7: Rubrics

Rubrics accomplish several tasks. When used correctly, rubrics set the standards for authentic assessment of student performance tasks, make the students aware of what is expected of them, and provide a tool for the teacher to complete an objective assessment of the task. In student-directed activities, it is entirely appropriate to have students create their own rubrics to provide continuity of standards. Please explore the process of creating a rubric through the use of Rubistar.

• Rubistar Website: You do not need to log in, just scroll down to Create a Rubric. You may create an account if you wish to store rubrics on the site, but it is not necessary. You will need to provide a zip code to get started.

Station 8: Collaborative Structures

Explore a few of these 52 Collaborative Structures. After reviewing several, please go to Socrative to show what you know.

• 52 Collaborative Structures
• Socrative Student: Room number is germany for 3-5 and leechel for k-2