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LoTi Digital-Age Survey

Plan your next professional development experience with the FREE results from the LoTi Digital Age Survey. The survey is free to educators throughout the United States and you can start now! The LoTi Digital-Age Survey—based on Moersch’s LoTi Framework (1994)—is an empirically-validated tool that creates a personalized digital-age professional development profile for participants aligned to the NETS for Teachers (NETS-T) and Administrators (NETS-A). Since its inception in 1994, the LoTi Framework has been used as the basis for (1) statewide technology use surveys, (2) LoTi’s Digital-Age School improvement model, and (3) a classroom walkthrough tool impacting thousands of schools nationally.

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Survey Benefits

The LoTi Digital Age Survey has a variety of unique benefits that make it the leader in online technology assessments:

  • The LoTi Digital Age Survey online assessment is the only nationally-validated technology needs assessment instrument in the country
  • The LoTi Digital Age Survey online assessment is the ONLY assessment instrument that measures teacher's current instructional practices. Research has shown a statistically-significant relationship between current instructional practices and student achievement on standardized test scores.

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Free Personal Survey Results

After taking the LoTi Digital Age Survey participants are presented with a detailed profile of suggested professional development priorities aligned to the NETS for Teachers (NETS-T) or Administrators (NETS-A). In addition, this profile offers recommendations aligned to five popular instructional initiatives including (1) Level of Teaching Innovation (LoTi), (2) Partnership for 21st Century Skills, (3) Marzano’s Research-based Instructional Practices, (4) Daggett’s Rigor & Relevance, and (5) Webb’s Depth of Knowledge.

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Survey Research

The LoTi assessment has undergone extensive research over the past 20 years and has emerged as a statistically-valid tool achieving (1) content, (2) construct, and (3) criterion validity; therefore proving that the LoTi assessment can be used to accurately diagnose instructional uses of technology and recommend professional development priorities consistent with 21st Century Skills and the NETS-T and NETS-A.

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General Recommendations

After taking the LoTi Digital Age Survey, participants are presented with recommended professional development interventions, web links, lesson plans, and other recommendations. These recommendations are based the individually-generated professional development profile generated by the survey. General recommendations related to each suggested professional development category are included here.

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Turning Up the H.E.A.T. with Classroom Walkthroughs

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LoTi Observer

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LoTi Mentor Certification Institute

Image Does your school system have the digital tools and resources to turn up the H.E.A.T. on student learning, but lack the focused professional development to take action?