SDCT-Ticket-Out

What I Learned Today
(In exactly 5 words)
 * Increase focus on non-graded work
 * Pair problem solving is effective
 * To make my expectations clear
 * Interest + Choice + Guidance = Meaningful Learning
 * All students can learn differently!
 * Instruction = "Thinking outside the box"
 * Linear instruction parallels differentiated instruction
 * Clarify every single day's objective
 * The importance of non-linear learning/teaching!
 * It should be applied to all areas of subject matter/curriculum
 * Use "white boards" in class
 * What are students being prepared for? (6 words, sorry)
 * Use more current event activities
 * Many use multi-dimensional teaching already
 * To think more about using non-linear learning in the classroom
 * I re-learned that learning //is// life and life //is// learning. (It really comes naturally to kids!)
 * New buzzword: nonlinear learning
 * We have the __//best//__ teachers!!
 * Link space, community, instruction, assessment
 * I already do nonlinear assessment
 * All students need nonlinear teaching
 * Thinking out of the box
 * Varied activities keep interest high
 * I think it is DI
 * Education needs to be customized
 * I learned to re-design teaching!
 * Linear thinking am I
 * Remember the lighting and plants
 * Connect learning to the world
 * To be more diligent about differentiated instruction in the classroom - including elements of community!

And a couple of Nonlinear Learning Haiku....