Do+Now

Please Do Now! Some Guidelines:
 * Typically used as opening activity
 * Effective way to manage transitions in the classroom
 * Quick -takes less than 5 minutes to complete
 * Connected to previously presented content material or prior knowledge
 * Students are not graded on substance, only credited for participation
 * Write a specified number of lines or for a certain amount of time
 * Skip lines while writing

Some Benefits:
 * Gives teacher a sense of what student knows or is thinking
 * Quiets down the highly verbal students (the 20% who talk 80% of the time)
 * Seamless transition
 * Sets a routine and expectations

Examples: Activating Prior Knowledge Reflection In five lines, describe what you think __ is/looks like.

Faculty Meeting Do Now! "Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand." Chinese Proverb some of your responses: ~1 sense- hearing info from another is temporary. 1 sense- watching someone is temporary, actually doing allows us to use all our senses and the learning becomes more permanent

~It's hard for the average student to remember and recall information athat they have nly heard. The chances that they will remember if shown increase slightly. Especially working with our student population, you must engage student in the learning process if you intend for them to acheive authentic learning.

~Very true, I always forget. I found this ture in my teaching. I can get students involved they remember. It's like changing my brakes i my car. I never forget.

~Inquiry-based learning is front and center. Memorization i a low priority issue for students. Hands-on learnin may facilitate retention of material. Read one, see one, do one.

~The mind has a remarkable capacity to store and recall information. However, without regular practice, theis information is easily lost, despite the fact that it might be of vital interest. Few strategies cement understanding and retention as does teaching. Reinerpretation as well as recall create strong neural networks which form the physical pathways necessary to understand information. No meaning is as significant as personal meaning.

~When a student uses the skills he or she has learned to show that he has understood the concept, they will remember the skills longer. I think if they can actually //teach// another student, they will be most likely to remember.