NtI has taught me so much over the past year. There were times when my inner self fought with what I was learning and expected to do by in the end I have learned so much. I think the single most important thing I learned or wish I knew prior to NTI was the Objective Statement.. OMG! no matter how many agendas or briefing I put up, students still asked...What are we doing today (W.A.W.D.T.)? Hunh? Mrs. Jackson What are we doing today???? This irked me so esp. since I took the time to put it on the board...I couldn't believe for the life of me why they were asking this...Now with the objective statement- they know. It takes them some reading it and give me a slight chuckle..because it they read it they almost always respond with..Oh!...Do they really know? I don't know...but its funny as heck and the next student does not ask me the W.A.W.D.T. question.
Thanks NTI!
Hi, AJ - how funny the impact such a simple thing has on your students. What strikes me is they were at least asking what they were doing today - shows they were headed in the right direction. Thanks for sharing.
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