- If you don't have a well-thought out plan for your students, they will have one for you.
- Set up the next activity while students are completing the current one -- this makes for a smooth and speedy transition with little to no downtime.
- Design the end goals and end product first (also known as backward planning).
- Share models with students of the product or outcome you want them to create or design and also continually model in your own behavior how you want them to act and treat each other.
- Don't throw anything away, especially in your first few years of teaching; you might need it later.