How can you tell the difference between groups creating productive noise and those in chaos?

At our meeting we discussed strategies for implementing cooperative learning. Briefly discuss how what you learned will impact your cooperative learning groups in the near future. What was the one biggest learning you took away from this session?

What is the difference between homework that fills an evening and homework that fills a mind?

Today we discussed strategies for implementing effective homework. Briefly discuss how what you learned today will impact your homework assignments now and the next time you teach a unit like this?