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Ditch That Textbook Podcast :: Education, teaching, edtech :: #DitchPod — 196 episodes
195: Snow days ahead? Ideas you can use in class or remotely
194: Recapping the Ditch That Textbook Digital Summit
193: No prep end of semester project ideas
192: Celebrate CS Education Week and the Hour of Code
191: Plan lessons faster with AI
190: The Ditch That Textbook Podcast is back!
189: Two words to guide your remote teaching and learning
188: Press record to give students instructions
187: A fun tip for recording remote learning videos
186: Awesome Teacher Summer #3: Google/Microsoft training
185: Awesome Teacher Summer #2: Global EdTech Academy
184: Awesome Teacher Summer #1: EdTech tools
183: Student-created unboxing videos
182: 10 options for online whiteboards
181: A FREE remote learning online course!
180; Tech Like a PIRATE is out!
179: No-internet remote learning (part 3)
178: No-internet remote learning (part 2)
177: No-internet remote learning (part 1)
176: An app for your daily gratitude
175: What do students need from us now?
174: What to do on video calls (Part 2)
173: What to do on video calls (Part 1)
172: Step by step instructions without video
171: Recording video for slow internet speeds
170: eLearning activities: #3 video activities
169: eLearning activities: #2 creative slides ideas
168: eLearning activities: #1 graphic organizers
167: Empowering students to own learning
166: Finding game hooks to use in class
165: Creating in VR with Darcy Grimes
164: Digital bell ringer activities to kickstart class
163: 10 WEEKS of freebies for my new book!
162: 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon/connection makin'
161: Making infographics with Adobe Spark
160: Social media hooks for classroom use
159: 5 Chrome extensions to check out
158: Podcasting in the classroom with Heather Kelly
157: Promoting a solid democracy in schools
156: A good fake news self assessment
155: 5 FREE virtual field trips to check out
154: Student podcasts in Google Slides
153 Your Google Classroom secret power
152: Google Slides templates and fixing them
153: Ask this question for better results
152: Upgrade that textbook with augmented reality
151: Classroom tech: Should I use it?
150: More Google Classroom organization ideas
149: A new social media for educators
148: Bringing tech into the library
147: Flipgrid, information literacy and coaching
146: You CAN do that with Microsoft! with Scott Titmas
145: Offering custom PD with Stacy Saia
144: Social media-inspired learning without the app
143: Real-time classroom translation for free
142: Brain-based ways to reach diverse students
141: Three phases of learning for the long term
140: Take the Flipgrid 5 for student accessibility
139: Free music/sound effects for class projects
138: 3 things I'm loving about Quizizz now
137: Being bored and brilliant in class
136: Four tools to check out from #fetc Tech Share Live
135: The optimal times to do different types of work #fetc
134: Timing matters in schools from Dan Pink #FETC
133: Learning space design with Bob Dillon
132: Google Slides: Copy selected slides
131: Building relationships by being close
130: 2 ways to mix up your Flipgrid activities
129: 2 tips to start gamification in your class
128: Get busy on what you want to be known for
127: 5 ways to start with AR/VR in class
126: Iorad: quick tutorials and instructions
125: Part 2: Avoiding the "gotcha" game on tests
124: Part 1: Avoiding the "gotcha" game on tests
123: Making memes in class with Google Drawings
122: Tech Like a PIRATE
121: Organize your Google Classroom
120: What are your big wins?
119: What kind of culture are you promoting?
118: A network full of podcasts to check out
117: The podcast about podcasts
116: The "tech upgrade" with interactive posters
115: Why OneNote is my notetaking app of choice
114: Who's speaking at the DTT Digital Summit?
113: Instead of note taking, RETRIEVE taking
112: Snow days, shaky Wi-Fi and offline access
111: NEW creation tools in Google Earth
110: Ditch Summit, a FREE online conference for teachers
109: Join the Hour of Code Dec 9-15
108: The Ditch That Textbook Podcast is back!
107: Keyboard shortcuts to save you time
106: How does storytelling fit in your lesson?
105: How to "mixtape" your curriculum, 80's style!
104: Repetition suppression: The case for novelty
103: FREE Ditch Summit presentations. Hurry!
102: The power of the pause
101: Some focus in the middle of digital distractions
100: Lessons from 100 podcast episodes
099: Google Classroom: Differentiate like a NINJA
098: Solid gold lesson planning ideas
097: Make learning ADDICTIVE with Brian Romero Smith Sr
096: Tips to make your HyperDocs rock with Sean Fahey
095: Flipgrid + scavenger hunt = Fliphunt!
094: Learning in the pause with Shaelynn Farnsworth
093: Big changes for student voice with Flipgrid
092: Google Classroom changes, 2018 version
091: #EducatorGoals with Keven Rinaman
090: Ditch Those Exams with Stephanie DeMichele
089: Firefly Classrooms with Troy Cockrum
088: A sticky note tech app smash!
087: The Quizizz you never knew ...
086: What the work world is begging us for
085: Ditch That Panel with Lance McClard
084: Real world connections with Sidekick
083: Try the Connected Kahoot!
082: Teaching for the long game
081: The Martians in Your Classroom w/@rachaeledu
080: Let's do PD (or class!) at a destination!
079: Create easy augmented reality in the classroom
077: Three FREE online conferences for teachers
078: Concerns about "locked mode" in Google Forms quizzes
076: Co-teaching across the world from your classroom
075: Awesome animated GIFs with Jake Miller
074: TONS of places to go virtually with students
073: Video call guests: Just ask them!
072: How to make your OWN Google Expeditions
071: 7 keys to providing stellar feedback
070: The benefits of student feedback
069: Optimal spacing between reviews
068: The power of #ISTE18 from home
067: Are you an over-consumer?
065: Research says to ditch that rudeness
064: Organizing and archiving Twitter with Wakelet
063: How I make the videos in my online course
062: The Create a World Project
061: Several Seesaw tips from the teaching trenches
060: More power for your Genius Hour
059: What's your WHY, and has it changed?
058: Google Forms Quizzes are getting smarter
057: Creating engaging repetitions
056: The 50/30/20 model for learning
055: Avoiding tech overwhelm for students AND teachers
054: You don't need the app to create the experience
053: GimKit: Like Kahoot with power-ups
052: Perfection is the enemy of your goals
051: Now's the perfect time to reflect
050: Love TED Talks? Teach like them!
048: You are already teaching coding ...
049: What do our assessments reward?
047: Making the most of online learning
046: Escalate or de-escalate? Humanize or de-humanize?
045: 4 teaching skills I learned in the journalism world
044: How to create Bitmojis for students
043: Hearing from EVERY student
042: About that ONE kid that's not paying attention ...
041: Use KQED Learn to learn and share with an audience
040: The power of lunch with students
039: Battling naughty Kahoot! nicknames
038: Internet access for any assessment?
037: 4 tips to live by on Twitter
036: My daughter Cassie reviews Poptropica!
035: On copy/paste cheating and "making" kids stop
034: Google Apps for Littles: Believe they can!
033: What to do now that Padlet isn't totally free
032: Student podcasts with @WeVideo and @Flipgrid
031: Learning sketchnoting with #Sketch50
030: Using OK GO's phenomenal music videos in class
029: Making FUN animated Google Classroom headers
028: Using brackets in class with Brackify
027: The future of technology in education ...
026: Bringing a hip hop program to middle school
025: Where to start with AR and VR in the classroom
024: Student connections all over the world
023: Introduce your students to penguins and Antarctica
022: Fabulous @Flipgrid ideas!
021: A full-color yearbook with Google Slides?!?
020: Sharing your brand with Ben and Josh
019: Alice Keeler and conversation in the math classroom
018: Dave Burgess and March Madness in the classroom
017: The afternoon dip, and how it affects students
016: Our digital work doesn't have to be 8.5"x11"
015: The juice that makes @Flipgrid even better
014: The fear of the blinking cursor
013: A small nudge toward growth mindset
012: A fascinating read: How to Fix the Future
011: How voice typing can free up your teaching life
010: Educators -- Do this, DON'T do that in social media
009: Personally created GIFs can make your students' day!
008: Studying the way the brain craves
007: Push this button for more learning
006: Why you need a class podcast -- and how to make one for FREE
005: The power of student voice
004: Google Drawings: Tricks you didn't know!
003: Using Story Speaker w/Google Home in class
002: Padlet: New features, new possibilities
001: Welcome to the Ditch That Textbook podcast!