The best features of game shows can be used to review and teach in the classroom. Kahoot!, Quizizz, Quizlet Live, and Gimkit can help. See their pros, cons and what makes them different.
Final projects can help students summarize and review content from the entire semester. Plus, they can create fantastic products with what they've learned!
Projects let students take what they’ve learned, put it all together and show off a little of their own creativity and personality.
Options include:
1. Create a website
2. Create a screencast video
3. Make a single multimedia webpage
4. Connect with a cause
5. Create an infographic
6. Create a series of podcasts
7. Do a genius hour-style project
8. Create an annotated collection
9. Tell it as a story
10. Make an explainer video
This is a free student interactive notebook that sparks excitement, and takes learning to a new level.
This is a digital template you can use in Canva.
You'll have to provide your name and email to download the notebook, but you can unsubscribe at any time.
From Ditch That Textbook
"Interactive notebooks have taken lots of classrooms everywhere by storm. The idea: a central space where students can create, write and make meaning.
When they’re done well, students get that spark of excitement. Learning goes to a different level.
When they’re done poorly, it becomes worksheets glued to pages.
Interactive notebooks don’t have to go in paper notebooks, though.
This is why we've partnered with Matt Miller and Ditch that Textbook to give you a digital interactive notebook made in Canva that incorporates EduProtocols. It's a win-win!"
"Social media influencers often make a plan when creating their content. Your students can show what they've learned by following the same content creation plan that their favorite influencers use! This template walks them through the steps -- and focuses on helping them show what they know from your class."
Note: This is the PLAN to make posts; students do not need to actually have access to these platforms to do this (and shouldn't without parental permission!)
Assignment is available in PPT and Google Slides.
"This free ebook includes over 20 Minecraft themed word problems covering addition and subtraction, multiplication, division and multi-step word problems geared towards students in grades 2-5.
The ebook also includes a step-by-step guide for instantly creating your own Minecraft Math activities using a free tool from SchoolAI!
Teach High School? Got a bunch of Swifties or Fortnite fans? You can swap out the prompt and make resources based on your grade level and whatever your students love!"
Ditch That Textbook offer 4 videos to will support teachers in preparing students for a future in which they will be in control, by letting them practice having autonomy and choice.
VIDEO 1: EMPOWER STUDENTS WITH CLASSROOM VOTING
VIDEO 2: BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH CLASSROOM SURVEYS
VIDEO 3: INSTILL RESPONSIBILITY WITH CLASSROOM JOBS
VIDEO 4: CREATE AN "OUR CLASS, OUR VOICE" CLASSROOM" - AUTONOMY & VOICE
This PD choice board was developed by Ditch That Textbook!
This is a great way to plan to some fun and interesting professional development that will benefit your students!
This resource from Ditch That Textbook looks at assessment and how we can provide feedback in the most manageable, effective and efficient way possible.
Find great examples and strategies in the following areas:
- Whole-class feedback
- Triaged feedback
- Student self feedback
- Peer feedback
This free course from Matt Miller of Ditch That Textbook examines the heart of what you need as an educator to move to remote learning.
"Remote Learning 101 is a FREE self-paced online course with lots of tips, ideas, resources and downloadable content to help YOU think through remote learning.
It includes:
• 14 modules on a variety of remote learning topics
• More than TWO HOURS of video instruction with me
• Downloadable planning guides to help you strategize
• A comment community with question prompts to engage in discussion
• Lifetime access"
One of Ditch That Textbook's newest resources is called TEACHFLIX
TEACHFLIX offers tons of great YouTube videos for your class all in one place. It's quite a collection! Check it out!
You'll find sections on: 360 Videos, Computer Science, Elementary History, Middle & High School History, Elementary Mathematics, Middle School Mathematics, High School Mathematics, Elementary Science, Middle School Science, High School Science, Read Alouds, and Virtual Field Trips
You can browse by elementary, middle school and high school OR by content area!
What can students do to make learning really stick?
Cognitive science tells us it's NOT to re-read our notes or textbook.
Instead, practice "retrieval" -- recalling what we've learned out of our brains, not our books.
This post outlines 10 simple tips and strategies you can use in class to make learning long-term, including:
1. Brain dumps
2. Two things
3. Retrieve taking (instead of note taking)
4. Student-produced quizzes
5. Guided conversation
6. Now, then, and way back
7. Self testing
8. Recall information visually
9. Retrieval mapping
10. White board exit ticket
This interactive resource packed with ideas, tips, templates and more for back to school time.
Including:
*Icebreakers
*First week activities
*Tech tool refreshers
*Back to school read aloud stories
*Games
*Building community
*Templates
Jamboard is an empty canvas. You start with blank frames and can create whatever you and your students need.
But what do you create? And how do you do it? Check out the Do More with Google Jamboard online course and/or the video series that will give you the background and ideas of how to get started with Jamboard:
VIDEO 1: WHAT MAKES JAMBOARD SPECIAL
VIDEO 2: TOP 3 FAVORITE WAYS TO USE JAMBOARD
VIDEO 3: HOW TO MAKE TEMPLATES IN JAMBOARD
VIDEO 4: HOW TO DO MORE WITH GOOGLE JAMBOARD
Brought to you by Matt Miller @ Ditch That Textbook!
This site houses a collection of ready to go resources including:
*tools
*templates
*visual
*recall
*no technology
Find slides at ditch.link/cabinetlinks