Teaching How can we reach the Jeremys? By November 10, 2020 Meet Jeremy, a junior in my Spanish II class. (OK, his name really isn’t Jeremy. But that ... Read More
Ed Tech 7 classroom uses for forums and discussion boards By November 10, 2020 These days, discussion boards and forums are pretty ubiquitous. You can find discussions on almost any kind ... Read More
Ed Tech Use Facebook while studying, get lower grades (Mashable) By November 10, 2020 Technology can revolutionize how we teach. But like anything else, it has its ugly side. The effects ... Read More
Teaching Motivating our students By November 10, 2020 Motivation is the holy grail. In education, it’s what greases the wheel. It’s what we’re all really ... Read More
Teaching A new start for Ditch That Textbook By November 10, 2020 After starting this blog last year and sticking with it for about two months, I realized something ... Read More
Ed Tech 5 lessons from my paperless class failure By November 10, 2020 I finally had all of my notes and plans finished, but I had been compiling them in ... Read More
Teaching 5 ways teachers can sell others on their ideas By November 10, 2020 Robert Louis Stevenson once said, “Everyone lives by selling something.” That goes for teachers, too. We sell ... Read More
Ed Tech Create digital comic strips for class with MakeBeliefsComix By November 10, 2020 Students are familiar with writing assignments with paper and pencil and with word processor and keyboard. What about ... Read More
Teaching Asking “Wow, I can identify with that” questions in class By November 10, 2020 Some questions grab our attention automatically. You know, the kind that have been asked for ages but ... Read More
Teaching Learning from a teacher who “doesn’t teach” By November 10, 2020 Katie Regan says that she doesn’t teach her 10th-grade enriched English class, and she’s right. She is ... Read More
Teaching Change the way you teach with one word By November 10, 2020 The beginning of the school year is an invigorating time. It’s full of promise, possibility, potential. I often ... Read More
Screencasts Tech Tuesday screencast: striking.ly By November 10, 2020 The first Ditch That Textbook Tech Tuesday screencast is about striking.ly, a good-looking and simple website creation ... Read More