creative teaching Archives - Ditch That Textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/tag/creative-teaching/ Ed tech, creative teaching, less reliance on the textbook. Tue, 12 Mar 2024 05:17:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 20 useful ways to use Padlet in class now https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-useful-ways-to-use-padlet-in-class-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20-useful-ways-to-use-padlet-in-class-now https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-useful-ways-to-use-padlet-in-class-now/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2024 16:05:59 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=2499 Padlet is a web app that lets users post notes on a digital wall. The uses for this site in the classroom are virtually endless!There’s a good chance you’ve done the “write on a sticky note and put it on the wall” activity — or have seen it happen before. Padlet lets those sticky notes have images, […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-useful-ways-to-use-padlet-in-class-now/feed/ 79 10+ FREE EduProtocol templates + ideas for using them https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-free-eduprotocol-templates-ideas-for-using-them/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-free-eduprotocol-templates-ideas-for-using-them https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-free-eduprotocol-templates-ideas-for-using-them/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2022 05:01:00 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=10817 What teacher doesn’t want to save themselves time and teach better? It’s finding those low-prep, high-return activities that we can use right away that can be challenging. That’s where EduProtocols come in. EduProtocols, created by Jon Corippo and Marlena Hebern, are a series of lesson frames that are easy to adapt to any subject or grade. And the amazing […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-free-eduprotocol-templates-ideas-for-using-them/feed/ 1 13 ways to connect music and lyrics to class https://ditchthattextbook.com/13-ways-to-connect-music-and-lyrics-to-class/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=13-ways-to-connect-music-and-lyrics-to-class https://ditchthattextbook.com/13-ways-to-connect-music-and-lyrics-to-class/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2021 10:51:00 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=3704 Songs can embed themselves deeply in our minds and our memories. Can you remember a specific song that immediately takes you back to a place and time in your past?For me, these three have very vivid memories:When I was moving into the dorms at Indiana State University my freshman year — a wide-eyed brand new college […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/13-ways-to-connect-music-and-lyrics-to-class/feed/ 7 10 ways to make lessons more hands-on https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-ways-to-make-lessons-more-hands-on/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-ways-to-make-lessons-more-hands-on https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-ways-to-make-lessons-more-hands-on/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:19:39 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=5352 I’ve seen it in my own life. I bought an old zero-turn radius lawn mower and learned how to drive it on the fly. I’ve tinkered with broken items around the house until I fixed them. I’ve seen it in the classroom. Students finally getting verb conjugation in Spanish after rearranging cards with word parts on them. It’s […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-ways-to-make-lessons-more-hands-on/feed/ 4 End of the Year THRIVE-al (Not Survival) Guide https://ditchthattextbook.com/end-of-the-year-thrive-al-not-survival-guide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=end-of-the-year-thrive-al-not-survival-guide https://ditchthattextbook.com/end-of-the-year-thrive-al-not-survival-guide/#comments Wed, 12 May 2021 07:26:00 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=4281 The end of the school year is a unique animal: extra time, review time, not enough time, etc. Here are some ideas and tools to help you thrive.As I write this, my kids have a little less than three weeks left of school yet. It’s the time of year when attention spans get shorter and […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/end-of-the-year-thrive-al-not-survival-guide/feed/ 8 10 ideas for creating an interACTIVE classroom https://ditchthattextbook.com/5-ideas-for-creating-an-interactive-classroom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-ideas-for-creating-an-interactive-classroom https://ditchthattextbook.com/5-ideas-for-creating-an-interactive-classroom/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2021 14:04:29 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=8402 This post is written by Joe and Kristin Merrill. Kristin is a fourth grade teacher, and Joe is a first grade teacher. They would love to stay connected with you! Follow them on Twitter at: @FriendsInFourth (Kristin), @MrMerrillsClass (Joe), and @TheMerrillsEdu (collectively). To gain access to free templates for the activities above, sign up for […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/5-ideas-for-creating-an-interactive-classroom/feed/ 5 About mystery location calls and why we need more https://ditchthattextbook.com/about-mystery-skypeshangouts-and-why-we-need-more/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=about-mystery-skypeshangouts-and-why-we-need-more https://ditchthattextbook.com/about-mystery-skypeshangouts-and-why-we-need-more/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=1042 Mystery video calls can break down a classroom's walls and open students up to the world. They're easy to set up and can be transformational. Picture it ... a sunny day in Valencia, Spain ... in a classroom. My students from Indiana are engaged in a geography guessing game with these students from Spain, and they're […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/about-mystery-skypeshangouts-and-why-we-need-more/feed/ 11 30 interactive Google Slides activities for classroom excitement https://ditchthattextbook.com/8-interactive-google-slides-activities-for-classroom-excitement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=8-interactive-google-slides-activities-for-classroom-excitement https://ditchthattextbook.com/8-interactive-google-slides-activities-for-classroom-excitement/#comments Thu, 19 Dec 2019 14:42:13 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=3758 Google Slides isn't just for delivering presentations to an audience. Here are 30 activities that bring interactive learning to students.So often, people think of presentation slides as just that: a visual aid for delivering a presentation in front of an audience. But these slide apps (like Google Slides and PowerPoint in Office 365) really are powerful tools […]

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