constructivism Archives - Ditch That Textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/tag/constructivism/ Ed tech, creative teaching, less reliance on the textbook. Mon, 12 Jul 2021 14:33:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Caption This! A fun, deep-thinking Google Drawings activity https://ditchthattextbook.com/caption-this-a-fun-deep-thinking-google-drawings-activity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=caption-this-a-fun-deep-thinking-google-drawings-activity https://ditchthattextbook.com/caption-this-a-fun-deep-thinking-google-drawings-activity/#comments Wed, 03 Jan 2018 16:54:17 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=6328 This post is co-authored by Ditch That Textbook’s Matt Miller and Laura Steinbrink. Laura is a high school English teacher and tech coach from Plato, Missouri. Check out her blog, Rockin’ the Boat, at rockintheboat.com. If you are like me (Laura), you are constantly searching for a new, fresh activity to help connect your students with […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/caption-this-a-fun-deep-thinking-google-drawings-activity/feed/ 7 100-year-old advice to shape our activities and lessons today https://ditchthattextbook.com/100-year-old-advice-to-shape-our-activities-and-lessons-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=100-year-old-advice-to-shape-our-activities-and-lessons-today https://ditchthattextbook.com/100-year-old-advice-to-shape-our-activities-and-lessons-today/#comments Mon, 15 May 2017 13:47:44 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=5464 It’s amazing how wisely John Dewey could speak to educators today in an age without digital devices and the Internet. In Dewey’s day, individualization and differentiation of instruction was heresy. Rote memorization and recitation were common practices. The more I dig back through his life, his views on education and his quotes, the more I learn about […]

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