metacognition Archives - Ditch That Textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/tag/metacognition/ Ed tech, creative teaching, less reliance on the textbook. Thu, 11 Feb 2021 16:10:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Crash! Bang! Boom! How to add Google Drawings comic strips to your class https://ditchthattextbook.com/crash-bang-boom-how-to-add-google-drawings-comic-strips-to-your-class/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crash-bang-boom-how-to-add-google-drawings-comic-strips-to-your-class https://ditchthattextbook.com/crash-bang-boom-how-to-add-google-drawings-comic-strips-to-your-class/#comments Wed, 20 Dec 2017 19:46:38 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=6262 Comic strips captivated us as children. Tap into that energy in the classroom with Google Drawings comic strips! Here’s how. (Icons via TheNounProject.com with a NounPro account.) This post is co-authored by Ditch That Textbook’s Matt Miller and Cori Orlando, a teacher on special assignment (TOSA) from Simi Valley, California. Find her blog, Leading in Limbo, […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/crash-bang-boom-how-to-add-google-drawings-comic-strips-to-your-class/feed/ 4 10 research-based insights on how the brain learns https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-research-based-insights-on-how-the-brain-learns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-research-based-insights-on-how-the-brain-learns https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-research-based-insights-on-how-the-brain-learns/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2016 15:02:37 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=4120 I remember struggling with social studies classes in high school and college. The content fascinated me. I loved hearing the stories of conflicts and resolutions. Wars and strategies. Politics and leverage. Power and influence. Plus, I met my wife in a social studies class (Intro to Political Science) as a college freshman, and she’s now […]

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