Ditch That Textbook Book Archives - Ditch That Textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/category/ditch-that-textbook-book/ Ed tech, creative teaching, less reliance on the textbook. Fri, 08 May 2020 15:27:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 30+ ways to Ditch That Textbook: Ideas for teachers by teachers https://ditchthattextbook.com/30-ways-to-ditch-that-textbook-ideas-for-teachers-by-teachers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=30-ways-to-ditch-that-textbook-ideas-for-teachers-by-teachers https://ditchthattextbook.com/30-ways-to-ditch-that-textbook-ideas-for-teachers-by-teachers/#respond Sat, 05 May 2018 01:09:06 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=7349 How do you make your teaching different, innovative, tech-laden, creative and hands-on? Educators from all over the Twittersphere shared tons of ways they ditch that textbook with the #Ditchbook community. Aaron Hogan, the author of Shattering the Perfect Teacher Myth, wrote that “Twitter is not going to change your life, but the educators you meet there […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/30-ways-to-ditch-that-textbook-ideas-for-teachers-by-teachers/feed/ 0 Deposits and withdrawals at the Relationship Bank and Trust https://ditchthattextbook.com/deposits-and-withdrawals-at-the-relationship-bank-and-trust/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=deposits-and-withdrawals-at-the-relationship-bank-and-trust https://ditchthattextbook.com/deposits-and-withdrawals-at-the-relationship-bank-and-trust/#comments Mon, 18 May 2015 10:45:54 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=3225 On the first day of school every year, I open lots of new accounts at the Relationship Bank and Trust. When a new student enters my classroom door, a new account is active. With some students I’ve seen in the halls or already know, their accounts already have a balance. A simple smile and “hello” […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/deposits-and-withdrawals-at-the-relationship-bank-and-trust/feed/ 4 12 mindsets for creating innovative classrooms https://ditchthattextbook.com/12-mindsets-for-creating-innovative-classrooms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=12-mindsets-for-creating-innovative-classrooms https://ditchthattextbook.com/12-mindsets-for-creating-innovative-classrooms/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:45:59 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=3087 College football coach Lou Holtz once said, “Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” In the classroom, the same is true. How well we create learning experiences for our students is largely determined by our mindset. The following quote by Haim Ginott hung […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/12-mindsets-for-creating-innovative-classrooms/feed/ 13 What you’ll find in my new book, Ditch That Textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/what-youll-find-in-my-new-book-ditch-that-textbook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-youll-find-in-my-new-book-ditch-that-textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/what-youll-find-in-my-new-book-ditch-that-textbook/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:12:44 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=3029 These are exciting times in education. Never before have we had so many tools, access to so much information and connections to so many quality educators. That’s my biggest excitement about being a teacher. It’s also my biggest challenge. For more than two years, I’ve written the Ditch That Textbook blog twice a week trying […]

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