#DITCHbook was created by Ditch That Textbook author Matt Miller. The chat focuses on innovative teaching ideas and disrupting standard textbook education.
Q1: Summer Time! Summer PD! PD need not be Face-to-Face to be effective. How are you DITCHing traditional PD and doing something unorthodox, untraditional or just plain DIFFERENT? #DitchBook
Hey all. Chris, WA. ed tech instructional coach, co-founder #ProjectBasedAwesome jumping in until my partner shows up to record this weekās podcast episode. How yāall doinā tonight? #ditchbook
Well, Helloooo Everybody!
This is Sean, 6th...er..now 7th grade Math teacher checking the chat from my home already enjoying my summer break! #11weeks#ohyeah#DitchBook
A1: I still have about a month until summer, but I will be doing book studies on Voxer and using Twitter! (Not terribly different but...it's how I've found I learn best!) #DitchBook
A1: Adam from Cincy checking in late.....my PD this summer will be an online book study, Twitter chats, and I have some books lined up in my amazon cart ready to go. #ditchbook
A1: itās not for summer, but Iām developing a district PD plan based around gamification. Points, levels, all that good stuff. Tech and Pedagogy ties together. Some face to face. Some video based. Gonna try to āflipā it as much as I can. š¤#ditchbook
A1: Looking to start communicating with educators around the globe in different ways. Who knows, voxer may be the next step! Love looking for custom-tailored PD through Twitter so looking for more ways! Sad part is that my master's program is not 100% like that. #ditchbook
A1 I'm doing Kasey Bell's Shake Up Learning course for her new book, I have several great books to read and I think I will sign up for the Ditch Course too. #ditchbook
A1: Participating in a blended learning course and providing a lot of PD myself F2F as well as online. However,I get most of my day to day #PD from my #PLN sharing, podcasts, and publications. #Ditchbook
A1: To challenge the traditional PD route, Iāve been honing my digital literacy skills with some online tutorials through KQED Teach that I can extend to students in the fall. I always seek out PD that is actionable and that I can practice with or without students. #DitchBook
Q1: Summer Time! Summer PD! PD need not be Face-to-Face to be effective. How are you DITCHing traditional PD and doing something unorthodox, untraditional or just plain DIFFERENT? #DitchBook
A1: I'm planning on participating in a few book studies. Plus, Twitter, Twitter, and more Twitter. I will also be attending #ISTE2018 and #FlipgridLive so I'm super pumped for both of those conferences! #ditchbook
Q2: Summer can be time for exercise. Exercise during summer also means reading to flex those EDUMuscles. What does your summer reading list look like? #DitchBook
A2: I want to dive more into #KidsDeserveIt. I also have Shift This, Shattering the Perfect Teacher Myth, and #BeTheWildCard waiting for me. I'm sure there will be some time to squeeze in some #ditchbook re-reading as well!
A1 finishing up #shakeuplearning and have a lot of other book studies lined up. This summer I am trying out new tools by using them to shake up fun getaways with the family. #DitchBook
I want to get better at Bloxels and figure out the edu side of it. Also, I like the capabilities of Buncee but not sure how to beat implement it into my class well. #ditchbook
A1: Online book study, a blended coding and CS in the classroom cohort creating a gamified Google sheets training for my staff based off @alicekeeler setup and hiking hasumavi falls in AZ #ditchbook
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A2: Iām definitely pursing the #HackLearning series, after my partner gifted me one of them and I really enjoyed it. I also have a YA (and etc.) list as long as my arm of student recommendations I plan to get to! #DitchBook
Q2: Summer can be time for exercise. Exercise during summer also means reading to flex those EDUMuscles. What does your summer reading list look like? #DitchBook
A2 my booklist consists of reread mathematical mindsets, the. Diving into Eduprotocols & Shake Up Learning. Hoping @FriendsinFourth can help me out with a few others I donāt have yet š #DitchBook
A3: I think, to me, being able to participate in Twitter chats and freely read all allow me to recharge. Going to conferences and meeting you all gets me amped as well. So, if you happen to see me at #ISTE2018, make sure to stop me, introduce yourself, and get a pic! #Ditchbook
A2 finish #shakeuplearning course itās been amazing. The finally read teach like a pirate. Is it a teacher sin that I have not read it yet? Then hopefully kids deserve it. #DitchBook
A3: This is probably a bridge too far with a new baby and a 2.5 year old in the house... but hope to get back to a kids' book I've been writing over the course of several years as a way to recharge a bit #Ditchbook
A3: Running. I donāt get to run as much during the school year. Plus, @NikeRunning has some guided runs with @Headspace for some inner reflection. Itās quite nice. #ditchbook
#DitchBook A3 - After presenting for the 4th time in a year at @Region12, we are hopping in the car and getting away. Will be touring the south most of the break. Time recharge after a long but fun year.
A3: this is my specialty. Last summer was a month in Europe. This summer is a month long road trip in my āadventureā van Stella. 3 music festivals in 3 weeks. High Sierra (CA), The ride Fest (Telluride, CO), Phish (The Gorge, WA) scatter in Mt bike and paddle board. #ditchbook
#Ditchbook A3: going to finish reading the #Outlander series and train for my first marathon! (Then binge watch Poldark on Amazon while icing knees from said training) š
A3 well, last Ss day was Friday the 18th. So we did a little family getaway to @GreatWolfLodge this week. Just got back today. It was a great time to personally recharge and have quality family time #DitchBook
Not sure that I could ever ditch #PD all together #LifeLongLearner, but I definitely take some breaks to recharge. For example heading to a Kenny Chesney concert this weekend. #Ditchbook
A3 Personal development is professional development because teaching is very personal. Development is recharging, so no ditching PD (professional or personal) for me š#ditchbook
Q1: Summer Time! Summer PD! PD need not be Face-to-Face to be effective. How are you DITCHing traditional PD and doing something unorthodox, untraditional or just plain DIFFERENT? #DitchBook
A3: I have a lot of ideas from dice rolling road trips, weekend getaways, and house projects. Not sure which ones I will do but I will definetly binge watch the office at some point on Netflix #DitchBook
A3: I usually need two weeks at the end of the year before the prep-for-next-year bug strikes. In the meantime: set up the garden at our new house, reconnect with friends and family I havenāt seen in the work rush, music festivals, volunteer at my communityās library. #DitchBook
Unfortunately, no. But I will be at the Google booth Monday morning from 9:30 - 12! Otherwise, I'm sure I'll be around in sessions and the expo hall! #Ditchbook Are you presenting?!
In reply to
@JWalterTeach, @Coachadamspe, @herrplatt
I will be there on twitter. I am actually supper excited to be staying home. During #ISTE18 I will be at a workshop all about connecting with local educators @Ed_Cooperative#ditchbook
In reply to
@MrsEngler1, @JWalterTeach, @herrplatt, @Ed_Cooperative
I just finished the NEW One Minute Manager! Simple and on point. After that it's finishing #puregenius#Ditchhomework and a little rangers apprentice and a few #dragonlance novels for old time sake. #ditchbook
Q2: Summer can be time for exercise. Exercise during summer also means reading to flex those EDUMuscles. What does your summer reading list look like? #DitchBook
A4: Iād like to find a way to increase collaboration and feedbackā¦ for teachers. I think teachers in the same building need to find new, fun ways to collaborate and provide feedback to each other. #DitchBook
A4: Different elements of my Computer Applications curriculum. Looking for better ways to keep students engaged and keep them engaged throughout the term! #ditchbook
A4: Grades. Was inspired from @PaulSolarz on how he doesn't communicate any traditional goals till the end of each quarter. That is my one big goal for next year.
#DitchBook
This was a goal of mine this year...#GoogleClassroom was a great platform to facilitate this (and not have to make everyone feel like they HAD to join Twitter #ditchbook
A4:Besides the brand new S.T.E.A.M. Today class I finally got approved to have next year?
Gamifying parts of my chem class and PD, using sheets and docs to bring more metacognition in. #ditchbook
A4: Also just realized this was my first year in not using a textbook . Want to keep growing that and making sure I am keeping up on engaging lessons. Also want to compleatly #ditchhw. More or less didnt have it but not perfect. #DitchBook
