#DITCHbook was created by Ditch That Textbook author Matt Miller. The chat focuses on innovative teaching ideas and disrupting standard textbook education.
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I'm Mandi MacDonald, from Oklahoma, where I teach 7-9th grade English and journalism! I'm also currently a library media graduate school student.
Hey #ditchbook! Louie from Lancaster, PA. MS SS Teacher. Excited to learn and grow with you... and for my 4 day weekend! Going on a Teacher Retreat in Cape May, NJ!
Hi all in #ditchbook land. Sandy, instructional coach from MN. I have a four day weekend starting tomorrow. No better way to kick it off than with this chat.
A1. The possibilities are endless. They are able to scour through archives, databases, etc for just what they need. Of course, this can be tough for students who cannot quite curate material yet. #ditchbook
A1: Ss become better at deductive reasoning for why they chose the content they did. It also helps them develop independence so a teacher isn't just giving them the resources... it's true research. #ditchbook
A1 Student agency and empowerment. Many believe the next generation will have to learn new skills and reinvent themselves many times over. Ss need to learn how to find accurate info quickly. #DigitalCitizenship#DitchBook
A1: The possibilitiesare endless! Books are great, don’t get me wrong, but they get outdated so easily. Ss can find up-to-date info quickly online! #DitchBook
A1: Well-curated content online is more updated and more interactive than a textbook.
Plus, curation is a GREAT skill of the future that students can start developing now.
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A1: Student are instantly more engaged in work when they can find their own sources and have that little bit of ownership. Plus, they're quite tech savvy, so exploiting that characteristic is a huge positive! #ditchbook
A1: There are multiple reasons for students to find research online. one being it appeals to all kinds of learners that you have in the classroom, they also get to choose what they are learning about which will make them more engaged, #pstpln#ditchbook
Wow! Finally caught this chat for once! Just got back from my grad class & not wanting to do any school work...Oh, I'm Jane by the way: 8th gr US History #ditchbook
I really love when student find content, share it with each other, and ever CURATE it for other. Enhances their learning as well as their classmates. Sometimes mine too. #DitchBook
A1: Information online is more current than traditional textbooks. Ss can find the topic they are looking for by doing a quick search for it instead of going to Table of Contents or Index #DitchBook
A1: Ss finding their own content expand the possibilities and learn search skills. If they're accountable for content, they will be more selective - not just page 1 of Google Search #ditchbook
A1: Having students access content online allows them to get a different perspective other than the teacher's and what might have been in the textbook. #PSTPLN#GUCOLLAB#ditchbook
A1. Students learn how to find current information. Finding various points of view teaches them how to validate information and make informed decisions to solve every day problems #ditchbook
A1 I think the benefits of students research online gives them access to the most current research/info. I also think they feel empowered to find their own answers #DitchBook
A1: Finding resources online creates equity. We all have access to the same things. A "digital divide" I am seeing is from those who know how to search critically and those who click the 1st result from Google. #ditchbook
A1: this helps Ls discover how to find resources for their own independent learning and they might discover ways/spaces to share their own learning #ditchbook
A1: EMPOWER THEM! When students find content online, they are empowered with choice and independence. The result is increased engagement, critical thinking, and problem solving! Don’t give answers to students, we need to empower them to FIND the answers. #DitchBook
A1: I really love when student find content, share it with each other, and ever CURATE it for other. Enhances their learning as well as their classmates. Sometimes mine too. #DitchBook
A1 I think the biggest benefit is the ability for students to choose their own topics and find resources themselves #studentagency - no way you could personalize for every kid and find appropriate materials for each #ditchbook
Builds real life skills... in your job you are not always handed a textbook or manual on how to do your job. My husband is a software engineer and helps people all the time, mostly he does it through a google search! #ditchbook
A1: Relevance. Navigating the web is tricky. Finding good resources without wasting time or being misinformed is a skill. Having kids find content is monitored activity that leads to mastery. #DitchBook
Q1:It presents an opportunity to have multiple sources and information at their finger tips, that they can not physically be in one place at one time. Students also will feel more comfortable learning through a method which is so integrated in their daily lives #ditchbook#pstpln
A1: most of the places students find content will also be able to give students access to others views of the content through the comments section giving them access to many more ideas than maybe they would have gotten in their own class. #pstpln#ditchbook
A1: When Ss find online content, they have opportunities to evaluate for bias and multiple perspectives. They can practice mining resources and determining which fits their purpose. Great question for the #279blend folks. #DitchBook
A1: A1: I really love when student find content, share it with each other, and even CURATE it for other. Enhances their learning as well as their classmates. Sometimes mine too. #DitchBook
It's not static? It's (almost) always available, it's current, there's a plethora of different views even if it's hard to sift through and can be quite distracting or overwhelming #ditchbook
Absolutely! Plus they can differentiate what they're looking for. My Ss created Infographics today with data they collected on the Vietnam war. Their choice of topics w/in the war. #DitchBook
A1- I think they will gravitate toward information that they can understand and apply. It helps them learn to curate and find things that are actually useful and meaningful to the task at hand. #ditchbook
A2: THE TWITTERSPHER IS MY GO-TO! Honestly, I've gotten most of my ideas this year from DBC books and Twitter. It's all about looking in the right places! #ditchbook
A2: Newsela because it's built for classrooms and has lots of eval built into it. It also offers many articles in Spanish and English and the articles have the option to be leveled for different readers. #ditchbook#pstpln
A1 - Also, Ss can be creative w/ their searches: round-about, rabbit-trail, out n back, and they come up with something I would never have thought of, but still totally relevant! #ditchbook
A1 students are invested in it. No “renters” of content, but owners. #ditchpoints
It also help with the self discovery & conceptual approach those things tend to stick with us more. #ditchbook
A1: Students doing the finding = students doing the thinking. (Not just grabbing hold of a worksheet or textbook handed to them.). It’s critical thinking + pride in independent, evaluative research. #ditchbook
A1: A unique resource
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more. https://t.co/BryIGl9phY#ditchbook
A1: Ss finding and curating resources online creates this foundational understanding of your info. need and how to evaluate the credibility and reliability of sources online #ditchbook
At least the kids were all on page 87. With these new eTexts, I don't know what page they're all on. Terrible. Hard to assign worksheets. #HeavyOnTheSarcasm#DitchBook
A2: Depends on what I'm having them do. Could be straight up Google search, YouTube, Librivox (for free audiobooks of classics), https://t.co/GSTDIkcZH8 or @CommonLit and more! #DitchBook
A2- @newsela is always the first place I go to find relevant nonfiction articles for my students. They add new articles daily, so I am always finding new information to use in my classes. #ditchbook
Curation happens in the library, too. When the librarian collects digital and print resources on a topic for a teacher, that's curation. Students curate when they research issues.
To Boost Higher-Order Thinking, Try Curation https://t.co/cEWnjvsqg8 via @cultofpedagogy
A2: OER Commons ... a HUGE library of digital resources for preschool through university.
Interactive lessons. Create media-rich documents.
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I found on my pracs last year that allowing Ss to research online provides teachable moments. They also learn to become independent learners. #ditchbook
A2: I’m in some great Facebook groups so I find a lot there, Twitter too. Listening to the #gttribe podcast gives me a lot of resources so I often check show notes #ditchbook
A2: Finding - Twitter! That's been an amazing find for me. Blogs and podcasts are amazing, too. I.e. @GTeacherTribe podcast!
Delivering: Google Classroom has been super easy. But, I'm also a fan of the occasional tiny URL and/or QR code.
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For all the new tweeters in #279blend this is a great question to follow for answers. What’s great about Twitter is the sharing and mining for resources. And #DitchBook is the most generous community of edu game changers, led by author @jmattmiller (I may be slightly biased. 😉)
I never had to find content for students yet, but so far with my classes I have taken Ted talk or other podcast are a great resource to use!! #pstpln#ditchbook
Q2: I am just learning more about providing digital content for my future students, but so far I have loved using ted talks and @SFecich for great resources! #ditchbook#pstpln#gccedu
A2: I never had to find content for students yet, but so far with my classes I have taken Ted talk or other podcast are a great resource to use!! #pstpln#ditchbook
This trains them on research skills: locate relevant info, discard questionable sources, and back up their arguments with a diversity of sources. #Ditchbook
A3: @edpuzzle let’s you make any video you lesson. It’s especially great when paired with learning stations/centers. It’s like having another teacher in the room. #DitchBook
A3: I enjoy using Flipgrid for my students to create short videos. As far as videos to show students, I think almost everything I've used comes from YouTube, with the exception of Flocabulary videos. When I taught HS English I enjoyed https://t.co/gc4uXI5xRr too! #ditchbook
A3: @virtualnerd is a great resource for secondary math content videos. It categorizes everything in an easy to find format so learners can narrow down what they are looking for #ditchbook
A3: @YouTube is amazing for showing videos, but there's also the History Channel videos that are decent for the classroom.
As far as producing video, @Flipgrid has to be on the forefront.
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A3: @YouTube is my go to..and again a great resource for Ss to learn how to evaluate the credibility and reliability of a source along with HOW to strategically search #ditchbook
A3: Gotta love Crash Course by John Green ... engaging videos about a variety of subjects that are great for the classroom!
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I just started using twitter this semester for school and I have to admit at first I was very skeptic, but I have learned so much and have made some amazing connections already! #ditchbook#pstpln#gccedu
A3 My favorite are the videos shared by the teacher rock stars in my newly discovered PLN. Specific to math, I’m a fan of Math Dude on YouTube! #DitchBook
A3: I use YouTube (and sometimes with QuietTube extension) and Amazon to show videos, @RecapThat for Ss to create video responses, @Flipgrid to connect with other classes, and @AdobeSpark for creating videos from different clips or pictures. #DitchBook
This #DitchBook chat is flying!
FYI: I'll be curating lots of these resources in a blog post tomorrow at https://t.co/k3H4V95Ymn.
If you missed any of them, you can catch up there!
A3: Some YouTube, of course...but also Khan Academy, TED Talks, Teacher Tube, PBS, Discovery Ed, and our own teacher/student created videos! #ditchbook
That's terrific! It's such a welcoming community with so many educators willing to share content and offer ideas or suggestions. All because we wanna help kids. It's pretty cool! #ditchbook
A2 I’ve been diving into MS Sway and love the idea of placing curated content into a Sway. It’s a dynamic, yet simple place to drop links, videos, pictures, etc. #ditchbook#MIEExpert
I love using student created material whenever possible. Depending on the topic, sometimes I'll ask a teacher that has older kiddos to have them make something for me to use with my kids.
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This is perfect! At my recent observation When students were researching, I was asked how I have Ss decide what makes a good website. I love this as a resource. Thank you! #ditchbook
A1. Also, the social construction of learning that occurs when different students share different information to each other. True collaboration. #ditchbook
Nope. Our district has YouTube open to teachers and they are able to approve videos. Students are only able to see them if they are logged into their district account. Flipping that switch has been huge for our district! #ditchbook
A3: of course I’m a bit biased on this one: WeVideo. But for content - oh yeah WeVideo. Content that can be used to create? Mm hmmm... for example. Never had to leave the app
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A2: I never had to find content for students yet, but so far with my classes I have taken Ted talk or other podcast are a great resource to use!! #pstpln#ditchbook
A3 also for holidays like Wednesday with Valentine’s Day and the Chinese New Years “Bet you didn’t know” by the @_HISTORYChannel is a great resource! #DitchBook
A2: As a student myself I feel that YouTube can be the most resourceful but have to be careful not get distracted. As well as in the classroom environment have to be able to keep students on task. #edfb4338#ditchbook
A2: OER Commons ... a HUGE library of digital resources for preschool through university.
Interactive lessons. Create media-rich documents.
https://t.co/XBKeOwNMO1#DitchBook
Welcome to the greatest professional development every created. So glad we are seeing more and more preservice Ts joining in chats. Such a positive experience. #DitchBook
A4: Ummm.... I need help with this!!! I struggle to organize my notes, but mostly use @GoogleKeep, #googledrive#GoogleSites to build bundles of resourcers. It's a mess, y'all. Thank goodness for search... #ditchbook
A4 Use playlists on @YouTube (ie DNA videos) and a tool like Google Keep or #googlesheets for the best apps, extensions, add-one, and sites. Or use #googlesites and share with Ss and Ts #DitchBook
A4: students get things pushed out to them through a Google Doc embedded in my Google Site (K-2) or Google Classroom (3-5), one for each grade so I can keep track of resources. BUT, I need a system like @JoyKirr ‘s database just for myself! #DitchBook
A4 - I make a doc called "Class Copy" for each unit and post on @googleclassroom; I add all the links for that unit that are need-to-know content stuff and then some nice-to-know links. #ditchbook
Q4: the selecting is hard and takes time - once that’s done I keep all video assets in WeVideo. Very easy to share them to specific groups or projects #DitchBook
A4 Depends, sometimes a bookmark folder in my toolbar, sometimes the save to google drive extension or Google Keep, haven't figured out the perfect system yet, or how to narrow down, weed out for the best ones... #ditchbook
A4: I totally love https://t.co/K8M1xXoxmU as a beautiful categorized, user-friendly curation site! Didn’t like Symbaloo - this was a vast improvement for my kiddos! Oooh, I also really like @weebly ! #ditchbook
I'm a big fan of #GoogleKeep - for personal use on curating and organization..if I were still in the classroom #GoogleClassroomofAwesomeness for SURE! Man, that beauty does so much magic you'd be silly to not share sources w/ Ss that way. #ditchbook
Google Keep when I’m brainstorming or just gathering potential resources, Google Drive and YouTube playlist to organize by topic, Schoology to organize for my Ss. #DitchBook
A4: I see something I like that I can see how it'll benefit Ss, I try it with them in class. If it works, boom. New tool. If it doesn't work like I want, then it's out. Simple curation. #DitchBook
A4) I save EVERYTHING (with Keywords/#Hashtags), just in case. Limitless space in Drive, I just name everything by category, skill, idea, etc. Google Keep, Bookmark Manager, paper lists, and a super organized Drive. #DitchBook
A4: Being a pre-service teacher I have not had to keep the digital resources I used organized does anyone have any ideas for when I do have to organize them? #pstpln#ditchbook
A4: I prefer keeping my resources sorted into folders in my bookmarks. While using youtube, I like to create playlists to keep the videos organized. #PSTPLN#GUCOLLAB#ditchbook
