Matt Miller, Google Slides, Drawings, Gallery Walks, Dual Coding Theory, Infographics, Caption This, Adjacent Possible, GIF-a-Day, 101 Practical Ways to Ditch That Textbook

#EduDuctTape 010 Show Notes

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• GIF-a-Day
  • Sign up for more info about the GIF-a-Day tech learning opportunities at JakeMiller.net/gifaday - visiting the site is not a commitment, it’s a way of stepping up and saying “I want more information about these opportunities!
  • Opportunity 1 - Spring 2018 - GoogleSheets - will be comprised of 25+ GIFs, sent out 1 per day, only to paying participants. These GIFs will not be shared elsewhere (not on Twitter, not on my website).  At the end, participants will receive an eBook with all of the GIFs.
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• Educational Duct Tape FlipGrid Community
  • EduDuctTape.com → select Educational Duct Tape FlipGrid Community
  • FlipGrid.com/EduDuctTape
• Jake’s SoapBox - “Adjacent Possible"
  • George Couros - The Innovator’s Mindset - georgecouros.ca/blog/the-innovators-mindset-book
  • Steven Johnson - Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation - amazon.com/Where-Good-Ideas-Come-Innovation/dp/1594485380
  • Stuart Kauffman - wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Kauffman
• Today’s Guest: Matt Miller - Matt is an educator, blogger and presenter from West Central Indiana. He has infused technology and innovative teaching methods in his classes for more than 10 years. He is the author of two books: Ditch That Textbook (amazon.com/dp/0986155403/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_9eHDCb1CNA42Z) and Ditch That Homework (tinyurl.com/dthbook). He writes at the Ditch That Textbook blog about using technology and creative ideas in teaching.
  • Twitter: @jmattmiller
  • Website: DitchThatTextbook.com
  • Instagram: ditchthattextbook
  • YouTube: ditchthattextbook
  • Facebook: ditchthattextbook
  • Email: matt@DitchThatTextbook.com
• Free ebook: 101 Practical Ways to Ditch That Textbook: ditchthattextbook.com/101
• 2 Truths & 1 Lie
• Question #1: How can students create visuals showing what happened in an experiment? (i.e., Chemistry experiment)
  • Google Slides - “the swiss army knife of GSuite” - slides.google.com
    • Adding images from the webcam
    • Adding Shapes
    • Using Shapes as Textboxes
  • Google Drawings - drawings.google.com
  • Gallery Walk - wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallery_walk
  • Google Slides Slide Sorter
  • EdPuzzle - EdPuzzle.com
  • Creating screencasts with pictures rather than live video
  • Google Slides - stop and start videos - shakeuplearning.com/blog/4-video-options-in-google-slides-that-will-make-your-day
• Question #2: How can students make learning sticky and fun?
  • Video
  • FlipGrid - FlipGrid.com
    • GridPals - blog.flipgrid.com/news/gridpals
  • Google Drawings - drawings.google.com
  • Dual Coding Theory (Alan Paivio) - wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-coding_theory
  • Google Drawings Infographics - DitchThatTextbook.com/infographics
    • Noun Project - thenounproject.com
    • Flat Icon - FlatIcon.com
    • Put the available icons off the side of the Google Slides
    • CTRL + D duplicate shortcut
  • Caption this Blog Post - DitchThatTextbook.com/captionthis
    • Laura Steinbrink - @SteinbrinkLaura
• Shares from the Duct Tapers:
  • Apple Podcasts Review from melflypar
  • Tweets from @mmarotta, @m_joyofheart, @mrstechpig, @drmcclard, @hgsisk, @alliemccutch
  • New Tweeps: @54Mr_Meyer, @AnaMPerez1, @AplinTeacher, @BizzyITC, @Cnight97, @jesusisflipping, @jleeTechPercent, @JVSraBarrett, @melissalebata, @MrsWyattsClass
  • FlipGrid post from Jen Giffen (@VirtualGiff)

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