Show Notes

Matt Miller is the author of five books, including Ditch That Textbook. His Ditch That Textbook blog reaches thousands of educators in more than 100 countries with inspiration and practical teaching ideas. He's a keynote speaker, podcast host, and the creator of the Ditch That Textbook Digital Summit.

 

In today’s episode, we talk about not just ditching textbooks, but finding your educational hammer.

 

Timestamps

2:02 The mission behind the work

3:23 Saving teachers time and helping equip them to level up their teaching

4:32 A lot of edtech principles are based on good, solid teaching

6:14 Does ditching the textbook mean textbooks are evil?

7:15 It can’t get much worse

8:09 Sometimes you get great ideas just by looking at what others are doing

11:52 How to answer “How does this fit?”

12:04 EdTech tools are marketed to us

12:56 The carpenter analogy

13:56 Amass lots of tools that you can use at your disposal

14:56 Sometimes you need to go back to the tried and true, versatile tool

15:03 When you introduce new tools, students have to learn how to use them

17:27 What would Matt give to every teacher in the U.S., and why?

 

Resources

ditchthattextbook.com/101

Twitter @jmattmiller