| Welcome to Ditch Summit! | This totally free online conference for educators officially opens now and lasts until January 10. | New videos will be released every day for the next seven days (thru next Monday). | Then, you'll have until the summit ends to watch whatever you'd like ... as many times as you'd like. | Everything is on-demand (like Netflix). | Pajamas, sofa, and beverage of choice optional. | In this email: | 🤔 What to do during the Ditch Summit 📺 Featured Speaker: Curiosity, Questions and Inquiry with Trevor MacKenzie 🔎 Spotlight Sponsor: Creative, Visual Learning with FigJam 📚 The Ditch Summit Library: All videos in one place ❤️ Know someone who would love the Ditch Summit?
| | | | | 🤔 What to do during the Ditch Summit | | If you’re new to Ditch Summit — or want to make sure you’re not missing out on anything — watch our Ditch Summit welcome / tour / tutorial video here. | Here’s a to-do checklist of what’s possible while the Ditch Summit is open … | Watch a video — maybe a newly released featured speaker or spotlight sponsor session. (Or you can pick a presentation from the Ditch Summit library.) Check out the PDF notes for a session (whether you watch the video or not). Generate a certificate of completion for professional development credit. Check out the Wakelet collection (kind of like a Pinterest board) for more resources about any session. Discuss the session with others in FigJam, a collaborative whiteboard space where everyone can share. Reflect on what you’ve learned using MirrorTalk (and you can win prizes, too!). Take creative visual notes with the Book Creator notebook. It’s a special one made just for Ditch Summit.
| When you open up a video presentation page, you’ll find buttons to do all of those things on that page. You have lots of options. Don’t forget to click and try some things! | Let's get started! | PS: Don’t forget to share what you’re learning on social media using the #DitchSummit hashtag on social media — Twitter/X, Instagram (log in to view hashtag), Bluesky, wherever! |
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| | | | | 📺 FEATURED SPEAKER 📺 | Learning Students LOVE Through Curiosity and Questions with Trevor MacKenzie | | Curiosity. It’s a powerful force. | It’s what drives students to learn about celebrities and video games and coding and other things outside the classroom. | When used in the classroom, it can take learning learning to new heights. | How can we plan for curiosity? | How can we intentionally include it in teaching and learning? | Trevor MacKenzie, the author of Dive into Inquiry, has lots of ideas. Two practices you can start using right away: provocations and question routines. | In this session, Trevor shares some examples and strategies you can use to start “diving into inquiry” with your students. | Plus, you’ll find tons of resources to get you started in the Wakelet collection for Trevor’s session. Just look for the blue button below his video. | 📺 WATCH: Learning Students LOVE Through Curiosity and Questions with Trevor MacKenzie |
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| | | | | 🔎 SPOTLIGHT SPONSOR 🔎 | Creative, Visual Student Activities with FigJam | | Digital whiteboard tools can be a great place to brainstorm, to organize ideas, and for students to show what they’ve learned. | FigJam (by Figma for Education) has so many unique features that make learning visual and fun. (And it’s totally free for education!) | Sure, students can drop sticky notes, create a flow chart, and add images. | But a fun photo booth to snap a selfie? Voting and polls? Even custom washii tape? | Plus it has TONS of pre-made templates for education that will get your students started right away. | In this super practical session, David Curran from Figma shows you some of his favorite FigJam features and ways to use it. | BONUS: You can try out FigJam right away! On the video presentation page, just click the “Discuss This Session in FigJam” button! | 🔎 WATCH: Creative, Visual Student Activities with FigJam | |
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| | ❤️ Know someone who would love the Ditch Summit? | Then let’s spread the Ditch Summit love and help them get involved! | | Enjoy today’s sessions — and any of our previous Ditch Summit sessions. I’ll see you in your inbox tomorrow with two more great new sessions! |
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