Ditch That Textbook: Free Your Teaching and Revolutionize Your Classroom

Are you ready for a change?You know potential exists for innovative, engaging, revolutionary education if you get the right ideas, right tools, and right people, all in the right order.If that sounds like you, then you're ready to DITCH old mindsets and methods and replace them with empowering, liberating ones. Author and teacher, Matt Miller shows you how to choose and incorporate teaching practices that are:  

• Different from what students see daily.
• Innovative, drawing on new ideas or modifying others' ideas.
• Tech-laden with the use of digital sites, tools and devices.
• Creative, tapping into students' original ideas as well as your own.
• Hands-on, encouraging students to make and try things on their own. 

Packed with practical advice, specific recommendations for tools, and the encouragement you need to revolutionize your classes, Ditch That Textbook will inspire you to create relevant teaching that gets student buy-in so they'l enjoy learning.What people are saying about Ditch That Textbook:"Matt Miller's Ditch That Textbook is a book that delivers sound advice, relatable anecdotes and an actionable roadmap for educators." -- Adam Bellow, 2011 ISTE Outstanding Young Educator of the Year"In an age where many schools are still training students to work in a factory, Matt Miller moves past sweeping rhetoric and shows teachers how to move their classes into the future. This is a quick, energetic read that will leave you inspired to take the next step in your classroom!" -- Don Wettrick, Innovation Specialist and Author, Pure Genius

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