🚨 Big Ditch Summit announcement inside!

🖥👆🏻 20 ways educators can make the most of interactive displays

If you have an interactive display in your classroom, it’s probably the focal point of your classroom technology.

Student desks are facing it, and chances are that whole-group instruction will include it.

However, sometimes, even if it’s front and center, we don’t feel like we’re making the most of our interactive displays. How can we use them to empower student learning and spark student curiosity?

I recently wrote a guest post for Samsung called “20 ways educators can make the most of their interactive displays.” It includes ideas on:

• Getting started with an interactive display

• Building the display into lesson planning

• Upgrading student work with the display

• Leveraging digital teaching tools

• Creating class/school culture with the display

Also, if you don’t have a display yet, I offer four tips to find funding for one!

Samsung’s interactive displays let you take instruction far beyond paper and markers with an easy-to-use interface and vibrant colors. Learn more about them here.

🚨 It’s coming! Ditch Summit speaker announcement!

No joke … this is one of my favorite things we do every year. 😆

It’s the “Ditch Summit,” our FREE online conference for educators.

From December 11 to January 5, the summit will be open, which means you can watch:

• 8 new featured speaker sessions

• 9 new “spotlight sponsor” sessions

• 80+ on-demand sessions from previous summits

You can learn more about each of our featured speakers on the Ditch Summit homepage.

When you watch a session, you’ll be able to …

• Receive a certificate of completion for PD credit

• Review and download notes summaries for each session

• Share with others in the #DitchSummit Twitter/X hashtag

• Participate in contests and prize giveaways

Did I mention all of this is FREE?

What do I need to do? If you’re receiving this email newsletter, you don’t need to do anything. You’ll get all of the Ditch Summit content right here.

What if I know someone that wants to join? They can go to ditchsummit.com to register. It takes roughly 12 seconds to do. (Maybe less!)

Are any of the presentations live? No. None of them. They’re all pre-recorded and on-demand. We have participants from all over the world. This is our best solution to not leave anyone out.

What if I’m so excited about this that I just can’t wait? Just scroll down to this next section. This is maybe the next best thing …

📗 Ebook: Favorite teaching ideas from Ditch Summit sessions

If you’ve never participated in a Ditch Summit, this will give you a little taste.

(Or if you have, this will help tide you over until the summit starts!)

We’ve gathered 15 of our favorite practical (VERY practical!) teaching ideas from sessions past of the Ditch Summit.

They’re summarized in ebook form.

Check out the ideas. If you like them, then make note of the name of the session and the presenter. Then, when the summit opens, go watch that session for even more great ideas!

Read: 15 practical ideas for your class from the Ditch Summit

📋 Survey: How teachers are feeling about AI

I found this survey, done by Canva, of 1,000 teachers about their feelings about AI. Really interesting stuff. I thought these two findings paired well:

• 78% of teachers are optimistic about AI

• 93% don’t know where to start

How is it impacting the classroom?

• 60% of teachers agree AI has sparked innovative ideas to enhance student productivity.

• 59% of teachers agree AI fosters creativity in their students.

• 56% of teachers agree AI simplifies their lives by reducing administrative burdens.

See more results from this survey here.