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💡 THE BIG IDEA 💡

📺 10 things to know about Ditch Summit

1. Dates: December 16th until January 10th.

When the summit opens on the 16th, you’ll have access to all of the video sessions from previous summits — nearly 100 to choose from.

2. We drop a new featured session every day.

We have eight new featured sessions this year — presentations by fantastic, engaging educators with important messages to share. A new one is released every day through December 23.

3. We have spotlight sponsor sessions, too!

Our sponsors get to present, too! I only offer this opportunity to my favorite companies — the ones with really great products. Their sessions are fantastic.

This year’s spotlight sponsors are Wakelet, Brisk, Vivi, Figma, BookCreator, Swivl (MirrorTalk), and MagicSchool.

4. You’re going to get more emails than usual.

Be warned: I’ll send you an email every day while we’re releasing new sessions. Then, I’ll email you during the summit to tell you about sessions you can watch.

I beg you: If you love the newsletter, please don’t unsubscribe because I’m emailing you a lot during the summit. It’s a unique thing!

5. Win AirPods + books by sharing the summit.

Did you catch this earlier? Copy the text in this document and email it to 10+ fellow educators (and [email protected]). I’ll draw a winner in 10 days (on Thursday Dec. 12)!

6. We have session topics for everyone.

Between new 2024 sessions and previous sessions, everyone is covered. This year’s new sessions include artificial intelligence, student voice, curiosity in learning, and more.

Previous sessions include tech tools, creativity, project-based learning, teacher wellness, student engagement, and more.

7. Our presenters? 🔥🔥🔥

They include national teachers of the year, New York Times bestsellers, top speakers at edu conferences, and some of your favorite online educator voices and personalities.

Previous speakers include James Clear (author, Atomic Habits), Kim Bearden (Ron Clark Academy), Austin Kleon (author, Steal Like an Artist), and Brad Montague (co-creator, Kid President).

8. Get free PD credit for watching.

After you watch a session, generate a free certificate of completion for 1 hour of professional development credit. There are ~100 sessions available, so you can knock out lots of PD hours this way.

9. Share your learning on the #DitchSummit hashtag.

Across all of the socials, use the #DitchSummit hashtag to share — and to see what others are sharing. We’ll be watching — and will amplify your posts when you share about the summit! (PS: Use the fun template below to tell people you’re attending!)

10. Everything disappears after January 10.

The summit doesn’t stay open forever. All of the videos, PDF notes, forms for certificates of completion, etc.? They become unavailable when the summit closes after January 10. Do all of the things before then. It all re-opens next December.

🗄 Template

🎉 💛 Share Ditch Summit and win prizes!

We are giving away three Ditch That Textbook swag packs! Each swag pack includes your choice of: TWO of my books, an item from the DTT merch store, and some DTT stickers!

🎉 Here’s how to win:

1. 🗄️ Make a copy of the template (Google Slides / Canva)

2. 💛 Share your excitement (and image) on social media. You can use/edit this sample text or write your own:

I’m going to Ditch Summit, a FREE online conference for educators from Dec 16 to Jan 10.

Topics include student curiosity, AI, student voice, PBL, practical teaching ideas, and much more!

➡️ Register at ditchsummit.com

3. 📝 Enter to win!

Fill out this form to share your post with us. You may enter multiple times if you post on different platforms. Please fill out the form for each post.

We'll draw 3 winners on Wednesday, December 11 and notify them via the email address provided.

👋 How we can help

There are even more ways I can support you in the important work you do in education:

1. Read one of my six books about meaningful teaching with tech.

2. Take one of our online courses about practical and popular topics in education.

3. Bring me to your school, district or event to speak. I love working with educators!