{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"S03 EP14 - Finding your Hammer with Matt Miller","description":"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\u2019s 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\u2019t get much worse 8:09 Sometimes you get great ideas just by looking at what others are doing 11:52 How to answer \u201cHow does this fit?\u201d 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 ","author_name":"SYS Presents: Adventures in Online Education","author_url":"https:\/\/syseducation.org\/aoe","html":"