Here Are Links to All the Resources Matt Mentions in His Keynote Presentations

Keynote Presentation Resources

Here are links to all the resources Matt mentions in his keynote presentations …

A PDF copy of the slides Matt uses in his keynote presentation

Matt’s book, Ditch That Textbook (available in paperback and Kindle on Amazon)

Two free ebooks available via GetMattsStuff.com --

●101 Practical Ways to Ditch That Textbook

●The Digital Pirate: Tech Like a PIRATE!

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Notes from “Ditch That Textbook” keynote speech

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections

“The Infinite Dial” (Edison Research) survey on digital media consumer behavior

Play “The Oregon Trail” (Internet Archive)

The Voice of the Active Learner - Education From a Digital Native's Perspective (YouTube)

The Committee of Ten (Wikipedia)

Connecting Classrooms to the World (Matt’s presentation resources)

A Dog-Tastic Mystery Skype Adventure (Microsoft in Education via YouTube)

Skype with Shaq! (Allison Holland via YouTube)

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (Wikipedia)

Love First, Teach Second (Quote by Jed Dearybury, mrdearybury.com)

Moonshot Thinking (X: The Moonshot Factory via YouTube)

Notes from “Connecting Classrooms to the World” keynote

Resources page for Matt’s conference presentation, “Connecting Classrooms to the World”

Garth Holman’s history class “digital textbook”

Find Garth on Twitter

Don Wettrick’s blog/website, The Innovation Teacher

Find Don on Twitter

Skype in the Classroom website

Skype’s “Mystery Skype” website

A Dog-Tastic Mystery Skype Adventure (YouTube)

NASA’s Skype with an astronaut program

Find virtual field trips on the Skype in the Classroom website

Using social media to find video call partners

●Google Plus community: Mystery Location Calls

●Google Plus community: Google Hangouts in Education

●Google Plus community: Mystery Hangout

●Google Plus community: Educators on Google Plus

Edmodo (free learning management system … kind of like Facebook for the classroom)

Voxer (free walkie-talkie-style app for communicating digitally)

Google Maps Street View (drag the yellow “peg man” onto the map to see from the street)

●Have an iPad? Use this app instead!

Some of the Street View indoor tours

Google Street View Treks (cool 3D virtual experiences with Street View technology)

Google Cardboard

Google MyMaps (create your own custom maps where you can pin locations)

Mystery Skype/Mystery Location Call roles for students

Skype with Shaq (YouTube)