<p>In this episode of the Ditch That Textbook podcast hosts Matt Miller and Karly Moura share news about Magic School&#39;s new SEL lesson generator and a contest for sharing Ditch Summit. They discuss CS Ed Week resources including 20 ways to celebrate the Hour of Code and explore creativity with AI and NASA&#39;s Space Jam. They also provide tech tips on creating fill-in-the-blank image generator prompts and using virtual versions of robots. Matt and Karly share quick teaching strategies like writing a message in binary for students to decode and asking an AI assistant for common misconceptions about content. They also share a template of the week and ideas for using it.</p> <p><strong>News and updates:</strong></p> <ul> <li><p><a href="https://app.magicschool.ai/tools/sel-lesson">Magic School has a new SEL lesson generator</a>!  Other new-ish tools from MagicSchool.ai include their <a href="https://app.magicschool.ai/tools/real-world-connections">Real World Connections Tool</a> and the <a href="https://app.magicschool.ai/tools/standards-unpacker">Standards Unpacker Tool.</a></p> </li> <li><p>Win prizes for sharing Ditch Summit?!?!? </p> </li> </ul> <p>Here’s how you can participate …</p> <ol> <li>Go to <a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/bbI2DE5_fTj90mUP_XpucLqUcFwwhUg9Lo5hqoK_jPoUZQVFnLHzI1ugaWHLZAmeyTZCtHra6atYYsq7TKE6fN3dOqL83gC-HRFlrx0ujB9yDarkx2bly1EJmZdz5CrHHSHDuZnqZhz84NnH-6OkwxXpphnXsWAz7_-kTnhkBQM/41o/5o2ll57oSf6vwX75-A-EZQ/h6/vseFmeRVlnZ9pwTMRutdpl_S6wDXQNGXU8MNsnzpr8k">DitchSummit.com</a> and sign up.<strong> </strong></li> <li>In your Ditch Summit welcome email, you’ll get <strong>your unique referral link</strong>. (If you got an earlier welcome email, it might not have a link. Just sign up again.)</li> <li>Go share your link far and wide! Every time someone clicks your link and signs up for the summit, you’ll get a referral.</li> </ol> <p><a href="https://ditch.beehiiv.com/p/11-28-2023?utm_source=ditch.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=brain-boosts-for-end-of-semester">Learn more in this issue of the DTT email newsletter.</a></p> <p><strong>The Big idea: </strong></p> <ul> <li><p>Computer Science Education Week Resources</p> </li> <ul> <li><p><a href="https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-ways-to-celebrate-the-hour-of-code-in-any-class/?preview=true">20 Ways to celebrate the Hour Of Code</a></p> </li> <li><p>Unplugged CS resources include <a href="https://www.helloruby.com/loveletters">Hello Ruby</a>, <a href="https://www.kodable.com/learn/unplugged-coding-activities">Kodable Unplugged</a> and the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O-U7MqEcACjp_eYY8CUGN1oAArsT1brperNhV12bu88/edit">“Program the Teacher” activity</a> from <a href="https://www.csinsf.org/">CSinSF.</a></p> </li> <li><p>Explore Boards <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S9wDz3ZOWFmRdpQcFF6frlbr15_xbCwiD8yJTqR2zbs/template/preview">Creativity with AI</a> &amp; <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IHWEuNFKCMDjQNRyrFaM8UGuYjUJbN-Aap0H0ebbJPY/template/preview">NASA’s Space Jam</a></p> </li> <li><p><a href="https://flight.beehiiv.net/v2/clicks/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2luZm8uZmxpcC5jb20vZW4tdXMvZXZlbnRzL2NhcmVlcnMtaW4tY29kaW5nLmh0bWw_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1kaXRjaC5iZWVoaWl2LmNvbSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPXJlZmVycmFsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1jb21wdXRlci1zY2llbmNlLXlvdXItY2xhc3MtbmV4dC13ZWVrIiwicG9zdF9pZCI6ImM4YWU0YjVhLTIzNzAtNDBlMi04OTY0LWFlMGQyODQ0NmI3ZiIsInB1YmxpY2F0aW9uX2lkIjoiZWMzY2JlMmYtMTVmYy00N2I3LWI5YTAtMjQ3Y2RlMTFjZDgyIiwidmlzaXRfdG9rZW4iOiJmYWQzNTgwYy1iODFiLTQ4NWMtYjIwNC1mMTNmOTMyZjIzMzgiLCJpYXQiOjE3MDE1ODMwMzksImlzcyI6Im9yY2hpZCJ9.A1CHIK-bfsf7JVLYSCP9CpZ3PFS6kYMJWccJAxMZp6s">Flip and NASA Live Event</a></p> </li> </ul> </ul> <p>Tech tips:</p> <ul> <li><p>Create fill-in-the-blank image generator prompts with Microsoft designer. Check out this <a href="https://x.com/BeckyKeene/status/1729566203625300208?s=20">Tweet from Becky Keene</a> for a link to an example prompt.</p> </li> <li><p>Use a virtual version of robots or physical computing devices to enhance your instruction. Visit <a href="https://beebot.terrapinlogo.com/">Bee-Bots online</a>, <a href="https://games.ozoblockly.com/shapetracer-freeform">Ozobot simulator</a>, and <a href="https://makecode.microbit.org/">MakeCode for Micro:bits</a>.</p> </li> <li><p>Robots you might want to try in your classroom:</p> </li> <ul> <li><p><a href="https://www.terrapinlogo.com/beebot-ss.html">Beebots</a></p> </li> <li><p><a href="https://www.makewonder.com/dash/">Dash and Dot</a></p> </li> <li><p><a href="https://ozobot.com/">Ozobots</a></p> </li> <li><p><a href="https://microbit.org/">Micro:bit</a></p> </li> <li><p><a href="https://makeymakey.com/">Makey Makey</a></p> </li> </ul> </ul> <p>Quick teaching strategies:</p> <ul> <li><p>Write your students a message in binary and have your class decode the message as a warm up. Use <a href="https://www.binarytranslator.com/">Binary Translator</a> and give your students the <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wLEA2lUAAb5hbxn_NZjU5JzvrxLF5GeKQPDc9XDFUa4/edit#slide=id.p">Binary Code Translator Key</a>.</p> </li> <li><p>Ask an AI assistant for common misconceptions about your content (#5 in this post <a href="https://ditchthattextbook.com/ai-lesson-planning/">Lesson planning with AI: Save time and get ideas</a>)</p> </li> </ul> <p>Template of the week</p> <ul> <li><p><a href="https://ditchthattextbook.com/infographic/learning-awards-template/">Learning awards template</a></p> </li> </ul> <p>Share with us on social media!</p> <p>Use #Ditchbook or tag <a href="https://twitter.com/jmattmiller?lang=en">@jmattmiller</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/karlymoura?lang=en">@Karlymoura</a> on Twitter/X </p> <p><br><strong>Don&#39;t forget to join the Ditch That Textbook email newsletter at</strong><a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/DitchThatTextbook.com/join"> DitchThatTextbook.com/join</a><strong> and be sure to subscribe to the show.</strong></p>