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In this episode of the Ditch That Textbook podcast hosts Matt Miller and Karly Moura share news about Magic School\'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\'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.
\\nNews and updates:
\\nMagic School has a new SEL lesson generator!\\xa0 Other new-ish tools from MagicSchool.ai include their Real World Connections Tool and the Standards Unpacker Tool.
\\nWin prizes for sharing Ditch Summit?!?!?\\xa0
\\nHere\\u2019s how you can participate \\u2026
\\nLearn more in this issue of the DTT email newsletter.
\\nThe Big idea:\\xa0
\\nComputer Science Education Week Resources
\\nUnplugged CS resources include Hello Ruby, Kodable Unplugged and the \\u201cProgram the Teacher\\u201d activity from CSinSF.
\\nExplore Boards Creativity with AI & NASA\\u2019s Space Jam
\\nTech tips:
\\nCreate fill-in-the-blank image generator prompts with Microsoft designer. Check out this Tweet from Becky Keene for a link to an example prompt.
\\nUse a virtual version of robots or physical computing devices to enhance your instruction. Visit Bee-Bots online, Ozobot simulator, and MakeCode for Micro:bits.
\\nRobots you might want to try in your classroom:
\\nQuick teaching strategies:
\\nWrite your students a message in binary and have your class decode the message as a warm up. Use Binary Translator and give your students the Binary Code Translator Key.
\\nAsk an AI assistant for common misconceptions about your content (#5 in this post Lesson planning with AI: Save time and get ideas)
\\nTemplate of the week
\\nShare with us on social media!
\\nUse #Ditchbook or tag @jmattmiller or @Karlymoura on Twitter/X\\xa0
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