Education 2.0 & 3.0

"It’s true: hands-on learning works.

So many of us are tactile learners. We don’t want to be told how it’s done. We want to do it. It’s like that for adults and for kids.

But in so many classes, teachers feel that a lecture, a set of instructions or a thorough explanation is in order first. In many cases, that spoils the fun. It’s kind of like telling what’s going to happen in a movie and then watching it!

This was the topic of a recent #DitchBook Twitter chat (Thursdays, 30 minutes, 10 p.m. Eastern / 9 p.m. Central / 8 p.m. Mountain / 7 p.m. Pacific). We’ve been working our way through the DITCH model for engaging lessons:

D (Different)
I (Innovative)
T (Tech-laden)
C (Creative)
H (Hands-on)

It was time for H — hands-on. I asked participants to share a lesson that let students learn in a very hands-on way, and they didn’t disappoint! Here’s a link to a transcript of the chat so you can see the whole conversation."