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10 Easy Ways to Use Tech in Your Classroom

1. Travel Virtually with Your Students
2. Use Videos for Mini-Lessons
3. Play Podcasts
4. Multimedia Slideshows
5. Share an Online Class Calendar
6. Use Virtual Manipulatives
7. Save Time for Exit Tickets
8. Use Twitter Hashtags to Take Questions
9. Gather Student Feedback
10. Offer Open-Ended Projects

Resources Mentioned:

• Google Cardboard
• Google Maps and Google Earth
• TeacherTube
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
• Socrative
• Google Forms
• SurveyMonkey
• Poll Everywhere

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RONALD NOBER – a teacher who likes to make learning fun. Nober enjoys technology and seeing how things continue to change.

Ron lives with his wife and 4 dogs, 5 chickens, 9 ducks, and a parakeet. He is a graduate of Temple University and Fairleigh Dickinson University. He has had a few interesting jobs in his life before teaching. Nober was an archaeologist, excavating Native American, Revolutionary War era, and Civil War sites; some as old as 10,000 years! He is still a dog trainer, although he is training less since beginning teaching.

Connect with Ronald Nober:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/nober_techclass
• Website: https://sites.google.com/southampton.k12.nj.us/theideaanddesigncenter/home