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With all the neat tech stuff at teachers’ disposal these days, the choices can be overwhelming. Should you create a video? Or put today’s lesson into a PowerPoint presentation? Or how about setting up a mic so you can record tomorrow’s lecture for a podcast? And where do you find time to do all this stuff? Pretty soon your head is spinning so fast you end up sticking with your trusty chalkboard.

Blogger Dan Meyer at dy/dan reminds you that you don’t have to create a multimedia extravaganza to incorporate technology in the classroom. He uses his digital projector as little more than a slide projector for some digital photos he recently took. By showing pictures of price tags at his local grocer, he’s able to provide real-world examples for his math lesson. And he’s able to accomplish it without staying up all night to put together some extravagant slide show.

It’s nothing groundbreaking, but that’s the point - it doesn’t have to be. Technology is there to make your job easier. But when pondering all the neato stuff we can do, it’s easy to get in our own way. Sometimes it’s best to start simply, then work your way up to more challenging projects, like Meyer’s electronic sub plan. -BILL FERRIS

So Happy Together #3 via dy/dan

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