The Paperless classroom - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T00:14:17Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/the-paperless-classroom?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A629929&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI'm currently learning about…tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-05-01:649749:Comment:6319002011-05-01T20:59:26.228ZJill Bhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JillBrown
I'm currently learning about edmodo. Do you know much about it?
I'm currently learning about edmodo. Do you know much about it? Yes, Dropbox sounds like what…tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-05-01:649749:Comment:6320912011-05-01T20:57:30.338ZJill Bhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JillBrown
Yes, Dropbox sounds like what I need. Thanks.
Yes, Dropbox sounds like what I need. Thanks. Man, I wish I could use twitt…tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-05-01:649749:Comment:6318992011-05-01T20:55:36.345ZJill Bhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JillBrown
Man, I wish I could use twittering my classroom, but it's blocked. Thanks for the website.
Man, I wish I could use twittering my classroom, but it's blocked. Thanks for the website. Thanks, Dan.tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-05-01:649749:Comment:6320902011-05-01T20:54:29.822ZJill Bhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JillBrown
Thanks, Dan.
Thanks, Dan. The note taking apps that all…tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-05-01:649749:Comment:6319872011-05-01T09:28:30.458ZJill Bhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JillBrown
The note taking apps that allow you to write are great. Notepad pro, live notes, and notetaker all allow you to write, draw pictures and then send as an email. It's great! I love the apps.
The note taking apps that allow you to write are great. Notepad pro, live notes, and notetaker all allow you to write, draw pictures and then send as an email. It's great! I love the apps. Like the survey idea, wha do…tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-05-01:649749:Comment:6318832011-05-01T09:25:15.096ZJill Bhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JillBrown
Like the survey idea, wha do you use? Survey monkey, google apps? Ideally, would love for them to be able to bring their own mobile devices and then access to computer wouldn't be a problem. However,I'm using your idea of a survey for an exit slip. Also, instead of storing the surveys on a shared folder, take a look at livebinder.com. It's a great place to store stuff, like the surveys.
Like the survey idea, wha do you use? Survey monkey, google apps? Ideally, would love for them to be able to bring their own mobile devices and then access to computer wouldn't be a problem. However,I'm using your idea of a survey for an exit slip. Also, instead of storing the surveys on a shared folder, take a look at livebinder.com. It's a great place to store stuff, like the surveys. I have two suggestions to con…tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-04-30:649749:Comment:6318192011-04-30T23:57:21.066ZPam Williamshttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/PamWilliams
<p>I have two suggestions to contribute here. </p>
<p>Use a document camera to project information for the students, whether that would be math problems, text for a reading passage, a political cartoon, a worksheet, etc. Our school has purchased one of these units for every classroom. Essentially the document camera has replaced the overhead--so there is no need to buy those expensive transparencies. Using a worksheet under a document camera means you don't have to duplicate individual…</p>
<p>I have two suggestions to contribute here. </p>
<p>Use a document camera to project information for the students, whether that would be math problems, text for a reading passage, a political cartoon, a worksheet, etc. Our school has purchased one of these units for every classroom. Essentially the document camera has replaced the overhead--so there is no need to buy those expensive transparencies. Using a worksheet under a document camera means you don't have to duplicate individual copies on paper for students.</p>
<p>My other suggestion involves assessment and feedback at any stage during a lesson. I use electronic surveys for an exit ticket activity at the end of a lesson. Of course, the students need to have immediate access to a computer, but if they do...it's very easy for them to launch the survey from the link I provide in a shared folder, respond, and submit. Results are available immediately, and the process is paperless.</p> Several have commented on the…tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-04-30:649749:Comment:6316072011-04-30T22:58:27.381ZJames E. Schwartzhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JamesESchwartz
<p>Several have commented on the difficulty of bringing math work to the paperless dimension. I would be very hesitant to try to shoehorn my students into working their math on a computer. However, it has me wondering. Is there a SmartNotebook-type software application that works on an iPad? If a student could write their math work by hand, including drawings, and have the software capture and digitize their work, that would be worthwhile.</p>
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<p>Several have commented on the difficulty of bringing math work to the paperless dimension. I would be very hesitant to try to shoehorn my students into working their math on a computer. However, it has me wondering. Is there a SmartNotebook-type software application that works on an iPad? If a student could write their math work by hand, including drawings, and have the software capture and digitize their work, that would be worthwhile.</p>
<p>JS</p> We want to utilize web 2.0 te…tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-04-30:649749:Comment:6317982011-04-30T15:42:48.340ZMaria Gomeshttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MariaGomes263
<p>We want to utilize web 2.0 technologies to implement a collaboration/communication platform that schools, classrooms, teachers, parents, and students can use. Microblogs, blogs, and wikis are currently the weapons of choice for tech-savvy educators. We need to introduce to them a better way of collaborating and sharing information.</p>
<p>Education social networking is the best for your class. It helps to connect with your teachers and students and communicate with your class. It can also…</p>
<p>We want to utilize web 2.0 technologies to implement a collaboration/communication platform that schools, classrooms, teachers, parents, and students can use. Microblogs, blogs, and wikis are currently the weapons of choice for tech-savvy educators. We need to introduce to them a better way of collaborating and sharing information.</p>
<p>Education social networking is the best for your class. It helps to connect with your teachers and students and communicate with your class. It can also help you to introduce better way of collaborating blogs and sharing information freely through utilizing web 2.0 that can communicate among schools, classrooms, teachers, parents, and students.</p>
<p>Though <a href="http://www.diipo.com/" target="_blank">education 2.0</a> students can participate at online group collaborating.Diipo’s Dashboards and apps keep students up-to-date, connect with other educators to share and exchange ideas and best practices on how to get the most out of Education 2.0 technologies.</p>
<p> </p> I am a lucky teacher that has…tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-04-26:649749:Comment:6303902011-04-26T18:26:03.393ZSharlene Montgomeryhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SharleneMontgomery
<p>I am a lucky teacher that has a SMARTBoard in her classroom, which has GREATLY reduced the paper waste. So, if you have a few thousand dollars available, I would suggest one of those. :)</p>
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<p>If your school has a tight budget, like most do, you might need to try something else. My district has set up a student server that allows the students to save their work to the server and then be accessed by their teachers. For writing assignments, I have the students save their work to…</p>
<p>I am a lucky teacher that has a SMARTBoard in her classroom, which has GREATLY reduced the paper waste. So, if you have a few thousand dollars available, I would suggest one of those. :)</p>
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<p>If your school has a tight budget, like most do, you might need to try something else. My district has set up a student server that allows the students to save their work to the server and then be accessed by their teachers. For writing assignments, I have the students save their work to the server and then I use the notes feature in Word to give them feedback, pointers, corrections, etc. This allows the student to create several drafts of a paper without having to print over and over.</p>
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<p>One other thing to consider is looking at how you structure your lessons and what you evaluate. It requires a paradigm shift, but I think many teachers assign and grade far too much work--creating a lot of unnecessary paper waste. Ask yourself if every handout is truly necessary. After I asked myself that very question, I realized that much of what I handed out was not needed--nor helpful! I was giving assignments to "catch" students not doing their work. What a waste of paper!!! Now I have them keep a notebook and create their own learning tools in those notebooks (notes, drafts, ideas, etc). No handouts/worksheets/packets. Some teachers might worry, "But they won't do it if they don't get points." Not true. Show your students the importance of each and every thing you do in your classroom, and they will do the work because it is valuable--not because they get points for it.</p>