Going Paperless

Digital ClassroomSpring 2013

Paperless classroom

Digital devices

Digital information

Virtual connections

Device neutral

apps and programs

Why? Environmentally-friendly Reduce expenses for reams of paper & printer ink Employ digital devices for learning rather than

other non-productive uses Develop digitally competent and technology

literate learners Promote 21st century learning and teaching

How? Install and use apps for paperless support

Edmodo, Evernote, Dropbox, Skitch, Socrative, Dropitto.me, Red Laser, Diigo, EasyBib, Penultimate, InkFlow, Today’s Meet, Haiku Deck, and Ask3

Gradually replace tasks, communication, instructions, assessment, and assignments that require hard copies (paper) with digital copies

‘Hand out’ and ‘turn in’ assignments virtually Design your own plan for reducing paper

Paperless Classroom – Plan of ActionVirtually share monthly newsletter• Create my newsletter in Evernote• Email a link to parents to the Dropbox file

Give handouts to students • Create the handout in Evernote or take a photo of it• Save it as a pdf and post to Edmodo• Option to publish to a blog

Turn in homework digitally• Give link to my DropItTo.me account• Maybe get a Moodle course for turning in• Or let them turn in work via Edmodo

Gather feedback or exit slip• Create survey questions in Socrative• Send a link for students to join the class or have them install the app• Analyze the feedback and save the results to Evernote

An Overview of Evernote Cloud-based storage for your files and photos FREE program to install and app for your mobile

devices Sync among multiple devices including:

PC or Mac Laptop iPhone or Smartphone iPad or Android tablet

Email files to your Evernote account from anywhere Check out the Evernote Trunk for more apps to use Search your notes and graphics with keywords Install the new ‘Web Clipper’ tool on your browser

toolbar

An Overview of DropBox Install the software on your desktop or laptop A DropBox folder will be placed in your My

Documents Install the DropBox app on your mobile device Save documents or drag & drop them into your

DropBox folder Work offline & sync later or work on local drive

An Overview of Socrative Engage the class using any device Free web-based program and apps for teacher

and student Log in as a teacher and create activities Students open their app or site and join your

class with your ‘room number’ Start the quiz and let them respond; collect

data and save Limit of 50 users per activity