Paperless+Classrooms

The following information is an amalgamation of two presentations on the topic.

Presentation 1
from the [|K12 Online Conference] 2009 Presentation [|"Probing the Prospects of a Paperless Pedagogy"]

__Why?__
 * Environmentally friendly - a lot tossed the end of the year
 * The paper shuffle: grading, returning, etc.
 * Future learning/work environments

__Classroom Changes__
 * use Google Apps
 * Word Press: online newspaper platform
 * To keep more current: additional add-on resources for the classroom
 * Collaboration and communication
 * Use the tool consistently all the time
 * Link resources together
 * Embed content in to Moodle
 * Convert documents in to PDF and embed: slideshare and scribd
 * Assess using Moodle (formal)
 * Quizlet and studio - embedable quizzes to measure understanding
 * Set up core tools and taught those early on; added on some more as semester progresses
 * Google Docs for AP essays

__Results__
 * Increased accountability: running log online
 * Increased engagement

__Problems__
 * Digital divide
 * Needs to be 1 to 1: increases the knowledge of the machine and the tools

__Lessons__
 * Don’t adopt everything at once
 * Use core tools & add as you go
 * Ask students to be partners: ask for their help; admit failure and fault when need be
 * Find out what is and isn’t working
 * Embrace failure

Presentation 2
from PETE&C 2010 presentation [|"Grading Papers Online"] and presenters notes

__General Idea__
 * Comments, grades a little more permanent; not likely to end up in recycle bin

__Products__
 * Buzzword: Students need an email address; free; web based; product from Adobe;
 * Google Docs: Set up a highlighted area, make it a certain color, copy that highlighted area, and paste that in where ever you need to make or insert a comment
 * Revision: very early in development; no revision history; has audio commentary feature

__IDEA__ Side by side document grading; one document has all your comments that you want to paste in