Going+Paperless+Is+Easier+Than+You+Think

Flex - CFF Approved - Going Paperless Is Easier Than You Think Description: Go green with a paper-free classroom! Have your students use technology and online note-taking and organizational tools ([|Evernote], [|LiveBinders], [|QlipBoard], Google Docs) to create a classroom that doesn't use paper. Learn to manage student work and build resources that are stored online and available forever. It's easy to do with classroom laptops, and it's easy to do if you don't have classroom laptops.

Agenda Revised April 2011 Introduction 1. Going Paperless Survey Playing with the results in Wordle 2. Brainstorming Activity(Wiki Discussion) - Purpose 3. Index Card Activity 4. Evernote Demonstration - the session note-taker https://www.evernote.com/shard/s27/sh/d1c89398-1427-4e8c-afee-0a92c04f8813/32ed33d9871406e76f546e23abcbfc60 5. Resources - Live Binder of Paperless Resources 6. A Non-Linear Powerpoint for this session: Problems and Purpose 7. Glogster EDU 8. Playtime - Do any/all of the following for the remainder of our time together
 * Give a specific example: What problems would going paperless solve?
 * Economically
 * Environmentally
 * Students learning
 * Making your life easier
 * Other
 * Work with one of the tools shown in our session
 * Explore this Wiki for different tools - Web 2.0 Tools would be a great place to start
 * Cuss and Discuss with folks sitting around you how to/why to/when to use any of these ideas

Old A Very Brief Agenda //Introduction// 1. Going Paperless Survey Playing with the results in Wordle 2. Video: I Hate Paper 3. Perhaps it's an environmental issue 4. "Not just the technology, learning powered by technology"
 * Disturbing Kleenex Commercial
 * Response to Kleenex Commercial
 * Another Response to Kleenex Commercial

//Paperless "Cheap" - making paper electronic//

//Paperless "Integrated" - using Web 2.0 tools as a better form of paper// 1. **LiveBinders**
 * Algebra Resources
 * Learn More About Live Binders

2. **Evernote**
 * The New Deal

3. **QlipBoard**

4. A Textpedition

5. Creative Writing - Making a shared story using Wikispaces - Survive

6. Non-Linear Powerpoint: [|Dante's Inferno]

//Conclusion - "Exit Ticket"// Going Paperless Ideas/Inspiration

Tips: ALWAYS HAVE A MODEL FOR WHAT YOU WANT YOUR STUDENTS TO DO

Playtime - Do any/all of the following for the remainder of our time together 1. Work with one of the tools shown in our session 2. Explore this Wiki for different tools - Web 2.0 Tools would be a great place to start 3. Cuss and Discuss with folks sitting around you how to/why to/when to use any of these ideas