Ever since my kids reached school age, I’ve been fascinated with how teachers do their jobs. It is definitely not an easy profession.
It is also clear that schools usually generate a lot of paper when you are a parent.
To that end, I was really interested to find Vicki Davis’ Cool Cat Teacher blog.
Aside from a bunch of great content about teaching, she has started a great series called Tales From A Paperless As Possible Classroom.
There was also an update a few days later called Paperless As Possible: 3 trees in a year in which she goes into a bit more detail.
It is about streamlining the workflow. Keeping it simple (for the kids and me.) I just don’t see the point in printing out things that are going in the trash after I look at them unless they really NEED to be on paper. I can grade on my ipad and don’t have to lug home a big old bag any more.
There’s some great tips on her blog, so if you are a teacher it might be worth checking out, and if you are a parent maybe you can nicely nudge your teacher in that direction too.
Does your classroom (or your kids’ classroom) have any good tips for going paperless? I’d love to hear about them in the comments.
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