We’ve made a lot of progress, and I wanted to share one strategy in particular. So it seemed obvious that the most natural next step for my classes was to see if we could go as paperless as possible in as meaningful a way as possible. While we work on reading and writing, we use content from other classes in order to help learn how to best communicate using 21st Century means, regardless of the subject matter. In my class, as I’ve written about before, it’s more about the Art of Using Language than Language Arts. My job is to prepare my students for their future, and being able to type, collaborate, share, tab, click, design, create, problem-solve, troubleshoot, record, edit, write, and publish while online is vital in a Language Arts class. It’s a cult, and I refuse to worship at its wasteful and undependable shrine.Ģ. I’m tired of being dependent on the supply-ordering-gods in whatever office or warehouse they reside. Now, I’m not on a crusade to save the district money or anything, although I’m happy to do so I am, however, on a crusade not to be dependent on anyone ordering reams of paper because that is a ball that constantly gets dropped. It’s about the environment, sure, but it’s also about budget. The reams of paper that are used in any class, in particular a writing class, are simply grotesque. To me, the need to go paperless is about two things:ġ. I wanted to share a bit of what I’m doing in my various classrooms as a means to go paperless. Knowledge works are still able to work with binders of documents with the same ease and simplicity - but these binders are now electronic, portable. This means that the final barrier to 'going digital' is now no barrier at all.

The binder is conceptually identical to a physical binder and can be used with practically zero IT training or skills.

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