Comments on: Tools to Teach Paperless http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/11/tools-to-teach-paperless/ Thoughts on visual learning, educational tools and how best to support 21st century learners. Tue, 13 Aug 2013 18:30:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 By: Sarah Cargill http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/11/tools-to-teach-paperless/#comment-4798 Sarah Cargill Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:35:13 +0000 http://www.inspiration.com/blog/?p=992#comment-4798 Hi Mark,

I really liked your idea for The Kid Report! Have you had a chance to check out more online tools for students’ homework assignments like Webspiration Classroom? I’d love to hear what you think about students completing assignments online. Thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: Mark S http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/11/tools-to-teach-paperless/#comment-4754 Mark S Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:14:02 +0000 http://www.inspiration.com/blog/?p=992#comment-4754 This is exactly why I built http://www.thekidreport.org/. As a parent, keeping track of all that paper is equally ridiculous.

I’ve found there’s a bit of a hurdle to get teachers to distribute information online. There’s always a few parents that aren’t online, so they print out copies for everyone instead. It’s tough to do both.

Those teachers that are able to put everything online love it.

Thanks for posting!

]]> By: sarahcargill http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/11/tools-to-teach-paperless/#comment-2109 sarahcargill Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:34:44 +0000 http://www.inspiration.com/blog/?p=992#comment-2109 Tricia, You’ve raised some great points here to further support the effort to teach paperless. When students’ work is hosted on the web, it can alleviate so many of the issues you brought up. As an educator, are you using online tools in this way?

]]> By: Tricia Lockhart http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/11/tools-to-teach-paperless/#comment-2044 Tricia Lockhart Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:02:29 +0000 http://www.inspiration.com/blog/?p=992#comment-2044 Further justification to avoid paper in favour of electronic comes from analysing students’ pattern of working and living. More students carry all they need for their school day in a backpack. More paper, more weight and more to sift through looking for one piece. Students have divorced parents and so have their paper resources scattered in several locations. Searching through all their paper resources even if they do have them in one place can be time consuming whereas electronic resources can be kept to hand and searched so much more easily. The essay no longer is ruined by a squashed banana intended for lunch if it can be on a portable drive or hosted online.
Tricia

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