1. The paperless classroom
Joy Dewing

2. Agenda Why we’d go paperless Paperless differentiation
Introductions
Accessing PwPt on Canvas
Why we’d go paperless
Paperless differentiation
Benefits for students, parents, and teachers
Making a paperless classroom work from the first
day of school
Time to plan
Share

3. Introductions Name Where you teach What you teach
Your comfort level with the Literacy Standards
What you’re hoping to learn today
A book you want to read this summer
Your super hero ability
Your favorite super hero

4. Why go paperless? Save trees and time Differentiate more easily
Meet kids’ interests
Improve technology usage/ understanding
Communicate efficiently
Eliminate confusion for students who were absent

5. Differentiate easily
Read a wikipedia entry and this article. Then read the 1957 newspapers from the high school. How is the wikipedia account similar to/ different from the 1957 articles?
Watch this video. Summarize the events. How did different people react? Why? Do you think being on video affected what people said or did? Why/ why not?
Explore this website from the National Parks Department Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site. What can you learn about this court decision from this website?
Explore this website on the novel My Mother the Cheerleader. What can you learn about the Civil Rights Movement from this historical fiction novel?
Find at least 7 pictures from Little Rock’s school integration. Write captions for each.
Read this article from LIFE magazine on the 50th anniversary. How has history looked back on this event differently from when it first occurred?
Research oral language – speeches, songs, poetry, etc. – that were important during the Civil Rights Movement.
Research Claudette Colvin. Who was she? How was she involved in the Civil Rights Movement? Why do you think she’s lesser known today?
Nelson Mandela fought for equal rights in South Africa. How was his struggle similar to and different from what occurred in the U.S.?

6. Provide Enrichment Easily
Links to websites & videos
Links to podcasts
Links to educational games
Additional texts to read

7. Help absent students Post assignments on Canvas
Post Power Points/ notes
Post podcasts
Students can check online for the day’s assignment

8. Help parents Post information about assignments
Post related websites/ ideas for extra help for their students
Digital newsletters

9. Missing assignment?
Just go to Canvas to find it!

10. Stop lugging home stacks of paper!
Students can post journal on online
Quizzes and tests can be created
and graded on Canvas
Assignments can be turned in on Canvas
Projects can be created and graded online

11. What do you do on the first day of school?
(brainstorm ideas)

12. The first day of school
Procedures posted on Canvas in a “Classroom Information” tab & shown on projector
Survey Monkey to get to know students’ interests
Canvas Discussion to discuss a specific question or topic

13. What do you do the first week of school?
(Brainstorm ideas)

14. The first week Scavenger hunt on class Canvas page
Students find photos that represent them/ their interests and create a PhotoStory
Introduce Class Dojo as behavior management system
Students use voki to create an avatar to introduce themselves to the class
Use Poll Everywhere and students’ cell phones to poll favorite books
Use Follett Shelf for read aloud/ shared reading

15. The first week
Online Learning Styles Inventory and group into Power School
Use Symbaloo to help students link to websites
Use survey monkey to survey students on a specific topic or on interests
Check out ebooks from the Kokomo Public Library
Create an Excel document for standards mastery (documentation for evals)
Introduce Scratch for students to learn web coding

16. The first week
Students create a word cloud to demonstrate background knowledge on a topic
Students demonstrate their learning by creating an animation on animoto or Go Animate
Teach students about acceptable use policies and classroom electronic usage expectations
Set up e-portfolios to use throughout the school year with live binder
Set up Remind 101 for your class

17. One week down, 35 to go…

18. Your Turn Think about what you usually do the first week of school
How can you “go paperless”?
Select a specific topic or unit you teach early in the year. Plan paperless activities for it.
Explore different online tips and tricks to determine what would be useful in your classroom.

19. Share your ideas & findings

20. Information Literacy Standards
American Library Association:
The information literate student:
4. individually or as a member of a group, uses information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose.
5. understands many of the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information and accesses and uses information ethically and legally. This standard recognizes that students must be taught the social, economic and political issues surrounding information, specifically the ethical and legal uses of information and its technology.

21. Information Literacy Standards
American Library Association: ure
The information literate student:
1. determines the nature and extent of the information needed.
2. accesses needed information effectively and efficiently.
3. evaluates information and its sources critically and incorporates selected information into his or her knowledge base and value system.

22. ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) Standards
1. Creativity and Innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct
knowledge, and develop innovative products and
processes using technology.
2. Communication and Collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
3. Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.
5. Digital Citizenship
Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and
ethical behavior.
6. Technology Operations and Concepts
Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations.

23. College & Career Readiness Literacy Standards
History/ Social Studies Literacy Standards: contentlit-historysoc.pdf
Science & Technical Literacy Standards: contentlit-sciencetech.pdf

24. Best practices

25. What’s next?
Share something you learned that you can use in your classroom this fall
Complete online survey