Building a Paperless Classroom

One of my main professional goals this year has been to develop the paperless classroom. In order to do this I established areas that I would need to address and eventually master.

      1. A System for distributing and sharing classroom materials materials.
2. A system for the grading and organization of projects created using online resources such as Google docs, Dipity, Prezi, Glogster and others. 

      3. A method for making formative and summative assessment paperless. 

Over the course of the next few days I will be posting what I have developed and embraced.  I hope that it can serve as a helpful guide to those who might be just beginning this process but also generate suggestions from those who are currently doing the same so that we can learn together. 

I am excited because I know that I can make this work.  

I am excited that it appears more likely than not that I will be part of a 1:1 tech initiative next year which will allow me to put these methods to full use in the classroom next year.  

I am excited because in the process I have discovered some incidental learning gains.

Most importantly, I am excited because I think it will make my classroom a more exciting and dynamic place for my students.