Oh Goodness, I am putting myself out there. I have proposed a paperless classroom concept to my administration using blogger.com, and after talking with my department chair, I now have to put together a presentation on the concept.
Here’s how I picture the concept working. 1) Students would complete a warm up and would have to text their answer via Twitter to a account that I set up. This would embrace cell phone technology and turn its use into educational. 2) Students would then participate in a lecture discussion using power point without the computers. 3) Students would then sit down at their computer and work on the assignments given after downloading them from my website. 4) Students have to post whatever they completed that day on their blogger account for a daily check
Grading would work like this. 1) They would get a daily grade from posting what they have completed on their blogger.com account 2) They would post all completed assignments at the conclusion of the unit. 3) They would take test normally. 4) They would email photo story projects to an email account that is set up
This system has numerous advantages. 1) It allows students to work at own pace and work can be adjusted easily based on student. 2) It allows for daily checks making interventions easy. 3) It teaches kids computer skills. 4) It allows parents and special ed teachers to monitor progress
The negative is how do you fund it? It would take computer access everyday, and in schools that can be fairly difficult.
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