Paperless class reflection

My first attempt at a Paperless classroom is over and I have two weeks holiday over which I will be reflecting. There have been some highlights and quite a few frustrations. This blog post is just the first in my reflections about how it went, with more to follow. I discussed the paperless classroom in two previous posts: Post 1 & Post 2.

The Positives

• Students love not having textbooks and papers to cart around
• They don't have to worry about forgetting their books
• They all saw the benefits of Evernote
• The website creator - Weebly -was easy to use and they all plan on using it again
• Easy way to share information with students
• Track students progress with their shared notebooks

The Negatives

• Internet access at times being inconsistent
• Student laptops having issues connecting with Evernote and Weebly
• Draft marking quite time consuming with a large class and doing everything digitally
• Doing the final marking was difficult with multiple documents - assignment task sheet, research notes and the actual websites

Possible Future Adjustments

• Better structured digital research notes
• Help Desk for kids having trouble with technology
• Allow students to write notes and digitally scan them in
• Need for final task to be printed out to keep records
• Speed up process of getting studnets set up
• Higher expectations of research