Paperless classroom

GREEN AND FREE

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GOING PAPERLESS

JEANNINE ORTIZ

Using School Web Lockers School WebLockers is a Convenient teacher productivity tool that has been around for a few years. Within your SWL account you have unlimited file storage that you can access from any computer with an internet connection. It also uses digital drop boxes to connect you and your students so that work can be handed out and collected effortlessly and paper-free.

You can even collect a paper, mark up the electronic copy, and send it back with changes or corrections. Your students will love it, and they’ll find that they don’t need any excuses; their work is organized!

ACCESSING YOUR SWL ACCOUNT The site that we use is unique to Half Hollow Hills and houses all of our documents on its own server.

To access: hhh.schoolweblockers.com For your username, use your first initial and last name. Your password is your initials + 0 + local staff id # which can be found on your Infinite Campus’s “MY Data” page.

LOGIN: Use your first initial and last

name. Password is initials + 0 + local staff id # --Found on Infinite Campus’s “MY Data” page.

Organizing Your Account First you’ll want to decide how you would like to organize your files. If you teach different levels/subjects, then this makes sense for you. If it’s different units, schools, novels, etc. that you’re uploading, create folders to reflect this. Upload as you would an email attachment, except SWL allows multiple, simultaneous uploads to expedite

PAPERS GOT YOU STRESSED? WIth just a few tools you can eliminate piles of papers that need filing and organizing.

SWL can be accessed from any computer

this process. Every document is time stamped to help you stay organized. Finally, SWL allows you to give/collect assignments to all of your students at once. Each class you teach is already organized by period, and assignments are also time stamped to keep them org`anized.

MORE FREE TIME It seems we always fill up our free time with more work, but now maybe you can get out and do the things you love to do knowing your work is organized.

Many tools can be used to publish student work.

Here are just a few

Students are always looking for chances to interact socially with peers. Having a place where students can read, discuss and make comments on each other’s work makes blogging so powerful.

Blogger.com •••

Blogger is the number one blog site in the world. There are many blog sites to choose from, and some are more geared to education, but blogger has the easiest set up I know, is free for all users (including the domain), and, best of all, it’s part of the Google megasuite of products and services we are going to explore.

What is it?

Blogger is a tool that makes it easy to instantly publish weblogs or “blogs”-simple web pages, often made up of short, informal, and frequently updated posts. Blogger makes it easy to create blogs, post text and pictures, and start generating feedback. It’s the perfect place to display student work in an environment that serves as an extension of your classroom.

You make the rules, set the tone, and lead students in assignments that used to be written for your eyes only. Enjoy the impact publishing can have on your students’ writing and

Blogger is easy to set up and easy to post. Each class can quickly develop its own blog personality in a closed, safe, educational environment.

motivation . Teachers have used blogger for more than just publishing journals.

Use it for projects, interviews, story journals, c o l l a b o r a t i ve w o r k , e ve n b o o k reviews. There’s no end to the kinds of posts you may wish to assign to your students. For students, the best part is sharing posts with the class and getting feedback from their peers.

It’s easy to start your own blogspot.

If you need help and would like to see an instructional video to help you set it up, click here to watch. Remember, when you set up a blog for the first time, take your time with each step to ensure you’ve done it correctly. My blogs are always set up so that only authors of the blog can view, post and make comments on the blog. You can add parents as readers if you wish, but don’t allow others to comment.

A GREAT PLACE TO PUBLISH FOR EMBED CODES

“Using Issuu.com gives my class blog a much more professional look. I’m amazed at how my students‘ work becomes even more powerful, and how much harder they’re willing to work. ”

“I use wobook.com to publish student work. I love the way the page looks embedded in my class blog. It really gives student work an air of authenticity when published this way.

Google Docs is the easiest way to get students to collaborate.

GOOGLE Documents and spreadsheets Drawings Forms videos Sites Blogs Surveys Presentations GOOGLE DOCS ALLOWS STUDENTS TO WORK FROM HOME OR ANYWHERE TO EDIT AND COLLABORATE

Reader

Documents don’t need to be started as a Google Doc to become a Google Doc. You can upload existing files from most formats like Word, Excel, PDF etc. . and instantly turn them into editable, collaborative works in progress.

You can gather data and information from students by making a Form in Google Docs.

You Choose who can view and who can edit.

Poll Results How do You feel ab out Google Docs?

247 people

Never Heard of it!

38%

34% 16%

Won’t Use it :(

6%

Google Scares me

4%

Google Shmoogle

and rich survey or poll using Google Docs? It’s simple to set up, and as a bonus it drops all your results into a

Love it and Use it!

Can’t wait to try it!

Did you know you can make a free,

2%

spreadsheet where you can slice/dice/ analyze/chart/graph or whatever.

To create a survey, inside Google Docs go to New then click on Form. The question types are intuitive, so you can play with them and create a professional survey in minutes. It can then be linked to or embedded in a website to promote your survey to your readers.

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