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APRIL 19, 2023

Every Earth Day (April 22, 2023 this year–see our previous article on Earth Day Class Activities ) someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? Digital calendars Does anyone carry around a calendar book any more? Really, though: Why not? quick methods like texting are fine.

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JULY 22, 2016

I’ve started for you by noting cost, what digital devices they work best on, and suggested age group: Educreations . Educreations is a virtual whiteboard for direct teaching or explanations, complete with colored ink choices and the ability to import images. Best suited for any age group and is designed for iPads.

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APRIL 11, 2016

Someone in your school, maybe the parent group, will raise the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? Digital calendars. Instead, people use a digital calendar that automatically syncs life events between all of their digital devices. Encourage students to meet in study groups via virtual rooms like Google Hangouts.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Every Earth Day, someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? Digital calendars. Instead, people use a digital calendar that automatically syncs life events across all of their digital devices. Would you trade your smartphone for a 1983 Nokia mobile phone?

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Using images instead of text to convey ideas—known as “picting”—is becoming the norm among today’s digital-first students. Picting by the Numbers Snapchat, a mobile app that allows users to capture video and pictures that disappear after a few seconds, has over 173 million daily users and the average number of Snaps per day hovers around 2.5

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