Paperless Educator

     Having a classroom "go paperless" is a very popular notion in today's schools.  Many teachers are trying to either go paperless for a day, a week, a year, or even have their entire classroom be paperless.  For example, Dave Glenn, a 6th grade teacher from North Carolina, who, with other teachers in his school, pledged to go paperless for Earth Day this past year.  It was very successful for him and the other teachers within his school.  However, this was just a day. 
     While, I think that reducing the strain on the environment by using less paper may be a good idea, I do not believe that a classroom or educator can go completely paperless for the following reasons:

• The school, the school district, and other companies that schools work with will often be using many paper forms to gather information from teachers and other faculty
• Many parents may not have access to the same kind of technology that teachers want to use in the classroom to Go Paperless
• Some students get headaches from looking at electronic screens or have some other accommodation that needs to be made for them involving paper. 

Paperless Links:

• http://teachpaperless.blogspot.com/2010/04/paperless-earth-day-what-teachers-did.html
• http://thepaperlessclassroom.wordpress.com/the-paperless-classroom-i/
• http://prezi.com/zmckfolwulxg/the-paperless-classroom/
• http://www.aacsb.edu/publications/archives/janfeb08/36-41_paperless_bized.pdf
• http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2010/06/paperless-classroom-web-apps/

     I particularly like the third link, a Prezi, because it goes through some reasons to try and go paperless, such as potential improved learning environment and organization, potential for less impact on the environment, and high opportunity to be more efficient. 
     Which links do you like? Any you dislike?  Feel free to comment below.

Thank you,

Olivia