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Education World: The Paperless School of the Future Is Here Now! Computer networks and Internet resources are helping teachers cut down on paper use. Teachers can keep grades and attendance online and use texts that are available at no cost. How are these experiments going? Is the "paperless classroom" just around the corner? Included: Education World writer Ryan Francis's look at three classrooms that are trying to go paperless! In a classroom in rural Kentucky, students can no longer use the excuse "My dog ate my homework. " And that annoying churning of the pencil sharpener no longer interrupts the teacher's lesson.

Sorrell's classes have served as guinea pigs. In Henry County, Kentucky, a part of the country where agriculture still dominates, farmers use migrant workers to harvest their crops. "These PDAs do a lot more than we thought," she said, noting that all students in the class, not just the migrant ones, received PDAs.

Sorrell figures that, on average, she used to pass out two sheets of paper per day, per student. Ubermix Home. Panama-Buena Vista - PR. State College, PA (January 20, 2015) – When Panama-Buena Vista Unified School District’s new superintendent made the bold declaration – “We’re going 1-to-1. And we’re going big with 6,000 laptops to be distributed to students.” – the three educational technology staff members faced some big challenges: How do three people effectively support 23 schools, 18,000 students, and 900 teachers? How do they ensure the district would be ready for common core? How do they avoid producing costly, behemoth 3-ring curriculum binders for teachers?

How do they ensure consistent training across 23 sites? To find a workable solution, staff members at the district reached out to Schoolwires, their hosting and CMS provider, to brainstorm around solutions to these challenges. According to Brad Grumbles, the district’s Coordinator of Curriculum, Assessment, and Instructional Technology, “Teachers teach in isolation. The Teachers’ Lounge was rolled out the fall of the 2014/2015 school year. Rise and Converge. Community engagement assessment.