Team+A

Team A Members:

Brainstorm Questions Here: Question Formulation Technique and Rules for Questioning Brainstorm 1. Come up with as many questions as you can. 2. Do not stop to answer, analyze, or evaluate the questions. What are our copying costs? Recycling program? Toner and maintenance? Paper vs. click cost? Recycled paper use? Reusing paper? Websites used for sharing information, pdf, etc to parents (they are printing at home?) District paper use vs. other districts? Clicks/codes on machines? Workbook pages? Overhead/sleeves used with dry erase pens. Does it cost anything to scan on machine to create pdf? Print shop expense? Cheaper, but still using paper! IEP in triplicate? email instead? EPR going paperless at elementary schools? paper products used to serve food in cafeteria? Cups made from corn? expense? decomposing time? methods for sharing information (doc cams and projectors) or other means to allow all students equal access to information? do certain content areas (MS and HS) use more paper than others? PE needs little paper, while music uses more? Public relations doing anything about it? Do all people see it as a concern? Is this something we can focus on to create awareness in the community? Use of time required to create the copies in the first place. Better use of time? Support people who need the paper to run the classroom they way they always have? Training for using computers and new systems instead of stacks of worksheets? Kindle? Can we have a paperless classroom? What do we need to create a paperless classroom?

Script: For our Presentation-- Here's what I'm thinking of as an outline: 1) Dialog about the problem: How much paper do we use in classrooms? At what cost to the district and to the environment? Something like: "Paper Use and waste is huge problem for our society. Douglas County Schools spends over a milllion dollars each year in copy costs (including paper costs and machine costs). This problem also effects our environment in many ways. How can we start to create "Paper Smart" Classrooms where technology is utilized effectively to push us towards our ideal of a paperless classroom? (Maybe during this part of the presentations we need images of "negative" paper stuff--landfills, smog from factories, etc--for music something a little daunting, sad, slow??) 2) Dialog about solutions in the classroom/school level: Teachers can begin to work towards a paperless classroom by utilizing a variety of technology tools. For example, teachers can begin to use projectors and computers to present documents to the class rather than printing copies for every student. Our district also provides teachers with the ability to create classroom web sites and provide/store information for their students and parents on these sites. Teachers can provide readings/worksheets (following copyright laws of course) for students to download and read on their computers at home. Kindles are becoming available for use with students which will potentially save us thousands of dollars in book costs. We should also be providing the opportunity for all classrooms to recycle the paper they do consume. (This part needs pictures of technology rich classrooms, a screen shot of a school center document manager? More upbeat music?)

Team Work: Everyone must do a job to get this project done. Every 20 minutes switch roles so that each person experiences what it takes to be a researcher, media collector and presentation designer.

=__**Team Reflection about each role:**__=

What skills does it take to be the researcher?

What skills does it take to collect media - ETHICALLY?

What skills does it take to be the presentation designer?

Being able to communicate effectively, problem solve, and collaborate are important 21st Century global digital age skills. This learning opportunity included chances for you to practice these life skills. Rate your team on teamwork. Each person should fill out this teamwork reflection analysis independently.