Team+7

Team 7:

Brainstorm Questions Here: 1. What uses of paper are essential? 2. How fair is it to require student to prints worksheets, organizers, etc at home? 3. What other ways can we communicate? 4. Where is the waste taking place? 5. What can kids create themselves? 6. What do we have in place for kids who can't print at home? 7. Are there legal considerations? 8. Can all communication and newsletters be put online? 9. What about paper waste in the cafeteria? 10. Are there ways to use butcher paper in a reusable way? 11. What kinds of training is necessary to help teachers transition to paperless?

Script:

Jenn: How many copies do you make a week? Now multiply that by 36. We'll wait for you while you get out your calculator. At a penny a page, how much do you spend a year on copies for you students?

Amy: If a typical secondary teacher copies 5 pages a week for his or her 150 students, that costs $270 a year, according to Office Depot Pricing. PER TEACHER. That's a lot of dough. Add in the cost of printing newsletters, permission slips, flyers for activities, and record keeping and the costs just rise.

Jenn: So here's your challenge: Get together with your fellow teachers and vow to cut your copies in half. Let's say you and 49 other teacher in your school step up. With the $7000 you save you could add valuable resources to your school, like ....

Amy: 280 earphones 23 iPods 5 Apple laptops 23 Kindles 1,000 copies of Twilight.

Jenn: You won't be alone. You will receive training on resources to help you reduce your paper footprint. You'll learn about using Diigo to respond to text, clickers to assess student learning, and Google docs to create written responses and presentations. These are the skills teachers say they need to better integrate technology, according to one school's tech survey.

Amy: Consider the possibilities. This ......... or this.

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