Let me tell you about one of my experiences last week. Things were a little crazy at the end of the day (when aren't they!) and the students did not have time to complete their class jobs before they left for the day. After I finished my prep work, I started doing some of the jobs that I knew would need to be done for tomorrow. One of the jobs that is a daily MUST is to make sure we have sharp pencils for the following morning. I walked over to my dull pencil container and it was empty. What? Normally it contains 10-20 dull pencils that need to be sharpened.
As I reflected back on my day, I realized that the only time my students even used a pencil was for their math test. And quite honestly, if I had not already made all of the copies for the math tests over the summer, I wouldn't even of had them doing those with pencil and paper. AMAZING!
Anytime I go to make copies, I stop and ask myself, is this something that I could put into DropBox and have students do in Notability? If the answer is yes, then I don't make a copy. Simple as that!
Another thing I have noticed is that my garbage can, which used to be overflowing by the end of each day, is rarely even half way full. I absolutely LOVE the changes that are going on in my classroom and can't wait to see what other ways I can come up with to make my iPads a useful tool for each of my students!
Until next time. . .
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