Tech in my classroom

I am going to be documenting my journey towards becoming a paperless classroom. I have access to tablets for my students however, I am working on the procedures of my classroom and getting my students prepared for integrating tablets into our learning.  I want them to be aware of my expectations for their behavior and understand all procedures for use of the device before even touching the tablets.  With 6th graders, I am learning that this may take some time.  For now, we are only utilizing the following pieces of technology: promethium board with flip charts which are similar to power point presentations, online access to gradebook, Remind 101, class website for assignment information, and coming this week...responders.  The only new to me technology is the use of Remind101.  I am using this to update parents via messaging of important information. However, only half of my parents are able to use Remind 101 for one reason or another.  This means I still have to rely on email.  I have created a spreadsheet in Google Docs with students information.  So, emailing is much easier.

This week I will utilize the responders so students will be able to do exit tickets and quizzes. I will not be doing a lot of multiple choice this year so I don't know how often the responders will be utilized.  I will be blogging soon about my incremental use of additional technology.