Everyone says that they are interested in beng enviromentally concious and green, however, there is more printing and paper usage than ever before in schools. I have been keeping stats on this, as well as how much paper and printer cartridges are used.
Even though teachers have things at their disposal like online testing, online resources, smartboard interactive software, like the notebook and the student response systems, they go throough paper like swimmers through water!
Even after much education and prompting (from the "Printer Fairy"), they claim that they need the paper for instruction. They do not seem to be changing HOW they teach with technology. They just seem to ADD it as another tool (and another thing to print!)
I see the same thing--items being printed that don't need to be. And unfortunately, half the time what is printed isn't even picked from the lab printer :(
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