No matter how careful I am, somehow, everyday at practicum my hands end up being covered in Crayola marker. The teachers barely use their chalkboards at my practicum school because they are covered with word walls, students' work, and other important diagrams and charts for student reference (which is a good thing), so I end up using chart paper and markers a lot of the time when I'm teaching math. It's nice having my neat chart paper notes done up, because then, these too can be added to the walls of the classroom for student reference, allowing me to leave my mark :)
Although it's good having all the various things on the walls of classrooms, it makes me wonder - how can we be moving more towards paperless schooling when it seems so vital to have all this paper up on the walls? We can use things like Smartboards and projectors, but how do you get a projection to stay on the wall all the time so that students can look at it when they need some help with a problem their solving? And all the chart paper notes that go up on the wall - what happens with them when the year's over? Are they saved for the next year?...probably not...because the next class or teacher will want to make their own, new notes. Hmmm....
It seems the only way to go totally paperless, is to use lots of technology...which in turn, doesn't that use up more energy/electricity, still somehow contributing negatively to our environment? This is something I battle with - to use paper and maybe waste a tree, or use a computer that's sucking up electricity to be working right now? It seems like this scenario can transfer into many different worlds - personal, professional, educational, social...I wonder which is the better route?
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