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Using Technology to Go Paperless in EFL Classrooms

Explore the benefits of paperless pedagogies in English as a Foreign Language classrooms, including enhanced student engagement, knowledge management, and collaboration. Discover practical tools and considerations for hands-on activities.

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Using Technology to Go Paperless in EFL Classrooms

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  1. Using Technology to Go Paperless in EFL Classrooms Aafreen Sayed

  2. Overview • The problem • Paperless Pedagogies • Practical Considerations and tools • Hands-on activity • Question and Answer

  3. The Problem

  4. Paperless Pedagogies Studies have also found that the paperless classroom improves the students’ engagement and motivation (Ferguson, 2017; Teeter, Madsen, Hughes, & Ea- gar, 2007) as well as higher order thinking skills and collaboration (Kashtan, Ram, Forkosh & Ran, 2016).

  5. Paperless Pedagogies aim to benefit students’ • At anytime and anywhere where the instructor’s assistance is only a couple of clicks away; students’ questions are answered promptly •  to manage course materials and team projects •  in strong knowledge management (KM) capabilities •  transition to active and hands-on learning •  a learning community in which students feel always connected •  useful online skill sets that will prepare them for the digital future

  6. How can we apply this ?

  7. Student • Open Google Search Engine • Type Quizizz • Join a game • Enter code

  8. Teacher • Sign Up or Login with Gmail • Search for the existing material or create your own • Click on play button and display the code

  9. Student • Type Quizlet Live student in Google search engine • Enter the code

  10. Teacher • Sign up or login with Gmail account • Search for the existing material or create your own • Click on Quizlet live button and give the code to your students

  11. Student • Open Google Search Engine • Open Kahoot • Enter Code

  12. Teacher • Login with Google or Sign up • Search for the existing material or create your own • Click on play button and display the code

  13. References • “Mavridi, S. (2018). Green Thumbs Up; Using technology to go paperless.  IATEFL LTSIG Strand, International House ELT Conference, Barcelone [slides]” • Arney, J., Jones, I., & Wolf, A. (2012). Going green: Paperless technology and feedback from the classroom. Journal of Sustainability and Green Business, 1, 19-27. • Duncan, L. (2012). Going paperless: Student and parent perceptions of iPads in the classroom (Doctoral dissertation). Available from http://csusm- dspace.calstate.edu/bitstream/handle/10211.8/233/DuncanLindsay_Summer2012.pdf?sequence=2 • Fried, C. B. (2008). In-class laptop use and its effects on student learning. Computers & Education, 50, 906–914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2006.09.006 • Shonfeld, M. & Meishar-Tal, H. (2017). The voice of teachers in a paperless classroom. Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning, 13, 185-19 • Wang, J. F. (2010). Creating a paperless classroom with the best of two worlds. Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2, 1-22.

  14. Aafreen Sayed aafreensayed.wordpress.com A afreensayed7@gmail.com @AafreenSayed1

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