Praise for The Paperless Classroom workshop and web-based instruction from workshop participants, teachers and students
"Mark Barnes' Paperless Classroom workshop and materials were beyond helpful. Mark is an excellent instructor who inspired the teachers at our school to reinvent their classrooms by making classroom website construction accessible to a variety of ability levels. I can't wait to unveil the website with the new school year. Thanks Mark!" "I just finished the class called "The Paperless Classroom". What a wonderful course! I soon realized that even though my computer knowledge was very limited, I could learn rapidly through Mark Barnes' step-by-step online instruction and support. During this course, I was able to set up a classroom website for my primary special education class. I can alter the site activities and pages quickly at any time to cater to the individual needs of my students. I would recommend this course to any teacher!"
-- Nicholas Dorn, teacher Pepper Pike, OH
-- Wendy Carson, Cleveland Metropolitan School District
"Mark Barnes has played a pivotal role in working out classroom usage scenarios for EditMe and has helped to shape EditMe's product development to support these scenarios. He has helped many educators dive headfirst into the wiki world and acted as an advocate on behalf of EditMe's educational customers. Finally, he's a rare example of somebody who practices what he preaches, maintaining an active wiki for his own students while working out kinks and best practices to make his seminar content applicable in real classrooms."
-- Matt Wiseley, owner EditMe.com
“With a classroom website students don’t fall behind when absent. They can see exactly what they missed and in many cases complete the work at home with no additional help from the teacher.”
-- Brindi Kandel, teacher Findlay, OH
“I love (web-based instruction). It’s easy, accessible and just so convenient to use. It’s amazing, and it makes me look forward to coming to class.”
-- Lia, 7th grader
"There are many advantages to having a classroom website. It helps us so we don't have to worry about leaving our assignments in our locker or our hamster eating our homework. It's there on the internet and is able to be accessed from anywhere, so our lives become a little less easier."
-- Beth, 7th grader
"Having a classroom website is a great way of teaching. For example, with the website, you can save your classwork onto your own private page, so that you can continue to work on it at home. Not only that, but we are saving paper while we are learning in a more efficient way."
-- Meghan, 7th grader