Well, hello there, top teachers. We are your host, Bridget Spackman and Michelle Emerson, and we are here to make

your life easier by helping you master your time, organization, and productivity as a teacher.

Listen, we all have those monsters that are in our workspaces. Whether it's in your classroom or home,

it can be challenging to get rid of the creepy crawlies.

And I'm talking about paper, y'all. So in this episode, we're going to give you a step-by-step

process for reducing your paper clutter and digitizing as much as possible.

You know, in hindsight, we should have done this episode in October based on the

monster, but first, let's hear- I mean, we're recording in October. Does that count? That does count.

That totally counts. But first, let's hear a time-sucking hurdle from Ruth. Ruth says, my biggest

TSA is trying to keep worksheets and forms organized. I have a filing cabinet,

but no teacher's desk. I try to keep the daily worksheets in a hanging file on my whiteboard,

but I easily misplace them or file them haphazardly because I'm so busy. So here are going to be

the things that I come to first. And I have questions for you so busy. So here are going to be the things that I come to first.

And I have questions for you, Ruth.

So if you can track me down, you can answer these questions.

So one, are these worksheets that you are passing out to your students or are they graded

something that you're grading?

The other question that I have,

I'm going to ask you is, do you have to use so many worksheets? And I understand that you have to take grades, but can you look at doing something a little bit different? Like can you have students utilize a learner management system?

Can you give them a discussion board rather than trying to fill out the questions on there?

I feel like if you can reduce the amount of worksheets that you're using,

it's going to help with that clutter.

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